Steven Collins (archaeologist)

Tall el-Hammam Excavation Project map in the area of Eastern Kikkar in the Jordan Valley of Jordan

Steven Collins is an archaeologist and a professor with the College of Archaeology at the unaccredited Trinity Southwest University in Albuquerque, New Mexico, an institution that states that biblical scripture is the "divinely inspired representation of reality given by God to humankind, speaking with absolute authority in all matters upon which it touches".[1] Currently he is the chief archaeologist and co-director of the Tall el-Hammam Excavation Project in Jordan, working with the Department of Antiquities of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan. He began the project in Jordan in 2005. His archaeological investigations at Tall el-Hammam, a site in the southern Jordan River valley, that Jews called Eastern Kikkar, where investigators have found the remains of a fortified city that was destroyed circa the 18th and 19th centuries BCE.[2] In the late 2000s, Collins reported that the site was likely to be the location of the biblical city of Sodom. The Tall el-Hammam Excavation Project is located about 14 km NorthEast of the Dead Sea in Jordan, an inhabited area East the Jordan River and either side of Highway 65 in Jordan, just north of the Dead Sea.[3][4][5][6][7]

He has been an archaeologist for 30 years, researching and teaching on Near Eastern archaeology and biblical studies. His work is as a field archaeologist and Bible scholar, working to tie the biblical record to the historical and archaeological evidence. He is the author of many publications and books. His Near Eastern archaeology work in Jordan is the topic of his current book about the location of biblical Sodom. He is also making a documentary film on the topic. Due to his findings he has appeared on US and international television and radio programs. He has also lectured in the US, Europe, Middle East and Africa.[8][9][10][11][12][13][14]

Scholarly achievements

References

  1. ↑ Doctrinal Position, Trinity Southwest University website, accessed March 10, 2012
  2. ↑ Tall el-Hammam Excavation Project website
  3. ↑ "Looking Back; Claims to new Sodom locations are salted with controversy", Christianity Today, April 2008
  4. ↑ Popular Archaeology, Archaeologists Return to Excavate Possible Site of Biblical Sodom June 06, 2012
  5. ↑ Popular Archaeology, Archaeologists Excavate Massive Ancient Gateway in Jordan Nov. 23, 2012
  6. ↑ Bible Archaeology, Tall el-Hammam, by Gary Byers MA, Jan. 12, 2009
  7. ↑ Find a Dig, Tall el-Hammam, Jordan, January 31 to February 28, 2014
  8. ↑ trinitysouthwest.com, Trinity Southwest University, Steven Collins Phd
  9. ↑ rinitysouthwest.com, Trinity Southwest University, Steven Collins, DMin, PhD
  10. ↑ linkedin.com, Steven Collins Phd
  11. ↑ Encyclopedia of Christian Education, Volume 3 edited by George Thomas Kurian, Mark A. Lamport, page 1608, May 7, 2015
  12. ↑ The Popular Handbook of Archaeology and the Bible, By Joseph M. Holden, August 1, 2013
  13. ↑ The Excavation of Ancient Sodom, by Herb Munson
  14. ↑ likev.net, Archaeologist Believes He Found The Remains Of Sodom, Findings Back Up Biblical Account Of Fiery Destruction, by Maroan, Oct. 6, 2015
  15. ↑ tallelhammam.com, Tall el-Hammam Excavation Publications

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