Announcing the 2013 Biblical Archaeology Society Publication Awards Winners

WASHINGTON - Aug. 16, 2013 - PRLog -- The 2013 BAS Publication Awards recognize the best books published in 2011 and 2012 relating to archaeology and the Bible. Submissions are evaluated by a panel of peers. Authors of winning books receive an honorary certificate and an award of $500 for each category. These prestigious awards are made possible by a grant from Frederick L. Simmons, Esq. The formal announcement appears in the September/October 2013 issue of Biblical Archaeology Review. For more information, please visit the Biblical Archaeology Society (BAS) website: www.biblicalarchaeology.org/pubawards2013

Best Scholarly Book on Archaeology [a tie]

Ashkelon 3, by LAWRENCE E. STAGER, DANIEL M. MASTER and J. DAVID SCHLOEN (Winona Lake, IN: Eisenbrauns, 2011)

 Tell es-Safi/Gath I: The 1996–2005 Seasons, Vols. 1 and 2, edited by AREN M. MAEIR (Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, 2012)

Judges: MICHAEL COOGAN, Harvard Divinity School; ANN KILLEBREW, The Pennsylvania State University; THOMAS E. LEVY, University of California, San Diego

Best Popular Book on Archaeology

Stories from Ancient Canaan by MICHAEL D. COOGAN and MARK S. SMITH (Louisville, KY: Westminster John Knox Press, 2012)

Judges: ANN KILLEBREW, The Pennsylvania State University; THOMAS E. LEVY, University of California, San Diego

Best Book Relating to the Hebrew Bible

Isaiah 40–66: Translation and Commentary by SHALOM PAUL (Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans, 2012)

Judges: KENT RICHARDS, Emeritus Executive Director of the Society of Biblical Literature; GARY A. RENDSBURG, Rutgers University; CHOON LEONG SEOW, Princeton Theological Seminary

Best Book Relating to the New Testament

Apocalypticism in the Bible and Its World by Frederick J. Murphy(Grand Rapids, MI: Baker, 2012)

Judges: ADELA YARBRO COLLINS, Yale Divinity School; VICTOR FURNISH, Emeritus Professor, Southern Methodist University; JAMES SANDERS, Emeritus Professor, Claremont School of Theology