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BAS Gives $10,000 for Publication of Yadin Excavations; BAR Readers Invited to Contribute

The Biblical Archaeological Society, publisher of BAR and Bible Review, has contributed $10,000 to the Yigael Yadin Memorial Fund, specifically earmarked for the publication of the results of Yadin’s excavations.

Until his death in 1984, Yadin was Israel’s leading archaeologist and a frequent contributor to BAR.^a He died unexpectedly and suddenly, leaving much work relating to the results of his excavations unfinished.

After his death, The Yigael Yadin Memorial Fund was established by the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and the Israel Exploration Society. The fund seeks to raise money to establish an endowed chair in Yadin’s name at Hebrew University, where he taught, and to provide funds for the publication of his excavations. A number of noted scholars have agreed to complete this work of publication.