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2025 BAS Publication Awards — Call for Entries

Nominations are invited for the Biblical Archaeology Society Publication Awards, for books published in 2023 and 2024

The biennial BAS Publication Awards for books about archaeology and the Bible have been presented since 1985. These prestigious awards have been made possible by grants from The Rohr Family in Memory of Sami Rohr.

Awards are presented in the following categories:

Best Popular Book on Archaeology

Best Scholarly Book on Archaeology

Hershel Shanks Award for Best Dig Report

Judges:

• Daniel Master (Wheaton College)
• Dennis Mizzi (University of Malta)
• Alexandra Ratzlaff (Brandeis University)

Best Book Related to the Hebrew Bible

Judges:

• Kevin Burrell (Wilfrid Laurier University)
• Alice Mandell (Johns Hopkins University)
• Tina Wray (Salve Regina University)

Best Book Relating to the New Testament

Judges:

• Matthew Grey (Brigham Young University)
• Lee Jefferson (Centre College)
• Elizabeth Schrader Polczer (Villanova University)

For more information, or to nominate a book, please email [email protected]. The deadline for nominations is June 5, 2025.

Qualifications and Rules

1. Nominations: Publishers, authors, or others should send one copy of every nominated book to each of the judges in the relevant category, as well as BAS. Please mark “BAS Publication Awards.” For address information, please email [email protected].
2. Judges may not nominate books, nor can they judge books they have authored or edited.
3. All nominated books must have been published in print and/or digitally in 2023 or 2024.
4. Publishers may nominate a maximum of eight books. All nominated books must be in English, and no self-published titles will be accepted.
5. Nominations must be received by June 5, 2025. At least three different titles must be submitted in a category for a prize to be awarded.
6. The judges’ decisions are final.
7. The winning authors will receive a digital award certificate and a prize of $500.

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