Michael Hasel, PhD,is Director of the Institute of Archaeology and Professor of Near Eastern Studies and Archaeology/Religion at Southern Adventist University. He is curator of the Lynn H. Wood Archaeological Museum on the campus of SAU. He has participated and served in administrative capacities on eight different archaeological sites in the Middle East. Currently he is heading up a new initiative in collaboration with the Hebrew University excavations at Hazor, the largest biblical site in Israel. He is a lecturer and a writer, currently completing his fourth book.