The 2004 Albritton Lectures

in memory of

Harry Thomas Frank
(WFU 1956)

Joseph C. Hough, Jr.
(WFU 1955)
President, Union Theological Seminary in New York City

Jeffrey A. Blakely
Archaeological Assessments
and the University of Wisconsin

Harry Thomas Frank (+1980)

Late Danforth Professor of Religion
Oberlin College

Received the B. A. from Wake Forest University in 1956 where he was President of the Student Body, a member of the football team, and a member of Sigma Chi. Received the B. D. in 1959 from Yale University and went to Aberdeen, Scotland for a year of study on a Rotary Scholarship. Returning to the United States, he enrolled in the Ph. D. program at Duke University and received that degree in 1963. After a year at Randolph-Macon Woman’s College in Lynchburg, Virginia, he joined the faculty of Oberlin College in 1964. He was Danforth Professor of Religion and Department Chair at the time of his death in 1980.
Throughout his career, Dr. Frank was fascinated with biblical archaeology and historical geography, and he tried to make these subjects accessible to students through his many publications. He was heavily involved in the Joint Expedition to Tell el-Hesi, bringing many students like Jeffrey A. Blakely to Israel for their first “dig.”

A Select Bibliography of
Harry Thomas Frank’s Works

H. T. Frank, The Place, Thought, And Significance Of Maurice Goguel In New Testament Studies 1963).
__________, C. W. Swain, and C. Canby, The Bible Through The Ages (Cleveland: World Pub. Co, 1967).
__________, W. L. Reed, and H. G. May, Translating & Understanding The Old Testament: Essays In Honor Of Herbert Gordon May (Nashville Tenn.: Abingdon Press, 1970).
__________, Bible, Archaeology, And Faith (Nashville: Abingdon Press, 1971).
__________, An Archaeological Companion To The Bible (London: S.C.M. Press, 1972).
__________, Discovering The Biblical World (Maplewood, N.J: Hammond; distributed by Harper & Row, New York, 1974).
J. L. Gardner and H. T. Frank, Reader's Digest Atlas Of The Bible An Illustrated Guide To The Holy Land (Pleasantville, N.Y: Reader's Digest Association, 1981).
Hammond Incorporated and H. T. Frank. Hammond's Atlas Of The Bible Lands. New ed. 1977.
Pictorial Archive (Near Eastern History) Est, J. M. Monson, H. T. Frank, and J. M. Monson. Student Map Manual, Historical Geography Of The Bible Lands. 1st ed. Nov. 1979. 1979. Jerusalem, Pictorial Archive (Near Eastern History) Est. Wide screen project--Historical geography of the Bible

Fifteenth president of New York's Union Theological Seminary, where he is also William E. Dodge Professor of Social Ethics. Prior to assuming the post at Union in 1999, Hough served as dean and professor of Ethics of the Vanderbilt University Divinity School in Nashville, Tennessee, for nine years. He also directed the Cal Turner Program in Moral Leadership, a program for the divinity, law, medical, and business schools of Vanderbilt.
Dr. Hough graduated from Wake Forest University with a B.A. in 1955, received the B.D. (1959), the M.A. (1964), and the Ph.D. (1965) from Yale. Dr. Hough is an ordained minister in the United Church of Christ, Congregational. Before coming to Union Theological Seminary, Dr. Hough was Dean of the Divinity School at Vanderbilt University. His teaching and research interests are in social ethics, theological education, the Church and ministry.
Dr. Hough served on the faculty of Claremont Graduate School and was dean of the School of Theology at Claremont (California) from 1974 to 1987. He has earned numerous honors over the years, including a Doctor of Divinity from Wake Forest University and the Centennial Medal for Distinguished Service from Claremont in 1986. He also received the Joshua Award from the Jewish Federation Council in 1986 for outstanding contributions to human relations. Hough is a past member of the Board of Trustees of Wake Forest University.

A Select Bibliography
of the Works of
Joseph C. Hough, Jr.

J. C. Hough, The Theological Work Of The University Scholar (Pittsburgh, Pa: Association of Theological Schools, nd).
__________, Black Power And White Protestants: A Christian Response To The New Negro Pluralism (New York: Oxford University Press, 1968).
J. B. McConahay and J. C. Hough, Value Roots Of Symbolic Racism (Durham, N.C.: Center for Policy Analysis, Institute of Policy Sciences and Public Affairs, Duke University, 1975).
J. C. Hough and J. B. Cobb, Christian Identity And Theological Education (Chico, Calif: Scholars Press, 1985).
__________ and B. G. Wheeler, Beyond Clericalism: The Congregation As A Focus For Theological Education (Atlanta, Ga: Scholars Press, 1988).
J. B. Cobb, D. R. Griffin, and J. C. Hough, Theology And The University Essays In Honor Of John B. Cobb, Jr (Albany, N.Y: State University of New York Press, 1991).

Received his B. A. from from Oberlin College in 1974, his M. B. A. in 1977 from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, an M. A. in 1981 from Wilfrid Laurier University, the M. A. (1987) and the Ph. D. (1990) from the University of Pennsylvania.

Dr. Blakely has been active in field archaeology since 1971 when he was part of the Oberlin team at Tell el-Hesi led by H. T. Frank. Dr. Blakely is now the director of the Hesi project and also has had extensive field experience in other sites in Israel, Yemen, and Jordan. When he is not working in the Middle East, Dr. Blakely works in American Archaeology through Arcaheological Assessments, Inc.

A Select Bibliography of Works of
Jeffrey A. Blakely on Palestinian Archaeology

J. A. Blakely and L.E. Toombs, The Tell el Hesi Field Manual, ed. by K.G. O'Connell, S.J. (Excavation Reports of the American Schools of Oriental Research: Tell el Hesi 1. Cambridge, Massachusetts: AmericanSchools of Oriental Research, 1980)
__________, J.A. Sauer and M.R. Toplyn, The Wadi al—Jubah Archaeological Project. Vol. 2, Site Reconnaissance in North Yemen, 1983. (Washington, D.C.: American Foundation for the Study of Man, 1985.
__________ and W.J. Bennett, Jr, Approaches to the Analysis of the Pottery Excavated at Caesarea Maritima, 1971-1986 (Archeological Assessments Report No. 52. Nashville, Arkansas: Archeological Assessments, Inc., 1986).
__________, The Ceramics Found During Excavation of the Caesarea Mithraeum. (Archeological Assessments Report No. 55. Nashville, Arkansas: Archeological Assessments, Inc, 1986).
__________, The Joint Expedition to Caesarea Maritima: Excavation Reports. Vol 4, The Pottery and Dating of Vault 1: Horreum, Mithraeum, and Later Usage, ed. by F.L. Horton, Jr. (Lewiston, New York: The Edwin Mellen Press, 1987).
__________ and W.J. Bennett, Jr., Tell el Hesi: The Persian Period (Stratum V), ed. by K.G. O'Connell, S.J. (Excavation Reports of the American Schools of Oriental Research: Tell el-Hesi 3. Winona Lake, Indiana: Eisenbrauns, 1989).
__________ and W. J. Bennett, Jr., Analysis and Publication of Ceramics: The Computer Data-Base in Archaeology. (British Archaeological Reports International Series 551. Oxford: British Archaeological Reports. 1989)
__________ and W.J. Bennett, Jr., The Caesarea Maritima Vault Project: The 1993 Season, (Nashville, Arkansas: Archeological Associates, 1993).

The Rev. John Thomas Albritton, after leaving Wake Forest College in 1857, served as an educator and a Baptist minister in eastern North Carolina until his death in 1906.
In 1919 the surviving children of Mr. Albritton donated $25,000 to Wake Forest College to establish a Chair in Bible in their father's name. From 1920 to 1928 the Department of Religion of Wake Forest College was known as the John T. Albritton School of the Bible, and Professor W. R. Cullom served as the Albritton Professor of the Bible from 1920 until his retirement in 1938. From 1938 until 1984 the chair remained unoccupied.

In February of 1984, Dr. Emmett Willard Hamrick became the John Thomas Albritton Professor of the Bible under a plan whereby the holder of the Chair would administer the Albritton Fund for the advancement of biblical studies at Wake Forest University. The Fund now sponsors the Albritton Lectureship as well as grants for faculty and student research in biblical studies. Under Professor Hamrick's leadership, much of this research was in the area of Near Eastern archaeology.

Dr. Fred L. Horton became the John Thomas Albritton Chair of the Bible in July, 1990.

Thanks to the generosity of the Albritton family, the diaries of the Rev. John Thomas Albritton are available for study in the Baptist Collection of the Z. Smith Reynolds Library at Wake Forest University.