Rachel Hachlili (“Synagogues—Before and After the Roman Destruction of the Temple”) is professor of archaeology at the University of Haifa, Israel, and author of Ancient Synagogues—Archaeology and Art: New Discoveries and Current Research (Leiden: Brill, 2013). She has written extensively on ancient Jewish art and archaeology in Israel and the diaspora, as well as on Jewish burial practices.
Zaraza Friedman (“Iconoclasts and Fishermen—Christian Symbols Survive”) is an independent scholar. Her research interests are in ship iconography in mosaics, ancient harbors, ancient nautical archaeology and seaway trade.
Lawrence H. Schiffman (“A Short History of the Dead Sea Scrolls and What They Tell Us”) is currently the Judge Abraham Lieberman Professor of Hebrew and Judaic Studies at New York University. A specialist in Judaism in Late Antiquity, the history of Jewish law and Talmudic literature, as well as the Dead Sea Scrolls, he was formerly chair of the Skirball Department of Hebrew and Judaic Studies at New York University. He is a past president of the Association for Jewish Studies.
Rachel Hachlili (“Synagogues—Before and After the Roman Destruction of the Temple”) is professor of archaeology at the University of Haifa, Israel, and author of Ancient Synagogues—Archaeology and Art: New Discoveries and Current Research (Leiden: Brill, 2013). She has written extensively on ancient Jewish art and archaeology in Israel and the diaspora, as well as on Jewish burial practices. Zaraza Friedman (“Iconoclasts and Fishermen—Christian Symbols Survive”) is an independent scholar. Her research interests are in ship iconography in mosaics, ancient harbors, ancient nautical archaeology and seaway trade. Lawrence H. Schiffman (“A Short History of the Dead Sea Scrolls and What […]
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