In the middle of Jerusalem is a staircase 60 feet high.  Its steps are too small for a human foot, and it leads nowhere.  It was a mystery that could be solved only at UCSD.  Combining archaeology, physics, and Bible scholarship, it revealed the setting of the woman who was the first writer of the Bible.

Guest Speaker: Richard Elliott Friedman

Bio: Richard Elliott Friedman is the founder of the Jewish Studies Program at UCSD.  He is one of the premier Bible scholars in the country. He is the Davis Professor of Jewish Studies Emeritus of the University of Georgia and Katzin Professor of Jewish Civilization Emeritus of UC San Diego.  He is the author of Commentary on the Torah, The Disappearance of God, The Hidden Book in the Bible, The Bible with Sources Revealed, The Bible Now, The Exile and Biblical Narrative, The Exodus, and the bestselling Who Wrote the Bible?  His books have been translated into fourteen languages.

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