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Michael Mathias Homan (January 26, 1966 - September 17, 2022) was a Professor of Theology and Department Head at Xavier University of Louisiana in New Orleans. He attended the University of Nebraska Omaha (BA in History, Religion, Psychology, 1993), and the University of California San Diego (MA in History, 1997; PhD in History, 2000) where he majored in Hebrew Bible and minored in Near Eastern Archaeology and Ancient Near Eastern History and Religion. Homan taught courses in Hebrew Bible, Hebrew language, ancient Near Eastern religion, and a course about the cemeteries of New Orleans.
Homan received numerous academic awards and honors. He was a 2015-2016 Fulbright Scholar who did research at the Cyprus American Archaeology Research Institute (CAARI). He received the 2006 Distinguished Alumnus Award from the University of Nebraska Omaha, and he is featured in UNO Magazine as number 18 of interesting graduates. He received fellowships to conduct research at the Albright Institute of Archaeological Research (1999, 2000, 2001) and the American Center of Oriental Research (2000). He was elected a member of the Catholic Biblical Association of America (2002), was granted the Member Service Award from the American Schools of Oriental Research (2010), and received the Junior Scholar Award from the Southwest Commission on Religious Studies (2010-2011). Homan’s book To Your Tents, O Israel! The Terminology, Function, Form, and Symbolism of Tents in the Hebrew Bible and the Ancient Near East received the 2003 Frank Moore Cross Publications Award from the American Schools of Oriental Research for the author of the most substantial volume related to ancient Near Eastern and eastern Mediterranean epigraphy, text and/or tradition.