Jodi Magness
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Jodi Magness holds a senior endowed chair in the Department of Religious Studies at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill: the Kenan Distinguished Professor for Teaching Excellence in Early Judaism (since 2002).
From 1992-2002, Professor Magness was Associate/Assistant Professor of Classical and Near Eastern Archaeology in the Departments of Classics and Art History at Tufts University, Medford, MA.
Professor Magness received her B.A. in Archaeology and History from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem (1977), and her Ph.D. in Classical Archaeology from the University of Pennsylvania (1989).
From 1990–92, Professor Magness was Mellon Post-Doctoral Fellow in Syro-Palestinian Archaeology at the Center for Old World Archaeology and Art at Brown University.
Professor Magness specializes in the archaeology of ancient Palestine (modern Israel, Jordan, and the Palestinian territories) in the Roman, Byzantine, and early Islamic periods. Her research interests include Jerusalem, Qumran and the Dead Sea Scrolls, ancient synagogues, Masada, the Roman army in the East, and ancient pottery.
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ARCHAEOLOGICAL WORK
| Huqoq is an ancient Jewish village near Migdal, the hometown of Mary Magdalene, and close to Capernaum, the center of Jesus' Galilean ministry. In June 2011, Dr. Magness began a new dig at Huqoq, which had never before been excavated.
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THE "DIG HUQOQ" PROJECT has great potential for shedding light on the world of Jesus, the beginnings of early Christianity, and the emergence of rabbinic Judaism. If you cannot become an "on-site digger", here's how to get into the excitement.
Huqoq News - 2012 Season Reveals Spectacular Mosaics:
Here's an example of how the mosaic findings are intriguing people around the US and the world. This article includes an interview with Jodi Magness and raises a topic that most lay-people do not consider when the excitement and beauty of the mosaics seem to be an end in and of their own... and as Jodi Magness points out, the find raises even more work to be accomplished and support to be found:
Magness explained that, while it is very exciting,
it also will change the way funds must be raised in order to retain scholarship opportunities for students and pay for her colleagues and herself. “We now need to deal with conservation and preservation of the site, with the ultimate goal of opening the finds to the public either by moving them to a museum or making the site a national park. Either way, we are in need of much additional funding, and any assistance is appreciated.”
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HUQOQ 2013 Dig Opportunities |
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| JUMP INTO THE HUQOQ DIG WITH PROFESSOR MAGNESS AND HER TEAM. CLICK HERE OR ON JAR FOR APPLICATION. |
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Huqoq News - 2011 Season Reveals Synagogue
Educational Pleasure
Dr. Magness became a professor for the enjoyment of both teaching and learning. Students apply for her courses and dig volunteer opportunities for the same reasons. Sometimes, however, the pleasure one receives by learning from Dr. Magness is a great secret finally revealed:
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News of the World
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