All twenty one reports from last year’s (2011–2012) W. F. Albright Institute of Archaeological Research fellows are now hosted on the ASOR Blog. Fellows write about the research they undertook while resident at the Albright in Jerusalem. Their reports cover topics from the analysis of biblical literature, to writing up archaeological field work, to museum studies of artifacts. Their periods of interest range from the Neolithic through Islamic times and deal with everything from tools types to literature.
1. ‘Kinyras: The Divine Lyre’ by John C. Franklin
2. ‘The Source of Sin and its Nature as Portrayed in Second Temple Literature’ by Miryam T. Brand
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3. ‘The Chalcolithic to Early Bronze Age (EB) Transition – Investigation of a Weak Link’ by Eliot Braun
5. ‘To Unify and Distinguish: The Making of “Crusader” Art’ by Lisa Mahoney
6. ‘The Tel Burna Archaeological Project’ by Joe Uziel
7. ‘Metal Implements and Tool Marks from the Levantine Second Millennium BC’ by Nicholas Blackwell
8. ‘From Code to Discourse: The Semantics of Ancient Near Eastern Ritual’ by Yitzhaq Feder
10. ‘Geographical Factors in the Defense of Judah and Israel’ by Kyle Keimer
12. ‘Nomad Archaeology in the Near East’ by Jiafen Cheng
13. ‘Chinese and Western Cultural Exchange in Archaeology: A Focus on Glassware’ by Shuo Geng
15. ‘The Origins of the Early States in China and Israel: Through A Comparative Study’ by Xinhui Luo (pictured at right)
16. ‘The Relationship of Egypt and its Vassals as Reflected in the Amarna Tablets’ by Yuan Zhihui
17. ‘Ecclesia Diaboli: The Demonization of the Gentile Religion in Jewish and Christian Thought’ by Aleksander Michalak
20. ‘Trade and Trophy: Near Eastern Imports in the Sarmatian Culture’ by Oleksandr Symonenko (pictured at right)