BAS Scholars Series 2023
ONLINE
Quarterly
Andrew Lawler, Nava Panitz-Cohen, Amy-Jill Levine, and Jordan Ryan
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
Andrew Lawler
Journalist and Author
Sunday, March 5 at 3–4 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).
Jordan Ryan
Wheaton College
Wednesday, December 6 at 8-9pm Eastern
The Life of Jesus Written in Stone: The Earliest Commemorative Churches in Roman Palestine
During the age of Constantine, monumental commemorative churches dedicated to events in the life of Jesus first emerged in Roman Palestine.
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. 424.
Contact
For more information, contact:
Peter Megginson
Biblical Archaeology Society
Email: [email protected]
800-221-4644, ext. 424 (Toll-free)
202-364-3300, ext. 424
5614 Connecticut Ave. NW #343
Washington, DC 20015-2604
