Matthew J. Suriano

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I am a scholar of the ancient Levant/Eastern Mediterranean specializing in archaeology, Hebrew Bible and Northwest Semitics. Associate professor in Jewish Studies.

He/him.

Websitehttps://hcommons.org/members/msuriano/
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Recently figured out that our dog, adopted from a rescue, is an Anatolian Shepherd (mixed). The dog and I celebrated by reading Luwian Hieroglyphics.
Had a great time last week talking to the Biblical Archaeology Forum at the Bender JCC
https://archaeo.social/@mmo_vas/109702552955030782
Mount of Olives Monoliths (@[email protected])

If you're in the DC-area, come here a lecture by Matthew Suriano on our Mount of Olives project! https://scholar.social/@duderonomy/109702539290584325

archaeo.social
Spent the afternoon at the National Museum of Natural History #Smithsonian
Finished up a productive couple of days in the Cabinet du Corpus Inscriptionum Semiticarum at the Institute de France researching Charles Clermonot-Ganneau.

Old books are cool, and it's always amazing to come across a first-edition, but it's still tough to get excited about ...Strong's concordance.

(Recently offered to me from a family member's collection)

Did my civic duty this morning. #vote
I wanted to send out a #alttext version of my profile picture. It also reflects my current #research which is focused on Iron Age monolithic tombs on the Mount of Olives.
Picture of Zechariah's Tomb (1st c. CE) in the Kidron Valley/Wadi al-Joz, taken from the Haram esh-Sharif.