"BIBLICAL ARCHAEOLOGY," it seems, is not dead yet. Not by a good bit.

Bar Ilan promotes biblical archeology
By ETGAR LEFKOVITS (Jerusalem Post)

Bar-Ilan University on Monday launched a campaign to build a new Institute of Biblical Archeology, in an effort to put the field back on center stage and serve as a counterweight to revisionist historians who are skeptical of connections between archeology and the Bible.

Thse $50 million institute, which is expected to be constructed in the coming years, will be part of the university's Department of Land of Israel Studies and Archeology.

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UPDATE: From various sources, I see that Professor Aren Maeir has a blog post up in which he indicates that he is misquoted in this article. It is demoralizing to realize just how often this happens.