We were delighted to host Dr. Yosef “Yossi” Garfinkel,
the Yigael Yadin Chair in Archaeology of Israel and a professor at the Institute of Archaeology in the Biblical Department at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, on campus for another presentation. He delivered the talk “Searching for the first biblical kings of Jerusalem: David, Solomon and Rehoboam” tonight to a near-capacity crowd in the Dr. Nancy Moody Lecture Hall of the Meen Center. He made a presentation in 2022 at Tusculum as well.
Dr. Garfinkel has been the lead archaeologist at Khirbet Qeiyafa and Tel Lachish. These excavations have revealed new evidence for the time period associated with Kings David, Solomon and Rehoboam. This work has provided valuable insight into the condition of Israelite society at that time, including its religion, economy and political development.
His insightful lecture tonight brought multiple Tusculum family members, students from Greeneville Adventist Academy and the community to the lecture hall. Also in attendance was David Bowlin, a Tusculum alumnus, who excavated at Tel Lachish with two others from the university in 2023. Another person in the audience was Tusculum student Natali Maymon, who is from Israel.