Oded Borowski

Oded Borowski co-directs the excavations at Tell Halif, part of the Lahav Research Project, Phase III. He has participated in digs since the 1970s and has spent several seasons at Tell Halif. Founder of the Hebrew and Arabic language programs at Emory University, where he has taught since 1977, he was instrumental in the university’s establishment of the Near Eastern Studies (now Middle Eastern Studies) department. He is Professor of Hebrew and Bible Archaeology at the university.

Dr. Borowski has written several books, including Every Living Thing: Animals in Ancient Israel (AltaMira Press, 1999) and Daily Life in Biblical Times (Society of Biblical Literature, 2003).