Matthew Suriano Associate Professor of Near Eastern Languages and Cultures University of Maryland Commons username: @msuriano Twitter handle: m_j_suriano Mastodon handle: @duderonomy@scholar.social ORCID iD: my-orcid?orcid=0000-0001-7459-5682 jewishstudies.umd.edu/directory/matthew-suriano Following 26 members View ProfileActivitySites 2Following 26Followers 37Groups 6ForumsDocs 0 Academic InterestsAncient Near EastBiblical archaeologybiblical historiographyHebrew BibleJewish studiesLevantine archaeologyPhilologySemitic Epigraphy Commons GroupsHCAncient Near EastAssyriologistsBiblical archaeologyBiblical StudiesNear Eastern ArchaeologyReligious Studies Recent Commons Activity deposited The Privilege of the Living i… in the group Near Eastern Archaeology deposited The Privilege of the Living i… in the group Biblical Studies AboutMatthew Suriano is an Associate Professor in the Joseph and Rebecca Meyerhoff Center for Jewish Studies at the University of Maryland. His research focuses on the history and culture of ancient Israel through the integration of biblical literature, Northwest Semitic inscriptions, and the archaeology of the Levant. EducationPh.D. University of California, Los Angeles. Near Eastern Languages and Cultures M.A. University of California, Los Angeles. Near Eastern Languages and Cultures M.A. Jerusalem University College. Ancient History of Syria-Palestine B.A. University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. History Mastodon FeedRecently figured out that our dog, adopted from a rescue, is an Anatolian Shepherd (mixed). The dog and I celebrated by reading Luwian Hieroglyphics. (2023-02-04 ↗)Had a great time last week talking to the Biblical Archaeology Forum at the Bender JCC https://archaeo.social/@mmo_vas/109702552955030782 (2023-01-25 ↗)Archivists & historians, what programs would you recommend for organizing scanned pdfs of documents? (2023-01-19 ↗)I'm giving a lecture, "Exploring a Forgotten Tomb: The Royal Steward Inscriptions & Their Setting," for the Biblical Archaeology Forum. This this Wednesday (2-18) at 7pm. @mmo_vas See link for details. https://www.benderjccgw.org/arts-culture-jewish-life/biblical-archaeology-forum/ (2023-01-17 ↗)I've uploaded on #flickr a few photos from the #Smithsonian Museum of Natural History https://flic.kr/s/aHBqjAmcp2 (2022-12-31 ↗) KCWorksJournal articleThe Privilege of the Living in Caring for the Dead: A Problem of Reciprocity (2022)What Did Feeding the Dead Mean? Two Case Studies from Iron Age Tombs at Beth-Shemesh (2021)Remembering Absalom’s Death in 2 Samuel 18–19: History, Memory, and Inscription (2018)Sheol, the Tomb, and the Problem of Postmortem Existence (2017)Kingship and Carpe Diem, Between Gilgamesh and Qoheleth (2017)Wine Shipments to Samaria from Royal Vineyards (2016)The Historicality of the King: An Exercise in Reading Royal Inscriptions from the Ancient Levant (2014)A Private Stamped Seal Handle from Tell Bornāṭ / Tēl Burnā, Israel (2014)Ruin Hills at the Threshold of the Netherworld: The Tell in the Conceptual Landscape of the Ba’al Cycle and Ancient Near Eastern Mythology (2012)A Place in the Dust: Text, Topography and a Toponymic Note on Micah 1:10-12a (2010)Conference paperNo Rest for the Dead – The Reversal of Death in Ezekiel’s Valley of Dry Bones (2018) ProjectsMonoliths of the Mount of Olives: A Virtual Archaeological Study MembershipsAmerican Schools of Overseas Research Society of Biblical Literature Catholic Biblical Association Palestine Exploration Fund
