Abila Lecture

The Abila Lecture in Biblical Archaeology is a bi-annual lecture series that promotes understanding of the archaeology and history of the Biblical world to audiences at John Brown University and in Northwest Arkansas. Each year the Abila Lecture will bring in two scholars to speak on the history and archaeology of the Biblical world. Abila Lectures held in the Fall will typically focus on the Old Testament and lectures in the Spring on the New Testament. Funding for the lecture series has been provided by generous donors to John Brown University’s Abila Archaeological Project which excavates at Abila of the Decapolis in Northern Jordan.  All lectures are free and open to the public.  We hope you will join us.

Join Us for the Spring 2022 Abila Lecture!

Date: Tuesday, March 8th at 7:00pm in the Cathedral of the Ozarks

Speaker:  Dr. James Strange

Title:  “Archaeology and the Synagogues of Jesus' Ministry"

Professor Strange is the Charles Jackson Granade and Elizabeth Donald Granade Chair in New Testament at Samford University in Birmingham, Alabama. In addition to teaching in the area of New Testament and Archaeology, Strange is also Director of the Shikhin Excavation Project in Israel and researches the archaeology of Palestine in the Hellenistic through Byzantine periods, early Christianity, and post-biblical Judaisms. He received his B.A. (Classics) from Furman University, an M.Div. from the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary,  M.A. (Formative Christianity and Judaism) from the University of South Florida, and his Ph.D. (New Testament and Formative Christianity) from Emory University. His many publications include (with David A. Fiensy) Galilee in the Late Second Temple and Mishnaic Periods, The Moral World of James, and The Emergence of the Christian Basilica in the Fourth Century in addition to many essays and journal articles.

The Abila Lecture will take place on Tuesday, March 8^th at 7:00 in the Cathedral of the Ozarks on the campus of John Brown University.