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Public Programs - Spring 2004
ARCHAEOLOGY
AND THE BIBLE: REVELATIONS IN THE BEGINNING
1. Is the Bible True?
What does this question actually mean?This
introductory class will demonstrate the problems
in applying this question to understanding the
Bible and set the stage for the case studies of
archaeological discoveries to come in the subsequent
lessons.
2. When Israel and the Arabs Were Allies
The
archaeological record reveals a different relationship
between Israel and the Arabs than the one which
exists today. This lecture will introduce Israel
and the Arabs into the historical record and demonstrate
that in the beginning, they were allies.
3.
The Burial Site of Moses: A Case Study
Some of the earliest discoveries from Assyria in
modern northern Iraq and Moab in present day Jordan
help us to understand the history the Bible including
the meaning of the burial site of Moses at Mt.
Nebo during the 840s BCE.
4.
The Tel Dan Stela: A Case Study
The discovery in 1993 of the Tel Dan Stela produced
the first mention of David outside the Hebrew Bible.
The reference to the “House of David” in the Kingdom
of Judah helps develop a more complete reconstruction
of Israelite history in the 840s BCE and provides
another opportunity to compare the biblical record
and archaeological artifacts.
5. The Black Obelisk and Israel: A Case Study
One of the first archaeological discoveries when
archaeology began in the 1840s in modern northern
Iraq was the Assyrian Black Obelisk of Shalmaneser
III showing the Israelite king Jehu paying tribute
to Assyria in 841 BCE. This object combined with
the artifacts from the previous three classes will
enable us to better understand the ancient kingdom
of Israel during this crucial time in its history
and for the writing of the Hebrew Bible.
6/7.
The Assyrian Assault on Jerusalem: A Case Study
(two part class)
The Assyrian attack on Jerusalem in 701 BCE is
one of the best documented events from the ancient
Near East incorporating Assyrian texts and reliefs,
archaeological evidence, biblical texts, and geological
evidence including new information just revealed.
In this incident one may observe the current conflict
among biblical scholars who take the Hebrew Bible
seriously as an historical document and those who
do not.
8. William Foxwell Albright: The Father of Biblical
Archaeology
William Foxwell Albright (1891-1971) was the foremost
biblical archaeologist of the 20th century and
the teacher of many of the leading biblical scholars
today sometimes known as the Albright school. This
lecture will focus on the individual behind the
scholar and look at the influences in his life,
the subject of a book to be published in the spring.
ANCIENT
CIVILIZATIONS: LECTURE SERIES
Sunday,
February 8
“Wining and Dining in Pompeii,” Professor Lindley
Vann, University of Maryland, at JCC Mid-Westchester in Scarsdale, at 2:00 PM
Sunday, March 21
“Galatian Gordion: A Celtic Town in Central Anatolia,”
Professor Mary Voigt,
William and Mary College, at Scarsdale Public Library,
at 2:00 PM
Sunday, April 18
“China and Mongolia Symposium” at Concordia College
in Bronxville, 2:00-6:00 PM
- Professor Morris Rossabi, Columbia University:
"Chinggis Khan, Khubilai Khan, and the Cultured
Nomads"
- Professor David Sensabaugh, Yale University:“Foreigners
and Funerary Art in Sixth-Century China"
- Professor Thomas Barfield, Boston University:“The
Nomadic Empires: Power, Politics and Trade at
the Frontier between the Civilized and Nomadic
Worlds”
Sunday, May 9
“The Archaeology of the Lower East Side,” Celia
Bergoffen,
Fashion Institute of Technology, at 2:00 PM. Place
to be announced.
EGYPT,
NUBIA, and ISRAEL IN ANCIENT TIMES
Dates:
May 1-2, 2004
Location: Museum of Fine Arts (Boston)
Harvard Semitic Museum (Cambridge)
Cost: $125 (Lodging available)
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Spend two days immersed in the splendors of
ancient times as presented by the Education Departments
and curators of two of the leading institutions
of ancient studies in the world.
PROGRAM
Saturday: May 1 Museum of Fine Arts
- Slide Lecture: “History of the Egyptian
Collection” by Dr. Rita Freed, Norma Jean
Calderwood Curator of Ancient Egyptian, Nubian,
and Near Eastern Art
- Guided Tour of the Egyptian Collection
- Lunch
- Slide Lecture: “Nubia” by Dr. Rita
Freed
- Guided Tour of the Nubian Collection
Sunday: May 2 Harvard Semitic Museum
- Slide Lecture: “When Israel and the Arabs
Were Allies”
by Dr. Peter Feinman, IHARE
- Slide Lecture: “Using Archaeology to
Understand the History of Israel and the Philistines:Two
Case Studies” by Adam Aja, Near Eastern
Languages and Civilizations, Harvard University
- Lunch
- Guided Tour of the Museum
For
further information contact Dr. Peter Feinman at
the Institute of History, Archaeology, and Education
at 914-933-0440 or email us at: feinmanp@ihare.org.
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