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DESCRIPTION:Join us this spring for the Leon Levy Foundation Lectures in Je
 wish Material Culture. Zeev Weiss will deliver three lectures in a series 
 entitled “Jewish Material Culture: Old Theories and New Approaches\, from 
 Eleazar L. Sukenik to the Twenty-First Century.' Lecture 3\, “Expanding th
 e Limits: The Study of Jewish Material Culture in the Twenty-First Century
 \,” will take place on Tuesday\, March 5\, at 6 pm.The period following th
 e destruction of the Second Temple\, and\nespecially the Bar-Kokhba revolt
 \, was a watershed in the life of the Jewish\npeople\, unfolding a new era
  when borders shifted and were redefined owing to\nthe new order of Roman 
 authority\, socio-economic behavior\, and Graeco-Roman\nculture. This shif
 t is clearly visible in various types of material culture\, including\nthe
  architecture of private dwellings and public edifices\, small artifacts f
 or\ndomestic use\, art\, language\, and burial customs. While archaeology 
 sheds light\non the daily life and cultural behavior of the Jewish populat
 ion in Roman and\nlate antique Palestine\, the Jewish literary sources\, d
 espite their limitations\,\nalso provide a glimpse into the realia of anti
 quity\, rendering their\ninterdisciplinary study necessary and promising f
 or a comprehensive\nunderstanding of this era.Interest in the\nstudy of Je
 wish material culture began in the early twentieth century. Professor\nEle
 azar L. Sukenik was the first scholar to highlight the importance of explo
 ring\nand excavating the physical remains scattered throughout the Land of
  Israel\, thereby\nlaying the foundations for Jewish archaeology at the ne
 wly established Hebrew\nUniversity of Jerusalem.Three lectures will be dev
 oted to Jewish material\nculture. Through the presentation of archaeologic
 al finds Weiss will examine\nthe various approaches\, types of finds\, and
  parameters used by scholars to\noutline and reconstruct Jewish life and c
 ultural behavior in Roman and late\nantique Palestine. He will begin by fo
 cusing on Sukenik and his academic achievements\nin the field of archaeolo
 gy\, continue with a discussion of the developments\nin modern scholarship
 \, and\, finally\, offer new perspectives for future research\nof Jewish m
 aterial culture. The third lecture is entitled 'Expanding the Limits: The 
 Study of Jewish Material Culture in the Twenty-First Century.' Associating
  archaeological finds with the Jewish sphere has often\nbeen linked to the
  existence of certain socio-cultural and religious markers\ndenoting Jewis
 h usage. A single symbol or fragmentary inscription appearing on\na small 
 object\, a sarcophagus\, or a mosaic floor decorated with mythological the
 mes\ncan at times confirm Jewish usage. However\, would it be possible to 
 associate Graeco-Roman\nfinds such as the monumental buildings or colorful
  mosaics uncovered in Tiberias and Sepphoris\, cities populated mostly by 
 Jews\,\nwith Jewish usage even if they were devoid of any indicative signs
 ? What do\nthese finds tell us about Jewish life in antiquity? Interpretat
 ion in such cases depends on how the archaeological\nfinds are perceived i
 n the eyes of the beholder\, who questions the limits\,\nshifting borders\
 , and extent to which the Jewish communities were willing to\nadopt foreig
 n influences and assimilate them into their lives. The third\nlecture will
  focus on Jewish populations living in multicultural environments\nin anti
 quity and will proffer a new approach to the study of Jewish archaeology\n
 and its borders in the twenty-first century. It will present an array of f
 inds\nassociated with the prevalent Graeco-Roman lifestyle and culture\, a
 nd will claim\nthat such expressions should not be ignored when attempting
  to contextualize\nJewish life in ancient Palestine.Lectures in this Serie
 s:Tuesday\, February 19Lecture 1: Eleazar L. Sukenik: The Establishment of
  the Field of Jewish Archaeology at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem\, 1
 926–1953Tuesday\, February 26Lecture 2: Jewish Material Culture: Old Theor
 ies and New Horizons in Current ResearchTuesday\, March 5Lecture 3: Expand
 ing the Limits: The Study of Jewish Material Culture in the Twenty-First C
 enturyZeev Weiss is the Eleazar L. Sukenik Professor of Archaeology at The
  Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Trained in Classical Archaeology\, he spe
 cializes in Roman and Late Antique art and architecture in the provinces o
 f Syria-Palestine. His interests lie in various aspects of town-planning\,
  architectural design\, and mosaic art\, as well as the evaluation of arch
 aeological finds in light of the socio-cultural behavior of Jewish society
  and its dialogue with Graeco-Roman and Christian cultures. As Director of
  the Sepphoris excavations on behalf of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem
 \, his work has contributed greatly to understanding the architectural dev
 elopment and character of the city throughout its history. Weiss has been 
 a visiting scholar at Harvard University\, the Institute for Advanced Stud
 y at Princeton (IAS)\, Princeton University\, and the Institute for the St
 udy of the Ancient World (ISAW). He has published many articles as well as
  two major volumes: The Sepphoris Synagogue: Deciphering an Ancient Messag
 e through Its Archaeological and Socio-Historical Contexts (Jerusalem: Isr
 ael Exploration Society\, 2005) and Public Spectacles in Roman and Late An
 tique Palestine (Cambridge\, MA: Harvard University Press\, 2014). Weiss i
 s currently working on his next book\, Sepphoris: A Cultural Mosaic from A
 lexander to Muhammad\, which will offer an unprecedented perspective on th
 e socio-cultural history of this Galilean city and will serve as an essent
 ial reference for future study of the multifaceted life of Jewish society 
 in late antiquity.Additional support provided by The David Berg Foundation
 .
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SUMMARY:Bard Graduate Center: Jewish Material Culture: Old Theories and New
  Approaches\, from Eleazar L. Sukenik to the Twenty-First Century\, Lectur
 e 3
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