Egypt, Jordan, Syria) as well as dug all summer. I travelled throughout Israel and the region (e.g. I came back two years later to study at the Institute of Holy Land Studies (now Jerusalem University College). It was not until the summer before my senior year in college was I able to go on a study tour to Israel that included an archaeological dig. Ironically I first dug a California Indian Site and became more interested in Cultural Anthropology instead of Archaeology. When I graduated high school I wanted to take my savings and go to Israel, but went to college for an Anthropology degree. Reading the biblical text as a young man I realized that to truly interpret the text correctly you needed to know the social and historical context. STEVEN ORTIZ: I was first interested in studying the Bible more deeply. How did you get into the field of archaeology?ĭR. In particular, he wrote the study notes for Joshua-Ruth in the ESV Archaeology Study Bibe.īIBLE ARCHAEOLOGY REPORT: Welcome to the Bible Archaeology Report, Dr. He has published articles in numerous journals, and contributed to several books. Ortiz, recently co-founded the Lanier Center for Archaeology to offer doctoral program, field research through Lipscomb University Previously he served for 20 years as a professor at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, before they decided to shut down their archaeology program. Steven Ortiz who co-directed the excavations at Tel Gezer.ĭr. I was privileged to be able to interview Dr.
In my on-going series, Discussions with the Diggers, I have been interviewing archaeologists in order to understand how their work in the field illuminates Scripture.
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