The Archaeology of Difference ─ Gender, Ethnicity, Class And the "Other" in Antiquity: Studies in Honor of Eric M. Meyers

Historians and archaeologists search for markers of distinction in texts and physical artifacts in the Middle East from Neolithic through Persian periods and Hellenistic through Byzantine periods. Among the topics are the emergence of social complexity in the Neolithic, two issues concerning the kings of Israel and Judah having to do with the absence of stelae and queens, archaeological evidence for ethnic variability among the butchers of Sepphoris, and Christians among Jews in En-Gedi. Distributed in North America by The David Brown Book Company. Annotation c2008 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Douglas Edwards was a distinguished professor of Religion at the University of Puget Sound (UPS) in Washington State. Edwards had a PhD in New Testament and Christian Origins from Boston University. His first venture in field archaeology occurred as an area supervisor at Sepphoris, Israel in 1986, where he worked another six years. He helped to excavate roof tiles with the stamp of the 6th legion Ferrata at Kefar Hananya and led his first excavation as co-director at Yodefat or Jotapata. An expert in GPS and GIS, Edwards's last work included a survey of sites in Lower Galilee. C. Thomas McCollough is the Nelson D. and Mary McDowell Rodes Professor of Religion at Centre College in Danville, KY. McCollough has taught at the College since 1980 and has held the Rodes Professorship since 2002. In 2009, he received the Kirk Teaching Award. McCollough has particular expertise in the history of Christianity and Christian thought, biblical history and archaeology, and the contemporary Middle East.