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My UNC colleague Jodi Magness is one of the premier archaeologists of ancient Israel in the world. She started her career on a dig at Masada (the Roman army camps!) and for the past twelve years has run a dig in a village in Galilee called Huqoq. Her findings have been extraordinary, far beyond what anyone could hope for. Her team uncovered a (fifth-century) synagogue and discovered amazing mosaics unlike anything known before — pictorial art, depicting humans (possibly Alexander the Great) and biblical scenes (Samson!). Pictorial art in a *synagogue*?!? What?? If you read National Geographic, you’ll know about these discoveries: her dig is featured in the magazine nearly every year.
This coming Wednesday, March 1, 6:00 pm Jodi will be giving an online lecture with slides about their most recent finds. I’ll be hosting the event. It will not be recorded. There is no charge, though it is a fund-raiser for my department to help provide research funds for our graduate students (donations are voluntary).
Below is a brochure, with some further information. This may be something you’re interested in. If you’re not sure, check out the brochure and come! You’ll see how interesting it really is.
To register, go here: https://unc.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_P-QfyEAKQhOgfDwl54T6ng
Wednesday, March 1, 6:00 PM EST
FUNDRAISER FOR THE ROBERT MILLER GRADUATE STUDENT EXCELLENCE FUND
Attending this lecture does not require a donation. All gifts are voluntary, and any amount is welcome. The person who makes the largest gift will receive a free signed copy of Jodi Magness’ 2019 book, Masada: From Jewish Revolt to Modern Myth (Princeton: Princeton University Press).
To make a gift to the Robert Miller Graduate Student Excellence Fund, please go to:
https://give.unc.edu/donate?f=105550&p=asrs
The Robert Miller Graduate Student Excellence Fund honors an exceptional academic editor and provides support for our graduate students to present their research in scholarly venues and conferences across the country and around the world.
I am so stoked to see this presentation.
I’ve registered and donated.
I first got acquainted with Dr. Magness through her Wondrium course – The Holy Land Revealed.
Since then, I have read her book on Qumran and am a few chapters shy of completing her book on Masada.
I often lament that I have not found more of an online presence for her work. But now that I know she graces the pages of National Geographic on occasion, I have subscribed to it.
I’m having a hard time accessing the donation site. It keeps timing out.
Bummer. I’m afraid I don’t know why. Well, if you can’t make a donation, come anyway!
I got through. I’m not sure start was going on. Thanks for letting us know about the lecture!
Omgosh! I just saw this and it’s already evening March 1. I bet it went very well!
It might be that the fine arts and pan-Hellenism had finally diffused to an agricultural society.
I hope to be lucky enough to ask Dr. Magness about commonalities between Qumran, Petra (and Bostra?) someday, congrats.