Save the Date! The Archaeology of Qumran and the Dead Sea Scrolls University Forum Lecture By Dr. Jodi Magness Kenan Distinguished Professor Department of Religious Studies University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill FREE and Open to All! Thursday, February 13th 7:30 PM UNLV Student Union, Philip J. Cohen Theatre (Note the venue change: still in the Student Union but now in the Theatre!) One of the most significant, and controversial, archaeological discoveries ever made was of the Dead Sea Scrolls. Approximately 60 years ago, the remains of over 1000 ancient scrolls were discovered in 11 caves surrounding the site of Qumran near the Dead Sea. These scrolls represent a collection of Jewish religious writings including the earliest copies of the Hebrew Bible (Old Testament) ever found, which belonged to members of the Essenes, a Jewish sect who lived at Qumran. In this slide illustrated lecture, Dr. Jodi Magness will explore the archaeological remains at Qumran and discuss the significance of the Dead Sea Scrolls. New discoveries relating to the history of the Near East are always important to the world, and the controversy over finds of the past hundred years can be used to illuminate questions about how oral and written traditions are used to augment or disprove evidence recovered in the archaeological context. Professor Magness conducts research focusing on Palestine in the Roman, Byzantine, and early Islamic periods, as well as Diaspora Judaism in the Roman world. Dr. Jodi Magness holds a senior endowed chair in the Department of Religious Studies at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill: the Kenan Distinguished Professor for Teaching Excellence in Early Judaism. She holds a B.A. in Archaeology and History from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and a Ph.D. in Classical Archaeology from the University of Pennsylvania. Her 2002 book The Archaeology of Qumran and the Dead Sea Scrolls won the 2003 Biblical Archaeology Society’s Award for Best Popular Book in Archaeology, and was selected as Outstanding Academic Book for 2003 by Choice Magazine. Her most recent book is The Archaeology of the Holy Land from the Destruction of Solomon’s Temple to the Muslim Conquest (2012 Cambridge University). She has participated on 20 different excavations in Israel and Greece, including co-directing the 1995 excavations in the Roman siege works at Masada. The lecture is sponsored by the University Forum, Departments of Anthropology and History, and Friends of World Anthropology at UNLV, with major support from the Leon Levy Foundation of New York and Nevada Humanities. Dr. Magness’ week long residency at UNLV is the second in a five year series of residencies and presentations on The Archaeology of Israel and the Ancient Near East sponsored by the Leon Levy Foundation of New York, with matching funds from Friends of World Anthropology at UNLV. Photo by James Haberman
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