Heidi Fessler
Lecturer of Classics and Archaeology
- Los Angeles CA UNITED STATES
- Classics and Archaeology
Heidi Fessler is an archaeologist and historian of ancient Israel specializing in the geography of the Holy Land, and ancient warfare.
Biography
Education
Jewish Theological Seminary - New York
M.A.
Hebrew Bible
University of California - Los Angeles
Ph.D.
Near Eastern Languages and Culture
Areas of Expertise
Industry Expertise
Courses
CLAR 2360 Ancient Near East
Fall 2021
Study of the Near Eastern background of classical civilizations from the Neolithic to Alexander the Great.
University Core fulfilled: Explorations: Historical Analysis and Perspectives; Flag: Information Literacy.
CLAR 4350 Archaeology and the Bible
Fall 2019, Spring 2020, Fall 2020, Spring 2021, and Fall 2021
Study of selections of the Bible, combining historical criticism and exegesis with the relevant archaeology.
University Core fulfilled: Integrations: Faith and Reason; Flag: Writing.
Articles
Excavations of the New Kingdom Fortress in Jaffa, 2011–2014: Traces of Resistance to Egyptian Rule in Canaan
American Journal of Archaeology2017
Excavations of the Egyptian New Kingdom fortress in Jaffa (Tel Yafo, ancient Yapu), on the southern side of Tel Aviv, were renewed by the Jaffa Cultural Heritage Project from 2011 to 2014. This work is an outgrowth of the project’s reappraisal of Jacob Kaplan’s excavations in the Ramesses Gate area from 1955 to 1962.
Transit Corridors and Assyrian Strategy: Case Studies from the 8th-7th Century BCE Southern Levant
University of California - Los Angeles2016
Several modern studies and the Assyrians themselves have claimed not only the extreme military measures but also substantial geo-political impact of Assyrian conquest in the southern Levant; however, examples of Assyrian violence and control are actually underrepresented in the archaeological record.