Andrews University Agenda

Andrews University Agenda http://www.andrews.edu/agenda/ News and Events at Andrews University en-us Copyright 2024, Andrews University Mon, 23 Dec 2024 20:53:00 +0000 Mon, 23 Dec 2024 20:53:00 +0000 webmaster@andrews.edu webmaster@andrews.edu Horn Lectureship Series http://www.andrews.edu/agenda/65850 <div> The Horn Lectureship Series presents "Is Noah's Ark on Mt. Judi? Report from the Andrews University 2024 expeditions to East Turkey" by Randall Younker, PhD.</div> <div>  </div> <div> When looking at the question of where Noah's Ark landed, there are two mountains that rise to the top of the lists: Agri Dagh (called Mt. Ararat by many) in eastern Turkey and Mt. Judi to the southwest of Agri Dagh. Mt. Judi is still favored by many Muslims and Christians today. The Andrews University team was able to get to the ark landing site on Mt. Judi and discovered some fascinating things concerning the ark's landing place. These details will be shared in the lecture.</div> <div>  </div> <div> The lecture will take place on Monday, Oct. 14, 2024, at 7 p.m. in the Seminary Chapel at Andrews University. This event is free and open to the public. Andrews undergraduate cocurricular credit will be offered.</div> Thu, 03 Oct 2024 18:42:19 +0000 Horn Lectureship Series Presents http://www.andrews.edu/agenda/64265 Horn Lectureship Series Presents: “The Austrian Expedition to Tell Lachish, 2017–2023,” by Felix Höflmayer, PhD This series of excavations has worked to expand the Middle Bronze Age palace and has discovered a possible entrance to an Iron Age IIA water system. Among the major finds were an early alphabetic inscription and a hieratic ostracon bearing a ration list with west-Semitic names, attesting to remarkable early administrative activity at the site. This lecture summarizes and discusses the results of the project in light of the findings from previous excavations. The event will take place on Monday, Nov. 6, 2023, at 7 p.m. in the Seminary Chapel at Andrews University. This event is free and open to the public. Thu, 19 Oct 2023 21:09:24 +0000 Horn Lectureship Series Presents http://www.andrews.edu/agenda/62404 Horn Lectureship Series Presents: “Surprising Parallel between Daniel's Dream in Chapter 8 and King Nabonidus' Inscriptions,” by Randy Younker, PhD This event will take place on Monday, March 13, 2023, at 7 p.m. in the Seminary Chapel at Andrews University and is free and open to the public. Undergraduate cocurricular credit will be offered. Thu, 09 Mar 2023 18:22:20 +0000 Horn Lectureship Series Presents http://www.andrews.edu/agenda/60174 <span style="font-size: 13.5pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(68, 68, 68); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The Institute of Archaeology at Andrews University returned to Khirbet Safra for the 2021 summer season. An Israelite town dating from the period of the Judges to the reign of David, Khirbet Safra has an interesting history of occupation and abandonment. This lecture will examine the recent discoveries, including the ancient gateway and fortification system, the newly opened Field E, and the ancient identity of the site and the people who lived there. <div> <span style="font-size: 13.5pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(68, 68, 68); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></div> <span style="font-size: 13.5pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(68, 68, 68); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Event will take place on Monday, April 4, 2022 at 7:00 pm in the Seminary Chapel at Andrews University. This event is free and open to the public. Undergraduate Co-Curricular credit will be offered. Mon, 28 Mar 2022 19:00:00 +0000 Horn Lectureship Series Presents http://www.andrews.edu/agenda/59915 Randy Younker, director, Institute of Archaeology, will report on his recent journey to and exciting climb up Mount Ararat as a preliminary step to a more comprehensive regional survey and close examination of an ancient wooden structure atop this fabled mountain by his joint team of Adventist and non-Adventist scholars. The event will take place on Monday, Feb. 21, 2022, at 7 p.m. in the Seminary Chapel at Andrews University. This event is free and open to the public. Co-curricular credit will be offered. Thu, 10 Feb 2022 17:01:37 +0000 Horn Museum Reopening http://www.andrews.edu/agenda/59086 The Siegfried H. Horn Museum, part of the Institute of Archaeology at Andrews University, is reopening on Sept. 13. It will be open to the public on Saturdays from 3–5 p.m. when the University is in session. Our exhibits can also be viewed by appointment only during normal Institute office hours (9 a.m.–5 p.m. Monday–Thursday, 9 a.m.–12 p.m. Friday). To set up an appointment, please email <a href="mailto:horncurator@andrews.edu">horncurator@andrews.edu</a> or call 269-471-6180. We house over 8,500 ancient Near-Eastern artifacts, including coins, pottery, sculptures, tools, weapons, figurines, jewelry, seals, and glass vessels. The museum also sponsors a lecture series and houses over 3,000 ancient cuneiform tablets from Sumerian times through the Achaemenid period. Thu, 16 Sep 2021 17:21:44 +0000 Archaeologist Addresses Role of Women in Church http://www.andrews.edu/agenda/45090 Dr. Randall Younker, an archaeologist at Andrews University, gave a presentation Monday evening titled “Archaeology, Women and the Early Church.” He focused on the presence and impact of women in the early church, as well as the changes that took place over time. Younker is a faculty member at the Seventh-day Adventist Theological Seminary, director of the PhD program in Biblical and Ancient Near Eastern Archaeology and the Institute of Archaeology. Younker’s interest in this topic was piqued by a discovery at a site where he was working with Andrews University students in San Miceli, Sicily. [See note at the end of this story.] One of the excavation sites is centered on a Christian basilica that dates to the fourth century. Approximately one hundred years ago, an archaeologist began exploring this site; however, it has been left untouched since then. Younker’s team discovered that a woman was buried in a prominent area within the church. “She was very rich. She had a gold necklace. She had a gold diadem for her head. She had gold earrings,” Younker said. The woman must have been an important member of the congregation, Younker explained, because “she was buried next to the priest in the front of the church in a very prominent place. … They had her buried right under the altar.” Other women were also buried in the church, where priests and bishops would normally be buried. Women were clearly important to this congregation, Younker determined. <<< Read the full story in <a href="http://atoday.org/archaeologist-at-andrews-university-addresses-the-role-of-women-in-the-early-church/">Adventist Today </a>>>> Wed, 08 Mar 2017 08:35:08 +0000 Archaeology, Women & The Early Church http://www.andrews.edu/agenda/44875 In the ongoing conversation regarding gender roles in the church, a field which seems to get little attention is the realm of archaeology. However, analysis of excavation sites provides an expanded perspective of gender differences in the church, and on Monday, Feb. 27, Randall Younker, professor of archaeology, will address these findings during the annual <a href="https://andrewsarchaeology.org/museum/lecture-series/">Horn Lectureship Series</a> at Andrews University. “The presentation will deal with the role and importance of women in the early Christian church based upon archaeological and ancient written sources,” states Younker. Delving into church life in the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Byzantine_Empire">Byzantine empire</a> (330–1453 AD), this lecture will cover demographic studies which show women significantly outnumbering men in the early church—especially from 100–400 AD—and taking on a variety of leadership roles. The recent discovery of female skeletons in Sicily buried in important regalia close to a church—a place reserved for religiously important individuals—offers some insights on the topic of women in church history. “Various ancient sources indicate that roles for women in the ancient Christian church included being church sponsors and patrons, deacons and, at times, even bishops,” says Younker. This evidence brings new perspective to modern discussions on gender roles and church leadership. The lectureship will cover recent scholarly studies that debate the history and meaning of ordination as well as the titles "presbyter" and "bishop" during the first centuries of the Christian church. The Horn Lectureship will take place in the Seminary Chapel on the campus of Andrews University. The event is free and open to the public. Co-curricular credit will be available for Andrews students. The Horn Lectureship Series is sponsored by the <a href="https://andrewsarchaeology.org/">Siegfried H. Horn Museum</a> on the campus of Andrews University, with events held two to four times each school year. The Museum is part of the Institute of Archaeology, and is named for its first curator at its establishment in 1970. The Museum houses over 8,500 ancient Near-Eastern artifacts and over 3,000 ancient <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cuneiform_script">cuneiform</a> tablets from <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sumer">Sumerian times </a>through the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Achaemenid_Empire">Achaemenid period</a>. The Museum is currently closed for renovations and will reopen in the spring of 2017.   <h3> Related Links</h3> <ul> <li> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Byzantine_Empire">More about the Byzantine empire</a></li> <li> <a href="http://andrewsarchaeology.org/">The Siegfried H. Horn Museum & Institute of Archaeology</a></li> </ul>   Thu, 16 Feb 2017 16:14:42 +0000