Gershon Galil is Professor of Biblical Studies and Ancient History and former chair of the Department of Jewish History at the

University of Haifa The University of Haifa ( he, אוניברסיטת חיפה Arabic: جامعة حيفا) is a university located on Mount Carmel in Haifa, Israel. Founded in 1963, the University of Haifa received full academic accreditation in 1972, becoming ...

, Mount Carmel, Haifa, Israel. Gershon Galil earned his

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from the

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Jerusalem Jerusalem (; he, יְרוּשָׁלַיִם ; ar, القُدس ) (combining the Biblical and common usage Arabic names); grc, Ἱερουσαλήμ/Ἰεροσόλυμα, Hierousalḗm/Hierosóluma; hy, Երուսաղեմ, Erusałēm. i ...

. His work, ''The Chronology of the Kings of Israel and Judah'',Gershon Galil, ''The Chronology of the Kings of Israel and Judah'' (1996),

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. suggests a new chronology for the kings of ancient Israel and ancient Judah. His thesis was published by

in 1996 and his chronology contrasts with those presented by the more traditional William F. Albright or

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. Galil's studies of ancient Near Eastern culture and history include ''Israel and Assyria'' (Hebrew; Zmora-Bitan, 2001); ''The Lower Stratum Families in the Neo-Assyrian Period'' (BRILL, 2007) and more. He also co-edited two volumes of the Supplement to Vetus Testamentum: ''Studies in Historical Geography and Biblical Historiography presented to Zecharia Kallai'' (with M. Weinfeld, Brill, 2000); and ''Homeland and Exile: Biblical and Ancient Near Eastern Studies in Honour of Bustenay Oded'' (with M. Geller and A. Millard, Brill, 2009).

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