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PHILADELPHIA SEMINAR ON CHRISTIAN ORIGINS
in its 45th 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 2007-2008: "Tracing the Patterns, (Un/Re-)Weaving the Threads"
co-chairs: Annette Yoshiko Reed and Robert Alan Kraft
secretary: Harry Tolley (University of Pennsylvania)
webmaster: Jay C. Treat (University of Pennsylvania)
For this, the 45th year of the PSCO, our aim is to take stock of current
scholarship in early Jewish and Christian traditions and their transmission
and diffusion across a broad range of geographical and cultural contexts in
Late Antiquity. To facilitate discussion between specialists in different
subfields, we have chosen to define our sessions by geographical area,
rather than by religious tradition, theme, or textual corpus. By following
the "threads" of various traditions through regional trajectories, we hope
to assess, not only our literary remains, but also archaeological evidence,
inscriptions, etc.
In our initial meeting, John Reeves, Bill Adler, and Max Grossman shared
thoughts on current directions and methodological concerns in the study of
early Judaism and early Christianity. Following up on this discussion, the
second meeting of the PSCO focused on the Syro-Palestinian area, with guests
Hayim Lapin and Lee Levine. The third session (in San Diego) welcomed
Malcolm Choat and AnnMarie Luijendijk (plus Peter Artz-Graber, briefly) on
Egypt. In February, the focus was Asia Minor, with Ross Kraemer and Vasiliki
Limberis leading the discussion.
The fifth PSCO meeting is scheduled for WEDNESDAY (not the usual Thursday),
26 March 2008, in the 2nd floor Lounge of Logan Hall at the University of
Pennsylvania (36th St walkway, just north of Spruce Street). Those wishing
to dine together before the seminar will meet at 6 pm in the Logan Lounge to
go next door to the food court in Houston Hall.
This March meeting will focus on the western Mediterranean, especially Rome
and North Africa. Our invited guests for opening remarks and observations
based on their own research and experiences will be
Hagith Sivan (University of Kansas
http://www.history.ku.edu/faculty/sivan/index.shtml),
Paula Fredriksen (Boston University
http://www.bu.edu/religion/faculty/bios/fredriksen.html)
and our own David Efroymson (La Salle University, Emeritus
http://cba.cua.edu/ce.cfm).
For relevant bibliography, google each of them.
The final session of PSCO 45 is tentatively scheduled for Thursday, 10
April, on aspects of the Byzantine East and its Persian frontier, including
the situation under early Islam -- specifics to follow.
**See the PSCO Web page for further details
http://ccat.sas.upenn.edu/psco/
Bob and Annette
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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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