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| April 8, 2015 |
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| ASOR Leadership Speaks Out on ISIL Atrocities |
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ASOR has been in the news lately regarding the recent destruction of cultural heritage in Syria and in Iraq. Follow the link to view recent ASOR mentions on CNN and the New York Times. (Image from Sturt Manning's piece on CNN.) Read more... |
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| BASOR Articles Available Online Ahead of Print Issue |
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We are pleased to announce that digital versions of the first three articles from the forthcoming BASOR 373 issue (May 2015) are now available to individual BASOR subscribers (and those whose institutions have subscriptions) via the JSTOR Current Scholarship Program. Read more... |
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| March Fellowship Madness is a Success! |
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With March Madness coming to a close, so does March Fellowship Madness here at ASOR. Thanks to your support, we have had a successful run this year and have met our goal of funding 45 scholarships! A big thank you to all our generous donors and members who made this year's March Fellowship Madness a successful one. Read more... |
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| What's in Your Dig Bag? |
In our “What’s in your dig bag?” series, we asked working field archaeologists what they carry with them out in the field. We wanted to know what gear they love and what items might be unique to them. Find out what Eric Welch and Jennie Ebeling carry with them. Read more...
If you're interested in opening your dig bag up for ASOR, contact Kaitlynn Anderson.
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| View the Passover as Jesus Knew It e-Book |
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We’re happy to offer this special edition Ancient Near East Today e-book with the theme of “Passover as Jesus Knew It.” Leading scholars James Strange, Eric Meyers, Helen Bond, James Charlesworth, and Adela Yarbro Collins discuss different aspects of Passover in Jesus’s time, from the rituals he would have celebrated, to the political environment he encountered in Jerusalem. Read more... |
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| Maximize your visibility at the 2015 ASOR Annual Meeting! |
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Exhibit booths, advertisement options, and sponsorship packages are all ways to share your product or service and to connect with ASOR’s attendees during the meeting. This year’s Exhibitor Prospectus includes new sponsorship opportunities, as well as important information regarding dates, locations, and contracts. Receive a 5% discount with a signed contract and 50% payment by May 1, 2015. Read more... |
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| Dr. Thomas Blanton, William G. Dever Fellowship Recipient |
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ASOR is pleased to announce that Dr. Thomas Blanton is the first recipient of the recently-established William G. Dever Fellowship for Biblical Scholars. The fellowship was established in 2015 to award a qualified American untenured faculty member in the field of biblical studies with a $6000 grant to be used to gain elementary, first-hand experience in field archaeology and research in Israel. Read more... |
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| Remembrance: William H. Hallo |
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William W. Hallo, the William M. Laffan Professor Emeritus of Assyriology and Babylonian Literature at Yale University and a long-time ASOR members, died on March 27 at the age of 87. Hallo spent his career studying, teaching, and writing about Assyriology, archaeology, biblical studies, Semitic studies, and Babylonian literature. During his 40 years at Yale, he also served as curator of Babylonian Collection at the Yale Library and as master of Morse College 1982–1987. Read more... |
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| ASOR's Cultural Heritage Committee Responds to the Destruction in Mosul |
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ASOR's recently-formed Cultural Heritage Committee (chaired by Sturt Manning, the Goldwin Smith Professor of Classical Archaeology, Cornell University) has issued this statement in response to last week's news regarding ISIL's destruction of archaeological remains in the Mosul Museum and the nearby Nergal Gate at Nineveh. Read more... |
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| Uncovering the Past: The Nelson Glueck Collections |
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The ASOR Archives recently launched an online exhibit showcasing materials from the Nelson Glueck collections. The online exhibit was made possible thanks to generous grants from the David Berg Foundation and the Lanier Theological Library as well as other donors and foundations. Read Glueck’s pre- and post-WWII journals and correspondence, and browse an image gallery of photos he took during his many expeditions into the desert, where he identified hundreds of sites. Read more... |
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