Remember to please sign-up for the Nov. 9 field trip to the Met Museum to the Ancient Near East Gallery. Please sign-up at the Upcoming Events page on this facebook page located on the lower left or email me at danetello@yahoo More information here: actministry.org/calendar-2/museum-tour-the-ancient-near-eastern-gallery-of-the-met/ This year, the Met will be hosing an exciting special exhibit at this gallery called Assyria to Iberia at the Dawn of the Classical Age that we will also be exploring at the field trip. The Met will be hosting a series of lectures pertaining to this special exhibit and many pertain to the Bible or biblical times. Please take advantage of these FREE lectures (with museum admission): The “City of David” and Its Phoenician Connections Tuesday, October 21, 6:00 The Grace Rainey Rogers Auditorium Ronny Reich, Professor, Department of Archaeology, Haifa University Free; please use ground-level entrance at Fifth Avenue and 83rd Street. Demon-Haunted Worlds Thursday, October 23, 11:00 Sarah Graff and Sean Murray, video game concept artist and illustrator, New York City Explore the parallels between the demonology of Mesopotamia and present-day fantastical worlds during this conversation with a Museum curator and an artist. This talk meets at Vélez Blanco Patio, Gallery 534, and takes place in the permanent collection galleries. Friday Focus—From Lake Van to the Guadalquivir: Monsters and Vision in the Preclassical Mediterranean Friday, October 24, 4:00 Bonnie J. Sacerdote Lecture Hall, Ruth and Harold D. Uris Center for Education Nassos Papalexandrou, Associate Professor, Department of Art and Art History, The University of Texas at Austin Symposium – Assyria to Iberia at the Dawn of the Classical Age Thursday, November 6, 10:30–4:30 Friday, November 7, 10:30–4:30 The Grace Rainey Rogers Auditorium International scholars explore themes relating to the exhibition during this two-day event. Free with Museum admission; reservations and tickets are not required. Seating is available on a first-come, first-served basis. A New Millennium—A New Order: Philistines, Phoenicians, Aramaeans, and the Kingdom of Israel The Armand Brunswick Distinguished Lectures in Archaeology of the Raymond and Beverly Sackler Foundation Thursday, November 6, 6:00 The Grace Rainey Rogers Auditorium Jonathan N. Tubb, Keeper, Department of the Middle East, The British Museum Assyria, Babylon, and the Bible Thursday, December 4, 11:00 Michael Seymour and Rabbi Jeremy Rosen, Rabbi of the Persian Jewish Community of Manhattan Explore the world of the Assyrian and Babylonian empires through biblical and ancient Mesopotamian texts and works of art This talk meets at the exhibition entrance, Iris and B. Gerald Cantor Exhibition Hall, Gallery 999. Advance tickets required; limited free tickets available only at met museum.org/events/programs/talks/gallery-talk - Danny
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