Word: israel
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...meeting of the classical conference held yesterday afternoon in Harvard 1, Professor D. G. Lyon h.'01 gave an interesting explanation of the explorations made last summer by the Harvard Expedition to Samaria, of which he was in charge. This city, the capital of northern Israel, was rebuilt with great splendor by Herod the Great, and it is the remains of his buildings that have been discovered. The mound which covers the ancient city is about five miles in circumference and covered with olive groves and wheat fields...
...excavations carried out by the Harvard expedition to Samaria were made possible by Mr. Jacob H. Schiff who, in 1905 offered to provide the money for excavating the mound which buries Samaria, the capital of the Kingdom of Israel. Professor Lyon, who left last spring on leave of absence to supervise the excavations, returned recently and reports gratifying results. The work was carried on at two sites intermittently from the middle of April until August 21. The first site is near the modern village of Sebastiyeh, and is marked by a cluster of columns, belonging, supposedly, to a temple erected...
...Religion of Babylonia, with Especial Reference to its Influence on the Religion and Literature of Israel"--five lectures by Professor R. W. Rogers of the Drew Theological Seminary...
...Israel Noah Thurman...
Professor G. F. Moore will deliver a lecture on "The Greek Influence on the Religion of Israel," in King's Chapel, Boston, at 3 o'clock this afternoon. This is the last of Professor Moore's course of three lectures on "Foreign Influences on the Religion of Israel." The course is the second of six courses of free lectures delivered in King's Chapel on Monday afternoons, maintained by the Lowell Institute under the auspices of the Harvard Divinity School...