Lawrence Stager

Lawrence Stager
Born(1943-01-05)January 5, 1943
DiedDecember 29, 2017(2017-12-29) (aged 74)
Concord, Massachusetts, US
TitleDorot Professor of the Archaeology of Israel
Academic background
EducationBA (1965), MA (1972), PhD (1975)
Alma materUniversity of Chicago
Harvard University
Academic work
DisciplineArchaeology
Sub-disciplineSyro-Palestinian archaeology
Hebrew Bible
InstitutionsHarvard University

Lawrence E. "Larry" Stager (January 5, 1943 – December 29, 2017) was an American archaeologist and academic, specialising in Syro-Palestinian archaeology and Biblical archaeology. He was the Dorot Professor of the Archaeology of Israel in the Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations at Harvard University and was Director of the Harvard Semitic Museum. Beginning in 1985 he oversaw the excavations of the Leon Levy Expedition to Ashkelon, the Philistine port city.[1]

  1. ^ Sauter, Megan (2 January 2018). "In Memoriam: Lawrence Stager (1943–2017)". Biblical Archaeilogy Daily. Retrieved 7 January 2018.

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