BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//ChamberMaster//Event Calendar 2.0//EN METHOD:PUBLISH X-PUBLISHED-TTL:P3D REFRESH-INTERVAL:P3D CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART:20170407T000000Z DTEND:20170407T010000Z X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE SUMMARY:The Bible and the Ancient Near East DESCRIPTION:For over 2\,000 years\, the Hebrew Bible has been considered sacred scripture by Jews and Christians. It also contains traditions held in high regard by Muslims. One of the most influential books ever written\, it is also one of the more important artifacts of ancient Middle East. In this lecture by Andrew Burlingame\, PhD student in Northwest Semitic Philology\, we explore the Hebrew Bible and its work\, and trace the new discoveries and revolutionary approaches to biblical scholarship that have emerged through the research of organizations like the Oriental Institute. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:For over 2\,000 years\, the Hebrew Bible has been considered sacred scripture by Jews and Christians. It also contains traditions held in high regard by Muslims. One of the most influential books ever written\, it is also one of the more important artifacts of ancient Middle East. In this lecture by Andrew Burlingame\, PhD student in Northwest Semitic Philology\, we explore the Hebrew Bible and its work\, and trace the new discoveries and revolutionary approaches to biblical scholarship that have emerged through the research of organizations like the Oriental Institute. LOCATION:Lake Bluff Public Library 123 E Scranton Ave Lake Bluff\, IL 60044 UID:e.1126.11411 SEQUENCE:3 DTSTAMP:20260427T184822Z URL:https://business.lflbchamber.com/events/details/the-bible-and-the-ancient-near-east-04-06-2017-11411 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR