BAS Sessions for the Annual Meeting

All sessions will be held this November 20–22, in the Hynes Convention Center in Boston.

To register for the meetings, call SBL, at 1–800-243–1193.

1. New from Ashkelon

Chair: Frank Moore Cross, Harvard University

Saturday, November 20, 1999; 1–3:30 pm; Hynes Room A

“The Canaanite City of the Dead and Their Philistine Successors,” Lawrence Stager, Harvard University

“Shipwrecks Off the Mediterranean Coast of Ashkelon,” Robert Ballard, Institute for Exploration, Mystic, Conn., and Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute

“Tracking Ancient Populations by Their Bones and DNA,” Patricia Smith, Hebrew University, Jerusalem

“Destruction and Diaspora—The Philistines Disperse,” David Schloen, University of Chicago

2. Biblical and Archaeological Puzzles

Chair: Hershel Shanks

Sunday, November 21, 1999; 9–11:30 am; Hynes Room 304

“Is the Shorter Reading Really Better? Haplography We Don’t Know About,” David Noel Freedman, University of California, San Diego

“Archaeology’s Contribution to Textual Criticism,” William Dever, University of Arizona

“How Jewish Was Samaria?” Mary Joan Leith, Stonehill College

“What’s a Sacred Beetle Doing on Hezekiah’s Seal (and a Sun Disk on His L’melekh Handles)?” P. Kyle McCarter, Jr., Johns Hopkins University

“The Puzzle of Canaanite and Israelite Fortifications at Dan,” Avraham Biran, Hebrew Union College, Jerusalem

3. Cultural Connections

Chair: Philip J. King, Harvard Semitic Museum

Sunday, November 21, 1999; 7:30–10 pm; Hynes Room 306