Announcements
We are proud to welcome Professor Laura Lieber, Assistant Professor of Religion and new Assistant Director of the Center for Jewish Studies.
For Laura, coming to Duke is a return to her native South. Born and raised in Fayetteville, Arkansas, Laura attended the University of Arkansas as an undergraduate, where she received her B.A. degree summa cum laude in English Literature in 1994.
After graduation, she entered the rabbinical program at the Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion, and in 1999 she was ordained as a rabbi at its Cincinnati campus. She then spent a summer as a research Fellow at the Theologische Universiteit-Kampen (the Netherlands) and the following Fall began her Ph.D. from the University of Chicago, in the area of History of Judaism.
Professor Lieber comes to Duke from Middlebury College of Vermont, where she taught for five years as a member of the Classics and Religion Departments.
She brings to Duke University a particular interest in the life of the synagogue, from the ancient world until the present day. Her scholarly work focuses on the literature of the early synagogue, particularly how the Bible was taught and interpreted within Jewish communities in Late antiquity.
Professor Lieber is joined in Durham by her husband, Norman Weiner, an architect, and her son, Julian.
Upcoming Special Exhibits
The Dead Sea Scrolls
Professor Eric Meyers explains the scroll's religious and historical significance
See the second video in 'related links' : When the Dead Sea Scrolls came to Duke.
June 28 - December 28, 2008The Dead Sea Scrolls
The Dead Sea Scrolls — objects of great mystery, intrigue and significance — are widely acknowledged to be among the greatest archaeological treasures ever discovered.
The Dead Sea Scrolls date from 250 BCE to 68 CE and are our bridge to a period that laid the foundation of western traditions, beliefs and practices throughout the past two millennia. Among the Scrolls are some 207 biblical manuscripts that represent nearly every book in the Hebrew Bible (Christian Old Testament) and that predate any previously known copies by more than 1,000 years.
For more information about the Dead Sea Scrolls exhibit as well as special events and lectures associated with this exhibit, please visit the Museum's Dead Sea Scrolls Web site,
www.naturalsciences.org/scrolls/