Dr. Michael Burer is Assistant Professor of New Testament Studies at Dallas Theological Seminary. He is the assistant project director for the NET Bible and has contributed various studies to the bible.org site. His first book - A New Reader's Lexicon of the Greek New Testament, co-authored with Jeff Miller - was published Fall of 2008.
Yes. For each weapon I am studying the Hebrew terms, the ancient illustrations, and the artifacts. It hopefully will serve as a good reference work on the topic. I am limiting the project to the monarchy period, but kidon turns up during that period as well as in Joshua.
Thanks for the reference. I haven't looked at Lawrence & Stager's work. I'll check it out.