TITUS KENNEDY

Assistant Professor of Biblical Archaeology

info@shepherds.edu

Dr. Titus Kennedy serves as the director of STS’s biblical archaeology program. He oversees all aspects of the program and teaches courses within our Master of Arts in Biblical Archaeology degree, equipping students for successful field work and future studies. Additionally, Titus is also a field archaeologist working primarily with sites and materials of the ancient Near East and the Mediterranean world. 

He has been involved in archaeological projects at 18 sites spanning 6 countries, including directing and supervising multiple projects from the Bronze Age through the Byzantine period, and has also conducted artifact research at museums and collections around the world.

He earned his doctorate from the University of South Africa in Biblical Archaeology with an emphasis on archaeological demographics, MA degrees from the University of Toronto and the University of South Africa, and a BA from Biola University. He is a research fellow at the Discovery Institute, editor of the Near Eastern Archaeological Society bulletin, and has been a consultant, writer, and guide for history and archaeology documentaries and curricula, including Drive Thru History® and Bible Unearthed™. He has written numerous articles about biblical archaeology and history, and is the author of Unearthing the Bible, Excavating the Evidence for Jesus, and The Essential Archaeological Guide to Bible Lands.

DEGREES:

  • DLitt et Phil, Biblical Archaeology,  University of South Africa
  • MA, Near Eastern Archaeology, University of South Africa
  • MA, Biblical Archaeology, University of Toronto
  • BA, Biola University

SPECIALTIES:

  • Archaeology
  • Biblical Archaeology
  • Bronze and Iron Age Levant
  • New Kingdom Egypt
  • Roman Period Mediterranean
  • Artifact Analysis and Photography
  • Demography

ARCHAEOLOGICAL PROJECTS

  • Khirbet Sheik ‘Isa (Zoar). 2025-present.
  • Shengavit. 2023-2024.
  • Erebuni. 2021-2022.
  • Teishebaini (Karmir Blur). 2021-2022.
  • Khirbet et-Tell (Ai). 2019-present.
  • Soleb Temple Inscription Documentation Project. 2018.
  • El-Qanabiz. 2017.
  • Deir Dibwan Area Survey. 2016.
  • Eccleston Pictographs Project. 2015-2016.
  • Bethlehem. 2015.
  • Jerusalem Mount Zion. 2013, 2014, 2015.
  • Suba (Cave of John the Baptist). 2011
  • Biola Mammoth Site. 2010-2013
  • Jerusalem Givati. 2010.
  • Khirbet el-Maqatir. 2009 and 2011.
  • Hazor. 2005-2007, 2010.

 ARTICLES

  • “Zoar (Ghawr al-Safi) Renewed Excavations 2025.” Near East Archaeological Society Bulletin Volume 70 (2025).

  • “El-Qanabiz Near Khirbet Et-Tell.” Near East Archaeological Society Bulletin Volume 69 (2024).

  • “Temple Dedication and Construction Texts of the Ancient Near East with Elapsed Years: Implications for Long Duration Chronologies.” Religions. 2024
  • “The Bronze Age Destruction of Jericho, Archaeology, and the Book of Joshua.” Religions. 2023.
  • “Ipuwer versus the Exodus Plagues.” Bible and Spade 35:1 (2022): 23-32.
  • “The Land of the Shasu (Nomads) of YHWH at Soleb.” Dotawo: A Journal of Nubian Studies volume 6 (December 2019). (https://escholarship.org/uc/item/07x6659z)
  • “Jonah’s Journey to Nineveh in Archaeological Context.” Bible and Spade 31:4 (2018): 93-99.
  • “The Burial Site of Jesus.” Archaeological Diggings. 2017.
  • “Jesus at the Pools of Bethesda and Siloam.” Archaeological Diggings. 2016.
  • “Archaeological Excavations on the Western Hill in Jerusalem.” Archaeological Diggings. 2015.
  • “Abraham at Ur and Haran.” Archaeological Diggings. 2015.
  • “Daniel in Babylon.” Archaeological Diggings. 2015.
  • “Papyrus Brooklyn: A List Mentioning Hebrew Servants in Egypt?” Archaeological Diggings. 2015.
  • “Sergius Paulus the Proconsul.” Archaeological Diggings. 2015.
    15 archaeological articles in The Lexham Bible Dictionary. 2011-2015.
  • “The Trial of Jesus of Nazareth in Jerusalem.” Archaeological Diggings. Winter 2014.
  • “A Haunt of Jackals: The Conquests of Hazor in the Late Bronze Age.” Archaeological Diggings. Autumn 2014.
  • “A Note on an Iron Age Four-Horned Altar from Tel Dothan.” Gibson, Shimon; Kennedy, Titus; Kramer, Joel. Palestine Exploration Quarterly 145/4 (2013): 306-319.
  • “The Trial of Jesus in Archaeology and History.” Bible and Spade. Fall 2012.
  • “A Greek Inscription: ‘Jesus is Present’ of the Late Roman Period at Beth Loya.” Chafer Theological Journal 14:2. 2012.
  • “The Los Lunas Decalogue Stone: Genuine or Hoax?” Chafer Theological Journal 14:2. 2012.
  • “A Canaanite Massebah or Stele at Khirbet Maqatir?” Bible and Spade. Winter 2011.
  • “The Date of Camel Domestication in the Ancient Near East.” Bible and Spade. Fall 2010.

Books

Archaeology and the People of the Bible (Harvest House, 2026)

The Essential Archaeological Guide to Bible Lands: Uncovering Biblical Sites of the Ancient Near East and Mediterranean World (Harvest House, 2024)

Excavating the Evidence for Jesus: The Archaeology and History of Christ and the Gospels (Harvest House, 2022)

Unearthing the Bible (Harvest House, 2020)