Recent Speakers
in Archaeology and Religion
at Lycoming College
2006 Angel Lecture*:
Steven Fine
Public Lecture
Wednesday November 8, 2006, 7:30 pm in Heim G-11:
Art and Judaism in the
Greco-Roman World
Dr. Steven Fine
is Professor of Jewish History at Yeshiva University in New York City, where
he focuses upon the interrelationships between ancient Jewish literature, art
and archeology. Dr. Fine wrote his doctorate in Jewish history from the Hebrew
University of Jerusalem and holds an MA in art history from the University of
Southern California and a BA in religious studies from the University of
California, Santa Barbara. Steven Fine's most recent book is Art and
Judaism in the Greco-Roman World: Toward a New Jewish Archaeology (Cambridge
University Press, 2005).
He is also an editor of
IMAGES: A Journal for the Study of Jewish Art and Visual Culture (E.J.
Brill).
2005 Angel Lecture: Renowned Dead
Sea Scrolls Scholar
Lawrence Schiffman
Public Lecture
Wednesday September 28,
2005, 7:00 pm in Heim G-11:
"Apocalypticism and Messianism: From the Dead Sea Scrolls to the Rabbis."
Dr. Lawrence Schiffman of
NYU is the world's foremost expert on early Judaism and the Dead Sea Scrolls,
as seen on television (PBS, Nova, BBC, A&E, Discovery, etc.). A dynamic, internationally acclaimed scholar,
Dr. Schiffman is speaking on ideas about
messiahs and the end of the world in early Jewish literature from the
formative period of both Judaism and Christianity.
2004 Visiting
Scholar: Renowned Biblical Archaeologist William Dever
Public Lecture
Monday October 18th, 2004, 7:30 pm
in Heim G-11:
"Archaeology, History, and the Bible."
Renowned Biblical
Archaeologist
Dr.
William Dever will be on campus October 18-22
as a Visiting Scholar - giving a
lecture, teaching classes, and having fireside chats!
Monday October 18th:
"Archaeological Methods and Excavation" - REL 159f, 2:00pm in C-300
"Archaeology, History, and the Bible" - Public Lecture, 7:30pm in Heim
G-11
Tuesday October 19th:
"Archaeology, Religion, and Modern Israel" - REL 224, 5:00pm in B-310
"The Big Dig" movie and reception, 7:00pm at UCM (Chapel basement)
Wednesday October 20th:
"Who Were the Israelites and Where Did They Come From?" - REL 113,
10:15am, B309
"The Age of Solomon: Myth or History?" - REL 226, 12:45pm in B-202
Fireside Chat - 4:00-5:30pm in Snowden Library
Archaeology Dinner, 5:45pm PDR in the Jane Schultz room in Wertz
Thursday October 21st:
Pottery Workshop - 9:30-11:30 am in the Archaeology Lab
"Warfare in the Ancient Near East" - PSCI 159f, 3:00pm in D-301
Fireside Chat - 4:30-6:00pm in Snowden Library
Friday October 22nd:
"Did God Have a Wife? Archaeology and Folk Religion" - REL 226, 12:45pm
in B-202
"Archaeology and Herodian Jerusalem" - REL 159f, 2:00pm in C-300
Archaeology and Religion Party - 7:00 pm at the Knauths'
house
*The Angel Lecture Series is partially supported by the Angel Fund at the Ohev Sholom Synagogue in Williamsport.
For a full schedule of events relevant to Religion and Archaeology at Lycoming College, see the "RelEvents" page.