I’ve known about this series for sometime because I originally had scheduled Gabriel Barkay for a trip for my class, but that had to be changed because of his LA engagement. In any case, full details of Excavating in Jerusalem and the Mountains Around Her: What the New Excavations Teach Us About the City, the Bible, the People and the Temple are now available from the University of Judaism. There are 7 lectures, with an entrance cost of $25 each. A few years ago I attended some of these lectures and I believe there was a student price at that time. The top three that I would attend if I could:
Gabriel Barkay: What Does Recent Excavation Reveal About the Temple Mount Past and Present?
Beth Alpert Nakhai: An Archaeological View of Biblical Women and Their Families
Thomas Levy: King Solomon’s Mines Revisited: Archaeological Explorations in Edom and What They Mean for Understanding Biblical History
$25 is not cheap, esp. for students, but these are the scholars who have made (or are making) the discoveries. And LA is a shorter drive than Israel.
Thanks for the info Todd – wouldn’t have known otherwise. If I go to any of your ‘top three’ I will send you my notes! :) You guys are regularly in my prayers.
Ditto, cynthia!
Todd,
Do you think the one on the little scrolls will be any good? You talked a little about the oldest inscription ever to be found, and I was wondering if that was the case in this lecture…?
My dad and I are going to Barkay’s on the 14th!
Sean – I think you’re talking about the lecture on the Ketef Hinnom amulets by Zuckerman. That probably will be good, but know that the expertise of the lecturer is on photographic analysis. Thus he was able to determine there was an additional inscription on one of the amulets that had never been found before. He wrote an article (with Barkay) in a recent BASOR; you might take a look at that before you decide to go to see if that’s the sort of thing you’re interested in.
I’ve been going to the archaeology series at the UJ for almost ten years. For the most part the lectures are excellent.
Todd,
I attended Dr. Barkay’s lecture. You can find the first part of my notes on my blog under Recent Temple Mount Excavations: Part I