Israel Finkelstein is Professor Emeritus of Archaeology at Tel Aviv University. He is a member of the Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities and correspondant étranger of the French Académie des Inscriptions et Belles Lettres. He is the author or editor of more than 350 articles and many books, including The Forgotten Kingdom: The Archaeology and History of Northern Israel (2013). He serves as editor of the journal Tel Aviv.