I'm not entirely convinced Avalos contributed a tremendous amount in terms of moving the conversation on (see SBL issues [here](https://www.sbl-site.org/publications/article.aspx?ArticleId=530)), and despite Loftus' [elegy](https://www.debunking-christianity.com/2021/04/dr-hector-avalos-has-died-he-was-one.html), he was too firmly in the in the nu-Atheism side to have any effect on me,  but he was quite vocal in the areas he contributed in and was working right up to this month (last article at Bible and Interpretation [here](https://bibleinterp.arizona.edu/articles/leviticus-1918-does-not-mean-love-everyone-why-i-disagree-richard-e-friedman)).  Probably his best work (imo ofc!) was his takedown of David Rohl [here](https://www.debunking-christianity.com/2016/01/patterns-of-poor-research-critique-of.html).

Hector Avalos 1958-2021