Rainey Defends Archaeologist CredentialsIntroduction Talkback Add Your Comment
 In a Strata piece, “Verbal Fisticuffs over Early Israelite Origins,” in the July/August 2010 issue of BAR, well-known American archaeologist William Dever was quoted as saying that prominent Israeli scholar Anson Rainey “is no archaeologist and has no first-hand acquaintance with pottery,” Dever’s specialty.
Rainey responds here to demonstrate his archaeological credentials and defend his qualifications.
Important Archeological Find p. 2... The Beer-sheba stamp contradicts two commonly held assumptions: (a) that the jars had a standard capacity guaranteed by the royal authorities; (b) that the stamp indicated royal potters at the four designated places." (Excerpted from "Beer-Sheba I: Excavations at Tel Beer-Sheba 1969-1971 Seasons" published in 1973 by Tel Aviv University Institute of Archaeology, p. 76.) Rainey described his excavation of it in BASOR 245 (Winter 1982, "Wine from the Royal Vineyards" p. 60). • • • • • • • An Important Archeological Find by Rainey p. 1Obviously, the late Dr. Rainey's list of achievements could go on (in archeology alone, not to mention his mastery of ancient languages & geography). Another example is his personal excavation of an extremely rare pithos jar at Beersheba. Aharoni described its importance as follows: "This seems to be the first instance of a royal seal impression stamped on a jar different from the lamelekh jars, classified as type 484 at Lachish. ... • • • • • • • |
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