Masada: From Jewish Revolt to Modern Myth - Professor Jodi Magness

 

Archaeologist, orientalist and scholar of religion.

Kenan Distinguished Professor for Teaching Excellence in Early Judaism, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill.

B.A. in Archaeology and History 

Ph.D. in Classical Archaeology from the University of Pennsylvania 

 

Co-directed, 1995 excavations, Roman siege works, Masada

Co-directed excavations, Khirbet Yattir Israel, 1997-1999

Co-director excavations, Roman Fort, Yotvata, Israel

Current, archeological dig, Huqoq, Israel

 

Selected works:

·        The Archaeology of Qumran and the Dead Sea Scrolls,

·        Stone and Dung, Oil and Spit: Jewish Daily Life in the Time of Jesus 

·        The Archaeology of the Early Islamic Settlement in Palestine