1986 BAS Publication Awards

Best Popular Book on Archaeology

The Temple Scroll

Yigael Yadin, Hebrew University of Jerusalem (Professor Yadin died on June 28, 1984) Random House

“Told as only Yadin could do it. The story of the soul-baring 2000-year-old document, written by Jewish dissidents at their Dead Sea refuge where they waited for the Lord to come .”

Judges:

Oded Borowski, Emory University; Joseph A. Callaway, Southern Baptist Theological Seminary; Frank Moore Cross, Harvard University

Best Scholarly Book on Archaeology

Excavations at Tell Oasile, Part II, The Philistine Sanctuary

Amihai Mazar, Hebrew University Hebrew University of Jerusalem

“A major contribution to studies on the Philistines. Includes innovations in ceramic analysis.”

Judges:

Lawrence T Geraty, Atlantic Union College; R. Thomas Schaub, Indiana University of Pennsylvania; Joe D. Seger, Mississippi State University

Best Popular Book Relating to the Old Testament