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  • 1955 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences

Overview

William Foxwell Albright was affiliated with the Pittsburgh Theological Seminary in the United States during their career. Their academic contributions spanned primarily the Arts and Humanities, with a specific focus on Literature and Literary Theory, Archaeology, History, Music, and Religious Studies.

Their research covered various main topics, including:

  • American and British Literature Analysis
  • American Sports and Literature
  • American Literature and Humor Studies
  • Diverse Musicological Studies
  • Biblical Studies and Interpretation
  • Archaeology and Historical Studies
  • Ancient Egypt and Archaeology

Throughout their scholarly work, they collaborated frequently with several coauthors, including The Albright, Sean Memorial, T. A. ALBRIGHT, David Noel, and John Collins.

William Foxwell Albright published at least one book through Mohr Siebeck eBooks titled Geschichte und Altes Testament in 2025.

They were recognized as a Member of the National Academy of Sciences in 1955.

Best Publications

  • Ancient Near Eastern Texts Relating to the Old Testament

    William Foxwell Albright;James B. Pritchard

  • History of the Persian Empire

    W. F. Albright;A. T. Olmstead

  • The Archaeology of Palestine

    W. F. Albright

  • From the stone age to Christianity

    Henry S. Gehman;William Foxwell Albright

  • The Early Alphabetic Inscriptions from Sinai and Their Decipherment

    W. F. Albright

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

    W. F. Albright

  • The Jordan Valley in the Bronze Age

    W. F. Albright

  • Abram the Hebrew a New Archaeological Interpretation

    W. F. Albright

  • The ancient Near East : an anthology of texts and pictures

    James Bennett Pritchard;William Foxwell Albright

  • The Birth of Civilization in the Near East

    W. F. Albright;Henri Frankfort

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

    W. F. Albright

  • The Biblical period from Abraham to Ezra

    William Foxwell Albright

  • Yahweh and the Gods of Canaan: A Historical Analysis of Two Contrasting Faiths

    William Foxwell Albright

  • The Israelite Conquest of Canaan in the Light of Archaeology

    W. F. Albright

  • An Unrecognized Amarna Letter from Ugarit

    W. F. Albright

  • The Eighteenth-Century Princes of Byblos and the Chronology of Middle Bronze

    W. F. Albright

  • Cuneiform Material for Egyptian Prosopography 1500-1200 B. C.

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  • A Prince of Taanach in the Fifteenth Century B. C.

    W. F. Albright

  • Some Important Recent Discoveries: Alphabetic Origins and the Idrimi Statue

    W. F. Albright

  • Archaeology and the Religion of Israel

    Millar Burrows;William Foxwell Albright

  • The Annual of the American Schools of Oriental Research

    H. J. Franken;W. F. Albright

  • From the Stone Age to Christianity: Monotheism and the Historical Process

    William Foxwell Albright

  • The Bible and the ancient Near East : essays in honor of William Foxwell Albright.

    William Foxwell Albright;George Ernest Wright

  • The Archaeology of Palestine

    C. C. McCown;William Foxwell Albright

  • Ancient Records of Assyria and Babylonia

    W. F. Albright;Daniel David Luckenbill

  • From the Stone Age to Christianity

    Fleming James;William Foxwell Albright

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