In this fascinating book, Seymour (Sy) Gitin recounts his life’s
journey, from his childhood in 1940s Buffalo, New York, to a
storied career as an archaeologist working and living in Israel.
Over the course of his life, Sy served as a rabbi in Los Angeles
and as US Air Force Chaplain, starred in an Israeli movie, trained
as an archaeologist, and eventually became the Director of the W.
F. Albright Institute of Archaeological Research in Jerusalem, an
institution he led for thirty-four years. As an archaeologist, Sy
encouraged American participation in the archaeology of ancient
Israel, fostered the development of the Palestinian archaeological
community, and conducted valuable field work at Tell Gezer and Tel
Miqne-Ekron. His tale is full of entertaining vignettes involving
the people that he encountered along the way, including many of the
pioneers in the field—W. F. Albright, Nelson Glueck, Yigael
Yadin, Benjamin Mazar, and Trude Dothan, as well as current
protagonists William G. Dever, Israel Finkelstein, and Amihai
Mazar. Readers will enjoy Sy’s humorous and engaging stories:
rationing out seder wine on a military base following the great
Alaskan earthquake only to learn that soldiers were threatening to
use it to brush their teeth, encounters with Senator Daniel Patrick
Moynihan and US Ambassador Thomas Pickering, and the many colorful
experiences he had with fellow scholars through the years. An
engaging and entertaining recounting of a remarkably lived life,
The Road Taken is a revealing look at being Jewish in America and
Israel from the 1940s through today and an eye-opening look at the
often controversial development of biblical archaeology.
General
Imprint: |
Eisenbrauns
|
Country of origin: |
United States |
Release date: |
August 2021 |
First published: |
2021 |
Authors: |
Seymour (Sy) Gitin
|
Dimensions: |
229 x 152 x 23mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Hardcover
|
Pages: |
256 |
ISBN-13: |
978-1-64602-134-5 |
Categories: |
Books >
Humanities >
Archaeology >
General
|
LSN: |
1-64602-134-7 |
Barcode: |
9781646021345 |
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