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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?
Chair:
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 SIXTH MEETING OF 2001-02 will be held on Thursday, April 18, 2002
from 7-9 pm in the Second Floor Lounge, 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, Second Floor Lounge (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
an international variety of food choices is available at reasonable
prices.
PROGRAM:
"Have story, will travel: Dislocation of the Maccabean Martyrdoms"
Sigrid Peterson, University of Pennsylvania
Suggested reading: Article on 4 Macc located at the following URL:
http://ccat.sas.upenn.edu/~petersig/mcc4sbl.htm
especially the chart at the end comparing 4 Macc and SyrMacc
and
"Strategies for Dislocating and Relocating Power: Re-placing Martyr Cult
Practices."
Shira Lander, University of Pennsylvania
Suggested reading: Article by Meg Tilley at the following URL
http://divinity.library.vanderbilt.edu/burns/chroma/saints/martilley.html
For detailed directions to the meetings and for further information, visit
the PSCO web site:
http://ccat.sas.upenn.edu/psco/
--
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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