The last twenty-five years have seen steady progress in Ancient Near Eastern studies, with researchers making many discoveries. During this period, the California Museum of Ancient Art (CMAA) has regularly invited the most dynamic speakers to come to Los Angeles to lecture about their findings to museum members.
The CMAA is proud to present its list of audio recordings of past lectures. CMAA audio recordings bring the excitement of discovery and the wonder of learning right into your own home. Now you can hear directly from the brightest minds and foremost authorities on the history and archaeology of ancient Egypt, Mesopotamia and the Levant. There are 177 audio recordings available: 80 International Scholars Forum lectures and 19 major theme programs (totaling 97 additional recordings) including: "Invasion of the Sea Peoples and the End of the Bronze Age," "The Age of Akhenaten and Nefertiti," "Sumer the Dawn of Civilization," "Women of the Ancient World," "The Beginnings of Writing in the Ancient Near East," and "Religion in the Ancient World." You can get these lectures either through the mail on disk or as downloads in mp3 audio format or mp4 video format.
The recordings on disk are available on 80 minute audio CDs (technically compressed when necessary), containing the entire lecture and most or all of the question-and-answer period, as moderated by Jerome Berman, Museum Director. Audio compact discs cost $19.95. There is a sale price of $16.95 per lecture on orders of five (5) or more audio CDs. The twenty-six (26) most recent lectures can also be ordered on video DVD for $24.95 each. There is a sale price of $21.95 per lecture on orders of four (4) or more video DVDs. Shipping by media mail is $7.00 for 1-4 CDs/DVDs, $9.50 for 5-10 CDs/DVDs and $14.00 for 11 or more CDs/DVDs. Priority and air mail shipping is available but is calculated on a per order basis. Only California residents are charged 9.50% sales tax.
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California Museum of Ancient Art, Index of Speakers
"THE SUMERIANS" Master Class
May 8-11, 1987 (9 CDs)
Dr. Samuel Noah Kramer
Sumer#1. "The Queen & the Shepherd: Sumerian Tales of Love, Death & Resurrection", May 8, 1987.
Sumer#2. "Development of the Cuneiform System of Writing", May 9, 1987.
Sumer#3. "Sumerian Myths & Epics", May 10, 1987.
Sumer#4. "The Legacy of Sumer: Western Man's Cultural Heritage", May 11, 1987.
Dr. Wolfgang Heimpel
Sumer#5. "Shepherds in Sumerian Everyday Life", May 9, 1987.
Sumer#6. "Inanna on Friday", May 10, 1987.
Sumer#7. "Sumerian Names of Stars & Constellations", May 11, 1987.
Dr. William Fulco
Sumer#8. "The Love Goddess in the West Semitic Tradition", May 9, 1987.
Sumer#9. "The Song of Songs: Love Goddesses, Hero Gods & Ordinary People", May 11, 1987.
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"GREAT DISCOVERIES IN THE ANCIENT WORLD OF THE BIBLE"
October 29 - December 10, 1990 (5 CDs)
Dr. Piotr Michalowski
BA90-1. "Gilgamesh & the Great Flood: the Search for Immortality", October 29, 1990.
Dr. William Fulco
BA90-2. "In the World of the Canaanites: their Religion, Literature & Way of Life", November 12, 1990.
Dr. William Dever
BA90-3. "Culture & Origin of the Philistines", November 26, 1990.
Dr. James Robinson
BA90-4. "Discoveries at Nag Hammadi: Early Christian Gnostic Gospels", December 3, 1990.
Dr. James Sanders
BA90-5. "The Dead Sea Scrolls: their Impact on our Understanding of the Bible", December 10, 1990.
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"ANCIENT EGYPT & ISRAEL: NEIGHBORS, FRIENDS & FOES"
May 19 - June 23, 1992 (7 CDs)
Dr. Donald Redford
EI92-1. "Akhenaten & Moses: Monotheism in Ancient Egypt & Israel", May 19, 1992.
Dr. William Ward
EI92-2. "Egypt & Israel from the Settlement to the Destruction of Solomon's Temple", May 26, 1992.
Frank Yurko
EI92-3. "The Earliest Pictures of Israelites at Karnak Temple", May 31, 1992.
Dr. Gabriel Barkay
EI92-4. "Burial Customs in Judah & Jerusalem", June 1, 1992.
Dr. Leonard Lesko
EI92-5. "Ancient Egyptian Funerary Practices: Traditions of Osiris & the Sun God Re", June 9, 1992.
Dr. Robert Alter
EI92-6. "Joseph's Sojourn in Egypt: How the Israelites Understood Egyptian Culture", June 15, 1992.
Dr. Jonas Greenfield
EI92-7. "Jewish Military Colony in Egypt: Life at Elephantine in the Fifth Century BC", June 23, 1992.
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"EXTRAORDINARY WORLD OF THE DEAD SEA SCROLLS"
April 21 - June 1, 1993 (7 CDs)
Hershel Shanks
DS93-1. "How the Dead Sea Scrolls were Discovered & What they Say", April 21, 1993.
Dr. J. Edward Wright
DS93-2. "Search for Salvation in the Qumran Era", April 26, 1993.
Dr. Michael Wise
DS93-3. "The Dead Sea Scrolls, Masada & Josephus", May 3, 1993.
Dr. David Noel Freedman
DS93-4. "The Hebrew Bible at Qumran: Oldest Biblical Texts in the World", May 11, 1993.
Dr. Lawrence Schiffman
DS93-5. "Sacred Time, Sacred Space: Enigma of the Temple Scroll", May 17, 1993.
Dr. Joseph Baumgarten & Dr. Joseph Fitzmyer, S.J.
DS93-6. "A Rabbi & a Priest: the Dead Sea Scrolls' Contribution to Judaism & Early Christianity", May 24, 1993.
Dr. Kyle McCarter & Dr. Bruce Zuckerman
DS93-7. "Mysterious Treasure of the Copper Scroll", June 1, 1993.
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"HISTORICAL & MYTHICAL FIGURES IN THE ANCIENT WORLD OF THE BIBLE"
October 3 - November 22, 1994 (8 CDs)
Dr. William Hallo
HMF94-1. "Hammurapi of Babylon: His City & his Empire", October 3, 1994.
Dr. Geoffrey Martin
HMF94-2. "Tutankhamun & the Amarna Religious Revolution", October 10, 1994.
Dr. Mark Smith
HMF94-3. "The Life & Times of Baal: Canaanite Myths from Ugarit", October 17, 1994.
Dr. David O'Connor
HMF94-4. "Osiris, Deified King & God of the Afterlife", October 24, 1994.
Dr. Tikva Frymer-Kensky
HMF94-5. "The Goddess Ishtar: Undomesticated Woman", November 1, 1994.
Dr. Stanley Burstein
HMF94-6. "Alexander the Great: the End of an Era", November 7, 1994.
Dr. Burton Mack
HMF94-7. "In Quest of the Historical Jesus", November 15, 1994.
Dr. William Dever
HMF94-8. "Bar Kochba's Second Jewish Revolt: Archaeological Evidence on the Man & the Myth", November 22, 1994.
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"THE BIRTH & DEVELOPMENT OF CIVILIZATION IN THE ANCIENT NEAR EAST"
October 23 - December 11, 1995 (8 CDs)
Prof. Denise Schmandt-Besserat
BC95-1. "Invention of Writing in Sumer: the Beginning of History", October 23, 1995.
Dr. Piotr Michalowski
BC95-2. "Mesopotamian Myths, Epics & Laments: the First Recorded Literature", October 30, 1995.
Dr. James Allen
BC95-3. "Egyptian Pyramids, Architecture of Eternity", November 6, 1995.
Dr. Robert Ritner
BC95-4. "Science & Magic in the Medicine of Ancient Egypt", November 14, 1995.
Dr. Gregory McMahon
BC95-5. "Hittite Imperialism: the Genesis of a State", November 20, 1995.
Dr. Dennis Pardee
BC95-6. "The West Semitic Alphabet & the Spread of Civilization", November 28, 1995.
Dr. John Russell
BC95-7. "King of the Four Quarters of the Earth: Art, Power & Politics in the Assyrian Empire", December 5, 1995.
Dr. David Noel Freedman
BC95-8. "Israelite Beginnings, the Earliest Biblical Poetry", December 11, 1995.
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"INVASION OF THE SEA PEOPLES & THE END OF THE BRONZE AGE"
April 29 - June 3, 1997 (6 CDs)
Dr. Robert Drews
EBA97-1. "The End of the Bronze Age: an Overview", April 29, 1997.
Dr. Gary Beckman
EBA97-2. "Collapse of the Hittite Empire", May 6, 1997.
Dr. James Wright
EBA97-3. "Troy, the Trojan War & Homer: Archaeological Perspective", May 12, 1997.
Dr. Donald Redford
EBA97-4. "War of the Nations: Egypt & the Sea Peoples", May 19, 1997.
Dr. William Dever
EBA97-5. "Archaeology & the Origins of Early Israel in Canaan", May 27, 1997.
Dr. Tammi Schneider
EBA97-6. "The Philistines Create a New Home", June 3, 1997.
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"THE AGE OF AKHENATEN & NEFERTITI: RADICAL CHANGE IN THE RELIGION & ART OF ANCIENT EGYPT"
April 27 - June 1, 1998 (4 CDs)
Dr. Donald Redford
AAN98-1. "The Amarna Age -- its Historical Setting", April 27, 1998.
Dr. David Silverman
AAN98-2. "The Religion of the Aten", May 4, 1998.
Dr. Gay Robins
AAN98-3. "Amarna Art: Innovation within Tradition", May 18, 1998.
Dr. William Murnane
AAN98-4. "Horizon of the Aten: Egypt's New Capital City", June 1, 1998.
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"SUMER: THE DAWN OF CIVILIZATION"
October 19 - November 16, 1998 (5 CDs)
Dr. Guillermo Algaze
SUM98-1. "The Origins of Sumerian Civilization", October 19, 1998.
Dr. Tikva Frymer-Kensky
SUM98-2. "Gods & Goddesses of Ancient Sumer", October 26, 1998.
Dr. Stephen Tinney
SUM98-3. "The Edubba: Education in Early Mesopotamia", November 2, 1998.
Dr. Raymond Westbrook
SUM98-4. "Law & Justice in Ancient Sumer", November 9, 1998.
Dr. Tzvi Abusch
SUM98-5. "The Epic of Gilgamesh", November 16, 1998.
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"WOMEN OF THE ANCIENT WORLD: THEIR ROLES, STATUS & ACCOMPLISHMENTS"
May 3 - June 7, 1999 (5 CDs)
Dr. Jerrold Cooper
WAW99-1. "Gender, Women & Sexuality in Ancient Mesopotamia", May 3, 1999.
Dr. Joan Westenholz
WAW99-2. "Enheduana: Princess, Priestess, Poetess", May 10, 1999.
Dr. Peter Dorman
WAW99-3. "Hatshepsut: Princess, Queen Regent & King of the Two Lands", May 17, 1999.
Dr. Betsy Bryan
WAW99-4. "How to Recognize an Ancient Egyptian Woman", May 24, 1999.
Dr. Susan Ackerman
WAW99-5. "Women at War, Women of the Tent, Women in the Window", June 7, 1999.
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"THE ARCHAEOLOGY OF ANCIENT ISRAEL"
May 14 - June 11, 2001 (4 CDs)
Dr. William Dever
AAI01-1. "The 'Age of Solomon': Myth or History?", May 14, 2001.
Dr. William Schniedewind
AAI01-2. "From the 'House of David' to Ekron's Temple: New Light on Israelite History from Ancient Inscriptions", May 21, 2001.
Dr. Lawrence Geraty
AAI01-3. "An Israelite Tribe 'Beyond the Jordan': Recent Discoveries at Tell 'Umayri", June 4, 2001.
Dr. John Monson
AAI01-4. "The Extraordinary Temple at 'Ain Dara & its Parallels to the Temple in Jerusalem", June 11, 2001.
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"THE BEGINNINGS OF WRITING IN THE ANCIENT NEAR EAST: CUNEIFORM, HIEROGLYPHICS & THE SEMITIC ALPHABET"
October 1 - 29, 2002 (4 CDs)
Dr. Robert Englund
BW02-1. "The Invention of Writing in Mesopotamia", October 1, 2002.
Dr. David Silverman
BW02-2. "Early Hieroglyphic Writing in Ancient Egypt", October 8, 2002.
Dr. Kyle McCarter
BW02-3. "The Origins & Early History of the Semitic Alphabet", October 15, 2002.
Dr. Jo Ann Hackett
BW02-4. "Expansion of Trade and the Spread of the Alphabet", October 29, 2002.
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"RELIGION IN THE ANCIENT WORLD"
March 1 - 29, 2004 (4 CDs)
Dr. Christopher Woods
RAW04-1. "On the Eastern Horizon: the Sun God in Ancient Mesopotamia", March 1, 2004.
Dr. Kathlyn Cooney
RAW04-2. "The Aftermath of Amarna: Crisis and Rebirth in Ancient Egyptian Religion", March 15, 2004.
Dr. Theo van den Hout
RAW04-3. "How to Become a God: the Hittites and their Thousand Gods", March 22, 2004.
Dr. Theodore Lewis
RAW04-4. "Ancient Israelite Religion: El Worship, Early Cult Centers & the Origins of Yahwism", March 29, 2004.
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"DEATH AND THE AFTERLIFE IN THE ANCIENT NEAR EAST"
May 8 - June 5, 2006 (4 CDs)
Dr. Anne Porter
DA06-1. "Death in Mesopotamia", May 8, 2006.
Dr. Jacco Dieleman
DA06-2. "From Here to Eternity, Life After Death in Ancient Egypt", May 15, 2006.
Dr. Theo van den Hout
DA06-3. "Striving Toward Death? Hittite Beliefs on Death and the Afterlife", May 22, 2006.
Dr. Rachel Hallote
DA06-4. "From Canaan to Israel: Funerary Practices and Afterlife Beliefs", June 5, 2006.
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"IN THE BEGINNING..., CREATION STORIES OF THE ANCIENT WORLD"
May 21 - June 11, 2007 (3 CDs)
Dr. Alhena Gadotti
CS07-1. "In Those Distant Days..., Creation Myths from Mesopotamia", May 21, 2007.
Dr. Russell Fuller
CS07-2. "The Two Creation Stories in the Book of Genesis", May 30, 2007.
Dr. Donald B. Redford
CS07-3. "The Origins of the Cosmos in Ancient Egypt", June 11, 2007.
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"THE OLD BABYLONIAN AGE: FROM THE PALACE OF ZIMRI-LIM TO THE LAW CODE OF HAMMURABI"
April 12 - May 24, 2010 (4 Audio CDs and 4 Video DVDs)
Dr. Seth Richardson
OBA10-1. "The Old Babylonian Period: A User's Guide", April 12, 2010.
Dr. Mark Chavalas
OBA10-2. "Hammurabi of Babylon and his 'Code'", April 26, 2010.
Dr. Amanda Podany
OBA10-4. "Diplomacy in the Old Babylonian Period, a Case Study", May 17, 2010.
Dr. Daniel Snell
OBA10-5. "Literature and the Gods in the Old Babylonian Period", May 24, 2010.
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"THE 'EXODUS' AND SETTLEMENT OF THE LAND OF ISRAEL: EXAMINING THE LITERARY AND ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE"
(October 15 - November 5, 2012) (4 Audio CDs and 4 Video DVDs)
Dr. P. Kyle McCarter, Jr.
ES12-1. "The Exodus from Egypt in Biblical Literature and Tradition", October 15, 2012.
Dr. Donald Redford
ES12-2. "The Exodus Narrative — Did it Really Happen? An Egyptologist's Perspective", October 22, 2012.
Dr. Peter Brand
ES12-3. "The Israel Stela of Pharaoh Merenptah: Earliest Extra-Biblical Reference to Israel", October 29, 2012.
Dr. Robert Mullins
ES12-4. "The Settlement of the Hill Country of Canaan around 1200 BCE", November 5, 2012.
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"MAGIC, RITUAL AND HEALING IN ANCIENT EGYPT"
(April 22 - May 21, 2013) (4 Audio CDs and 4 Video DVDs)
Dr. Robert Ritner
MRH13-1. "Magic at the Creation: the Theory and Practice of Egyptian Religious Ritual", April 22, 2013.
Dr. Betsy Bryan
MRH13-2. "The Festivals of Drunkenness in the New Kingdom", April 29, 2013.
Dr. Francesco Tiradritti
MRH13-3. "Isis, Great of Magic, from Pharaonic to Roman Times", May 13, 2013.
Dr. Benson Harer
MRH13-4. "Coping with Women's Health Concerns in Ancient Egypt", May 21, 2013.
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"ANCIENT SHIPWRECKS AND HARBORS: GREAT DISCOVERIES IN UNDERWATER ARCHAEOLOGY"
(October 19 - November 9, 2015) (4 Audio CDs and 4 Video DVDs)
Dr. Cheryl Ward
ASH15-1. "Pharaohs on the Red Sea: an Early Egyptian Harbor at Mersa Gawasis and the Search for the Land of Punt", October 19, 2015.
Dr. Cemal Pulak
ASH15-2. "Excavating the World's Oldest Shipwreck at Uluburun: a Remarkable Late Bronze Age Time Capsule", October 26, 2015.
Dr. Ralph Pedersen
ASH15-3. "Was Noah's Ark a Sewn Boat? as Viewed through the Epic of Gilgamesh", November 2, 2015.
Dr. Shelley Wachsmann
ASH15-4. "The Sea of Galilee Boat: an Extraordinary 2,000 Year Old Discovery", November 9, 2015.
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INTERNATIONAL SCHOLARS FORUM
October 1, 1986 - Present
Dr. Bezalel Porten
ISF#1. "They Wrote on Papyrus: Ancient Jewish Military Colony in Egypt", October 1, 1986.
Dr. Marvin Meyer
ISF#2. "Nag Hammadi Discovery: Early Christian Heresy or Counter Culture?", January 29, 1987.
Dr. William Dever
ISF#3. "Israelite Popular Religion during the Divided Monarchy", April 29, 1987.
Dr. William Fulco
ISF#4. "The Roots of Language: Did the Babylonians Speak an African Language?", August 26, 1987.
Dr. Edmund Meltzer
ISF#5. "Akhenaten, the Rising & Setting of the Sun Disc", November 17, 1987.
Dr. Bruce Zuckerman
ISF#6. "Rescuing the Dead Sea Scrolls", March 16, 1988.
Dr. David Noel Freedman
ISF#7. "Who was the Teacher of Righteousness? Sleuthing out the Founder of the Dead Sea Community", April 13, 1988.
Dr. Marvin Meyer
ISF#8. "Ancient Mystery Religions & Early Christianity", July 26, 1988.
Dr. Ziony Zevit
ISF#10. "Tablets of Ugarit: Insider's View of the Canaanite World", October 27, 1988.
Prof. Arlene Wolinski
ISF#11. "Egyptian Ceremonial Masks: Re-examining the Priest & his Role", April 12, 1989.
Dr. Anne Kilmer
ISF#12. "Music of the Ancient Near East: World's Oldest Song", June 21, 1989.
Dr. Susan Downey
ISF#13. "Judaism & Early Christianity at Dura-Europos", August 10, 1989.
Dr. William Dever
ISF#14. "Israelite Settlement of Canaan: Peaceful or by Conquest?", October 22, 1989.
Dr. William Fulco
ISF#15. "The Changing Male & Female Nature of the Divine in the Ancient World", November 14, 1989.
Dr. Patricia Bikai
ISF#16. "The Fabulous Phoenicians: Sea Traders Extraordinaire", March 1, 1990.
Dr. George Bass
ISF#17. "Excavating the World's Oldest Shipwreck", March 15, 1990.
Dr. David Ussishkin
ISF#18. "The Assyrian Conquest of the Biblical City of Lachish", March 29, 1990.
Dr. Mark Lehner
ISF#19. "Uncovering the Mysteries of the Great Sphinx", June 6, 1990.
Dr. Piotr Michalowski
ISF#20. "Extraordinary Discovery of the Ebla Tablets", October 30, 1990.
Dr. Jerrold Cooper
ISF#21. "Who Were the Sumerians?", February 28, 1991.
Prof. Denise Schmandt-Besserat
ISF#22. "Ancient Tokens & the Invention of the World's First Writing", March 7, 1991.
Dr. David Owen
ISF#23. "Daily Life in Ancient Sumer", March 19, 1991.
Dr. Wolfgang Heimpel
ISF#24. "Ninurta & the Rebellion of Stones: the Last Great Sumerian Myth", April 11, 1991.
Dr. Avraham Biran
ISF#25. "A Tale of Two Cities: Discoveries at Canaanite Laish & Israelite Dan", December 4, 1991.
Dr. Gabriel Barkay
ISF#26. "Discovering the Priestly Benediction: World's Oldest Biblical Inscription", June 3, 1992.
Barbara Lesko
ISF#27. "Women from the Monuments of Ancient Egypt", June 10, 1992.
Dr. Jonas Greenfield
ISF#28. "The Dead Sea Scrolls Today", June 22, 1992.
Dr. William Fulco
ISF#29. "The Roots of Language, Part II: the Origins of Speech", December 10, 1992.
Dr. Dan Bahat
ISF#30. "Jerusalem, the Holy: New Discoveries on the Temple Mount", February 15, 1993.
Jay Bisno
ISF#31. "The Phoenicians & their Royal Purple Dye", March 8, 1993.
Dr. David Noel Freedman
ISF#32. "Nine Commandments & the Hebrew Bible", May 10, 1993.
Dr. Steven Fine
ISF#33. "From Meeting House to Holy Place: Rise of the Synagogue in Greco-Roman Times", June 8, 1993.
Dr. Marvin Meyer
ISF#34. "The Gospel of Thomas: A New Look at Early Christianity", July 20, 1993.
Dr. Peter Piccione
ISF#35. "The Pharoah Played Softball: Sports & Ritual Games in Ancient Egypt", February 22, 1994.
Dr. Robert Ritner
ISF#36. "Ritual Magic & Popular Religion in Ancient Egypt", March 7, 1994.
Dr. Donald Redford
ISF#37. "The Egyptian Sed Festival: A Royal Jubilee to Rejuvenate the Pharoah", March 14, 1994.
Dr. Tammi Schneider
ISF#38. "The Philistines: What do we Really Know about Them?", May 4, 1994.
Dr. Amanda Podany
ISF#39. "Daily Life in the Old Babylonian Empire", June 8, 1994.
Dr. Geoffrey Martin
ISF#40. "Tutankhamun's Courtiers: their Lost Tombs at Saqqara", October 12, 1994.
Dr. David O'Connor
ISF#41. "New Discoveries at Abydos: the Origins of Egyptian Civilization", October 25, 1994.
Dr. David Ulansey
ISF#42. "The Mithraic Mysteries Unveiled: Cosmology & Salvation in the Ancient World", April 25, 1995.
Dr. Lewis Barth
ISF#43. "The Emergence of Rabbinic Judaism: Continuity or Break with the Past?", May 9, 1995.
Dr. Marvin Meyer
ISF#44. "Ancient Christian Magic: Conjuring the Powers", May 23, 1995.
Dr. William Scott Green
ISF#45. "The Origin & Development of the Messiah", June 6, 1995.
Dr. James Allen
ISF#46. "New Discoveries at the Middle Kingdom Pyramids of Lisht & Dahshur", November 7, 1995.
Dr. Edward Cook
ISF#48. "The Dead Sea Scrolls: Where are We Now?", April 29, 1996.
Dr. Ita Sheres
ISF#49. "Sex & Ritual in the Dead Sea Scrolls", May 6, 1996.
Dr. James VanderKam
ISF#50. "The Dead Sea Scrolls, Jesus & the New Testament", May 20, 1996.
Michael Phelps
ISF#51. "The Dead Sea Scrolls & the Early History of the Bible", June 4, 1996.
Dr. George Bass
ISF#52. "The World's Oldest Shipwreck Revisited", October 23, 1996.
Dr. William Fulco
ISF#53. "Cakes for the Queen of Heaven: Canaanite Religion & Israelite Origins", November 7, 1996.
Dr. William Dever
ISF#54. "Archaeology, Pastoral Nomadism & the Biblical Patriarchs", November 20, 1996.
Dr. Amanda Podany
ISF#55. "The Babylonians & their Neighbors in the 'International Age'", December 2, 1997.
Dr. David Stronach
ISF#56. "Nineveh: Glimpses of Assyria's 'Exceedingly Great City'", December 16, 1997.
Dr. Moawiyah Ibrahim
ISF#57. "Magan & Dilmun: Ancient Arabian Gulf States in Mesopotamian Records", January 13, 1998.
Dr. Aryeh Cohen
ISF#58. "After the Silence of the Lambs: Rabbinic Judaism following the Destruction of the Temple", February 15, 2000.
Dr. Ronald Hock
ISF#59. "Romancing the Gospels: a Novel Interpretation of Gospel Narratives", February 29, 2000.
Dr. David Ulansey
ISF#60. "Mithras & Christ: Hypercosmic Gods in the Ancient World", March 14, 2000.
Dr. Kasia Szpakowska
ISF#61. "Dreams & the Afterlife in Ancient Egypt", March 12, 2001.
Dr. Stuart T. Smith
ISF#62. "The Price of Immortality: Funerary Practices, Society & Gender in Ancient Egypt", March 26, 2001.
Dr. David Noel Freedman
ISF#63. "Warrior Women of the Bible", December 2, 2004.
Dr. Amanda Podany
ISF#64. "Daughter of One King, Wife of Another: Hopes and Fears of Foreign Queens in the Ancient Near East", December 16, 2004.
Dr. Gabriel Barkay
ISF#65. "Jerusalem's Earliest History", November 15, 2005.
Dr. Guillermo Algaze
ISF#66. "The Origins of Sumerian Cities", November 29, 2005.
Dr. Marvin Meyer
ISF#67. "Discovering the Gospel of Judas: Redemption of a Disciple of Jesus", February 13, 2007.
Dr. Dennis MacDonald
ISF#68. "A New Look at Q: Reconstructing the Earliest Lost Gospel from its Influence on Mark, Matthew and Luke", February 28, 2007.
Dr. Ronny Reich
ISF#69. "New Discoveries from the City of Jerusalem", March 4, 2009.
Dr. Aaron Burke
ISF#70. "Egyptians and Greeks in Jaffa: A New Look at the Ancient Mediterranean Port", March 30, 2009.
The preceding International Scholars Forum lectures are in audio format only. The following International Scholars Forum lectures are in both audio format and video format.
Dr. Elaine Sullivan
ISF#71. "The Temple of Amun-Re at Karnak: 2000 Years of Rituals and Renovations", February 8, 2010.
Dr. Elizabeth Waraksa
ISF#72. "Queen of the Gods, Mistress of the Two Lands, Great of Dread: the Goddess Mut & her Theban Temple", February 22, 2010.
Dr. Jacquelyn Williamson
ISF#73. "Queen Nefertiti's Lost Sun Temple: Royal Women and their Role in the Reign of Pharaoh Akhenaten", June 6, 2011.
Eric Wells
ISF#74. "Dogs and Devotion: Private Religious Practice in Ancient Egypt", June 20, 2011.
Dr. Thomas Levy
ISF#75. "Quest for King Solomon's Mines: Cyber-Archaeology in Jordan's Desert", March 5, 2012.
Dr. Robert Mullins
ISF#76. "The Many Ancient Temples of Beth Shean", March 19, 2012.
Dr. Kent Bramlett
ISF#77. "Discovering Canaanite Myths and Holy Places", February 24, 2014.
Dr. Marvin Sweeney
ISF#78. "Who Really Wrote the Bible and Why?", March 10, 2014.
Dr. William Dever
ISF#79. "Philistines, Phoenicians and Solomon's Navy", February 9, 2015.
Dr. Aaron Burke
ISF#80. "New Discoveries from the Egyptian Fortress at Jaffa: A History of Violence", February 23, 2015.
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