Menashe Har-El is emeritus professor of Biblical Archaeology at Tel Aviv University, a researcher of the ancient geography and history of Israel and the Middle East, and formerly a lecturer at the teachers’ seminaries of The Hebrew University of Jerusalem and Tel Aviv University, among others.
He has published 13 books on topics related to the Land of Israel, four of which received awards. In 1991, Har-El was the recipient of the Yakir Yerushalaim award for accomplishments in honor of Jerusalem. In 2001, he received the Yigal Allon Prize for acts of pioneering excellence and he was awarded the Israel Prize in 2002 for his research on Eretz Israel.
