Owen Chesnut will deliver a talk on Shabbat morning, “Layers in Time: Recent Archaeological Discoveries in Jerusalem.” Chesnut will share some of the meaningful discoveries from the First and Second Temple periods with our congregation.
Owen Chesnut is a Ph.D. student in Biblical Archaeology at Andrews University. He is working on his dissertation, which is a site report of Tell Safut, a site 12 km north of Amman in Jordan. In addition he is teaching several classes at the undergrad level at Andrews. He has participated in the Temple Mount Sifting Project, excavated at Tell es-Safi, and is currently a staff member and undergrad field school coordinator for the sites of Tall Jalul and Tall Hisban. Owen received his BA in Ancient Near Eastern Archaeology and Old Testament studies from Wheaton College, and received a MA in Historical Geography from Jerusalem University College.
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