Archaeology, History and the Bible: What Have We Learned?

World Renowned Archaeologist to Speak At Lycoming College

What has human kind learned from archaeology, history and the bible?   World renowned  archaeologist Dr. William Dever, professor emeritus of Near Eastern Archaeology and Anthropology at the University of Arizona, seeks to answer that question and more when he speaks at Lycoming College on October 18, 2004 .

 Dr. Dever received his bachelor of arts in religion from Mulligan College and went on to earn degrees in Semitics, Hebrew and Greek, and Syro-Palestine Archaeology from Butler University , Christian Theological Seminary and Harvard University respectively.  

Active in the field of biblical archaeology 1955, Dr. Dever has led and supervised over ten field research and excavation projects in Jordan, Israel, and Gezer. He served as the director of the Harvard Semitic Museum for Hebrew Union College excavations at Gezer from 1966 to 1971.

Dr. Dever has served on the editorial boards of six professional archaeological and biblical journals and has published over one hundred works in various periodicals, journals, books and reviews.  An in-demand lector, Dr. Dever has spoken everywhere from Austria to Washington, and in between, since 1968 and has received over one million dollars in grants since 1966 from various institutions to pursue excavations and workshops in Israel, Gezer, and Europe.  In other professional activities, Dr. Dever has held executive positions in the Archaeological Institute of America, American Oriental Society, and American School of Oriental Research. 

Dr. Dever has been awarded such prestigious honors and fellowships as the P.E. McAllister Field Archeologist Award for distinguished contributions to near eastern archaeology, the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Fellowship, The Percia Schimmel Prize for distinction in archaeology and the Charles U. Harris Service Award. 

 Dr. Dever will speak at 7:30 p.m. in the Barclay Lecture Hall, room G-11, at the Heim Science Building on Monday, October 18.  The lecture is open to the public and there is no charge for admission. 

Dr. William Dever