CUC Professor Edits Book on Madaba Plains Project

Dr. Larry Herr, professor of religious studies, is one of four editors of the recently-published book, The Madaba Plains Project: Forty Years of Archaeological Research in Jordan's Past.  Joining Dr. Herr in editing the 325-page volume published by Equinox Publishing were Dr. Douglas Clark from La Sierra University, Dr. Oystein S. LaBianca from Andrews University, and Dr. Randall Younker, also from Andrews University.

The book was recently very positively reviewed in the Bulletin of the American Schools of Oriental Research  by respected archaeologist Dr. Piotr Bienkowski.  "The Madaba Plains Project has left a huge footprint on the archaeology of Jordan and the Middle East in general," wrote Bienkowski.  "Without it, we would all be working in a different way and with a poorer set of theoretical models.  This book justly celebrates those achievements and explains how they came about."  Bienkowski's full review can be found here.

The Madaba Plains Project is one of the longest-lived, continuously running archaeological excavation projects in the Middle East. Spanning four decades, the project, with its beginnings at Tall Hisban in the late sixties, has engaged 1,500 participants, produced scores of publications and spawned a dozen other projects.  Dr. Herr has been involved with the project since 1984, making 15 trips to Jordan to work at various sites.