Israel Finkelstein
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Israel Finkelstein is an Israeli archaeologist. Born in Petah Tikva, he is currently Professor of Archaeology at the Tel Aviv University and Co-Director of renewed excavations at the important archaeological site of Megiddo in northern Israel.
Together with Yuval Goren and Nadav Na'aman, Finkelstein has coordinated the petrographic analysis of the Amarna tablets.
Publications
- The Archaeology of the Israelite Settlement, Jerusalem: Israel Exploration Society, 1988.
- The Bible Unearthed, with Neil Asher Silberman, The Free Press, 2001.
External links
- Tel Aviv University Department of Archaeology page for Prof. Israel Finkelstein (http://www.tau.ac.il/humanities/archaeology/faculty/finkelcv.html)
- Interview with Israel Finkelstein (http://groups.msn.com/Sequitur/finkelstein.msnw)