This dissertation constitutes a comprehensive review and analysis of incantations of West Semitic provenience, extra-biblical and biblical, from the second and first millennia B.C.E. Recent discoveries and publications of texts from Syria-Palestine have furnished an ancient samp…
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In this dissertation, I critique Richard Horsley's model of socioeconomic relations in Jesus' Galilee. The paucity of direct evidence presents a relatively blank screen, which cannot provide a proper check against the largely theoretical constructs that Horsley projects upon it.…
This study examines the languages of Jews in Europe and Palestine on the one hand, and the Jewish intelligentsia within the Zionist movement on the other. I compare the linguistic preferences of different social strata within European Jewry. The Zionist movement claimed to addre…
The subject of 'ribāts' in the field of Early Islamic Archaeology has long been connected to North Africa (modern-day Tunisia), partially because of the archaeological remains of the two 'Abbāsid ribāts ("coastal fortresses") at Munastīr and Sūsa. Recently, however, two fortress…
Scholars interpret Luke-Acts in terms of patrons-clients and benefactors. Three scholars in particular emphasize these relationships (H. Moxnes, F. W. Danker, J. B. Green). After describing patron-client relationships and discipleship, Moxnes calls for an extended, exegetical tr…
After years of vacillating on Palestinian national aspirations, the majority of Americans have come to favor "the establishment of an independent Palestinian state on the West Bank and the Gaza strip." Reflecting that shift in public opinion, through the "roadmap," President Geo…
This study focuses on Seeds of Peace, a peace education program whose purpose is to bring together teenagers from conflict regions, train them to be future leaders, and promote conflict resolution, reconciliation, and coexistence. The experiences of the Palestinian, Israeli-Jewi…
This dissertation is an exploratory study of advanced quantitative techniques for assessing culpability for terrorist bombing attacks in Iraq and Israel/Palestine. Using two datasets of terrorist/insurgent activity in Iraq (Jan. 1, 2003--December 31, 2005) and Israel/Palestine (…
Airpower in the First World War often has been underestimated, especially in theaters subsidiary to the Western Front. Yet, in 1918, British airpower decisively contributed to the breaking of the German-Turkish front in Palestine. General Sir Edmund H. H. Allenby's Megiddo Campa…
The archaeological record and literary sources indicate that the interiors of churches in the early Byzantine Empire were richly adored from floor to ceiling. In this study, it is asserted that all of the surfaces which received decoration were integral components of the overall…
This dissertation presents a method toward the cultivation of peace called systemic narrative inquiry (SNI), which invites its practitioners to create shared meaning and connection with people who hold opposing or conflicting viewpoints. The author's involvement in the Israeli-P…
For all archaeological research, chronological frameworks are the foundation on which any reconstruction or interpretation of historical process must rest. Both the resolution of a chronology and the research objectives of the archaeologist determine what questions can be asked …
This thesis is a case study of the ongoing peace negotiations between Israel and the Palestinians, and the lack of impact that past agreements have made on the recent Oslo Accords. The thesis will attempt to show that past failures in 'land for peace' agreements between Israel a…
As tensions between Israelis and Palestinians increase, erupting into violence on both sides, many U.S. Jews find themselves in a very difficult situation. On the one hand, they want to assure the safety and security of Israel, while on the other, they witness through the media …
This dissertation examines the relationship between selected Iron Age cultic sites found in the land of Canaan and their material cultures. The resulting data allows the creation of tentative paradigms reflecting the material culture found in Iron Age temples, chapels, votive sh…
Terrorism and political violence are not new phenomena. Terrorism and those who commit violent acts have been with us since the birth of civilization. As societies evolved from simple to complex, so did terrorism which took on the form of advanced technological warfare. Forms of…
I investigate the resilience of authoritarianism in the Arab world in three concentric circles, deepest in the middle, most inclusive on the margins. The most focused and intensively researched circle is Palestine, especially during the first Intifada and after the establishment…
The main goal of this dissertation consists of two major components. The first is to explore the situational conditions that led the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) to change its objectives. The sequence of such change has been from a struggle to liberate the whole land …