Badè Museum of Biblical Archaeology

2007–2008

Assaf Yasur-Landau, UC Santa Cruz: "Orpheus in Paradise and Drinks in Hell:
The Uses of Iconography in Canaanite and Philistine Feasts" (8 May)

Roy King, Stanford University: "The Archaeology of the Crossroads: How Modern DNA Studies Inform our Understanding of the History and Pre-History of the Eastern Mediterranean" (21 January)

David Ilan, Hebrew Union College: "Politics and Archaeology in Israel and Palestine" (29 November)

The Badè Museum opening and reception (8 November) Photos »

2006–2007

Lawrence Stager, Harvard University: "Ashkelon, Seaport of the Early Philistines: New Light on Their Language and Culture"

Christoph Uehlinger: "The Visual Culture of Ancient Israel: Problems and Perspectives"

Robert Bellah, UC Berkeley: "All Religions are Cousins: Religion in Human Evolution"

William Dever, University of Arizona: "Did God Have a Wife? Archaeology and Folk Religion in Ancient Israel"

Marianne Grohman, Vienna: "Birth Narratives in the Psalms"

2005–2006

Carol Meyers, Duke University: "Barely Visible But Very Real: Women's Religious Culture in Ancient Israel"

2004–2005

Douglas Sharon, Director of the Hearst Museum: "Shamanism in Peru"

Steven Fine, University of Cincinnati: "Synagogue Mosaics and Liturgy in Roman Period Palestine"

2003–2004

Saul Olyan, Brown University: "Recovering the Social Dimensions of Biblical Mourning"

Ann Killebrew, Pennsylvania State University: "The Philistines"