BAS Summer Seminar- Stories, Scrolls & Archaeology: The Biblical World Brought to Life

April 16, 2010 - PRLog -- Announcing the BAS Summer Vacation Seminar Stories, Scrolls and Archaeology: The Biblical World Brought to Life to be held July 11–17, 2010, at St. Olaf’s College in Northfield, Minnesota. This year, the tranquil campus of St. Olaf College will welcome two exciting Biblical scholars who will present 18 dynamic lectures. Dr. Peter Flint of Trinity Western University and Dr. Ziony Zevit of the American Jewish University will present what promises to be our most unique program yet concerning the role of short stories and narratives in the Bible, as well as on one of the most important archeological discoveries in modern history: the Dead Sea Scrolls. Participants will have the opportunity to see the Dead Sea Scrolls during their last North American exhibit, escorted by Dr. Peter Flint, one of the world’s foremost authorities on the Scrolls.

Lecture Program
Professor Ziony Zevit presents: Short Stories and Narratives in the Bible: How They Work and What They Tell Us

•Storytelling in the Bible: How and Why?
•Child Sacrifice: Considering the Context
•The Exodus: Story or History?
•Enslaved in Egypt: What Genesis Suggests About Israelite Slavery
•The Story of Ruth: Examining the Missing Pieces
•Understanding the Ten Commandments
•Unpunished Crimes in the Bible
•What Really Happened in the Garden of Eden? (2-part lecture)

Professor Peter Flint presents: The Dead Sea Scrolls: Adventures, Meanings and Context

•The Adventure of the Dead Sea Scrolls: Discovery, Literature and Modern Exhibits
•Living the Holy Life at Qumran: What Archaeology Tells Us
•Messianic Expectations and the End of Days: What the Scrolls Tell Us
•The Dead Sea Scrolls and the New Testament: Similarities and Differences
•The Biblical Scrolls and Modern Bibles: How They Compare
•The Book of Isaiah: One of the Three Favorites at Qumran
•Invitation to the Septuagint: The Bible in the Hellenistic World
•The Unknown Books of the Septuagint: The Apocrypha and Their Meaning
•The Two Greatest Jewish Writers of Greco-Roman Times: Josephus and Philo of Alexandria



The Dead Sea Scrolls: Words that Changed the World
The watershed exhibit The Dead Sea Scrolls: Words that Changed the World may be the last time the Dead Sea Scrolls appear in North America. Hosted by the Science Museum of Minnesota, this exhibit is just a 45-minute drive from St. Olaf. Dr. Peter Flint, one of the world’s authorities on the Dead Sea Scrolls, will personally escort the BAS program participants to this historic exhibit. He will bring the Biblical world to life as he guides you through one of the most important exhibits to come to North America in the past century.

Included in the program fee are all accommodations, all lectures, room and board, refreshment breaks, a final banquet and Continuing Education units. Full details of the seminar can be viewed at http://www.bib-arch.org/travel-study/st-olaf-2010.asp. For more information, please call the Biblical Archaeology Society at 202.364.3300, ext. 208.

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The Biblical Archaeology Society (BAS) was founded in 1974 as a nonprofit, nondenominational, educational organization dedicated to the dissemination of information about archaeology in the Bible lands.