Duke University Center for Jewish Studies

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    Professor Eric Meyers walks with students at Herodion, ©David Blumenfeld, Duke Magazine

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    Duke student, Katie Greenstreet looks at a replica of the Dead Sea Scrolls at the museum in Qumran, ©David Blumenfeld, Duke Magazine

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    TA Ben Gordon speaks to the students at Herodion, © David Blumenfeld, Duke Magazine

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    Treking Herodion, in the West Bank, ©David Blumenfeld, Duke Magazine

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    Professor Eric Meyers talks to students in Qumran, ©David Blumenfeld, Duke Magazine

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    The archeological site of Masada, ©David Blumenfeld, Duke Magazine

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    Students listen in the ancient synagogue on Masada, ©David Blumenfeld, Duke Magazine

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    TA Ben Gordon speaks to the class on Masada, ©David Blumenfeld, Duke Magazine

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    Peter Farmer (left) and Matt Gay (rt) look at artifacts found on the archeological site of Masada, ©David Blumenfeld, Duke Magazine

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    Duke in Israel

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    Peter Farmer by a mural in the Old City, ©David Blumenfeld, Duke Magazine

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    Graduate student Ben Gordon and Professor Carol Meyers at Dome of the Rock, ©David Blumenfeld, Duke Magazine

  • Emily Nuckolls looks at Artifacts

    Emily Nuckolls looks at artifacts found on the archeological site of Masada,©David Blumenfeld, Duke Magazine

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    A student looks at artifacts found on the archeological site of Masada, ©David Blumenfeld, Duke Magazine

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    Professor Eric Meyers talks with students at the excavation site at Masada, ©David Blumenfeld, Duke Magazine

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    Professor Eric Meyers talks with students at the excavation site at Herodion, ©David Blumenfeld, Duke Magazine

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    Excavation site at Herodion, ©David Blumenfeld, Duke Magazine

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    Students envision the Roman assault on Masada, ©David Blumenfeld, Duke Magazine

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Study in Israel

The Center for Jewish Studies and the Duke Global Education for Undergraduates are pleased to offer students opportunities to study in Israel.  Seminars through the Center are offered that integrate travel to Israel, including a number of archaeological sites, and promote cultural awareness and exchange in one of the world's most exciting locations.  In addition to seminars, students are encouraged to spend a year or a semester abroad at one of the many Israeli Universities that participate in the Duke Study Abroad program.  For more information regarding study abroad opportunities, please visit the Duke Global Education for Undergraduates website.

HOLY LAND ARCHAEOLOGY (JEWISH STUDIES 198S-01 SEM)

Since its nineteenth century beginnings, archaeology in the Holy Land has been driven by the desire to illuminate, even to verify, Jewish and Christian scripture. At the same time, western expeditions and excavations served to further colonial interests in the exotic Orient. Both of these motivations, the religious and the political, persist although their specific manifestations have shifted over the course of more than a century of research. This course is designed to introduce the student to some of the major archaeological sites and to explore the political and religious issues that have emerged from or that surround their excavation. Through field-trips and museum visits, as well as discussions with local experts, students will gain direct experience with the places that have aroused controversy because of their problematic relationship to biblical and other ancient texts and/or because of their location in politically contested space.

More information about this program will be announced as it becomes available.

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