29th Annual Bible and Archaeology Fest

ONLINE | November 7th and 8th, 2026 (9 am to 5:00 pm ET)

Live lectures by 12 renowned experts Online via Zoom

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Two full days of live talks via Zoom from world leading Bible scholars and archaeologists. Join in via computer, tablet, or phone this November 7-8, wherever you have internet. Sign in, and share in the new finds and new analyses, advancing understanding and new debates in the field of biblical archaeology. Read below to see the exciting speakers we have and the titles of their talks. Click through to see, in most cases, a synopsis of what they will share with you, at the 29th annual Bible and Archaeology Fest. Join us!

Speakers

Helen Bond

University of Edinburgh
Was Mary of Nazareth Joseph's Second Wife?

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Stephen Compton

Biblical historian
Tracking Sennacherib through Judah: From Lost Siege Camps and Misplaced Cities to the Earliest Depiction of Jerusalem

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Tali Erickson-Gini

Expert on the archaeology of the Negev
The Incense Road Before the Nabataeans

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Deirdre Fulton

Baylor University
What Animals Reveal: Daily Life and Change at Ancient Ashkelon

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Orly Goldwasser

Hebrew University
The Triumph of the Periphery: Was Illiteracy a Precondition for the Invention of the Alphabet?

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Chang-Ho Ji

University of California, Riverside
Khirbat Ataruz: Unearthing Iron Age Temples and New Discoveries in Moab

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Thomas Levy

University of California, San Diego
From a Sunken Bronze Age Town to Biblical Shipwrecks: Underwater Archaeology in the Ancient Mediterranean

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Brent Nongbri

Yale University, Oberlin College
Determining the Ages of Early Christian Manuscripts

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Katharina Schmidt

University of Münster
Why the Edomites lived on Mountain-Top sites

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Lawrence Schiffman

New York University
The Temple Scroll: The Utopian Temple Plan of the Dead Sea Scrolls

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Brandon Simonson

Boston University School of Theology
What’s in a Name? Theologies of Hope, Survival, and Resilience in Ancient Israel and the Levant

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Robyn Walsh

University of Miami
Books Without Texts: Literacy, Status, and Authority in Early Christian Art

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Host

Glenn Corbett
Editor-in-Chief of Biblical Archaeology Review
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Price

Regular Rate $169.00
All-Access Rate $149.00

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Contact

Have questions about the program? Send an email to Peter Megginson (Travel Study Director) at [email protected]
or call 800-221-4644, ext. 424 (Toll-free).