In 1907, in memory of her father Leopold, Miss Constance Schweich endowed a fund ‘devoted to the furtherance of research in the archaeology, art, history, languages and literature of Ancient Civilisation, with reference to Biblical Study’. One fruit of the fund was the foundation of this lecture series. The lectures were first delivered in 1908.
The three papers given by each lecturer are published together in book form. The Schweich Lectures are a highly regarded forum on Biblical Archaeology: the popularity of these volumes has remained undiminished over the years and there have been many reprintings.
Volumes are published by Oxford University Press.
Some older volumes are available from Oxbow Books.
2022. Ancient Synagogues in Palestine: A Re-evaluation Nearly a Century After Sukenik's Schweich Lectures, by Jodi Magness
120 pages
9780197267653 hbk 2024 available from OUP £76.00 and as open access
2019. The Dead Sea Scrolls as archaeological artefacts, by George J Brooke
(not yet published; event information)
2016. Re-excavating Jerusalem: Archival Archaeology, by Kay Prag
166 pages
978-0-19-726642-7 hbk 2018 available from OUP £35.00
(original lectures audio)
2013. Levantine Epigraphy and History in the Achaemenid Period (539-332 BCE), by André Lemaire
152 pages
978-0-19-726589-5 hbk 2015 available from OUP £40.00
2010. Religion, Language and Community in the Roman Near East: Constantine to Muhammad, by Fergus Millar
200 pages
978-0-19-726557-4 hbk 2013 available from OUP £45.00
2008. The Schweich Lectures and Biblical Archaeology, by Graham Davies
82 pages + 12 plates
978-0-19-726487-4 hbk 2011 available from OUP £25.00
2007. The Ugaritic Texts and the Origins of West Semitic Literary Composition, by Dennis Pardee
160 pages + 5 plates
978-0-19-726492-8 hbk 2012 available from OUP £45.00
2004. Ashkelon, Seaport of the Canaanites and the Philistines, by Lawrence Stager
(not yet published; event information)
2001. Idols of the People: Miniature Images of Clay in the Ancient Near East, by P R S Moorey
94 pages + 12 plates
978-0-19-726280-1 hbk 2003 (from 2014, manufactured on demand) available from OUP £25.00
1998. Symbol Systems of Ancient Palestine, in the Light of Scarabs and Similar Seal-amulets, by Othmar Keel
(not yet published)
1995. Translating the Bible: The Ethiopic Version of the Old Testament, by Michael A Knibb
158 pages
978-0-19-726194-1 hbk 1999 out of print
1992. Ancient Interpretation of Sacred Books, by Henry Chadwick
44 pages
978-0-85672-587-6 pdf (276kb) 2009 free download here
1989. The Bible in the Syriac Churches, by S P Brock
(unpublished)
1986. The Variable Spellings of the Hebrew Bible, by James Barr
252 pages
0-19-726068-3 hbk 1989 out of print
1984. Mari and the Early Israelite Experience, by Abraham Malamat
176 pages + 8 plates
0-19-726072-1 hbk 1989 out of print
978-0-19-726117-0 pbk 1992 (from 2004, manufactured on demand) available from OUP £25.00
1983. Nebuchadrezzar and Babylon, by D J Wiseman
160 pages + 8 plates
0-19-726040-3 hbk 1985, repr 1997 out of print
978-0-19-726100-2 pbk 1991, repr 1995, 2004 (from 2011, manufactured on demand) available from OUP £20.00
1977. Manuscript, Society and Belief in Early Christian Egypt, by Colin H Roberts
100 pages
978-0-19-725982-5 hbk 1979 (from 2006, manufactured on demand) available from OUP £40.00
1976. Some Aspects of Hittite Religion, by O R Gurney
88 pages + 9 plates
978-0-19-725974-0 hbk 1977 (from 2005, manufactured on demand) available from OUP £40.00
1974. Mari et l’Ancien Testament, by André Parrot
(unpublished)
1972. The Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem, by Charles Coüasnon
76 pages + 28 plates
978-0-19-725938-2 hbk 1974 (from 2005, manufactured on demand) available from OUP £40.00
1970. Hazor, by Yigael Yadin
236 pages + 36 plates
978-0-19-725925-2 hbk 1972 (from 2005, manufactured on demand) available from OUP £55.00
1967. Ethiopia and the Bible, by Edward Ullendorff
186 pages
0-19-725904-9 hbk 1968, repr 1983 out of print
978-0-19-726076-0 pbk 1988, repr 1989, 1992, 1997, 2006, 2009, 2013 available from OUP £16.99
1965. Mari, Ugarit, Hamath: Archaeological Contributions from Ancient Syria to the Old Testament, by Harald Ingholt
(unpublished)
1963. Amorites and Canaanites, by Kathleen M Kenyon
96 pages + 30 plates
978-0-19-725895-8 hbk 1966 (from 2005, manufactured on demand) available from OUP £85.00
1961. Social Organisation of Pre-Islamic South Arabia, A F L Beeston
(unpublished)
1959. L’Archéologie et les Manuscrits de la Mer Morte, by Roland de Vaux
124 pages + 38 plates + 4 charts
0-19-725881-6 hbk 1961 out of print
1959. Archaeology and the Dead Sea Scrolls, by R de Vaux
160 pages + 38 plates + 4 charts
978-0-19-725931-3 hbk 1973, repr 1977 (from 2005, manufactured on demand) available from OUP £45.00
1957. Une collection de Paroles de Jésus récemment découverte: L’Évangile selon Thomas, by H-C Puech
(unpublished)
1955. Assyria and the Old Testament, by M E L Mallowan
(unpublished)
1953. Les Araméens, by A Dupont-Sommer
(unpublished)
1951. The Original Form of the Old New Testament, by G D Kilpatrick
(unpublished)
1950. The Phoenicians, by A M Honeyman
(unpublished)
1949. Les Archives de Mari dans ses Rapports avec l’Ancien Testament, by Georges Dossin
(unpublished)
1948. From Joseph to Joshua: Biblical Traditions in the Light of Archaeology, by H H Rowley
214 pages
978-0-19-725857-6 hbk 1950, repr 1951, 1952, 1958, 1964, 1970 (from 2005, manufactured on demand) available from OUP £45.00
1947. The Contribution of Demotic to the Study of Egyptian History, by S R K Glanville
(unpublished)
1946. The Text of the Epistles: A Disquisition upon the Corpus Paulinum, by G Zuntz
314 pages + 1 chart
978-0-19-725860-6 hbk 1953 (from 2005, manufactured on demand) available from OUP £60.00
[The 1908–1943 & 1945 Lectures, originally published by the British Academy through Oxford University Press, were reprinted in 1980 by Kraus]
1945. Ideas of Divine Rule in the Ancient East, by C J Gadd
hbk 1948 out of print
1944. Semitic Writing, from Pictograph to Alphabet, by G R Driver
hbk 1948 out of print
Revised Edition 0-19-725852-2 hbk 1954 out of print
1944. Semitic Writing, from Pictograph to Alphabet, by G R Driver. Newly Revised Edition, edited by S A Hopkins
296 pages + 66 plates
978-0-19-725917-7 hbk 1976 (from 2005, manufactured on demand) available from OUP £70.00
1943. The Poem of Job: A Literary Study with a New Translation, by William Barron Stevenson
hbk 1947 out of print
1942. Some Hellenistic Elements in Primitive Christianity, by Wilfred L Knox
hbk 1944 out of print
1941. The Cairo Geniza, by Paul E Kahle
hbk 1947 out of print
1940. Isaiah Chapters XL–LV: Literary Criticism and History, by Sidney Smith
hbk 1944 out of print
1939. The Hebrew Bible in Art, by Jacob Leveen
hbk 1944 out of print
1938. The Work of the Chronicler: Its Purpose and its Date, by Adam C Welch
hbk 1939 out of print
1937. Early Churches in Palestine, by J W Crowfoot
hbk 1941 out of print
1937. The Cuneiform Texts of Ras Shamra-Ugarit, by Claude F A Schaeffer
hbk 1939 out of print
1935. The Origins of Early Semitic Ritual, by S H Hooke
hbk 1938 out of print
1934. Archaeological History of Iran, by Ernst E Herzfeld
hbk 1935 out of print
1933. Babylonian Menologies and the Semitic Calendars, by S Langdon
hbk 1935 out of print
1932. Recent Developments in the Textual Criticism of the Greek Bible, by Frederic G Kenyon
hbk 1933 out of print
1931. Ancient Hebrew Social Life and Custom as Indicated in Law, Narrative and Metaphor, by R H Kennett
hbk 1933 out of print
1930. Ancient Synagogues in Palestine and Greece, by E L Sukenik
hbk 1934 out of print
1929. A Comparative Study of the Literatures of Egypt, Palestine, and Mesopotamia: Egypt’s Contribution to the Literature of the Ancient World, by T Eric Peet
hbk 1931 out of print
1928. The Old and New Testaments in Muslim Religious Art, by Thomas W Arnold
0-19-725849-2 hbk 1932 out of print
1927. The Apocalypse in Art, by Montague Rhodes
0-19-725854-9 hbk 1931 out of print
1926. Palestine in General History, by Theodore H Robinson, J W Hunkin & F C Burkitt
hbk 1929 out of print
1925. The Religion of Ancient Palestine in the Light of Archaeology, by Stanley A Cook
hbk 1930 out of print
1924. Kings of the Hittites, by David George Hogarth
hbk 1926 out of print
1923. The Samaritans: Their History, Doctrines and Literature, by Moses Gaster
hbk 1925 out of print
1922. Campaigns in Palestine from Alexander the Great, by Israel Abrahams
0-19-725848-4 hbk 1927 out of print
1921. The Relations between Arabs and Israelites prior to the Rise of Islam, by D S Margoliouth
hbk 1924 out of print
1920. The Septuagint and Jewish Worship: A Study in Origins, by H St John Thackeray
hbk 1921 out of print
Second Edition hbk 1923 out of print
1919. Lectures on the Apocalypse, by R H Charles
hbk 1922, repr 1923 out of print
1918. The Hittites, by A E Cowley
hbk 1920 out of print
1917. Israel’s Settlement in Canaan: The Biblical Tradition and its Historical Background, by C F Burney
hbk 1918 out of print
1916. Legends of Babylon and Egypt in relation to Hebrew Tradition, by Leonard W King
pbk 1918 out of print
hbk (‘2nd imp’) 1918 out of print
1915. The Text of the Old Testament, by Édouard Naville
hbk 1916 out of print
1914. Une Communauté Judéo-Araméenne à Éléphantine, en Égypte, aux VIe et Ve Siècles av. J.-C., by A van Hoonacker
hbk 1915 out of print
1913. Jewish and Christian Apocalypses, by F Crawford Burkitt
hbk 1914 out of print
1912. The Relations between the Laws of Babylonia and the Laws of the Hebrew Peoples, by C H W Johns
hbk 1914 out of print
1911. The Philistines: Their History and Civilization, by R A Stewart Macalister
hbk 1913 out of print
1910. The Early Poetry of Israel in its Physical and Social Origins, by George Adam Smith
0-19-725858-1 hbk 1912 out of print
1909. The Composition of the Book of Isaiah in the Light of History and Archaeology, by Robert H Kennett
hbk 1910 out of print
1908. Modern Research as illustrating the Bible, by S R Driver
0-19-725851-4 hbk 1909, repr 1909 (4 times), 1912, 1922 out of print