medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
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PHILADELPHIA SEMINAR ON CHRISTIAN ORIGINS
in its 40th 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 2002-2003: Parabiblical Literature
Co-Chairs:
Robert Kraft (University of Pennsylvania) [log in to unmask]
Annete Reed (Princeton University) [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 2002-03 will be held on Thursday, 23 January, 2003
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.
The Theme of this session is the Dead Sea Scrolls, Parabiblical Literature, and
Post-70 Judaism.
Moshe Bernstein (Yeshiva University) will speak about
"rewritten Bible" as an outworn category in Dead Sea Scroll studies
Burton Visotzky (Jewish Theological Seminary) will speak about
reflexes of non-canonical materials in later Rabbinic midrashim
David Stern (University of Pennsylvania) will serve as respondant to
both presentations
[Further information on these presentations will be forthcoming]
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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