 These are the comments of Professor Yair Zakovitz of the Hebrew University in Jerusalem. Professor Zakovitz was Dean of Humanities and Chairman of the Bible Department, and is considered one of the foremost internationally respected scholars in the field of Bible. He has recently returned to Jerusalem after a two year sabbatical at Berkeley.
Dear Zvi,
I enjoyed very much reading your book, The Lost Temple. The book, in
which you have woven together your personal story along with your
scholarly interest in the Mt. Ebal Temple, is filled with suspense and
detective-work, making for an enjoyable and interesting read. The
challenge you make to certain commonly accepted ideas cannot be easily
dismissed by archaeologists or Bible scholars.
Yours,
Yair
Hershel Shanks, editor of the Biblical Archaeology Review, says, "...you write well - and certainly straight from the heart..." Further recognition comes from Bonna Devora Haberman, Director of the Mistabra Institute for Jewish Textual Activism (www.brandeis.edu/~mistabra) Resident Scholar, Women's Studies Research Center, Brandeis University.
Zvi Koenigsberg has documented his archeological
investigations of temple ruins in ancient Israel. His work combines excavation
research with compelling and provocative interpretations that challenge core
assumptions about the historical-geographic context of sacred service and the
location of sacred space in biblical Israelite religion.
Bonna Devora Haberman
Prof. Running is Professor emerita of Biblical and Semitic Languages at Andrews University and the respected biographer of the renowned pioneer of archaeology in Israel, Dr. William Foxwell Albright.
Dear Zvi:
Thank you ever so much for your beautiful book. I immediately dropped another project and began to read it between obligations. I finished it this morning at six o'clock after three sleepless hours, enjoying the remainder of it.
You have done a tremendous job in writing it, weaving in history, geography, archaeology and personal biography in a most interesting way. You know, your reading and research through many years is equivalent to several PHD's!
Many thanks for your fascinating book --that often reads like a suspenseful who-dunnit!
Cordially,
Leona G. Running, Ph.D.
Susan Oliver is the curator for the Horn Archaeological Museum in Berrien Springs, Michigan.
Dear Zvi:
Despite our theological differences, I praise your style of writing and, should you write another book, you may be sure I'll be the first to read it. I am tired of theological or history books that are boring. You write with passion, and you get the reader involved, this is what I liked the most about your style. You should never stop writing, Zvi, please!
Susan Oliver Rabbi William Hamilton, Rabbi of the famous Kehillath Israel synagogue of Brookline, MA, and recently elected President of the New England Rabbinical Assembly, had this to say:
He has spoken and also taught very effectively at Congregation Kehillath Israel in the past. His topic is not only provocative and engaging, but also of great historical significance. I recommend him most highly.
Rabbi William Hamilton
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