Dale W. Manor

Dr. Dale W. Manor is Professor Emeritus of Archaeology and Bible at Harding University in Searcy, Arkansas.

Since 2000 he has been the Field Director of the Tel Beth-Shemesh Excavation Project in Israel. In addition, he served on the staff of the Tel Miqne/Ekron and Tel Rehov Projects in Israel. Dr. Manor was the Kress Fellow at the Albright Institute for Archaeological Research in Jerusalem from 1988 to 1989, and he has presented papers at regional and national meetings of the American Schools of Oriental Research and the Near East Archaeological Society.

Manor served as an Assistant to the Editor of the Anchor Bible Dictionary in which he has several articles. He is also published in the Oxford Encyclopedia of Archaeology in the Near East, the Eerdmans Dictionary of the Bible and the New Interpreters Dictionary of the Bible. He is the author of numerous scholarly papers.

He continues writing, researching, excavating, preaching, and speaking.

The Backstory —

When Dale Manor was 6 years old, his cat died, so the family buried it. A year later, he dug it up to see what had happened. He commented, "I should have left it in the ground a little longer—it was still decomposing!"

Dale's parents gave him The Complete Book of Marvels by Richard Halliburton when he was in middle school. Halliburton had traveled throughout the world and had visited many ancient sites. As he read Halliburton's book, his interest in archaeology increased. In college he found himself writing almost all of his papers on archaeological topics.

After preaching in California for a few years, Manor and his family moved to Tuscon, Arizona, so he could attend the University of Arizona and pursue a doctoral degree in Syro-Palestinian Archaeology.

He had first visited Israel after college graduation with his parents. In 1985, he participated in his first of many digs in Israel.

In 1996 he began teaching Hebrew Bible and Archaeology at Harding University.

Speaking —

Dr. Manor speaks and preaches several times a year for churches, professional groups, and organizations.

For churches and groups that want a presentation on Archaeology and the Bible, he can structure the schedule according to your demands. Possible schedules include:

— Friday, Saturday, and Sunday

— Saturday and Sunday (3 each day)

— Sunday – Wednesday

His expertise is rather broad, and some topics are

> The Canaan Abraham Saw

> What Does This Have to Do With That?

> The "Problem" of Jericho

> Why I Do Archaeology

> Hezekiah, the Churchill of Judah

> Digging the Bible

> Geography of Canaan

> The Discoveries at Tel Beth-Shemesh