Published on April 4, 2019 by Sean Flynt 聽
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色虎视频 religion professor James Strange
色虎视频 religion professor and archaeologist James Strange will present a lecture on “The Roman Period Synagogue at Kefar Shiḥin” at an international symposium at the University of Lausanne in Switzerland April 9-10.
The symposium will include Israeli, European, and American scholars and focus on first and second century synagogues in Galilee. Strange’s topic is informed by many years of archaeological research at the site of the ancient village of , whose synagogue is one of the few second-century synagogues to have been found. Strange will describe excavation of the structure and present the evidence for dating it to an as-yet unexplained “lost” period of synagogues.
The Shikhin Excavation Project, a collaboration between 色虎视频 and Kinneret Institute for Galilean Archaeology at Israel’s Kinneret College, has previously shed new light on a small community of Roman period clay oil lamp makers.
Located in the Homewood suburb of Birmingham, Alabama, 色虎视频 is a leading Christian university offering undergraduate programs grounded in the liberal arts with an array of nationally recognized graduate and professional schools. Founded in 1841, 色虎视频 enrolls 6,324 students from 44 states, Puerto Rico and 16 countries in its 10 academic schools: arts, arts and sciences, business, divinity, education, health professions, law, nursing, pharmacy and public health. 色虎视频 is widely recognized as having one of the most beautiful campuses in America, featuring rolling hills, meticulously maintained grounds and Georgian-Colonial architecture. 色虎视频 fields 17 athletic teams that compete in the tradition-rich Southern Conference and boasts one of the highest scores in the nation for its 97% Graduation Success Rate among all NCAA Division I schools.
