Professor Lawrence H. Schiffman to speak in upcoming Peninsula Public Library virtual event

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An upcmoming virtual lecture hosted by the  Peninsula Public Library on July 16 at 11 a.m. will feature Professor Lawrence H. Schiffman.

The program will focus on how the texts of the Dead Sea Scrolls shed light on the history of Judaism and early Christianity. Schiffman is the Judge Abraham Lieberman Professor of Hebrew and Judaic Studies at New York University and is also the Director of the Global Institute for Advanced Research in Jewish Studies.

Schiffman has been featured in the PBS Nova series documentary, “Secrets of the Dead Sea Scrolls,” four BBC documentaries on the scrolls, a Discovery special, the series “Mysteries of the Bible” and “Kingdom of David” (PBS). He recorded two audio lecture series for Recorded Books, The Dead Sea Scrolls: The Truth behind the Mystique and The Hebrew Bible.

This program is free and open to the public. Registration is required. To register, call the library at 516-239-3262 or visit the Eventkeeper calendar on the library's website at https://www.peninsulapublic.org/. An email with Zoom login details will be sent prior to the start of the program. 

For additional information, contact Janet Schneider, Programming Librarian, at 516-972- 2396 or jschneider@peninsulapublic.org.