Isaac went out to the field: Studies in Archaeology and Ancient Cultures in Honor of Isaac Gilead

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HAIM GOLDFUS teaches classical archaeology in the Department of Bible Archaeology and Ancient Near Eastern Studies at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev. His main fields of interest and research are related to early Roman and Late Antique/ early Byzantine archaeology. | MAYER I. GRUBER is Professor Emeritus and Past Chair of the Department of Bible Archaeology and Ancient Near Eastern Studies at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev in Beer Sheva. His publications include Aspects of Nonverbal Communication in the Ancient Near East (2 vols.; Rome: Biblical Institute Press 1980); The Motherhood of God and Other Studies (Atlanta: Scholars Press 1992); Women in the Biblical World: A Study Guide (American Theological Library Association Bibliography Series no. 38; Lanham MD and London: Scarecrow Press 1995); Rashis Commentary on Psalms (Leiden & Boston: Brill 2004); Women in Ancient Israel and Studies in Early Jewish Civilization translated from English into Chinese by Shuqing Zhang (Beijing: China Social Sciences Press 2009); The Women of Israel by Grace Aguilar with a New Introduction and Commentary (Piscataway NJ: Gorgias Press 2011 2013); and Hosea: A Textual Commentary (London: Bloomsbury T & T Clark 2017). | SHAMIR YONA is Associate Professor in the Department of Bible Archaeology and Ancient Near Eastern Studies at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev. He served for two terms as Chair of that department and two terms as Head of the Bible and Ancient Near Eastern Studies Division in that department. He is Co-chair with Elad Filler of the Judaica Section for Society of Biblical Literature International Meetings. He is a member of the board of directors of the New Israel Society for Biblical Research. Yonas publications focus on the poetics of Ancient Near Eastern literature; the wisdom literature of the Bible the ancient Near East and rabbinic literature; biblical prophecy and narrative; Ugaritic language and literature; and Semitic lexicography. | PETER FABIAN completed his studies at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev in 2005 with a PhD dissertation concerning the Roman army camp in Oboda-Avedat. After working for many years in the Israel Antiquities Authority as a senior archaeologist and an advisor he was given a tenure track position as a classical archaeologist in the Department of Bible Archaeology and Ancient Near Eastern Studies at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev where he is currently a Senior Lecturer. Dr. Fabian combines his interests and expert knowledge and long track-record of fieldwork in Hellenistic Roman Byzantine and Early Islamic archaeology together with excavations and studies concerning the protohistory of the Southern Levant particularly the Chalcolithic period of the Negev and the Shephela lowlands of Israel.