Baruch Halpern
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Baruch Halpern is the Chaiken Family Chair in Jewish Studies
at Pennsylvania State University
. He has been a leader of the archaeological digs at Tel Megiddo since 1992. As an undergraduate at Harvard in 1972, he wrote a political analysis of the Bible
, which subsequently influenced research into its authorship.
Major publications include:
Jewish studies
Jewish studies is an academic discipline centered on the study of Jews and Judaism. Jewish studies is interdisciplinary and combines aspects of history , religious studies, archeology, sociology, languages , political science, area studies, women's studies, and ethnic studies...
at Pennsylvania State University
Pennsylvania State University
The Pennsylvania State University, commonly referred to as Penn State or PSU, is a public research university with campuses and facilities throughout the state of Pennsylvania, United States. Founded in 1855, the university has a threefold mission of teaching, research, and public service...
. He has been a leader of the archaeological digs at Tel Megiddo since 1992. As an undergraduate at Harvard in 1972, he wrote a political analysis of the Bible
Bible
The Bible refers to any one of the collections of the primary religious texts of Judaism and Christianity. There is no common version of the Bible, as the individual books , their contents and their order vary among denominations...
, which subsequently influenced research into its authorship.
Major publications include:
- David's Secret Demons: Messiah, Murderer, Traitor, King (2003)
- The Rise of Ancient Israel: Symposium at the Smithsonian Institution (1991, with Hershel ShanksHershel ShanksHershel Shanks is the founder of the Biblical Archaeology Society and the editor of the Biblical Archaeology Review and has written and edited numerous works on Biblical archaeology including the Dead Sea Scrolls....
, William DeverWilliam DeverWilliam Dever may refer to:* William Emmett Dever , mayor of Chicago 1923–1926* William G. Dever, biblical archaeologist...
, and P. Kyle McCarter - The Emergence of Israel in Canaan (1983)
- The Constitution of the Monarchy in Israel (1981)
- The First Historians: The Hebrew Bible and History (1980)