There will be refreshments, and they may or may not be kosher.
“A City by the Sea of Galilee, 1000 BCE: Excavations at Kinneret” The Judaic Studies Program will present “A City by the Sea of Galilee, 1000 BCE: Excavations at Kinneret” a lecture by Martti Nissinen, PhD, professor of Old Testament Studies at the University of Helsinki and member of the Institute for Advanced Study at Princeton University, today, May 14, 2009, at 7 p.m. in room 302, W.W. Hagerty Library (33rd and Market Streets).Even though mentioned only once in the Hebrew Bible, Kinneret was by far the most significant city in Galilee in the early Iron Age (ca. 1000 BCE), representing the ancient Canaanite city culture in the time of King David. But who were the inhabitants of the city and why do the stories about David not mention it at all? The German-Swiss-Finnish excavations have, since the 1980s, sought an answer to these questions.The event is free and open to the public. Refreshments will be served. Support for this event comes from the Louis and Bessie Stein Foundation, The Milton and Miriam Handler Foundation, and the Friends of Judaic Studies.For more information, contact Kathy.carll@drexel.edu or 215-895-6388.