FRIENDS OF ASOR WEBINARS
New Perspectives on Jerusalem’s 7th Century BCE Elite
Photo credit: Assaf Perets
Friends of ASOR present the next webinar in our monthly series on April 13, 2023, at 3:00 pm EDT, featuring Prof. Yuval Gadot and moderated by Prof. Thomas Levy. Jerusalem is one of the most excavated places in the world and yet, some very basic questions regarding the city’s size and location are still being debated. Recent finds from the western slope of the southeastern ridge (known also as “the City of David”) shed new and tantalizing light on the city’s development during the 11th-9th centuries BCE, on the wealth of Jerusalem’s elite during the 7th century BCE, and on the city’s destruction and revival during the 6th and 5th centuries BCE.
Photo Credit: Sasha Flit
The lecture will focus on 7th century BCE as it will present the results of recent excavations of an elite associated building (Building 100) that was destroyed by the Babylonians in 586 BCE. The analysis of the plethora of artifacts found inside the building, such as ivory panels, wooden artifacts, and storage jars used for holding flavored wine, exposes the intimate details of the lives of Jerusalem’s elite—their habits and their worldview as they operated within an empyreal network.
Join Prof. Gadot as he discusses his new research in telling the story of one of the world’s most fascinating cities. The webinar will conclude with a Q&A session moderated by Prof. Thomas Levy (University of California, San Diego).
Photo Credit: Sasha Flit
Prof. Yuval Gadot heads the Sonia & Marco Nadler Institute of Archaeology at Tel-Aviv University. He is also lead archaeologist at the “City of David” excavations project in Jerusalem where he co-directs the “Givati Parking Lot” excavations and leads an environmental study of the rural landscape surrounding the city. He obtained his PhD in 2004 from Tel-Aviv University. Between 2004 and 2008, Gadot was a research fellow at the Nelson Glick School of Bible and Archeology at Hebrew Union College (Jerusalem). Between 2005 and 2010, Yuval served as a Field Director for the Institute’s excavations at the Ramat Rachel site (led by Prof. Oded Lipschits and Prof. Manfred Oming). These excavations were published in a large number of publications and final reports. At the same time, he partnered with Prof. Israel Finkelstein and Prof. Steve Weiner in the project “Ancient Israel through the lens of natural and exact sciences,” where he was exposed to the many possibilities that exist in combining science and archaeology.
Since 2018, Gadot has served as the Head of the Department of Archaeology and Ancient Near Eastern Cultures at Tel-Aviv University. He has authored seven archaeological books and over one hundred scientific articles.
This webinar will be recorded and all paid registrants will be sent a link to view the recording.
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