About Matthew John Suriano
Matthew J. Suriano is a biblical scholar, archaeologist, and professor at the University of Maryland. He earned his Ph.D. (2008) in Near Eastern Languages and Cultures at the University of California, Los Angeles. His second published book, A History of Death in the Hebrew Bible, won the Frank Moore Cross Award from the American Schools of Oriental Research. As of 2020, he is an Associate Professor at the University of Maryland, College Park.
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| person Full name | Matthew John Suriano |
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Matthew Suriano (PhD, University of California Los Angeles) specializes in the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament, ancient Near Eastern religions, Northwest Semitic epigraphy, and the archaeology of the Levant. His first book The Politics of Dead Kings: Dynastic Ancestors in the Book of Kings and Ancient Israel (Mohr Siebeck, 2010) examined the motifs used to describe a king's death. His recent book, A History of Death in the Hebrew Bible (Oxford University Press, 2018), which won ASOR's Frank Moore Cross Award, looks more broadly at death and burial in biblical literature. He is currently collaborating with Jacqueline Vayntrub on a new edition of Hebrew funerary incriptions from Iron Age Judah for the Society of Biblical Literature's series Writings from the Ancient World. His other areas of research include royal inscriptions and the study of kingship. Dr. Suriano is an active member of SBL and ASOR, and has been a fellow at the Albright Institute of Archaeological Research in Jerusalem (AIAR). He has participated in several archaeological excavations in Israel, and is a current member of the Tel Burna excavation project.
Source: umd.edu on 06/21/2023
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| The Politics of Dead Kings | A History of Death in the Hebrew Bible | |
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