BAS Scholars Series 2022-2023
ONLINE
GREAT GIFT
Quarterly
Joan Taylor, Andrew Lawler, Nava Panitz-Cohen, and Amy-Jill Levine
The BAS Scholars Series provides engaging online lectures by noted scholars of the Bible and archaeology. Each insightful, hour-long talk via Zoom focuses on one select subject of the speaker’s expertise.
Speakers
Joan Taylor
King’s College London
Thursday, December 8 at 8–9 PM Eastern
Mary Magdalene: Memory and Mystery at Dura Europos
Discover how to recognize Mary Magdalene’s image which has differed greatly between the art of the early eastern church and that of contemporary portrayals.
Andrew Lawler
Journalist and Author
Wednesday, March 8 at 8-9 PM Eastern
Holy City Hotspot: Exploring Jerusalem's Acropolis
At the heart of Jerusalem lies the enormous platform that Jews call the Temple Mount and Muslims name the Noble Sanctuary.
Nava Panitz-Cohen
Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Sunday, June 4 at 3-4pm Eastern
A Wise Woman and a Bearded Man: Ten Seasons of Excavation at Tel Abel Beth Maacah
The site of Tel Abel Beth Maacah in the Hula Valley on the modern border between Israel, Lebanon and Syria, reflects its geopolitical situation in the Iron Age, when it was at the crossroads of the ancient Israelites, Arameans and Phoenicians.
Amy-Jill Levine
Vanderbilt Divinity School
Thursday, September 28 at 8-9pm Eastern
Free Health Care Is a Miracle: Psalm 8, Jesus, and the Jerusalem Temple
To the chief priests and scribes angered over Jesus’s reception by children in the Temple, Jesus cites Psalm 8:2, “Have you never read, ‘Out of the mouths of infants and nursing babies you have prepared praise for yourself’?” (Matthew 21:16).
Price
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Attendance at next 4 quarterly lectures
$40$30 per person
Register
If you are unable to fill out the electronic registration form, please contact the Travel/Study department at 1-800-221-4644 ext. 216.
Contact
For more information contact:
Alicia Bregon
202-364-3300 ext 216
Email: [email protected]
Biblical Archaeology Society
5614 Connecticut Ave. NW #343
Washington, DC 20015-2604
