William Albright
was an archeologist who was a leader in substantiating the accuracy of the
Bible. He graduated from Upper Iowa University, as did a certain blogger who
shall remain nameless. Albright did not believe that the Bible was inspired by
God, but he did confirm the accuracy of many of the passages of the Bible and
viewed the Bible as being a reliable source of history. Because of this
viewpoint he has been recently attacked by more liberal archeologists who doubt
historical events portrayed in the Bible.
He was the creator
of Biblical Archeology, which uses conventional archeological methods to study
sites which have some relationship to the Bible. He is considered to be one of
the last orientalists, which means that he studied the culture, language, and
history of the Middle East at one time to gain a further understanding of their
interrelationships.
Albright was an expert
in many fields besides archeology and he applied his knowledge of ceramics to
able to more accurately pin down dates at dig sites. He also mastered 26
ancient and modern languages. He contributed to many different fields because
of the breadth of his knowledge and published 1,100 articles, books,
notes and journals.
He excavated many
Biblical sites, and was instrumental in dating the Dead Sea Scrolls. Albright
was also the editor of the Bulletin of the American School of Oriental
Research. He was the first non-Jewish person to win the title of “Worthy One of
Jerusalem.” Many of his students became famous scholars due to his influence.
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