Seminary Theology Professor Joins International Forum

Associate Professor Robert Miller was one of five scholars internationally commissioned to write papers on ancient Israel in its earliest history, from its emergence as a nation until the reign of Solomon.

The European Seminar on Methodology in Israel's History commissioned papers from contributors from the universities of Edinburgh, Berne, Copenhagen and North Carolina as well as the Mount. The seminar is committed to debating issues surrounding the history of ancient Israel with the aim of developing methodological principles for writing a history of the period. 

The five papers were circulated in June, and then the authors met in Vienna in July at the International Society of Biblical Literature conference, where their papers were discussed by scholars from Brandeis, Notre Dame, University of Hull (England), University of Sheffield (England) and Tel Aviv University. The five essays, along with essays from last year's meeting, will be published in book form in the seminar's book series with Continuum Press.

Dr. Miller was invited to join the seminar and contribute an essay because of the reception of his 2005 book, “Chieftains of the Highland Clans: A History of Israel in the 12th and 11th Centuries BC.” The next meeting of the seminar will be in the summer of 2008 in Lisbon, Portugal.