Jodi Magness
Jodi Magness | |
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Alma mater | Hebrew University of Jerusalem University of Pennsylvania |
Occupation(s) | Professor, archaeologist |
Employer | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill |
Title | Kenan Distinguished Professor for Teaching Excellence in Early Judaism |
Website | www |
Jodi Magness (born September 19, 1956) is an
Early life and education
Magness received her B.A. in Archaeology and History from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem (1977), and her Ph.D. in Classical Archaeology from the University of Pennsylvania (1989).[1]
Academic career
From 1990 to 1992, Magness was Mellon Post-Doctoral Fellow in
Magness has participated in 20 different excavations in Israel and Greece. She co-directed the 1995 excavations of the Roman siege works at Masada. From 1997 to 1999 she co-directed excavations at Khirbet Yattir in Israel. Since 2003 Professor Magness has been the co-director of the excavations in the late Roman fort at Yotvata, Israel. In 2011 she began to dig at Huqoq.
Magness is a popular professor whose "unique teaching style of using vivid anecdotes [keeps] students on the edge of their seats".[2]
Magness has been a guest on the
Criticism of The Lost Tomb of Jesus
Magness has strongly criticized the docu-drama
Honors and awards
She was American Academy of Arts and Sciences Fellow of 2019.[4]
Books
Jodi Magness, as an author, has published various works:
- The Archaeology of Qumran and the Dead Sea Scrolls, 2nd ed. (Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans, 2021)
- Masada: From Jewish Revolt to Modern Myth, Princeton University Press (May 14, 2019)[5]
- Stone and Dung, Oil and Spit: Jewish Daily Life in the Time of Jesus (Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans, 2011)
- The Archaeology of the Early Islamic Settlement in Palestine(Winona Lake, IN: Eisenbrauns, 2003), 2006 Irene Levi-Sala Book Prize.
- The Archaeology of Qumran and the Dead Sea Scrolls (Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans, 2002) – winner of the 2003 Biblical Archaeology Society's Award for Best Popular Book in Archaeology and an “Outstanding Academic Book for 2003” by Choice Magazine.
- Debating Qumran: Collected Essays on Its Archaeology (Leuven: Peeters, 2004); Hesed ve-Emet, Studies in Honor of Ernest S. Frerichs (co-edited with S. Gitin; Atlanta: Scholars Press, 1998)
- Jerusalem Ceramic Chronology circa 200–800 C.E. (Sheffield: Sheffield Academic, 1993)
See also
References
- ^ "Jodi Magness". Department of Religious Studies. University of North Carolina. Retrieved 2018-08-20.
- ^ Nefta, Deborah (April 11, 2007). "Students enraptured by Magness' teaching style". The Daily Tar Heel. Retrieved April 16, 2011.
- ^ Cooperman, Alan (February 28, 2007). "'Lost Tomb of Jesus' Claim Called a Stunt". Washington Post. p. A03.
- ^ "2019 Fellows and International Honorary Members with their affiliations at the time of election". members.amacad.org. Archived from the original on 2020-03-02.
- ^ Altschuler, Glenn (5 June 2019). "Book review: A noble death? (book review)". Jerusalem Post. Retrieved 6 June 2019.
External links
- Official website
- "Jodi Magness". UNC. Archived from the original on Nov 17, 2007.