ASOR Preliminary Program Announced

SATURDAY MORNING - ASOR PLENARY SESSION(S)

11:00-12:00 Beth Alpert Nakhai, University of Arizona, (bnakhai@email.arizona.edu),
Ancient Near Eastern Mother-and-Child Figurines: Ceramic figurines, motherhood, and religion in Late Bronze Age Canaan and Iron Age Israel are discussed for the purpose of reconstructing the lives of women in antiquity.

SATURDAY AFTERNOON -ASOR SESSION ON ARCHAEOLOGY

Presider: Gloria London, Tall al-‘Umayri Teachers’ Institute, Seattle, (glondon@earthlink.net)

2:00-2:10 Jack Olive, Seattle University, (olivej@seattleu.edu)
In Tribute to Douglas Edwards
2:10-2:25 Bruce Meyer, (meyerbru@gmail.com), “Did the Philistines Prepare the Way for Israel to Enter the Promised Land?”
2:25-2:30 Questions and Answers
2:30-2:45 Bonny Bazemore, Eastern Washington University,
(gbazemore@mail.ewu.edu), “Keeper of the Keyes: Votive Female Figurines with Keys and Seals”
2:45-2:50 Questions and Answers
2:50-3:10 Panel Discussion: The use of archaeology and models in “Palestine in the Time of Jesus”
K. C. Hanson, Editor in Chief, Wipf and Stock Publishers, Eugene, OR (kchanson@wipfandstock.com)
Douglas E. Oakman, Professor of Religion, Pacific Lutheran University
(oakmande@plu.edu)