@article{d71be2a00b344553a45b140beda3283f,
title = "The Dissemination of the Digital Humanities within Research on Biblical, Early Jewish and Christian Studies",
author = "Claire Clivaz and Savant, \{Sarah Bowen\}",
note = "Funding Information: This article is dedicated to our teacher, Prof. P. Kyle McCarter, Jr., “from whom we learned most and best.” We would like to thank the following: Bruce Zuckerman, Marilyn Lundberg, Ken Zuckerman, and Johnna Tyrrell of the West Semitic Research Project (WSRP) for training Rollston and Parker in the use of Adobe Photoshop and Parker in Reflectance Transformation Imaging (RTI); Catherine Kiefe, graphic designer and Lecturer for the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, for training Parker in the use of Adobe Illustrator. We would also like to particularly thank Reid Sczerba, Multimedia Development Specialist of Johns Hopkins University Sheridan Libraries Center for Educational Resources (CER), for partnering with Parker and P. Kyle McCarter of the Near Eastern Studies Department of Johns Hopkins University to bring innovative technologies into the classroom, as well as for inviting McCarter to showcase this partnership in the CER{\textquoteright}s inner-university publication The Innovative Instructor. We are grateful to the following for their gracious hospitality during our on-site studies of various pieces showcased in this paper: Tammam A. Khasawneh, Museum Environment Specialist, The Jordan Museum; Fawwaz al-Khraysheh, former Director of the Antiquities of Jordan; Abdel Rahim al-Dwikat, Director, Jordan Archaeological Museum; Sate Massadeh, Director, Kerak Museum; Maria Hadjicosti, Director, and Despo Pilides, Curator of Antiquities, Cyprus Department of Antiquities; Suzi Hakimyan, Director of Beirut National Museum; Lawrence Stager, former Director of Harvard Semitic Museum; and Chang-Ho Ji, Excavator of Tell Ataruz. We greatly appreciate the various granting institutions whose generous support and ongoing commitment to academic research, specifically the study of the ancient Near East, is invaluable: the American Center of Oriental Research Harrell Family Fellowship; the Explorers Club Washington Group; the Johns Hopkins University: the Dean{\textquoteright}s Teaching Fellowship, the J. Brien Key Fund, Jewish Studies Department Stulman Jewish Studies Award, Near Eastern Studies Department Schaefer Scholarship; and the West Semitic Research Project{\textquoteright}s Training Program in RTI, funded by grants from the Andrew M. Mellon Foundation and the Institute for Museum and Library Services; the Society of Biblical Literature; the Albright Institute of Archaeological Research; and the National Endowment for the Humanities. And we thank in particular the Near Eastern Archeology for its agreement to republish here an extended version of our 2016 article, as well as the Harvard Semitic Museum for its authorization to reproduce several photographs. ",
year = "2019",
doi = "10.1163/9789004399297\_002",
language = "English (US)",
volume = "3",
pages = "1--12",
journal = "Digital Biblical Studies",
issn = "2452-0586",
publisher = "Brill Academic Publishers",
}