A Comprehensive Index to Biblical Archaeologist
Volumes 46-50 (1983-1987)

Compiled by Wendy D. Shury

Acknowledgments

I wish to thank Dr. Walter E. Aufrecht of the Department of Geography, The University of Lethbridge, for initially suggesting this index as a project and for providing much appreciated guidance, encouragement, and editing during its compilation.

I am happy also to express my appreciation to Mr. D. Bruce MacKay, author of the previous index to Biblical Archaeologist, for preparing the way for me and for sharing his insights into the programs.

Finally, I must thank my friends and family, especially my husband Todd, for support and encouragement throughout my work on this project.

Wendy D. Shury

Foreword

This index represents the most recent reference tool intended to facilitate the use of the wealth of information that has appeared in the pages of Biblical Archaeologist. It covers five years of the journal's life, 1983 –1987. Previous indices stretch back to the inception of BA in 1938. These indices can be found as follows:

Volumes 1--5 in volume 5:4 (1942):62--71.
Volumes 6--10 in volume 10:4(1947):86--92.
Volumes 11--15 in volume 15:4 (1952):90--96.
Volumes 16--20 in volume 20:4 (1957):106--112.
Volumes 21--25 in volume 25:4 (1962):121--130.
Volumes 26--30 in volume 30:4 (1967):140--156
Volumes 31--35 in volume 35:4 (1972):128--144.
Volumes 36--45 in A Comprehensive Index to Biblical Archaeologist
   Compiled by D. Bruce MacKay. ASOR: 1986.

Like its immediate predecessor, this index offers a variety of means of access to BA, including a listing of illustrations. The articles indexed span the wide range of study of the ancient cultures of the Near East and eastern Mediterranean which Biblical Archaeologist uniquely makes available. This broad scholarship was published under the distinguished tenure of former editor Eric M. Meyers.

It remains to express appreciation for the labors of Wendy Shury in preparing this index. Her care and thoroughness have shaped a comprehensive and reliable tool. Deborah Sokolove designed the text, making it both readable in use and economical in production.

An electronic version of the index may be accessed via the Scholars Press World Wide Web site on the Internet called TELA. The current access number is: <http://scholar.cc.emory.edu>. The availability of the index on Internet signals the new era of electronic publication and may mean that the next index will not find its way to the printing press. Be that as it may, ASOR and the editorial committee of Biblical Archaeologist are pleased to make this new tool available to its readership.

David C. Hopkins
Editor