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CONFERENCES: "Authoritative Traditions and Ritual Power in the Ancient
World" (UCLA, Oct 22)
From
<http://www.international.ucla.edu/cnes/events/showevent.asp?eventid=9581>:
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Authoritative Traditions and Ritual Power in the Ancient World
The aim of this colloquium is to explore how authoritative texts, culture
heroes, and authors were invoked ritually for cursing, protection, and
divination in the ancient and late antique Near Eastern and Mediterranean
world. The speakers represent a wide range of specializations in ancient
ritual practice, including Egyptian, Near Eastern, Greek, Roman, Jewish, and
Christian materials.
Monday, October 22, 2012
8:30 AM - 5:30 PM
306 Royce Hall
UCLA
Program:
8:30-8:35am: Welcome by Ra'anan Boustan (UCLA) and Jacco Dieleman (UCLA)
8:35-8:45am: Joseph E. Sanzo (UCLA), "Introductory Remarks:
Authoritative Traditions and Ritual Power in the Ancient World"
Session One
8:45-9:30am: Jacco Dieleman (UCLA), "Cultural Memory and Claims to Authority
in Ancient Egyptian Magic"
9:30-10:15am: Jeremy D. Smoak (UCLA), "Yhwh's Shining Face and the Ritual
Logic of the Iron Age Judean Amulets from Ketef Hinnom"
10:15-10:30am: Coffee Break
Session Two
10:30-11:15am: Michael Swartz (The Ohio State University), "Past and Future
in Jewish Divination Traditions"
11:15am-12:00pm: Ra'anan Boustan (UCLA) and Michael Beshay (UCLA):
"Biblical Kingship, Imperial Ideology, and Ritual Power in The Testament of
Solomon"
12:00pm-1:30pm: Lunch Break
Session Three
1:30-2:15pm: Joseph E. Sanzo (UCLA), "Beyond the Label: A New Approach to
the Relationship Between 'Christian' Traditions and Ritual Power in Late
Antiquity"
2:15-3:00pm: Theodore de Bruyn (University of Ottawa, Canada): "Genre,
Tradition, Ritual, Culture, and Social Location: The Case of the
Charitesion"
3:00-3:45pm: Jacques van der Vliet (Leiden University, the Netherlands),
"Courting the Angels: Celestial Liturgy in Late-Antique Egyptian Magic"
3:45-4:00pm: Coffee Break
Session Four
4:00-4:45pm: Sarah Iles Johnston (The Ohio State University), "Myth as an
Authoritative Discourse in Magic"
4:45-5:30pm: David Frankfurter (Boston University), "The Great, The Little,
and the Authoritative Tradition in Magic of the Ancient World"
Cost: RSVP requested, please contact: Joseph E. Sanzo, [log in to unmask]
How to Park at UCLA
For more information please contact
Johanna Romero
Tel: (310) 825-1181
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www.international.ucla.edu/cnes
Sponsor(s): Classics, Near Eastern Languages and Cultures, Center for Jewish
Studies, Center for the Study of Religion
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