Lecture and Assigned Readings:

Gezer & Region

Lecture Topic: Introduction to Tel Gezer
Lecturer: Steve Ortiz and Sam Wolff

Required Readings: None

Lecture Topic: Tel es-Safi
Lecturer: Dr. Aren Maier

Required Readings: None

Lecture Topic: Tel Ekron and the Philistines
Lecturer: Dr. Sy Gitin, Trude Dothan

Required Readings: None

Lecture Topic: Tel Beth Shemesh: A Border City between Judah and Philistia
Lecturer: Drs. Schlomo Bunimovitz and Zvi Lederman

Required Readings: None

Lecture Topic: The Renewed Excavations of Tel Gezer: 2008 Results
Lecturer: Steve Ortiz and Sam Wolff

Required Readings: None

Field Archaeology

Lecture Topic: Archaeological Method & Theory
Lecturer: Steve Ortiz

Required Readings:
“Method and Theory in Syro-Palestinian Archaeology,” John S. Holladay, Jr. In Near Eastern Archaeology (S. Richard, ed.), pp. 33-47.
“Bible and Archaeology,” Walter E. Rast, In Near Eastern Archaeology (S. Richard, ed.), pp. 48-53.
“Levantine Archaeology,” Thomas W. Davis, In Near Eastern Archaeology (S. Richard, ed.), pp. 54-60.

Lecture Topic: Ceramic Analysis
Lecturer: Steve Ortiz and Sam Wolff

Required Readings:
“Ceramics/Kiln,” Gloria London, In Near Eastern Archaeology (S. Richard, ed.), pp. 193-196.
“Chronology of the Southern Levant,” William G. Dever, In Near Eastern Archaeology (S. Richard, ed.), pp. 82-87.

 

Lecture Topic: The Analysis of Bones in Archaeology
Lecturer: Liora Horowitz

Required Readings:
“Archaeozoology,” Paula Wapnish and B. Hesse, In Near Eastern Archaeology (S. Richard, ed.) pp. 17-26.
“Subsistence Pastoralism,” by Oystein S. LaBianca in Near Eastern Archaeology (S. Richard, ed.) pp. 116-123.

Auxiliary Disciplines

Lecture Topic: Historical Geography
Lecturer: Dr. Dennis Cole

Required Readings:
“Geography of the Levant,” by Barry J. Beitzel, In Near Eastern Archaeology (S. Richard, ed.) pp. 3-9.
“Roads and Highways,” by David A. Dorsey in Near Eastern Archaeology (S. Richard, ed.) pp. 131-134.

Lecture Topic: Bible, Sources, and Epigraphy
Lecturer: Dr. Steve Andrews

Required Readings:
“Text Sources for Levantine Archaeology: The Bible,” J. Maxwell Miller, In Near Eastern Archaeology (S. Richard, ed.) pp. 60-62.
“Writing and Scripts (with Special Reference to the Levant),” by Gary A. Rendsburg in Near Eastern Archaeology (S. Richard, ed.) pp. 63-70.
“Semitic Languages(with Special Reference to the Levant),” by Gary A. Rendsburg in Near Eastern Archaeology (S. Richard, ed.) pp. 71-73.
“Writing: The Archaeology of Writing (Written Materials),” by Alan Millard in Near Eastern Archaeology (S. Richard, ed.) pp. 74-78.
“Northwest Semitic Epigraphic Sources,” by Alan Millard in Near Eastern Archaeology (S. Richard, ed.) pp. 78-81.

Archaeological Periods

Lecture Topic: The Middle Bronze Age
Lecturer: Dr. Dan Warner

Required Readings:
“Text Sources for Levantine Archaeology: The Bible,” J. Maxwell Miller, In Near Eastern Archaeology (S. Richard, ed.) pp. 60-62.
“Writing and Scripts (with Special Reference to the Levant),” by Gary A. Rendsburg in Near Eastern Archaeology (S. Richard, ed.) pp. 63-70.
Supplemental Readings:
“Mighty Canaanite City States: The Middle Bronze Age II Period,” In The Archaeology of the Holy Land (A. Mazar.) pp. 174-231.

Lecture Topic: The Late Bronze Age
Lecturer: Dr. Robin Knauth

Required Readings:
“The Late Bronze Age,” Albert Leonard, Jr., In Near Eastern Archaeology (S. Richard, ed.) pp. 349-356.
“El-Amarna Texts,” by Victor Matthews in Near Eastern Archaeology (S. Richard, ed.) pp. 357-359.
Supplemental Readings:
“In The Shadow of Egyptian Domination: The Late Bronze Age,” In The Archaeology of the Holy Land (A. Mazar.) pp. 232-294.

Lecture Topic: The Iron Age I: Israelite Settlement
Lecturer: Dr. Gary Arbino

Required Readings:
“The Iron Age in the Southern Levant,” by Randy Younker, In Near Eastern Archaeology (S. Richard, ed.) pp. 367-382.
“The Settlement in Canaan: The Period of the Judges,” by Joseph Callaway, in Ancient Israel (H. Shanks, ed.), pp. 53-84.
Supplemental Readings:
“The Days of the Judges: Iron Age I,” In The Archaeology of the Holy Land (A. Mazar.) pp. 295-367.

Lecture Topic: The Iron Age II
Lecturer: Dr. Gary Arbino

Required Readings:
“The Iron Age in the Southern Levant,” by Randy Younker, In Near Eastern Archaeology (S. Richard, ed.) pp. 367-382.
“The United Monarchy,” by Andre Lemaire, in Ancient Israel (H. Shanks, ed.), pp. 85-108.
“The Divided Monarchy,” by Siegfried H. Horn, in Ancient Israel (H. Shanks, ed.), pp. 109-150
Supplemental Readings:
“The United Monarchy: Iron Age IIA,” In The Archaeology of the Holy Land (A. Mazar.) pp. 368-402.
“The Divided Monarchy: Iron Age IIB-C,” In The Archaeology of the Holy Land (A. Mazar.) pp. 403-462.