Office: Bear Hall 275
Phone: (910) 962-7660
Email: burght@uncw.edu 
Web Site: http://people.uncw.edu/burght

Degrees

• Ph.D., University of Arizona - Near Eastern Studies
• M.A., University of Arizona - Near Eastern Studies
• M.A., Howard University - Religious Studies
• B.A., Hampton University - Music

Areas of Expertise

• Hebrew Bible 
• History of Israelite Religion
• Ethnology of Music in Ancient Israel

Recent Publications

• Listening to the Artifacts: Music Culture in Ancient Israel/Palestine. New York: T&T Clark International/Continuum Press. 2006
• “Who’s the Man?” Sex and Gender in Iron Age Israel Musical Performance. Near Eastern Archaeology 27.3 (September 2004, published February 2006).
• Mattingly, Keith and Theodore W. Burgh, “Lintel Inscription Tall Hisban, Field M, Square 5, 2001.” Andrews University Seminary Studies 43.2 (March 2006): 247-260.
• “Ancient Music of Israel/Palestine: What are the Sources, and How Should We treat them?” Moving from the Specific to the General and Back Again.” In Sources of Music in Ancient Israel/Palestine. Ed. Regina Randhofer. Orientwissenschaftliche Hefte 8/2003.
• "Music and Musical Instruments in the Hebrew Bible and Ancient Israel/Palestine." 2002.  

Courses Taught

• PAR 235: Introduction to Old Testament
• PAR 362: Archaeology of Ancient Israel
• PAR 495: History of Religion of Ancient Israel
• PAR 495: Music in Ancient Israel
• PAR 495: Psalms