Author Carol Meyers, author of Discovering Eve, a landmark study of women
in ancient Israel, will be speaking at UTC on Sunday, March 16 at 8 p.m. at
the Roland Hayes Auditorium, UTC Fine Arts Center.  Her topic is
"Discovering Eve:  Eden, Archaeology and Women's Roles."

Holder of the Mary Grace Wilson Professorshp in Religion at Duke
University, Meyers is a specialist in biblical studies and archeology, and
she has a strong scholarly interest in the everyday life of women in
biblical times.

Meyers was educated at Wellesley and Brandeis Universities, and she
received her Ph.D. in Near Eastern and Judaic Studies at Brandeis.  She has
authored or co-authored eight books and has edited or co-edited five books.
She has published a recent reference work, Women in Scripture, the most
comprehensive study ever made of women in Jewish and Christian scriptures.

For more information, Dr. B.W. Ruffner with the Chattanooga Unit of the UT
College of Medicine at 778-2933.