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James F. Strange (February 2, 1938 – March 23, 2018) was a distinguished American archaeologist and professor of religious studies, recognized for his significant contributions to New Testament archaeology. He spent the majority of his academic career at the University of South Florida (USF) in Tampa, where he became a prominent figure in his field.
Early Life and Education
James Francis Strange was born in Pampa, Texas, and raised in Tyler, Texas. He developed an early interest in religion and philosophy, leading him to pursue higher education at Rice University. Initially majoring in chemistry, he later switched to philosophy. After graduating from Rice, Strange attended Yale Divinity School, where he became actively involved in the Civil Rights Movement. He earned his Master of Divinity from Yale in 1964 and completed his Ph.D. in New Testament studies at Drew University in 1970 [1] [2].
Academic Career
In 1972, Strange joined the faculty of USF as an Assistant Professor of Religious Studies and quickly rose to the rank of full professor by 1977. He held several key administrative positions, including Chair of the Department of Religious Studies, Executive Director of the Interdisciplinary Center for Hellenic Studies, and Dean of the College of Arts and Letters. His academic excellence was recognized with numerous awards, including the Silver Medallion Award for Brotherhood from the National Conference of Christians and Jews and a National Geographic grant[3] [4]
Archaeological Work
James F. Strange is best known for his archaeological work in Israel, particularly his excavations at Sepphoris from 1983 to 2010. His work at Sepphoris provided significant insights into the urban life during the time of Jesus, including the discovery of large buildings, aqueducts, and an outdoor theater. Strange believed that Jesus likely spent considerable time in Sepphoris, challenging traditional views of Jesus' rural upbringing [1] [2] [3].
Strange also participated in numerous other archaeological projects, including excavations at Tel Gezer, Khirbet Shema, Meiron, Gush Halav, and Qumran. His discoveries, such as pottery, coins, and mosaics, have been displayed at prestigious institutions like the Smithsonian and the Rockefeller Museum [1] [5].
Contributions to ASOR
James F. Strange was deeply involved with the American Schools of Oriental Research (ASOR), where he served on the Board of Trustees and received the Charles U. Harris Service Award in 2006. His participation in ASOR's annual meetings and contributions to its publications significantly influenced the field of Near Eastern archaeology [6] [7].
Teaching and Mentorship
Strange was renowned for his dedication to teaching and mentorship. His critical thinking approach and generous guidance profoundly impacted his students, many of whom have pursued successful careers in archaeology and religious studies [1] [2] [3].
Personal Life
Strange married Carolyn Midkiff, whom he met at Rice University. They had four children, all of whom were involved in archaeological work at some point. His son, James Riley Strange, and daughter, Katherine Strange Burke, have followed in his academic footsteps [3]. His other two daughters, Mary Elizabeth Strange and Joanna Carissa Strange, the oldest and youngest, forged their own paths.
Legacy
James F. Strange passed away on March 23, 2018. His legacy continues through his extensive contributions to archaeology and religious studies, his numerous publications, and the many students and colleagues he inspired throughout his career [1] [2][3][4] Strange's children and wife published a book of his letters written while excavating titled, Within the Dusts of Time: Letters from the Field.
Publications on Sepphoris
**1977**
* "Survey in Galilee: 1976," Special Issue of *Explor*, "a theological journal published by Garrett Evangelical Theological Seminary" entitled Galilee and Regionalism, vol. 3, pp. 7-17 (with E. M. Meyers).
**1978**
* "The Meiron Excavation Project: Archaeological Survey in Galilee and Golan, 1976," *Bulletin of the American Schools of Oriental Research* 230: 1-24 (with E.M. Meyers and D.E. Groh).
**1982**
* "Survey in Galilee," *Israel Exploration Journal* 32: 254-255.
**1984**
* "Sepphoris et autres sites de basse Galilee," *Revue Biblique*, (No. 2, April): 239-241.
**1985**
* "Sepphoris, 1985," *Israel Exploration Journal* 35: 297-299 (with T.R.W. Longstaff).
**1986**
* "Sepphoris, 1985," *Israel Exploration Journal* 35: 297-299 (with T.R.W. Longstaff).
* The Sepphoris Reader, editor, translator, contributor, revised 1987.
**1987**
* "Sepphoris (Sippori), 1986 (II)," *Israel Exploration Journal* 37/4: 278-280 (with T.R.W. Longstaff).
**1988**
* "Sepphoris (Sippori) 1987," *Israel Exploration Journal* 38/3:188-190 (with D.E. Groh and T.R.W. Longstaff).
**1989**
* "Sepphoris (Sippori), 1988," *Israel Exploration Journal* 39/12: 104-106 (with D.E. Groh and T.R.W. Longstaff).
**1990**
* "Sepphoris (Sippori), 1989," *Israel Exploration Journal* 40 (with D.H. Groh and T.R.W. Longstaff).
* "Readers of the Lost (Archaic) City", *USF Magazine*, May, pp. 1-23. Cover photo and six pages of text and photographs.
**1991**
* "Sippori-1988 (University of South Florida Expedition," *Excavations and Surveys in Israel 1989/1990*, Vol. 9. Jerusalem: The Israel Antiquities Authority, pp. 19-20.
**1992**
* The Excavations at Sepphoris: Manual for Area Supervisors, (with T.R.W. Longstaff and Dennis E. Groh).
* The Sepphoris Reader, 2nd Edition, eds. T.R.W. Longstaff and Dennis E. Groh.
* "Six Campaigns at Sepphoris: The University of South Florida Excavations, 1983-89" in *The Galilee in Late Antiquity*, Lee I. Levine, editor. New York and Jerusalem: The Jewish Theological Seminary of America, pp. 339-55.
**1993**
* "Sepphoris (Sippori), 1991," *Israel Exploration Journal* 43 (with D.E. Groh and T.R.W. Longstaff).
* "Zippori-1991," *Hadashot Arkheologiyot* 100. Jerusalem: Israel Antiquities Authority (with T.R.W. Longstaff and D.E. Groh).
**1994**
* "Sepphoris (Sippori), 1994," *Israel Exploration Journal* 44 (with T.R.W. Longstaff and Tom McCollough).
* "University of South Florida Excavations at Sepphoris: The Location and Identification of Shikhin, Part 1, *Israel Exploration Journal* 44: 216-227 (with D.E. Groh and T.R.W. Longstaff). Also published electronically on the World Wide Web at www.Colby.Edu.
**1995**
* "University of South Florida Excavations at Sepphoris: The Location and Identification of Shikhin, Part 2, *Israel Exploration Journal* 45 (with D.E. Groh and T.R.W. Longstaff, with a contribution by D. Adan-Bayewitz et al), pp. 216-227. Also published electronically on the World Wide Web at Colby.Edu.
* "Zippori-1991," *Excavations and Surveys in Israel*, vol. 13. Jerusalem: Israel Antiquities Authority, pp. 29-30 (with T.R.W. Longstaff and D.E. Groh).
**1996**
* "Sepphoris," pages 756-8 in "Archaeology in Israel" by Samuel R. Wolff, *Bulletin of the American Schools of Oriental Research* 100: 725-68 (with T.R.W. Longstaff and Dennis E. Groh).
* “Sepphoris” for the *Macmillan Dictionary of Judaism in the Biblical Period: 450 B.C.E. to 600 C.E.*, Jacob Neusner, Editor-in-Chief, William Scott Green Editor. NY: Macmillan Library Reference.
* "The University of South Florida Excavations at Sepphoris, Israel in 1996", with Dennis E. Groh, Thomas R.W. Longstaff and Tom McCollough, for the Israel Antiquities Authority, 124 pp., two line drawings.
* "The Eastern Basilical Building," and "Gold Headpiece," in Nagy, Rebecca Martin, et alia, Editors, *Sepphoris in Galilee: Crosscurrents of Culture*. Raleigh: North Carolina Museum of Art, pp. 117-121 and 233.
**1997**
* "First Century Galilee from Archaeology and from the Texts", in Douglas R. Edwards and C. Thomas McCollough, Editors, *Archaeology and the Galilee: Texts and Contexts in the Graeco-Roman and Byzantine Periods*, USF Studies in the History of Judaism (Scholars Press).
* "The University of South Florida Excavations at Sepphoris, Israel in 1997", with Dennis E. Groh, and Tom McCollough, for the Israel Antiquities Authority, 109 pp., two line drawings.
**1998**
* "The University of South Florida Excavations at Sepphoris, Israel, 1998", with Dennis E. Groh, Thomas R.W. Longstaff and Tom McCollough, for the Israel Antiquities Authority, 111 pp., three line drawings.
**1999**
* "Ancient Texts, Archaeology as Text, and the Problem of the First Century Synagogue," *The Evolution of the Synagogue*, edited by Howard C. Kee and Lynn Cohick, Valley Forge: Trinity Press International, pp. 27-45.
* “Sepphoris 1996,” *Israel Exploration Journal* 49 (with Dennis E. Groh and T.R.W. Longstaff, pp. 122-3.
* “Sepphoris 1997,” *Israel Exploration Journal* 49 (with Dennis E. Groh and C. Thomas McCollough, pp. 124-6.
* “Sepphoris 1998,” *Israel Exploration Journal* 49 (with Dennis E. Groh, T.R.W. Longstaff, and C. Thomas McCollough, pp. 126-8.
**2000**
* “The Excavations at Sepphoris and their Implications for New Testament Studies,” *Neotestamentica: Journal of the New Testament Society of South Africa*, 34 (1): 125-142.
* “Galilee” for the *Dictionary of New Testament Backgrounds*, Craig Evans, Editor. Intervarsity Press, Downers Grove, IL: 391-398.
**2003**
* “Archaeology and the Synagogue to 200 CE” *The Ancient Synagogue from Its Origins until 200 C.E.*, Papers Presented at an International Conference at Lund University, October 14-17, 2001. Birger Olsson & Magnus Zetterholm, Editors. Stockholm: Almqvist & Wiksell International, 2003, pp. 37-62.
* “Byzantine Sepphoris: The Fourth Century As Viewed through Literary and Archaeological Sources,” *The ASOR Centennial*, edited by Douglas Clark. ASOR.
* "Un site majeur: Séphoris" in *Les premiers temps de l'Église—Ier-Ve siècle* Edited by Mme Marie-Françoise Baslez. Paris: Bayard Presse.
**2006**
* “Synagogue as institution", *Dictionary of the Historical Jesus*, Craig Evans Editor, Intervarsity Press, Downers Grove, IL.
* Excavations at Sepphoris, Vol. I: The University of South Florida Excavations 1983-1989. Studies in Judaism, Brill Reference Library of Judaism, 22, A. Avery-Peck and S. Green , Editors. Leiden: E.J. Brill. (With T.R.W. Longstaff and D.E. Groh)
**2008**
* “After the Temple", *Christian History & Biography* 97 (Winter 2008), pp. 30-31, illustrated.
* “The Archaeology of Galilee and Judaea," in Evans, Craig A., ed. *Encyclopedia of the Historical Jesus*, New York and London, Routledge, pp. 35-41.
* The Excavations at Sepp
horis: Manual for Area Supervisors, (with T.R.W. Longstaff and Dennis E. Groh), 2nd edition.
**2009**
* The Excavations at Sepphoris: Manual for Area Supervisors, (with T.R.W. Longstaff and Dennis E. Groh, and with additions by James R. Strange), 3rd edition.
Curriculum Vitae
### 1. Degrees
**Rice University**
B.A., Philosophy, 1959
**Yale Divinity School**
B.D., Teaching and Research, 1964
**Drew University**
Ph.D., New Testament Studies, 1970
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### 2. Honors
- 1959: Dean's List, Rice University
- 1969: Graduate Scholarship, Drew University
- 1970-71: Montgomery Fellow, the W.F. Albright Institute for Archaeological Research, Jerusalem, Israel
- 1971-72: Fellow, Office of Judeo-Christian Studies, Duke University
- 1974 & 1979: "Scholar of the Year", College of Arts and Letters, University of South Florida, Phi Kappa Phi, life member
- 1980: NEH Fellow, the W.F. Albright Institute for Archaeological Research, Jerusalem, Israel
- Biographies: 1975, 1999, 2001, 2002 Directory of American Scholars, Gayle Cengage Learning
- 1975: Outstanding Educators in America
- 1976: Dictionary of International Biography
- 1977-78: Archaeologist's Yearbook: Who's Who in Archaeology
- 1976-77: Personalities of the South
- 1980: International Who's Who in Education
- 1980: Computer Assisted Research in Ancient Near East Studies
- 1983: Men of Achievement, International Biographical Centre
- 1984, 1990, 1993: Contemporary Authors
- 1984, 1992: Who’s Who in Religion
- 1986 and 1992: Who's Who in Biblical Studies and Archaeology, Biblical Archaeology Society
- 1987 and 1991: International Authors and Writers Who's Who, International Biographical Centre
- 1987: International Platform Association
- 1992: Marguis Who's Who in Religion
- 1992-1993: Marquis Who's Who
- 1992: The International Who's Who of Intellectuals
- 1992: 20th Century Award for Achievement, International Biographical Centre
- 2001, 2010, 2011: Worldwide Honors, Swathmore’s Who’s Who
- 2010-2011 Edition, 2011: Who’s Who of North American Education
- 2011: Biltmore Who’s Who
- 2011: Madison’s Who’s Who Directory
- 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013: Who's Who in America by Marquis Who’s Who
- 1987: "Silver Medallion Award for Brotherhood", National Conference of Christians and Jews
- 1995: University of South Florida, "Outstanding Undergraduate Teaching Award", $2,000
- 1998: The Third Annual Hadassah Myrtle Wreath Award, St. Petersburg, Florida Chapter of Hadassah
- 1998: University of South Florida Professional Excellence Program award
- 1985 and 2010: Panelist for the National Endowment for the Humanities
- 2001: “Distinguished University Professor” at the University of South Florida
- 2001: Honorary Member of the Sarasota Cretan Society
- 2006: Charles U. Harris Professional Service Award, American Schools of Oriental Research, Boston, Mass
- 2010: Honoree, American Foundation for Greek Language and Culture-Interdisciplinary Center for Hellenic Studies joint Forum/Conference, Tampa, Florida, Keynote Address
- 2014: A City Set on a Hill: A Festschrift in Honor of James F. Strange, presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Schools of Oriental Research, San Diego, California, Nov. 24, 2014
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### 3. Community and Professional Activities
- **1973:** Convener of the Symposium in Biblical Archaeology, University of South Florida
- **1979:** Advisory Committee, Heritage Commission of the World Jewish Congress
- **1980-1986:** Curator and Director, The Living Center for Biblical and Archaeological Studies, Tampa
- **1980-81, 1990-91:** Advisory Committee, Baptist Campus Ministry, University of South Florida
- **1981-84:** Chairman, Executive Committee, Institute for Knowledge and Policy, Florida Leadership Forum
- **1984-1986:** Founder and Chairman of the Executive Committee, Florida Institute for the Liberal Arts and Sciences
- **1983-89:** Board of Directors, Hillel Foundation, USF
- **1983-1987:** Board of Directors, Florida Endowment for the Humanities
- **1985-1988:** Board of Directors and Chairman of the Board, Page Academy, Tampa, Florida
- **1988:** Speakers Bureau, Florida Endowment for the Humanities
- **1991-93:** Board of Directors, The USF Foundation
- **1991-94:** Board of Directors, The USF Language Center
- **1992-95:** Board of Directors, The Holocaust Memorial Museum and Education Center, Madeira Beach, Florida
- **2001-2010:** Advisory Board, USF Humanities Institute, College of Arts & Sciences
- **1991:** Consultant for outside review of the South Carolina programs in Religion and Philosophy for the South Carolina Commission on Higher Education
- **1993-1994:** Vice-President of the Southeast Regional Annual Meeting of the American Schools of Oriental Research, Annual Meeting in Atlanta, Georgia, March 18-20, 1994
- **1994-1995:** President of the Southeast Regional Annual Meeting of the American Schools of Oriental Research, Annual Meeting in Gainesville, Florida, March 11-13, 1995
- **2013:** Chairman’s Award for Service as Secretary of the American Schools of Oriental Research, Annual Meeting, Indianapolis, Indiana
- **1994, 1998, 2010:** Designated "Animateur de Pélerinages" by the Commission des Pélerinages Chrétiens in Israel, March 22
---
### 4. Selected Lectures
- **1973:** Norton Lecturer for the Archaeological Institute of America
- **1979:** Visiting Lecturer in Biblical Archaeology for the University of the Orange Free State, Republic of South Africa
- **1979:** Lectures in Biblical Archaeology in South Africa at the Universities of Witwatersrand, Pretoria, Stellenbosch, and Capetown and at the Reformed Seminary in Putatichaba
- **1981:** Tenth Annual Samuel Robinson Lectures at Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, N. Carolina, April 6-7, "Archaeology and Palestinian Jewish Christianity: An Appraisal"
- **1984-2012:** Lecturer for the Biblical Archaeology Society Seminars in Oxford, Oviedo, Atlanta, Philadelphia, New Orleans, West Palm Beach, Orlando, San Antonio, and at sea in the Caribbean
- **1988:** Herbert G. May Memorial Lecture, Oberlin College: "Excavating Sepphoris in Galilee"
- **1991:** The Parkhurst Lectures, Southwestern College in Kansas, April 7-8, "Archaeology and Reading the New Testament"
- **1994:** Lectures: Modern Islam-Religion and Politics, MacDill AFB, Tampa, Florida for the United States Special Operations Command, 80 chaplains of three services, May 4
- **1995:** Lectures: Pacific Rim Religions, MacDill AFB, Tampa, Florida, for the Central Special Operations Command, 80 chaplains of three services, May 11-12
- **1995:** Commencement Speaker for the 48th Annual Commencement at USF, Tampa, Florida, Dec. 17
- **1996:** The McMannis Lectures in Biblical Archaeology, Wheaton College, Wheaton, IL, Nov 18
- **1997:** Benjamin Meaker Visiting Professor for the Institute of Advanced Studies at Bristol University in the Department of Religious Studies and Theology
- **2000:** Lectures: “Archaeology at Sepphoris and New Testament Studies” Conference on Bible and Archaeology at the University of Pretoria, Republic of South Africa
- **2011:** Lecture: “The History of Christianity in the Holy Land to the 6th century CE”, Youth for Hope Camp, Bethlehem, West Bank, Casa Nova, July 30
- **2011:** Lecture: “Ancient Roman Period Waterworks in Israel”, CDM Corporation, Tampa, Florida, 26 Sept.
- **2011:** Lenten Lecturer for the St. Petersburg, FL Episcopal Cathedral
- **2013:** Lenten Lecturer for the Church of the Isles, Indian Rocks Beach, FL: five lectures
- **2014:** “Recent Research in the Roman Road system of Galilee, Israel,” Dept of Near Eastern Archaeology, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA
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### 5. Grants, Sabbaticals, and Leaves of Absence
- **1980:** NEH Fellow in the W.F. Albright Institute for Archaeological Research in Jerusalem, Israel, for research in "Archaeological Materials Reported to Belong to 'Jewish Christianity' in the First Four Centuries, C.E.", six months' residency in Jerusalem
- **1996:** Senior Research Fellow at the W.F. Albright Inst. for Archaeological Research, Jerusalem, Israel
- **1997:** Benjamin Meaker Visiting Professor, invited by the Department of Theology & Religious Studies to the University of Bristol Institute for Advanced Study, University of Bristol, Bristol, England
- **1974:** Grant from International Business Machines for Research in Computer Applications in Archaeology
- **1989:** Grant from National Geographic Magazine for the USF Excavations at Sepphoris
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### 6. Professional Experience and Positions
- **Instructor of French and German, Shreiner Institute, Kerrville, Texas, 1961-63**
- **Lecturer in Philosophy, Bridgeport Engineering Institute, Bridgeport, CN, 1963-64**
- **Lecturer in Religion, Upsala College, East Orange, N.J., 1965-66**
- **Lecturer in History, Union College, Cranford, NJ, 1970**
- **12th Grade Teacher of English and Humanities, Morristown H.S., Morristown, N.J.**
- **Assistant Professor of Religious Studies, USF, 1972-75**
- **Associate Professor of Religious Studies, USF, 1975-79**
- **Tenured Associate Professor, 1977**
- **Professor of Religious Studies, USF, 1980-present**
- **Faculty Secretary, College of Arts and Letters, USF, 1980-81**
- **Acting Chairman, Department of Religious Studies, USF, 1980-81, Chairperson, Department of Religious Studies, USF, 1991-93, Acting Chairperson, 1997**
- **Graduate Director, Department of Religious Studies, USF, 1980-81 and 1998-2008**
- **Dean, College of Arts and Letters, USF, 1981-1989**
- **Coordinator of Jewish Studies, Department of Religious Studies, USF, 1990-92**
- **Chairperson, Program in Classics, USF, 1992-93**
- **Executive Director, Interdisciplinary Center for Hellenic Studies, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL 2008-2010**
- **Doctoral Students:**
- Dan Warner, transfer from FSU to Bristol University, 1997
- Rob Craig, USF Philosophy and Religion Program, 2014
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### 7. Archaeological Field Experience
- **1969:** Area Supervisor, The Expedition to Tell Gezer, Israel, William Dever, Director
- **1970:** Area Supervisor, The Joint Expedition to Khirbet Shema', Israel, Eric Meyers, Director
- **1970:** Area Supervisor, The Expedition to Tell er-Ras, Jordan, Robert J. Bull, Director
- **1970-71:** Director, Salvage Excavations at French Hill, Jerusalem, Israel
- **1971-73:** Associate Director, The Joint Expedition to Khirbet Shema', Israel, Eric Meyers, Director
- **1971:** Field Supervisor, Salvage Excavations at Khirbet el-Kom, West Bank, Jordan, Jack Holliday, Director
- **1971:** Area Supervisor, The Expedition to Caesarea Maritima, Israel, Robert J. Bull, Director
- **1974-1981:** Associate Director, The Meiron Excavation Project, Eric Meyers, Director
- **1979:** Co-Director (Field Director), the Expedition to Ein-Gedi, Israel, September, John Lugenbeal, Co-Director
- **1982, 1984, 1990:** Director, Survey in Lower Galilee, Israel
- **1983-2010:** Director, USF Excavations at Sepphoris, Israel
- **1991-93:** Senior Archaeological Consultant, the Excavations at Yodfat, Israel
- **1996:** Consultant to the Excavations at Cana, Israel
- **2001:** Consultant to the Expedition to Bethsaida, Israel
- **1994-95:** Director: Investigations at Qumran, Israel
- **Publications from this project:**
- F.M. Cross and E. Eshel, "Ostracon from Khirbet Qumran", Israel Exploration Journal 47/1-2 (1997): 1-28
- James F. Strange, "The 1996 Excavations at Qumran and the Context of the New Hebrew Ostracon." In Qumran The site of the Dead Sea Scrolls: Archaeology Interpretations and Debates, Proceedings of a Conference held at Brown University, November 17-19, 2002. Edited by K. Galor et al., Leiden and Boston: Brill, 2006, 41-54
- **1996-2000:** Director: Investigations on Mt. Zion, Israel
- **2009:** Consultant to the Jaffa, Israel, Regional Historical Project, Aaron Burke, Director, Jaffa, Israel
- **2011:** Consultant to the Samford University Survey of Shikhin, Israel
- **2012:** Consultant to the Samford University Excavations at Shikhin, Israel
- **2013:** Consultant and Archaeological Architect for the Samford University Excavations at Shikhin, Israel
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### 8. Bibliography
#### A. Books and Other Media (7 books, 1 CD, & 3 DVDs)
1. **Ancient Synagogue Excavations at Khirbet Shema', Upper Galilee, Israel, 1972.**
The Annual of the American Schools of Oriental Research, Volume XLII, ed. D.N. Freedman. Published by the American Schools of Oriental Research by Duke University Press, Durham, 1976. 297 pp., 101 figures and plates, 95 photographs (with E.M. Meyers and A.T. Kraabel)
2. **Archaeology, the Rabbis, and Early Christianity, Nashville, Abingdon Press, 1981, 205 pp. illustrations.**
Also London: SCM Press, 1982 (with E.M. Meyers)
3. **Excavations at Ancient Meiron, Upper Galilee, Israel, 1971-72, 1974-75.**
Annual of the American Schools of Oriental Research 45, Ann Arbor, 1981, 300 pp. (with E.M. Meyers and C.L. Meyers)
4. **Les Rabbins et les premiers Chrétiens: Archéologie et Histoire.**
Paris: Les Éditions du Cerf., 1984. Tr. by Jean Prignaud of Archaeology, the Rabbis, and Early Christianity
5. **Editor and Reviser of H.T. Frank, Discovering the Biblical World, Maplewood: Hammond, Inc., 1987.**
6. **Galilee Archaeology Slide Set, Washington, D.C.: Biblical Archaeology Society, 1989, 32 pp.**
7. **The Excavations at the Ancient Synagogue of Gush Halav, Israel.**
The Meiron Excavation Project, Vol. V. Eisenbrauns, 1990 (with E.M. Meyers and C.L. Meyers)
8. **Religious Texts and Material Contexts, Edited by Jacob Neusner and James F. Strange (editors and contributors).**
Studies in Ancient Judaism. Lanham: University Press of America, 2001
9. **Excavations at Sepphoris, Vol. I: The University of South Florida Excavations 1983-1989.**
Studies in Judaism, Brill Reference Library of Judaism, 22, A. Avery-Peck and S. Green, Editors. Leiden: E.J. Brill, 2006 (With T.R.W. Longstaff and D.E. Groh)
10. **Dirt, Bones, Potsherds and Stones: Archaeologists Probe the Galilee in the Hellenistic and Roman Periods, 10 hours of videoed lectures on 3 DVDs, Washington, DC: Biblical Archaeology Society, 2009.**
#### B. Chapters in Books (39)
1. **"Excavations at Meiron, in Upper Galilee-1974, 1975: A Second Preliminary Report," Annual of the American Schools of Oriental Research 43 (1978): pp. 73-98 (with E.M. Meyers and C.L. Meyers).**
2. **"Archaeology and The Religion of Judaism in Palestine," "Aufstieg und Niedergang der Römischen Welt, Geschichte und Kultur Roms im Spiegel der Neueren Forschung, Part II: Principat, vol. 19.1: Religion (Judentum: Allgemeines; Palästinisches Judentum), W. Haase, ed., Berlin and New York, Walter de Gruyter, 646-685.**
3. **"Recent Computer Applications in ANE Archaeology" in The Answers Lie Below: Essays in Honor of Lawrence Edmund Toombs, ed. by Henry O. Thompson. Lanham, MD: University Press of America, pp. 129-146.**
4. **"Computers and Archaeological Research," pp. 307-324 in Benchmarks in Time and Culture: An Introduction to Palestinian Archaeology. Dedicated to Joseph A. Callaway. ASOR & SBL, Archaeology and Biblical Studies, Phil J. King, editor. Edited by J. F. Drinkard, Jr. et al., Atlanta: Scholars Press, 1988.**
5. **Beyond Socio-Economics: "Some Reactions to 'Morphology, Composition, and Stratigraphy.' In Analysis and Publication of Ceramics: The Computer Data Base in Archaeology,'" edited by J. Bennett and J. Blakely. BAR Series. London: British Archaeological Reports, 1989.**
6. **"Has the House Where Jesus Stayed in Capernaum Been Found?”Synagogue Where Jesus Preached Found at Capernaum," in Archaeology and the Bible: The Best of BAR, edited by H. Shanks and D.P. Cole. Washington: Biblical Archaeology Society, 1990, pp. 188-207 (with Hershel Shanks).**
7. **"Two Aspects of the Development of Universalism in Christianity: The First to the Fourth Centuries," in Religion and Global Order, Religion and the Political Order, Vol. 4, ed. by Roland Robertson and Wm. Garrett. New York: Paragon House, 1991, pp. 35-46.**
8. **Tables and chart, pp. 146-158, 163-170 in Jacob Neusner, Symbol and Theology in Early Judaism, a revision and addition to the tables of A.G. Vaughn. Minneapolis: Augsburg Fortress, 1991.**
9. **"Introduction to the South Florida Studies Edition," pp. v-x in Johannes Pedersen, History of Israel. The USF Studies in the History of Judaism. Atlanta: Scholar's Press, 1991.**
10. **"Some Implications of Archaeology for New Testament Studies," ch. 2 in What has Archaeology to do with Faith? James H. Charlesworth and Walter P. Weaver, editors. Philadelphia: Trinity Press International, 1992, pp. 23-59.**
11. **"Six Campaigns at Sepphoris: The University of South Florida Excavations, 1983-89" in The Galilee in Late Antiquity, Lee I. Levine, editor. New York and Jerusalem: The Jewish Theological Seminary of America, 1992, pp. 339-55.**
12. **"Archaeology and the Social Order," in Religion and the Social Order: What Kinds of Lessons Does History Teach? Jacob Neusner, editor. Atlanta: Scholars Press, 1994: pp. 155-174.**
13. **"The Art and Archaeology of Ancient Judaism" in Judaism in Late Antiquity, Part I: The Literary and Archaeological Sources. Series: Handbook of Oriental Studies, ed. by Jacob Neusner. Leiden: E.J. Brill, pp. 64-114, illustrated. Reviewed in JSJ 26: 207-12.**
14. **"Reading Archaeological and Literary Evidence: A Response to Sara Mandell," in Religion and the Political Order: Politics in Classical and Contemporary Christianity, Islam, and Judaism, edited by Jacob Neusner. Atlanta: Scholars Press, pp. 49-58.**
15. **"The Eastern Basilical Building," and "Gold Headpiece," in Nagy, Rebecca Martin, et alia, Editors, Sepphoris in Galilee: Crosscurrents of Culture. Raleigh: North Carolina Museum of Art, pp. 117-121 and 233.**
16. **"The Sayings of Jesus and Archaeology," in Hillel and Jesus: Comparative Studies of Two Major Religious Leaders, James H. Charlesworth, editor. Minneapolis: Fortress Press, pp. 291-305, illustrated.**
17. **"First Century Galilee from Archaeology and from the Texts", in Douglas R. Edwards and C. Thomas McCollough, Editors, Archaeology and the Galilee: Texts and Contexts in the Graeco-Roman and Byzantine Periods, USF Studies in the History of Judaism, Scholars Press.**
18. **"Predicting the Details: What We Will See at Cydonia" and "Why Archaeologists Should Explore Cydonia": Two Chapters in S.V. McDaniel and M.R. Paxson, Editors, The Case for the Face, The Society for Planetary SETI Research (Kempton: Adventures Unlimited), pp. 183-8 and 259-63.**
19. **"Ancient Texts, Archaeology as Text, and the Problem of the First Century Synagogue," The Evolution of the Synagogue, edited by Howard C. Kee and Lynn Cohick, Valley Forge: Trinity Press International, pp. 27-45.**
20. **"Archäologische Untersuchungen der Cydonia Mounds", in Das McDaniel Bericht, a translation and revision of Stanley V. McDaniel, The McDaniel Report, (Berkeley: North Atlantic Books, 1993).**
21. **"The Shroud of Turin,” Seventy Mysteries of the Ancient World. Brian Fagan, Editor. London: Thames & Hudson, pp. 71-73.**
22. **"Synagogue Typology and Khirbet Shema: A Response to Jodi Magness," Ch. 3 in Judaism in Late Antiquity (Part 3, vol. 4, Where We Stand: Issues & Debates in Ancient Judaism, The Special Problem of the Synagogue, edited by Alan Avery-Peck and Jacob Neusner, pp. 71-78.**
23. **"The Synagogue as Metaphor," Ch. 5 in Judaism in Late Antiquity, Part 3, vol. 4, Where We Stand: Issues & Debates in Ancient Judaism, The Special Problem of the Synagogue, edited by Alan Avery-Peck and Jacob Neusner, Leiden: E.,J. Brill, pp. 91-120, 7 figures.**
24. **"The Archaeology of Everyday Life at Qumran," Judaism at Qumran: A Systemic Reading of the Dead Sea Scrolls Theory of Israel. Handbuch der Orientalistik, 5/1. Judaism in Late Antiquity edited by Alan Avery-Peck, Jacob Neusner, and Bruce Chilton. Leiden: E.J. Brill, 45-73 (with James Riley Strange).**
25. **"The Archaeology of Religion at Capernaum, Synagogue and Church," Religious Texts and Material Contexts, Edited by Jacob Neusner and James F. Strange. Lanham: University Press of America, 43-62.**
26. **"Archaeology and the Synagogue to 200 CE" The Ancient Synagogue from Its Origins until 200 C.E., Papers Presented at an International Conference at Lund University, October 14-17. Birger Olsson & Magnus Zetterholm, Editors. Stockholm: Almqvist & Wiksell International, 2003, pp. 37-62.**
27. **"Archaeological Evidence for Jewish Christianity," Jewish Believers in Jesus: A History from Antiquity to the Present, Editors: Oskar Skarsaune and Reidar Hvalvik. The table of contents can be seen on http://www.caspari.com/jbj/vol1.html.**
28. **"Archaeology and the Early Synagogue", When Judaism and Christianity Began: Essays in Memory of Anthony J. Saldarini, Edited by Alan J. Avery-Peck, Daniel Harrington, and Jacob Neusner, Global Publications.**
29. **"Byzantine Sepphoris: The Fourth Century as Viewed through Literary and Archaeological Sources," The ASOR Centennial, edited by Douglas Clark, ASOR, Boston.**
30. **"Un site majeur: Séphoris" in Les premiers temps de l'Église—Ier-Ve siècle. Edited by Mme Marie- Françoise Baslez (Paris: Bayard Presse).**
31. **"Alcuni Impliczioni dell'Archeologia per gli Studi sul Nuovo Testamento" in J.H. Charlesworth and W.P. Weaver, editors, Archeolgoia e Fede. Milan: Gribaudi, 37-85.**
32. **"Some Remarks on the Synagogues of Capernaum and Khirbet Shema’: A Response to Jodi Magness", Continuity and Renewal: Jewish and Judaism in Byzantine-Christian Palestine, Lee I. Levine, Editor, Jerusalem: Jewish Theo. Seminary of America and Yad Ben-Zvi Press [English Chapter, Hebrew Book]. Pp. 530-543.**
33. **"Archaeology and the Pharisees" Ch. 9 in In Quest of the Historical Pharisees, edited by J. Neusner and B. Chilton. Waco: Baylor University Press, pages 237-251 & 460-462.**
34. **"The 1996 Excavations at Qumran and the Context of the New Hebrew Ostracon." In Qumran The site of the Dead Sea Scrolls: Archaeology Interpretations and Debates, Proceedings of a Conference held at Brown University, November 17
-19, 2002. Edited by K. Galor, J-B Humbert, and J. Zangenberg. Leiden and Boston: Brill, 41-54.**
35. **"Where Jesus Stayed in Capernaum," Ch. 5 in Where Christianity was Born, edited by H. Shanks, Washington, DC: Biblical Archaeology Society, pp. 66-78 (with H. Shanks).**
36. **"Observations from Archaeology and Religious Studies on First Contact and ETI Evidence," ch. 13 in Alien Worlds: Social and Religious Dimensions of Extraterrestrial Contact, D. G. Tumminia, Editor, Syracuse: Syracuse University Press, pp. 239-248.**
37. **"Archaeological Evidence for Jewish Christianity" in Jewish Believers in Jesus: A History from Antiquity to the Present, Edited by O. Skarsaune and R. Hvalvik. Peabody, MA: Hendrickson, pp. 710-741.**
38. **"Archaeology and Religion", ch. 7 in Studies on Patristic Texts and Archaeology: If These stones could speak...Essays in Honor of Dennis Edward Groh. George Kalantzis and Thomas F. Martin, editors. Lewiston, The Edwin Mellen Press, pp. 163-188, two figures.**
39. **"Judaism, Archaeology of" for the Oxford Dictionary of Archaeology and Religion, Timothy Insoll, Editor, submitted 2008.**
40. **"The future of Jesus Research" solicited by James H. Charlesworth of Princeton Theo. Seminary and Pierpaolo Bertalotto, Secretary of the Journal Henoch for publication in Henoch. J.H. Charlesworth and P. Bertalotto, editors: 43-44.**
41. **Submitted 2012: "Cistern 7" in Shechem VII: The Excavations on Tell er-Ras.**
#### C. Articles in Reference Works (211 authored, 65 edited)
1. **"Capernaum," "Crucifixion, Methods of," and "Magdala" for the Interpreter’s Dictionary of the Bible, Supplementary Volume. Nashville, Abingdon Press, pp. 140-141, 199-200, and 561.**
2. **"Greece" and "Macedonia" in the International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, Rev. Ed., G.W. Bromily, gen. ed., Wm. B. Eerdmans Pub. Company, 1982, vol. 2: 559-567 and Vol. 3: 205-209.**
3. **"Antioch" for the Layman's Dictionary of the Bible, 1987.**
4. **"Asher" 68, "Azariah," 77, "Cappadocia", 135-6, "Sepphoris," 808, and "Samaritans" 790-1, for the Mercer Dictionary of the Bible. Mercer: Mercer University Press, 1990.**
5. **"Nazareth" for the Encyclopedia of Archaeology in the Biblical World (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1991).**
6. **Beth-Zatha", "Cana of Galilee"; "Dalmanutha", 4-5, "Emmaus"; "Magdala", "Nain," "Nazareth""Palestinian Archaeology, NT Period", "Sepphoris”; "Tiberias," for The Anchor Bible Dictionary, David Noel Freedman, editor. (New York: Doubleday, 1992).**
7. **"Capernaum" for the Encyclopedia of Early Christian Art and Archaeology, Ed. P.C. Finney, New York: Garland, 1994.**
8. **65 edited and 182 composed articles for the Macmillan Dictionary of Judaism in the Biblical Period: 450 B.C.E. to 600 C.E., Jacob Neusner, Editor-in-Chief, William Scott Green Editor. NY: Macmillan Library Reference, 1996. Acco, Archaeological Survey, Akhmadiyeh, Alexandrion, Alma, Altar, Amphora, Aniconism, Animals, representations of, Antipatris, Antonia Fortress, archaeology of, Apheka, Arabia, Araq el-Emir, Arbel synagogue, Ark, representation of, Ashdod, Ashkelon, Assalieh, Bar Katra Family, Baris Fortress, Beer Sheba, Bet Midrash, Beth Alpha Synagogue, Beth Guvrin, Beth Shean, Beth Shean Synagogue, Beth Shearim, Bethlehem (North), Bethlehem (South), Bethsaida-Julias, Biblical Scenes, Birds, excluding eagles, Books and scrolls, Bull, Burial, Butmiyyah, Caesarea Synagogue, Caesarea-Philippi, Capernaum, Capernaum Synagogue, Centaur, Chair of Moses, Clothing, Clover, four-petal, coffin, coin symbols, coins, Jewish, Cosmetics, cosmetic tools, Curtain, Ark, Cyrenaica, Dabbura, Dabiyye, Dabyra Synagogue, Dalmanutha, Dalton, Danqalle, Daroma, David's Tomb Synagogue, Dead Sea Caves, Delos Synagogue, Dikke, Dolphin, Dor, Dora, Dura Europos, Eagle, Egypt, Eleutheropolis, Eliezer ha-Qappar, Emmaus, En Natosh, En-Gedi Synagogue, En-Nashut, Eshtemoa, Etrog, Fish, Flower, Fruit, Gabara, Galilee, Sea of, Gamala, Gaza, Gaza Synagogue, Genius, Gerasa Synagogue, Grapes, grapevines, Gvat Horvat Jabata Synagogue, Hare, Hazor, Horvat Amudim, Horvat Kishor Synagogue, Horvat Rimmon Synagogue, Horvat Summaqa Synagogue, Huldah, Images, Incense Shovel, Inscriptions, Aramaic, Inscriptions, Hebrew, Israel, Land of, Japhia Synagogue, Jericho, Jerusalem, Archaeology of, Judea Archaeology of, Khirbet Susiya Synagogue, Khirbet Tieba Synagogue, Kokhav ha-Yarden, Lamp, hanging, Leaves, Lion, Lioness, Lod, Lulab, Ma'on Synagogue, Magdala, Maoz, Meiron, Na'aneh Synagogue, Naaran synagogue, Nain, Naveh, Nazareth, Neapolis, ossuary decorations, ox, palm tree, Peqi'in, pomegranate, Qatsrin, Qatsyon, Qumran, Rafid, Rama Synagogue, Ramat Aviv Synagogue, Rehov Synagogue, Roman Period, Rosette, Safed, Safsaf, Salbit Synagogue, Samaria, archaeology of, Sarcophagus, Sasa, Seals and bullae, Sebaste, Sepphoris, archeology of, Sharon, Plain of, Shavei Zion, Shefar Am, Shell, Shikhin, Shikmona, Shiloh, Snake, Star, Stone Vessels, Susiya, Khirbet Susiya, Swastika, Synagogues, Diaspora, Talith, Tefasno Synagogue, Tefillin, archaeology of, Tell Anafa, Tell el-Hesi, Tell Jemmeh, Tell Megadim, Tell Mevorah, Tell Mikhal, Tell Sera, Tell Sippor, Temple, Second, trade, Transjordan, Umm el-Kanatir Synagogue, Usha, Archaeology of, Vine Scroll, Vine Trellis, weights and measures, Wheel, Wreath, Yavneh, Archaeology of, Yehudiyeh, Tell el-, Yodfat, Yokneam.**
9. **"Nazareth" in vol. 4 of the Oxford Encyclopedia of Near Eastern Excavations, E.M. Meyers, General Editor (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1997), pp. 113-114.**
10. **"Synagogues, Ancient Times," for the Encyclopedia of Judaism. Jacob Neusner, Editor-in-Chief, Leiden: E.J. Brill, 2000: 1374-1383.**
11. **"Archaeology of Galilee and Judea" for the Dictionary of New Testament Backgrounds, Craig Evans, Editor. N.Y.: Intervarsity Press, 2000.**
12. **"Synagogue as institution" for the Encyclopedia of the Historical Jesus, Craig Evans, Editor, New York and London, Routledge, pp. 612-616, 2008.**
13. **"Sepphoris" for the Eerdmans Dictionary of Early Judaism, John Collins and Daniel C. Harlow, Editors, Wm. B. Eerdmans Pub. Company, 2010.**
14. **Submitted 2014, "Research into the Galilean Road system of the Roman period: Using the Survey of Western Palestine (1881)", "Nazareth," "Sepphoris," "Sepphoris Water System," and "Gushs Halav" for Fortress Press for a two volume work on Galilee edited by James Riley Strange and David Fiensy.**
#### D. Refereed Articles (18)
1. **"Archaeology and Rabbinic Tradition at Khirbet Shema' the 1970 and 1971 Campaigns," The Biblical Archaeologist 35:1-31 (with E.M. Meyers and A.T. Kraabel), 1972.**
2. **"Excavations at Meiron in Upper Galilee
-1971, 1972: A Preliminary Report," Bulletin of the American Schools of Oriental Research 214: 2-25 (with C.L. Meyers and E.M. Meyers), 1974.**
3. **"Late Hellenistic and Herodian Ossuary Tombs at French Hill, Jerusalem," Bulletin of the American Schools of Oriental Research 219: 39-67, 1975.**
4. **"The Capernaum and Herodium Publications (Part I)," Bulletin of the American Schools of Oriental Research 226: 65-73, 1977.**
5. **"The Meiron Excavation Project: Archaeological Survey in Galilee and Golan, 1976,"Bulletin of the American Schools of Oriental Research 230: 1-24 (with E.M. Meyers and D.E. Groh), 1978.**
6. **"Preliminary Report of the 1977 and 1978 Seasons at Gush Halav (el-Jish), Israel,"Bulletin of the American Schools of Oriental Research 23: 33-58 (with E.M. Meyers, C.L. Meyers, and R.S. Hanson), 1979.**
7. **"The Capernaum and Herodium Publications Part 2,"Bulletin of the American Schools of Oriental Research 233: 63-69, 1979.**
8. **"Preliminary Report on the 1980 Excavations at en-Nabratein, Israel," Bulletin of the American Schools of Oriental Research 245: 75-79, 1981.**
9. **"The Ark of Nabratein - A First Glance," The Biblical Archaeologist, 44: 237-243 (with E.M. Meyers and C.L. Meyers), 1981.**
10. **"Review Article: Archaeology and Pilgrims in the Holy Land and Jerusalem," Bulletin of the American Schools of Oriental Research 246: 35-54, 1982.**
11. **"Second Preliminary Report on the 1981 Excavations at en-Nabratein, Bulletin of the American Schools of Oriental Research 246: 35-54, (with E.M. Meyers and C.L. Meyers), 1982.**
12. **"New Developments in Greco-Roman Archaeology as a Discipline," The Biblical Archaeologist 45/2: 85-88, 1982.**
13. **"2 Corinthians 10:13-16 Illuminated by a Recently Published Inscription," The Biblical Archaeologist 46:167-68, 1983.**
14. **"Archaeology and the New Testament? Jim Strange Reviews John McRay's New Book...and McRay Responds," The Biblical Archaeologist, 56/3: 153-7, 1993.**
15. **"University of South Florida Excavations at Sepphoris: The Location and Identification of Shikhin, Part 1, Israel Exploration Journal 44:216-227 (with D.E. Groh and T.R.W. Longstaff), 1994. Also published electronically at www.Colby.Edu.**
16. **"University of South Florida Excavations at Sepphoris: The Location and Identification of Shikhin, Part 2, Israel Exploration Journal 45:216-227 (with D.E. Groh and T.R.W. Longstaff, with a contribution by D. Adan-Bayewitz et al), 1995. Also published electronically on www.Colby.Edu.**
17. **"Sepphoris," pages 756-8 in "Archaeology in Israel" by Samuel R. Wolff, Bulletin of the American Schools of Oriental Research 100: 725-68 (with T.R.W. Longstaff and Dennis E. Groh), 1996.**
18. **"The Excavations at Sepphoris and their Implications for New Testament Studies," Neotestamentica: Journal of the New Testament Society of South Africa, 34 (1): 125-142, 2000.**
#### E. Non-Refereed Articles (53)
1. **"French Hill, Jerusalem," Israel Exploration Journal 21: 233-234, 1971.**
2. **"French Hill-B," Hadashot Arkeologiot :17-18 (in Hebrew), 1971.**
3. **"Excavations at Khirbet Shema' and Meiron, 1972." Israel Exploration Journal 22: 174-176 (with E.M. Meyers and A.T. Kraabel), 1972.**
4. **"Current Research,” Newsletter of Computer Archaeology 9: 9-10, 1973.**
5. **"Meiron, 1972," Israel Exploration Journal 24: 279-280 (with E.M. Meyers), 1974.**
6. **"Meiron, 1975," Israel Exploration Journal 25, 174-176 (with C.L. Meyers and E.M. Meyers), 1975.**
7. **"Meiron," Newsletter of the American Schools of Oriental Research, 3-4, 1975.**
8. **"Meiron," Revue Biblique LXXIII, 91-93 (with E.M. Meyers), 1976.**
9. **"Survey in Galilee: 1976," Special Issue of Explor, "a theological journal published by Garrett Evangelical Theological Seminary" entitled Galilee and Regionalism, vol. 3, pp. 7-17 (with E. M. Meyers), 1977.**
10. **"Meiron, 1977,” Israel Exploration Journal 28/1-2, 126-8 (with C.L. Meyers and E.M. Meyers), 1978.**
11. **"Using the Microcomputer in the Field: The Case of the Meiron Excavation Project,” Newsletter of the American Schools of Oriental Research 4: 8-11, 1981.**
12. **"Nabratein,” Revue Biblique 88/4, 592-595 (with Meyers and Meyers), 1981.**
13. **"Nabratein 1981," Israel Exploration Journal, 1982.**
14. **"Caesarea," The Biblical Illustrator 8/4 25-31, 1982.**
15. **"Has the House Where Jesus Stayed in Capernaum Been Found," Biblical Archaeology Review VIII/6: 26-37 (with Hershel Shanks), 1982.**
16. **"Survey in Galilee," Israel Exploration Journal 32: 254-255, 1982.**
17. **"Tirzah," The Biblical Illustrator, 9/3, 75-77, 1983.**
18. **"Diversity in Early Palestinian Christianity, Some Archaeological Evidences," Anglican Theological Review, vol. LXV/1, pp. 14-24, 1983.**
19. **"Synagogue Where Jesus Preached Found at Capernaum," Biblical Archaeology Review 9/6: 24-31 (with H. Shanks), 1983.**
20. **"Sepphoris, 1983," Israel Exploration Journal 34/1: 51-52 (with T.R.W. Longstaff), 1984.**
21. **"The Forum: Computer Misadventures," Archaeology 37/4: 80, 1984.**
22. **"Hercules as Educator, or the Labors of Liberal Education," Florida Institute for the Liberal Arts and Sciences Newsletter, Vol. 1 (1), 1, 1984.**
23. **"Sepphoris et autres sites de basse Galilee," Revue Biblique, (No. 2, April): 239-241, 1984.**
24. **"Galilee," The Biblical Illustrator 11/2: 21-26, 1985.**
25. **"Soil Interface Radar," a sidebar in the Biblical Archaeologist 49:14, 1985.**
26. **"Sepphoris, 1985," Israel Exploration Journal 35: 297-299 (with T.R.W. Longstaff), 1985.**
27. **"Strange's Laws of Archaeological Excavation," Biblical Archaeology Review 9/1, 69, 1985.**
28. **"The Jewish Calendar," Biblical Illustrator 13/1: 29-32, 1986.**
29. **"Sepphoris, 1985," Israel Exploration Journal 35: 297-299 (with T.R.W. Longstaff), 1986.**
30. **"Sepphoris (Sippori), 1986 (II)," Israel Exploration Journal 37/4: 278-280 (with T.R.W. Longstaff), 1987.**
31. **"Sepphoris (Sippori) 1987," Israel Exploration Journal 38/3:188-190 (with D.E. Groh and T.R.W. Longstaff), 1988.**
32. **"Sepphoris (Sippori), 1988," Israel Exploration Journal 39/12: 104-106 (with D.E. Groh and T.R.W. Longstaff), 1989.**
33. **"Sepphoris (Sippori), 1989," Israel
Exploration Journal 40 (with D.H. Groh and T.R.W. Longstaff), 1990.**
34. **"Readers of the Lost (Archaic) City", USF Magazine, May, pp. 1-23. Cover photo and six pages of text and photographs, 1990.**
35. **"Caesarea," in The Best from the Biblical Illustrator. Nashville: Sunday School Board of the Southern Baptist Convention [a republication of 1982 Caesarea], 1990.**
36. **"Sippori-1988 (University of South Florida Expedition," Excavations and Surveys in Israel 1989/1990, Vol. 9. Jerusalem: The Israel Antiquities Authority, pp. 19-20, 1991.**
37. **"Sepphoris (Sippori), 1991," Israel Exploration Journal 43 (with D.E. Groh and T.R.W. Longstaff), 1993.**
38. **"Zippori-1991," Hadashot Arkheologiyot 100. Jerusalem: Israel Antiquities Authority (with T.R.W. Longstaff and D.E. Groh), 1993.**
39. **"Sepphoris (Sippori), 1994," Israel Exploration Journal 44 (with and T.R.W. Longstaff and Tom McCollough), 1994.**
40. **Editorial: "Symposium Report: Historical Perspectives," American Interfaith Institute/World Alliance of Interfaith Organizations Explorations, Vol. 8, No. 2, p. 1, 1994.**
41. **"Zippori-1991," Excavations and Surveys in Israel, vol. 13. Jerusalem: Israel Antiquities Authority, pp. 29-30 (with T.R.W. Longstaff and D.E. Groh), 1995.**
42. **"James F. Strange,” in A Modern Prophet: letters to Franklin H. Littell on His 80th Birthday, June 20, 1987 Edited by Sharon Gutman Lightner and Marcia Sachs Littell. Philadelphia: Philadelphia Center on the Holocaust, Human Rights, and Genocide, pp. 212-3, 1997.**
43. **"Sepphoris 1996,” Israel Exploration Journal 49 (with Dennis E. Groh and T.R.W. Longstaff, pp. 122-3, 1999.**
44. **"Sepphoris 1997,” Israel Exploration Journal 49 (with Dennis E. Groh and C. Thomas McCollough, pp. 124-6, 1999.**
45. **"Sepphoris 1998,” Israel Exploration Journal 49 (with Dennis E. Groh, T.R.W. Longstaff, and C. Thomas McCollough, pp. 126-8, 1999.**
46. **"Un site majeur: Séphoris” Le Monde de la Bible 34 (Avril-Mai):23-27, 2001.**
47. **"Sepphoris”, posted on “The Bible and Interpretation”: http://www.bibleinterp.com/articles/sepphoris.htm, 2001.**
48. **“Farisæerne på Jesu tid—hvadkan arkæologien lære os?” [Pharisees in Jesus’ Time: Can Archaeology Help Us?] Tel, September 2007: pp. 6-14, 2007.**
49. **"After the Temple”, Christian Histyory & Biography 97 (Winter), pp. 30-31, illustrated, 2008.**
50. **"Tombs, the New Testament, and the Archaeology of Religion”, Review and Expositor 106/3, 399-420, 2009.**
51. **"Robert Jehu Bull: An Obituary”, the Bulletin of the American Schools of Oriental Research, James Weinstein, 2014.**
52. **"Passover as Jesus Knew It”, Submitted to ASOR, The Ancient Near East Today, 2014.**
53. **"The Roman Road System”, Fortress Press, a chapter in The Galilee, edited by James R. Strange and David Fiensy, 2014.**
#### F. Unpublished Manuscripts and Other Reports (33)
1. **Khirbet Shema', Manual for Area Supervisors. Joint Expedition to Khirbet Shema', Israel, 67 pp., 1971.**
2. **Caesarea Maritima, Manual for Area Supervisors. Expedition to Caesarea Maritima, Israel, 71 pp., 1971.**
3. **"The Tell er-Ras Cistern Pottery", Vol. 2, Drew University: Institute for Archaeology, 76 pp., for the Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C., 1972.**
4. **Caesarea Maritima, Manual for Area Supervisors. Expedition to Caesarea Maritima, Israel, (Revised), with L.M. Hopfe and L.B. Christiansen, 40 pp., 1976.**
5. **Five Sections for Man's Religious Expressions, edited by William C. Tremmel, the workbook for the Television Series of the same name for the University of South Florida (with W.C. Tremmel, D. Bassuk, and T. Burns), 1976.**
6. **The Excavations at Sepphoris: Manual for Area Supervisors, with contributions by T.R.W. Longstaff, 42 pp., 1985.**
7. **The Sepphoris Reader editor, translator, contributor, 1986.**
8. **The Sepphoris Reader, Revised, 1987.**
9. **The Excavations at Sepphoris: Manual for Area Supervisors, with T.R.W. Longstaff and Dennis E. Groh, 1992.**
10. **The Sepphoris Reader, 2nd Edition, eds. T.R.W. Longstaff and Dennis E. Groh, 1992.**
11. **The Sepphoris Rader, 3rd Edition, with James Riley Strange, 2009.**
12. **The Excavations at Sepphoris: Manual for Area Supervisors, with James Riley Strange, 2009.**
13. **The University of South Florida Excavations at Sepphoris, Israel, 1988: A First Preliminary Report (co-authored with D.E. Groh and T.R.W. Longstaff), including the preliminary report of the survey of ancient Shikhin, submitted to the Department of Antiquities of Israel, 88 pp., two plans, 1988.**
14. **"Archaeological Experiments in Image Formation on Burial Shrouds: Implications for understanding the Shroud of Turin," for The Shroud of Turin: A Case Study in Document Authentication, Paul C. Maloney, editor. Binghamton, New York: The Haworth Press. Submitted and accepted 1996, but the book was never published, 1996.**
15. **"The University of South Florida Excavations at Sepphoris, Israel in Israel Exploration Journal, with Dennis E. Groh, and Tom McCollough, for the Israel Antiquities Authority, 109 pp., two line drawings, 1997.**
16. **"Qumran: Some Recent Archaeological Theories" for the Proceedings of the Jubilee Conference on the Dead Sea Scrolls at Princeton University, Princeton, N.J., Nov. 14-19, James H. Charlesworth, Convenor and Editor, 1997.**
17. **"Hermeneutics of Monuments, Hermeneutics of Texts,"**
#### G. Reviews
1. **Jewish Ossuaries, Reburial, and Rebirth by Eric M. Meyers, in the Journal of Biblical Literature, 93, 462-464, 1974.**
2. **The Dead Sea Scrolls by Geza Vermes, in Religion in Life, Vol. XLVIII, 120-121, 1979.**
3. **Cesarée de Palestine by Joseph Ringel, (n.d.), Herodes der Grosse, König der Juden by Gerhard Prause, (1977), and Storia del Mondo Giudaico, by Pablo Sacchi, for the Religious Studies Review vol. 6, 1980.**
4. **Gazetteer of Roman Palestine M. Avi-Yonah, in the Bulletin of the American Schools of Oriental Research, 244: 73-74, 1981.**
5. **Computing in the Humanities by Patton, P.C. and Holoien, R.A., in the Biblical Archaeologist, 46/2: 125-126, 1983.**
6. **Women Leaders in the Ancient Synagogue by Brooten, B., in the Biblical Archaeology Review, 10/3: 14-16, 1984.**
7. **Einstein's Space and Van Gogh's Sky by L. LeShan and H. Margenau, in the Association for Humanistic Psychology Perspective, August-September: 25, 1984.**
8. **Miracles by D.S. Rogo, in the Journal of Religion and Psychical Research, 7/3: 195-196, 1984.**
9. **The Discovery of Dura-Europos by Clark Hopkins, Edited by Bernard Goldman. New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 1979 in The Jewish Quarterly Review, 74: 337-340, 1984.
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10. **A Collection of Near-Death Research Readings by Lundahl, C.R., in The Journal of Religion and Psychical Research, 7/2: 123-127, 1985.**
11. **Ante Pacem: Archaeological Evidence of Church Life Before Constantine by G.F. Snyder, in the Biblical Archaeologist, 49/4: 249-251, 1986.**
12. **Ethics and Values in Archaeology, ed. E.L. Green, Biblical Archaeology Review 12/3: 14, 1986.**
13. **The Land and People Jesus Knew: A Comprehensive Handbook on Life in First-Century Palestine by J. Robert Teringo, Biblical Archaeology Review 12/4: 10, 1986.**
14. **Art and Holy Powers in the Early Christian House, by E. Dauterman Maguire, H.P. Maguire, and M.J. Duncan-Flowers, Biblical Archaeology Review 18/July-Aug, 1992.**
15. **Settlements and Cult Sites on Mount Hermon, Israel: Ituraean culture in the Hellenistic and Roman Periods. BAR International Series 589. Oxford: BAR International, 1993, by Shimon Dar, Bulletin of the American Schools of Oriental Research: 100-101, 1996.**
16. **The Synagogues and Churches of Ancient Palestine. A Michael Glazier Book. Collegeville, Minnesota: The Liturgical Press, 1993, by Leslie Hoppe, O.F.M., for the Catholic Historical Review LXXXII/3, pp. 493-4, 1996.**
17. **Ancient Synagogues: Historical Analysis & Archaeological Discovery. Edited by Dan Urman and Paul V.M. Flesher. Studia Post-Biblica 47/2. Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill, 1995, for the Religious Studies Review 23: 88. Published on the webpage for the Society for Biblical literature, 1996.**
18. **The Cambridge Companion to Plotinus. Edited by Lloyd P. Gerson. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, in the Religious Studies Review 24/1, p. 77, 1996.**
19. **Die Forschungsgeschichte von Ephesos: Entdeckungen, Grabungen und Persönlichkeiten. By Traute Wohlers-Scharf. E H XXXVIII Archaeology, 54. 2nd Edition Frankfurt am Main and New York: Peter Lang, 1996, for the Religious Studies Review 24, p. 95, 1998.**
20. **Early Christian Epitaphs from Anatolia. By Gary J. Johnson. Texts and Translations, 35. Early Christian Literature Series, 8. Atlanta, GA: Scholars Press, 1995 for the Religious Studies Review 25, p. 19, 1999.**
21. **Bethsaida: Home of the Apostles by Fred Strickert, The Liturgical Press, Collegeville, IN, 1998 for Interpretation 54/2: 213-4, 2000.**
22. **The Origins of Christianity: An Exploration. By Etienne Nodet and Justin Taylor. A Michael Glazier Book. Collegeville, MN: The Liturgical Press, 1998 for the Religious Studies Review, 2001.**
23. **"Archaeology and the Synagogue to 200 CE”, Proceedings of the Conference in The Ancient Synagogue, Lund University, Lund, Sweden, 2002 (by invitation only), Oct 14-18, 2002.**
24. **"Archaeology and the Early Synagogue”, Saldarini Festschrift, edited by Jacob Neusner, Global Publications, 2002.**
25. **Carsten Claußen, Versammlung, Gemeinde, Synagoge: Das hellenistisch-jüdische Umfeld der frühchristlichen Gemeinden (Studien zur Umwelt des Neuen Testaments 27); Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 2002) the Catholic Biblical Quarterly, A.-J. Levine, Book Editor, 2003.**
26. **Mark A. Chancey, the Myth of a Gentile Galilee. Society for NT Studies Monograph Series 118. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2002 to the Bulletin for Biblical Research, Craig Evans, Editor, 2003.**
27. **Jodi Magness, The Archaeology of Qumran and the Dead Sea Scrolls, Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2002 in Hebrew Studies 46: 445-7, 2006.**
28. **Shimon Gibson, The Cave of John the Baptist: The Stunning Archaeological Discovery that has Redefined Christian History. New York: Doubleday, 2004, 2006.**
29. **James D.G. Dunn, Christianity in the Making: Vol. 1: Jesus Remembered. Grand Rapids: Wm. B. Eerdmans, 2003 in Catholic Biblical Quarterly April 6, 2006.**
30. **James D. Tabor, The Jesus Dynasty: The Hidden History of Jesus, His Royal Family, and the Birth of Christianity. New York: Simon & Schuster, 2006, in the Biblical Archaeology Review, 2006.**
31. **Philip J. King, The Bible is for Living: A Scholar’s Spiritual Journey (Washington, DC: Biblical Archaeology Society) and on the web at http://www.bibarch.org/reviews/review-bible-is-for-living.asp, 2008.**
32. **Oleg Grabar and Benjamin Z. Kedar, The Temple Mount, Where Heaven and Earth Meet: Jerusalem’s Sacred Esplanade. Austin: University of Texas Press, 2009, and Hershel Shanks, Jerusalem’s Temple Mount: From Solomon to the Golden Dome, New York: Continuum, 2007, in the Biblical Archaeology Review, 2011.**
33. **David A. Fiensy and Ralph K. Hawkins, (eds.), The Galilean Economy in the Time of Jesus (Early Christianity and Its Literature 11; Atlanta, GA: Society for Biblical Literature 2013). Submitted to the Catholic Biblical Quarterly, 2014.**
#### H. Creative Works (2)
1. **Short Story: "A Morning Chronicle during the Expedition to Meiron, Israel, June, 1975," Gryphon, vol. 2/3:1976: 36-44.**
2. **Poem: "Thanks to Mr. Ling," In Concert, vol. 1/2, 1990, p. 4.**
#### I. Papers Read Before Scholarly Bodies (74)
1. **"The 1971 Excavations at Khirbet Shema' and Meiron, Israel," Annual Meeting of the Archaeological Institute of America, Cincinnati, 1971, abstracted in the American Journal of Archaeology (76) 1972, p. 22.**
2. **"Archaeological Evidences for Judaism in Galilee," Southeast Regional Meeting of the Society for Biblical Literature and American Academy of Religion, Atlanta, Georgia, 1974.**
3. **"New Evidences for the Languages of Galilee/Golan: The First Five Centuries," Southeast Regional Meeting of the National Association of Professors of Hebrew, Miami, Florida, 1974, Abstracted in Hebrew Abstracts XVI (1975), 71-72.**
4. **"The 1974 Season of Excavations at Meiron, Israel," Annual Meeting of the Archaeological Institute of America, Chicago, Ill., 1974, abstracted by the American Journal of Archaeology 79 (1975), p. 150.**
5. **"The 1975 Campaign at Meiron, Israel," Annual Meeting of the American Schools of Oriental Research, Cincinnati, Ohio, 1975.**
6. **"The Computer as a Tool in the Near East," Annual Meeting of the American Schools of Oriental Research, St. Louis, Missouri, 1976.**
7. **"New Understandings of the Hellenistic-Roman Period in Syria-Palestine," Annual Meeting of the Society for Biblical Literature, San Francisco, California, 1977.**
8. **"New Developments in Greco-Roman Archaeology in Palestine," Annual Meeting of the American Schools of Oriental Research, New Orleans, 1978.**
9. **"Archaeological Model-Building and Qumran," Annual Meeting of the American Schools of Oriental Research, New York City.**
10. **"Christianities in Palestine: Archaeological Evidences," Annual Meeting of the Society for Biblical Literature, New York City, November, 1979.**
11. **"Recent Computer Applications in Archaeology in Israel," Annual Meeting of the American Schools of Oriental Research, Dallas, Texas, November, 1980.**
12. **"The Nabratein Ark in the History of Jewish Art," Southeast Regional Meeting of the Society for Biblical Literature, Gainesville, Florida, 1982.**
13. **Presider at the ASOR Session on Computer Applications in Ancient Near Eastern Archaeology. Paper: "Recent Computer Applications in the Ancient Near East," Annual Meeting of the American Schools of Oriental Research, Dallas, Texas, December 19, 1983.**
14. **"Interpretation in Archaeology," Annual Meeting of the Society for New Testament Studies, Trondheim, Norway, August 17, 1985.**
15. **"Two Aspects of the Development of Universalism in Christianity," Religion and the Quest for Global Order
," New Era Seminar, St. Martin, French West Indies, October 7-11, 1987.**
16. **"Houses and Occupational Patterns in Light of Literary Sources," Annual Meeting of the American Schools of Oriental Research, Boston, December 5-8, 1987.**
17. **Keynote address: "Image Formation on the Shroud of Turin," at the First Annual Conference in Humanities, Science and Technology, Ferris State University, Big Rapids, Michigan, March 11, 1988.**
18. **"Computer Graphics for Archaeologists: The Possibilities of CADD," Annual Meeting of the American Schools of Oriental Research, Chicago, November 19, 1988.**
19. **"Urbanism, Roman Palestine, and the Case of Sepphoris," Annual Meeting of the Society for Biblical Literature, Chicago, November 20, 1988.**
20. **"The 1983-89 University of South Florida Excavations at Sepphoris, Israel". The First International Conference in Galilean Studies in Late Antiquity, Kibbutz Hannaton, Israel, August 13-15, 1989. By invitation only.**
21. **"Recent Excavations in Israel and some Implications for Historical Criticism of the NT." A Symposium entitled "The Bible, Archaeology, and Faith." Florida Southern College, March 29-30, 1990.**
22. **"Digging in Jesus' Back Yard," Spiritual Frontiers Fellowship, Annual Meeting, Rosemont College, May 18-23, 1990, Rosemont, Pennsylvania.**
23. **"Six Seasons of Excavation at Sepphoris, Israel," American Schools of Oriental Research, Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA, November, 1990.**
24. **"Some Implications of Archaeology for New Testament Studies", Consultation in New Testament Archaeology, Pepperdine College, Malibu, California, March. This program by invitation only was funded by a grant from the American Schools of Oriental Research, Feb 28-29, 1992.**
25. **"The University of South Florida Excavations at Sepphoris Israel: A Venture into Geographic Information Systems." Computer Applications in Archaeology, International Conference, Aarhus, Denmark. March 26-30, 1992.**
26. **"The Teachings of Jesus in the Light of Archaeology", Jesus and Hillel Symposium, Jerusalem, Israel, June 10, 1992.**
27. **"Archaeology and the New Testament," for the Seminar in New Testament and Archaeology, Society for New Testament Studies, Annual Meeting, Madrid, Spain, July 28, 1992.**
28. **"Some Suggestions for Archaeology in Secondary Education," for the American Schools of Oriental Research, Annual Meeting, San Francisco, California, Nov 21, 1992.**
29. **"Excavating the Markets of Sepphoris, Israel," for the American Schools of Oriental Research, Southeast Regional Meeting, Charleston, SC, March 19-21, 1993.**
30. **"Response to the Bethsaida Excavations" and "Report of the Consultation in New Testament Archaeology," International Society for Biblical Literature, Annual Meeting, Münster in Westphalia, Germany, Aug 9, 1993.**
31. **"Synagogue Liturgy and Synagogue Archaeology", Society for New Testament Studies, The Divinity School, The University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, Aug 16-18, 93.**
32. **"Synagogue Liturgy and Synagogue Archaeology", University of Pennsylvania, Department of Religious Studies, Seminar, Nov. 14, 1993.**
33. **"Archaeology and the Social Order," Conference on Religion and Society, University of South Florida, Feb. 22, 1994 by invitation only.**
34. **"The 1993 Excavations at Sepphoris," Southeast Council for the Study of Religion, (Regional American Schools of Oriental Research), Annual Meeting, Atlanta, Georgia, March 20, 1994.**
35. **"Some Observations from Archaeology and Religious Studies on ETI," Mars/Moon Conference: Agenda for Decision, Cody, Wyoming, September 13-18, 1994, Sponsored by the ATOAM Group, Cody, Wyoming, by invitation only.**
36. **"Teaching New Testament and its Material Culture" in Academic Teaching and Biblical Studies Consultation, Annual Meeting of the Society for Biblical Literature, Chicago, Ill, Nov. 21, 1994.**
37. **"Questions from Galilean Archaeology to Historical Jesus Research" (program title) in Archaeology of the New Testament World Group; Historical Jesus Section, Annual Meeting of the Society for Biblical Literature, Chicago, Ill, Nov. 19, 1994.**
38. **"The 1994 Season of Excavations at Sepphoris, Israel", the Southeast Council for the Study of Religion, Annual Meeting, Gainesville, FL, March 11, 1995.**
39. **"The 1994 Season of Excavations at Sepphoris, Israel and its Educational Program," the Annual Meeting of the National Council on Community Services and Continuing Education, Tampa, Nov. 23, 1995.**
40. **"The 1995 Season of Excavations at Sepphoris, Israel," Annual Meeting of the American Schools of Oriental Research, Philadelphia, PA, November 20, 1995.**
41. **"Reading Archaeological and Literary Evidence: A Response to Sara Mandell," Religion and the Political Order: The State and the Sacred in Classical and Contemporary Christianity, Islam, and Judaism, a Conference held at the University of South Florida, St. Petersburg Campus, Feb 24-26, 1996.**
42. **"The 1994 Season of Excavations at Sepphoris, Israel," Regional Meeting of the Southeast Council for the Study of Religion, Columbia, South Carolina, 1996.**
43. **"Archaeological Investigations of Cydonia," Annual Meeting of the Society for Scientific Exploration, California, Charlottesville, Virginia, May 23-25, 1996.**
44. **"Archaeology and New Testament Texts", Strasbourg, France, Society for New Testament Studies, Annual Meeting, Aug 7-10, 1996.**
45. **"Sepphoris in the First Century: “The Evidence of the USF Excavations at Sepphoris,” Annual meeting of the Society for Biblical Literature, New Orleans, LA, 1996.**
46. **"The Fourth Century Destruction at Sepphoris and Gallus Revolt," Second International Conference on the Galilee, sponsored by the North Carolina Museum of Art and Duke University, Raleigh and Durham, NC, Jan 16-17, 1997.**
47. **"Qumran: Some Recent Archaeological Theories" for the Jubilee Conference on the Dead Sea Scrolls at Princeton University, Princeton, N.J., Nov. 14-19, 1997, James H. Charlesworth, Convenor.**
48. **"Archaeology of the New Testament Period," for the Conference Archaeology and Popular Mythology of the Ancient Near East, sponsored by The American Schools of Oriental Research and U. of California at Berkley’s ARF, Berkeley, CA, Nov 22, 1997.**
49. **"Religion and Ethics in Archaeological Remains.” A Conference by invitation only on Religion, Ethics, and Morality by the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, Nov 14-19 in Beijing, China.**
50. **"The Question of the Synagogue: The Capernaum and Khirbet Shema’ Synagogues.” A Conference at the Hebrew University and the Ben Zvi Institute in Jerusalem, Israel, July 5, 1999, Lee Israel Levine, Convenor.**
51. **"Spirituality and Healing Issues,” Medical Practitioners’ Seminar on Healing and Religion, Shriner Hospital, Tampa, FL, March 7, 2000.**
52. **"A Career in the Field,” Southeast Commission for the Study of Religion, Atlanta, Georgia, March 12, 2000.**
53. **"The Site of Khirbet Qumran: Problems and Solutions." The Dead Sea Scrolls Symposium, The Field Museum, Chicago, IL, March 19, 2000.**
54. **"Byzantine Palestine” for the American Schools of Oriental Research Centennial Celebration Program, April 16, 2000: The Benjamin Franklin Room at the U.S. Department of State, Washington, DC.**
55. **"Recent Discoveries at Sepphoris and Their Relevance for Biblical Research,” The Congress on Biblical Archaeology,” University of South Africa, Sunnyside Campus, Pretoria, RSA, Sept 2-9, 2000. By invitation.**
56. **"Using Computer Animation to Bridge the Gap”, the Wabash Consultation in Teaching Biblical Studies and Biblical Archaeology, Duke University, Durham, NC, Oct 20-22, 2000.**
57. **"The Archaeology of Religion at Capernaum, Synagogue and Church,” Conference in Religious Texts and Material Contexts (by invitation), USF, St. Petersburg Campus, February 26-27, 2001.**
58. **"Archaeology and the Synagogue to 200 CE” Conference in The Ancient Synagogue, Lund University, Lund, Sweden, (by invitation only), Oct 14-18, 2001.**
59. **"Sepphoris and Galilee in Josephus’ Life,” by invitation in the Seminar
on Josephus, Chaired by Steve Mason, Society for Biblical Literature, Annual Meeting, Denver, Colorado, Nov 19, 2001.**
60. **"Some Observations from Archaeology and from Religious Studies on ETI,” Journal of the Society for the Study of Metaphysical Religion 7:1 (Spring) 2001: 33-50.**
61. **"Response to Dr. Constantelos” The 12th Annual Forum/Conference on Hellenisim and Paidea, University of South Florida, 2008.**
62. **"Theoretical Considerations: Some remarks on Judaism and Christianity”, Annual Meeting of ASOR in Boston, Nov. 22, 2008.**
63. **"The Future of Archaeology”, Southeastern Commission for the Study of Religion, a regional conference of the Society for Biblical Literature and the American Schools of Oriental Research, Atlanta, Georgia, March, 2009.**
64. **"Religion and Archaeology in Roman Galilee”, Annual Meeting program unit: ‘Archaeological Excavations and Discoveries: Illuminating the Biblical World”, Society for Biblical Literature Annual Meeting, Atlanta, Georgia, 11/21/2009 to 11/24/2009.**
65. **"Hellenism, Sepphoris, Nazareth and the Formation of Christianity” The American Foundation for Greek Language and Culture/Institute for Center for Hellenic Studies Forum/Conference, Tampa, Florida, Feb 19, 2010. Printed in the Proceedings of the Conference.**
66. **"Some Global Observations from Archaeology and Religious Studies on ETI”, The USF Department of Religious Studies Conference, Tampa, Florida: “Interdisciplinary Perspectives on New Religions: Globalization & Sustainability”, March 1, 2012.**
67. **"The Roman Road system in Galilean Galilee: Using the Survey of Western Palestine (1881)”, Annual Meeting of the Southeastern Commission for the Study of Religion, March 7-9, Atlanta, Georgia, Marriott Century Center, 2014.**
68. **"Researching Roman Roads in Galilee: the SWP”, Annual Meeting of the American Schools of Oriental Research, San Diego, CA November 26, 2014.**
#### J. Editorial Boards and Editorships (15)
1. **Editor, The Newsletter for Computer Archaeology, 1971-72.**
2. **Editor, The Newsletter for Roman-Byzantine Archaeology, 1973.**
3. **Contributing Editor, Biblical Archaeology Review, 1983-2018.**
4. **Editorial Board, American Schools of Annual Research, Annual Series, 1979-2018.**
5. **Editorial Board, USF Monographs in Religion and Public Policy, 1985-91.**
6. **Art and Archaeology Editor for The Macmillan Dictionary of Judaism in the Biblical Period, 1989-95.**
7. **Editorial Board, South Florida Studies in the History of Judaism, 1990-2000.**
8. **Editorial Board, South Florida-Rochester-St. Louis Studies on Religion and the Social Order, 1991-2000.**
9. **Editorial Board, International Studies in Formative Christianity and Judaism, 1993-2000.**
10. **Editorial Board, USF Academic Commentary Series, 1994-2000.**
11. **Consulting Editor, The Millennial Encyclopaedia of Judaism, the Religion, E.J. Brill, Publishers, Jacob Neusner and William Scott Green, Editors-in-Chief.**
12. **Editorial Board, Studies in Ancient Judaism, University Press of America, 2000-2018.**
13. **Editorial Board, Academic Studies in the History of Judaism, Binghamton University, 2000-2018.**
14. **Editorial Committee, United States: International Studies in Formative Christianity and Judaism, Binghamton University, 2000-2006.**
15. **Editor, The USF Excavations at Sepphoris, 2006-2018.**
16. **Senior Editor: The USF Excavations at Sepphoris Publication Series, 2007-2018.**
#### K. Memberships in Learned Societies
1. **American Academy of Religion, 1988-2018.**
2. **American Schools of Oriental Research, 1972-2018, Corporate Representative for USF, 1974-1994; Chairman of the Committee for Computer Archaeology, 1974-84; Associate Trustee 1981-1985, and member of the Committee for Archaeological Policy, 1981; Trustee of the Albright Institute of Archaeological Research in Jerusalem, Israel, 1993-7, Secretary of the Executive Committee of ASOR, 1999-2018, Secretary of the ASOR Corporation, 1999-2018, Secretary of the Board of Trustees, 1999-2018, Secretary of the ASOR Corporation from 1999-2012, Trustee from1999-2018.**
3. **Israel Exploration Society, 1970-2018.**
4. **National Association of Baptist Professors of Religion, 1990-1999.**
5. **Society for Biblical Literature, 1978-2018.**
6. **Society for Scientific Exploration, 1994-2018.**
#### L. Other
1. **Writer and "talent" for five video-taped T.V. productions in a 20-program series produced by the Department of Religious Studies for the University of South Florida with the cooperation of WUSF-TV. The five programs are 1. Hebrew Beginnings, 2. Israel's Contemporaries, 3. Patriarchal Religion, 4. Mosaic Religion, and 5. Israel in the Land. All programs are 30 minutes long and comprised part of "Your Open University" package for four quarter-hours credit. Package also included five taped lectures and a Workbook, 1976.**
2. **Consultant and narrator for McEwen Video Productions of Tampa for a TV production on the Society for the Protection of Nature in Israel, July 30, 1990.**
3. **Consultant and "Talent" for Thames Productions, London for a TV production "Jesus before Christ", parts 1 and 2, produced by Andrew Wilson and broadcast on British Channel 3 on Sept 22, 1992. Filmed on location in Israel, 1992.**
4. **Consultant and "Talent" for Shotgun Productions, New York for a TV production on "Crucifixion", produced by John Dauer in September of 1993, but shown Easter week, 1995.**
5. **Consultant with CTVC of London, England for four programs on the Historical Jesus entitled “The Jesus Files.” Ray Bruce, Producer. Interviewed May 8-9 in Israel. Strange appears as a main interlocutor in program 2, but also appears in all four programs, 1998.**
6. **Consultant with Ray Bruce, Producer for CTVC in London, England for ten programs in Biblical Archaeology on behalf of the BBC. Filming set for 1999, but the project was finally scrapped, 1998.**
7. **Featured in "Echoes from the Ancients", a video program produced by Ann Spurling, Executive Producer Mark Leonard for the Public Broadcasting Council, WUSF-TV, 1998.**
8. **Featured in USF Magazine for fall of 1998: "Strange Digs", by Lynn Rothman, Photos by Barbara Pilcher, pp. 30-35 and in the "Forethought," p. 2, 1998.**
9. **Featured in The Search for Jesus a national program with Peter Jennings, ABC, June 26, 2000.**
10. **Featured on 20/20 in the last segment on Crucifixion. The program aired Good Friday or April 13, 2001.**
11. **Interviewed for a BBC special at Ostia in Italy on the expansion of Christianity in the first century, 2002.**
12. **Interviewed by a BBC contract crew in Houston, Texas for a TV special on the Life of Jesus, 2005.**
13. **Consultant and “Talent” for a National Geographic Special: “Everyday Life in New Testament Times”, 2009.**
14. **Consultant and “Talent” for a National Geographic Special: “The Missing years of Jesus.” Released 2013, 2010.**
15. **Interviewed for “Religion in the Nation” July 31 for Mike Convoy, radio station WWJB in Brooksville, FL, 2012.**
16. **“Talent” for “The Bible”, shown on the Military Channel, the History Channel, and on Discovery, 2014.**
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