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PHILADELPHIA SEMINAR ON CHRISTIAN ORIGINS
in its 39th year
an Interdisciplinary Humanities Seminar
under the auspices of the
UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA
Department of Religious Studies
201 Logan Hall
with support from
the Penn Humanities Forum
TOPIC FOR 2001-2002: On Location: How Do Martyrdoms Take Place?
What role does location, considered in the broadest sense, play in the
accounts of martyrdoms with which we deal?
Chairperson:
Sigrid Peterson (University of Pennsylvania) [log in to unmask]
Secretary:
T.J.Wellman (University of Pennsylvania) [log in to unmask]
Coordinator:
Robert Kraft (University of Pennsylvania) [log in to unmask]
THE THIRD MEETING OF 2001-02 will be held on Thursday, January 17th,from
7-9 pm in the Lounge on the second floor of Logan Hall at the University
of Pennsylvania. Persons wishing to dine with other participants prior to
the meeting should meet at 6 pm at Logan Hall (southeast of Locust Walk
and 36th Street Walk) or go directly to the Food Court in the basement of
Houston Hall (just east of Logan, along Spruce Street), where a variety of
food choices is available at reasonable prices.
PROGRAM: "Locating the Roots of Martyrdom: The Stoic Paradigm"
Howard Clark Kee, Boston University School of Theology
Suggested Reading: Fourth Maccabees
For detailed directions to the meetings and for further information, visit
the PSCO web site:
http://ccat.sas.upenn.edu/psco/
[For other activities sponsored by the Penn Humanities Forum, see
http://humanities.sas.upenn.edu ]
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Robert A. Kraft, Religious Studies, University of Pennsylvania
227 Logan Hall (Philadelphia PA 19104-6304); tel. 215 898-5827
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http://ccat.sas.upenn.edu/rs/rak/kraft.html
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