Insights on Archaeology and Faith with Abigail Van Huss

Welcome to Grafted: Jewish Roots of Christianity! My guest is archaeologist Abigail Van Huss. Abigail Van Huss serves as the Assistant Dig Director for the Shiloh excavations for ABR (Associates for Biblical Research). She is ABD (All But Dissertation) in her PhD program at Ariel University and has held roles as Area Supervisor at Tel Rafid and as a member of the Manasseh Hill Country Survey. Abigail has been involved with archaeology since 2007, working at several archaeological projects including The Temple Mount Salvage Operation, Khirbet el Maqatir, Mount Zion and Tel Shiloh. She served as square supervisor and objects registrar on the Khirbet el Maqatir excavation, and as assistant registrar on the Mount Zion excavation. She has co-authored two articles on Judean Pillar Figurines. ‘A Headless Judean Pillar Figurine From Tel el-Ful’ was published in in the Near Eastern Archaeology Society Bulletin, and ‘The Mystery of the Headless Statue’ was published in Bible and Spade magazine. Abigail has also co-authored an online article entitled ‘ABR Researches Jerusalem Tombs for the Shroud of Turin Project’ published on the ABR website. Abigail hails from Lewiston, Idaho, but is now residing in Texas, where she is a student at The Bible Seminary. Abigail's YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@AbigailAndClayton https://www.facebook.com/abigail.leavitt Stephanie’s links: Facebook YouTube Channel Instagram