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August 25, 2009 - Announcing the 2009 Biblical Archaeology Society Publication Award winners. The awards recognize the best books published in 2007 and 2008 relating to archaeology and the Bible. Submissions are evaluated by a panel of peers. Winning authors from four different categories each receive an award of $1,000.00 and an honorary certificate. These prestigious awards are made possible by a grant from the Leopold and Clara M. Fellner Charitable Foundation, through its trustee Frederick L. Simmons.
2009 BIBLICAL ARCHAEOLOGY SOCIETY AWARD WINNERS
Best Scholarly Book on Archaeology
Israel’s Ethnogenesis Settlement, Interaction, Expansion and Resistance by AVRAHAM FAUST
London: Equinox Publishing, 2007
Best Popular Book on Archaeology
From Eden to Exile: Unraveling Mysteries of the Bible by ERIC CLINE
Washington, DC: National Geographic Books, 2008
Best Book Relating to the Hebrew Bible
Scribal Culture and the Making of the Hebrew Bible by KAREL VAN DER TOORN
Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 2007
Best Book Relating to the New Testament
Romans: A Commentary by ROBERT JEWETT
Minneapolis: Fortress, 2007
For more information, please see http://www.biblicalarchaeology.org/news/bas-publication-awards-2009.asp or contact Bonnie Mullin at 1.800.221.4644. ext. 237.
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