Announcing the 2013 Biblical Archaeology Society Publication Awards Winners

Online, August 21, 2013 (Newswire.com) - The BAS Publication Awards recognize the best books published in the past two years relating to archaeology and the Bible. Submissions are evaluated by a panel of peers. Authors of winning books receive an certificate honoring their achievement, as well as 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 current issue of Biblical Archaeology Review. For more information, please visit the Biblical Archaeology Society (BAS) website.

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