Person

Gittlen, Barry M.

[19XX]

Dr. Barry M. Gittlen, Professor of Biblical and Archaeological Studies at Towson University, has spent the better part of his life as an archaeologist in the pursuit of the past. He has scoured the earth in search of ancient Canaanites and Israelites at Tell Gezer, the Jenin-Megiddo Survey, Tell Jemmeh, Tel Ser'a, and Har Resisim. As Field Archaeologist and Archaeological Coordinator for the Tel Miqne/Ekron Excavations in Israel (1982-1996), he helped recover the fascinating history of this Philistine industrial city. Combining the disciplines of Archaeology and Biblical Studies, Dr. Gittlen strives to bring the past to life and to reach new understandings of the ancient Israelite populace.