David E. Graves

Background

About David E. Graves

I am a Canadian and CEO of Electronic Christian Media publishing Biblical books related to Archaeology and Bible history. I have my Ph.D. from the University of Aberdeen, Scotland in New Testament Theology (Thesis:“The Influence of Ancient Near Eastern Vassal Treaties on the Seven Prophetic Messages in Revelation with Special Reference to the Message to Smyrna.” published under The Seven Messages of Revelation and Vassal Treaties: Literary Genre, Structure, and Function. Gorgias Dissertations Biblical Studies 41. Piscataway, N.J: Gorgias Press, 2009). I have been involved in teaching the Bible and archaeology for more than thirty-five years and I have taught archaeology for Liberty University for ten-years and at Oxford University, England; provided tours of the Ashmolean and British Museums; traveled extensively in the Middle East; consulted for National Geographic and been involved in Mount Ararat research (climbed into the Ahora Gorge). I have been a square supervisor for the Shiloh excavations, Israel (2018) and was part of the team who discovered and excavated the Dead Sea Scroll cave Q12 near Qumran, Israel (Jan 2017) and field supervisor for Tall el-Hammam (Sodom?), Jordan (2005–2015); and a member of the Near East Archeological Society (NEAS), an associate member of the Associates for Biblical Research. I have written and edited a number of books including: Details of my books are available all available on Amazon.com and published through my company Electronic Christian Media (smyrnaean.blogspot.ca/2014/03/books-by-david-e-graves.html). I have also authored a number of peer-reviewed articles on the Bible and archaeology (academia.edu). Blog: http://smyrnaean.blogspot.com.