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UID:https://www.otago.ac.nz/news/events/burns-lecture-what-makes-jerusalem-special
URL:https://www.otago.ac.nz/news/events/burns-lecture-what-makes-jerusalem-special
DTSTART;TZID=Pacific/Auckland:20260505T171500
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SUMMARY:Burns Lecture: What makes Jerusalem special?
DESCRIPTION:2026 Burns Lectures: Archaeology of the Holy LandJodi Magness is the Kenan Distinguished Professor for Teaching Excellence in Early Judaism at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. As an archaeologist, she has participated in over twenty excavations in Israel and Greece. Magness has written numerous books, including Jerusalem Through the Ages: From Its Beginnings to the Crusades (2024); Masada: From Jewish Revolt to Modern Myth (2019); and The Archaeology of Qumran and the Dead Sea Scrolls (2002). What makes Jerusalem special?Professor Magness’s new book, Jerusalem Through the Ages: From Its Beginnings to the Crusades (New York: Oxford University Press, 2024), presents a broad yet detailed account of one of the world’s oldest, holiest, and most contested cities. In this talk, we journey back thousands of years in time to understand how this remote and relatively poor mountain town came to be sacred to followers of the three Abrahamic faiths. LivestreamView the livestream of this lecture Other lectures in this seriesWednesday, 6 May – Jerusalem in the time of JesusThursday, 7 May – Ossuaries and the burials of Jesus and JamesTuesday, 12 May – The Dead Sea ScrollsWednesday, 13 May – Masada: Last stronghold of the Jewish resistance against RomeThursday, 14 May – More than just mosaics: The ancient synagogue at Huqoq in Galilee
LOCATION:Burns 2 Lecture Theatre, Arts Building, 95 Albany St
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