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Awards & Achievements

1955 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences

Overview

What is he best known for?

The fields of study he is best known for:

  • Archaeology
  • Literature
  • Ancient history

William Foxwell Albright mainly focuses on Ancient history, Classics, Archaeology, Middle East and Palestine. His biological study spans a wide range of topics, including Decipherment and Chronology. He works on Classics which deals in particular with Hebrew.

His biological study focuses on Bronze Age. His research integrates issues of Literature and Civilization in his study of Middle East. The concepts of his Palestine study are interwoven with issues in Hebrew Bible and Biblical studies.

His most cited work include:

  • History of the Persian Empire (183 citations)
  • The archaeology of Palestine (102 citations)
  • From the stone age to Christianity (93 citations)

What are the main themes of his work throughout his whole career to date?

William Foxwell Albright spends much of his time researching Ancient history, Classics, Archaeology, Palestine and Excavation. His study of Stone Age is a part of Ancient history. Many of his studies on Stone Age apply to Monotheism as well.

His studies deal with areas such as Literature, CONQUEST and Bibliography as well as Classics. His study brings together the fields of Pottery and Excavation. The various areas that William Foxwell Albright examines in his Hebrew study include Period and Old Testament.

He most often published in these fields:

  • Ancient history (39.39%)
  • Classics (22.42%)
  • Archaeology (21.21%)

What were the highlights of his more recent work (between 1961-2016)?

  • Ancient history (39.39%)
  • Archaeology (21.21%)
  • Classics (22.42%)

In recent papers he was focusing on the following fields of study:

His primary scientific interests are in Ancient history, Archaeology, Classics, Hebrew and Theology. His Ancient history research is multidisciplinary, relying on both Dead Sea Scrolls and Hebrew Bible. His work on Excavation, Post-medieval archaeology and Chronology as part of his general Archaeology study is frequently connected to Christian humanism and Christian philosophy, thereby bridging the divide between different branches of science.

William Foxwell Albright has researched Classics in several fields, including Ugaritic language, Cuneiform and Bibliography. His research integrates issues of Period and Old Testament in his study of Hebrew. His Theology research is multidisciplinary, incorporating elements of Middle East, Statement and State.

Between 1961 and 2016, his most popular works were:

  • The Eighteenth-Century Princes of Byblos and the Chronology of Middle Bronze (46 citations)
  • The Biblical period from Abraham to Ezra (42 citations)
  • Archaeology and the Religion of Israel (35 citations)

In his most recent research, the most cited papers focused on:

  • Archaeology
  • Linguistics
  • Literature

William Foxwell Albright focuses on Ancient history, Bronze, Theology, Decipherment and Period. Much of his study explores Ancient history relationship to Reign. His study looks at the relationship between Decipherment and topics such as Cuneiform, which overlap with Classics.

His Classics research incorporates elements of Amulet and Representation. His Period research includes elements of Christian ministry, Monotheism, Christianity and Stone Age. His research investigates the connection between Christian ministry and topics such as Old Testament that intersect with issues in Hebrew.

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Best Publications

History of the Persian Empire

W. F. Albright;A. T. Olmstead.
Journal of Biblical Literature (1949)

273 Citations

The archaeology of Palestine

W. F. Albright.
The Jewish Quarterly Review (1949)

152 Citations

From the stone age to Christianity

Henry S. Gehman;William Foxwell Albright.
(1940)

141 Citations

The Early Alphabetic Inscriptions from Sinai and Their Decipherment

W. F. Albright.
Bulletin of the American Schools of Oriental Research (1948)

114 Citations

Dunand's New Byblos Volume: A Lycian at the Byblian Court

W. F. Albright.
Bulletin of the American Schools of Oriental Research (1959)

112 Citations

The Jordan Valley in the Bronze Age

W. F. Albright.
The Annual of the American Schools of Oriental Research (1924)

88 Citations

Abram the Hebrew a New Archaeological Interpretation

W. F. Albright.
Bulletin of the American Schools of Oriental Research (1961)

87 Citations

The Birth of Civilization in the Near East

W. F. Albright;Henri Frankfort.
American Journal of Archaeology (1952)

80 Citations

Northwest-Semitic Names in a List of Egyptian Slaves from the Eighteenth Century B. C.

W. F. Albright.
Journal of the American Oriental Society (1954)

80 Citations

The ancient Near East : an anthology of texts and pictures

James Bennett Pritchard;William Foxwell Albright.
(1958)

76 Citations

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