William G. Dever
American archaeologist and Bible scholar / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
William Gwinn Dever (born November 27, 1933, Louisville, Kentucky)[1] is an American archaeologist, scholar, historian, semiticist, and theologian. He is an active scholar of the Old Testament, and historian, specialized in the history of the Ancient Near East and the ancient kingdoms of Israel and Judah in biblical times. He was Professor of Near Eastern Archaeology and Anthropology at the University of Arizona in Tucson from 1975 to 2002. He is a Distinguished Professor of Near Eastern Archaeology at Lycoming College in Pennsylvania.
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Born | William Gwinn Dever (1933-11-27) November 27, 1933 (age 90) Louisville, Kentucky, U.S. |
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Discipline | Archaeology |
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