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<div class="" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;">In less than three weeks, the international conference “<i class="">The Synagogue in Ancient Palestine: Current Issues and Emerging Trends</i>” will take place here in Helsinki (Wed 21— Sat 24 Sept. 2016). Presentations
will be given by our keynote speakers Prof. Jodi Magness (UNC-Chapel Hill), Prof. Zeev Weiss (Hebrew University, Jerusalem), Prof. Jürgen Zangenberg (Leiden University), and Dr. Karen Stern (CUNY Brooklyn College) as well as by many other speakers from Finland,
Norway, Russia, the Netherlands, United States, Canada, Israel and Slovakia. We are thrilled to have such a great group of scholars coming to Helsinki!</div>
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<div class="" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;">On <b class="">Wednesday 21 September</b>, we'll start off with a <b class="">public lecture</b> (18:00h at Porthania, Sali II) organised by the Finnish Institute in the Middle East, by Prof. Jodi Magness, “<i class="">Samson
in Stone: New Discoveries in the Ancient Village and Synagogue at Huqoq in Israel’s Galilee</i>”. The public lecture is followed by a reception for conference participants. More information, see <a id="LPlnk924116" href="https://www.facebook.com/events/1100037996710499/" class="OWAAutoLink">https://www.facebook.com/events/1100037996710499/</a>. The
conference itself will take place from <b class="">Thursday 22 to Saturday 24 September </b>in the Main Building of the University of Helsinki (Sali 10).</div>
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<div class="" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;">The conference is <b class="">open to all scholars and students </b>interested in the archaeology and history of ancient synagogues. You can find the full conference program (incl. locations) attached to this
email. <b class="">Please register using this link: <a href="http://goo.gl/forms/DVs56l3zy2" class="" style="color: purple;">http://goo.gl/forms/DVs56l3zy2</a> (no registration fee).</b></div>
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<div class="" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"><span lang="EN-US" class="">Funding for the conference is generously provided by the </span><i class=""><span class="" style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125);"><a href="http://blogs.helsinki.fi/sacredtexts/#.VzG-MEY7xLo" class="" style="color: purple;"><span lang="EN-US" class="">Centre
of Excellence in Changes in Sacred Texts and Traditions</span><span lang="EN-US" class="" style="font-style: normal;"> </span></a></span></i><span lang="EN-US" class="">and the <i class=""><span class="" style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125);"><a href="http://blogs.helsinki.fi/reasonandreligiousrecognition/" class="" style="color: purple;">Centre
of Excellence in Reason and Religious Recognition</a></span></i>, both Faculty of Theology, University of Helsinki. The conference is organized in co-operation with the </span><i class=""><span class="" style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125);"><a href="http://www.fimesaatio.fi/en/" class="" style="color: purple;"><span lang="EN-US" class="">Foundation
of the Finnish Institute in the Middle East</span></a></span></i><span lang="EN-US" class="">.<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div>
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<div class="" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;">With best wishes,<span class="" style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125);"><br class="">
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<div class="" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;">Rick Bonnie, Raimo Hakola, and Ulla Tervahauta</div>
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