Gershon Galil
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Who is Gershon Galil?
Gershon Galil is Professor of Biblical Studies and Ancient History and former chair of the Department of Jewish History at the University of Haifa, Mount Carmel, Haifa, Israel. He received his doctorate at Hebrew University in Jerusalem. His work, The Chronology of the Kings of Israel and Judah, suggests a new chronology for the kings of ancient Israel and ancient Judah. His thesis was published by Brill Academic Publishers in 1996 and his chronology contrasts with those presented by the more traditional William F. Albright or Edwin R. Thiele. He has published extensively on Ancient Near Eastern Culture and History including: Israel and Assyria; The Lower Stratum Families in the Neo-Assyrian Period and more. He also co-edited two volumes of the Supplement to Vetus Tesatamentum: Studies in Historical Geography and Biblical Historiography presented to Zecharia Kallai; and Homeland and Exile: Biblical and Ancient Near Eastern Studies in Honour of Bustenay Oded.
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