Monocle & Spade #6 - Herod, Second Temple Judaism & Archaeology with Prof. Jodi Magness -

Prof. Jodi Magness sits down with Monocle & Spade to talk archaeology and Second Temple Judaism. Jodi Magness holds a senior endowed chair in the Department of Religious Studies at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill: the Kenan Distinguished Professor for Teaching Excellence in Early Judaism (since 2002). Professor Magness specializes in the archaeology of ancient Palestine (modern Israel, Jordan, and the Palestinian territories) in the Roman, Byzantine, and early Islamic periods. Her research interests include Jerusalem, Qumran and the Dead Sea Scrolls, ancient synagogues, Masada, the Roman army in the East, and ancient pottery. For more on Prof. Magness, see her website - http://www.jodimagness.org/