Burns Lectures 2026
The Theology Programme at the University of Otago warmly invites you to the Burns Lectures for 2026, to be held from 5 to 14 May. These will be given by Professor Jodi Magness and are entitled: “Archaeology of the Holy Land”. A poster is also attached.
Jodi Magness is the Kenan Distinguished Professor for Teaching Excellence in Early Judaism at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. As an archaeologist, she has participated in over twenty excavations in Israel and Greece. Magness has written numerous books, including Jerusalem Through the Ages: From Its Beginnings to the Crusades (2024); Masada: From Jewish Revolt to Modern Myth (2019); and The Archaeology of Qumran and the Dead Sea Scrolls (2002).
Locations
On campus (Dunedin): Burns 2 on 5 May; Burns 1 every other night
Livestream: https://www.otago.ac.nz/theology/events/burns-lectures
Time: 5.15pm–6.30pm each night
Individual lectures:
- Tuesday 5 May: What makes Jerusalem special?
- Wednesday 6 May: Jerusalem in the time of Jesus
- Thursday 7 May: Ossuaries and the burials of Jesus and James
- Tuesday 12 May: The Dead Sea Scrolls
- Wednesday 13 May: Masada: Last stronghold of the Jewish resistance against Rome
- Thursday 14 May: More than just mosaics: The ancient synagogue at Huqoq in Galilee