The Centre for Jewish Studies
University of Manchester
Extra-Mural Lectures January-March 2000
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Jan 18 Adrian Curtis: "Archaeology and Israelite Origins"
(illustrated talk). There has been much recent scholarly debate about the
origins of ancient Israel and, in particular, about the emergence of the
Israelites as a distinct people living in the southern Levant. Various models
for understanding this process have been proposed and these will be be briefly
reviewed. But the lecture will concentrate on the extent to which archaeology
can help provide the answer to some of the questions which have been raised.
Dr Adrian Curtis is Senior Lecturer in Old Testament Studies at the
University of Manchester; his major publications include Ugarit (1985);
Joshua (1994), Ugarit and the Bible (1994); The Book of
Jeremiah and its Reception (1997).
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