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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 year's 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 will focus on the Syro-Palestinian area, with
guests Lee Levine, Seth Schwartz, and Hayim Lapin.
This meeting is scheduled for Thursday, 8 November, 7-9 pm 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.
The remaining tentative schedule, with exact dates and details to be worked
out is as follows:
16 November (Friday) - SBL Session in San Diego: Egypt beyond Alexandria
(7-9 pm, see SBL/AAR Program Book for location)
January (late) - Asia Minor
February - Western Roman Empire
March - Persia and its Environs
April - Byzantium and Islamic Empires
**See the PSCO Web page for further details
http://ccat.sas.upenn.edu/psco/
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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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