Seminar on Jewish History and Literature in the Graeco-Roman Period

Seminar on Jewish History and Literature in the Graeco-Roman Period

The following seminars will be held on Tuesdays in the Oriental Institute, in the Faculty Room at 2.30 pm, except where otherwise indicated.

Convener: Professor Tessa Rajak.

Professor Sarah Pearce, Southampton 3 May: ‘De Decalogo: Philo as Interpreter of the Ten Commandments’ (2 pm, Room 314).

Dr Naama Vilozny , Hebrew University of Jerusalem 10 May: ‘Jewish Magic Art in Late Antiquity between Babylonia and Palestine’.

Dr Eran Almagor, Hebrew University of Jerusalem 17 May, ‘Josephus and Persia’.

Dr Yossi David, Oriental Institute 24 May: ‘The End of Kinship – Understanding Incest within the Jewish Theological Framework’.

The following event should also be noted: Professors Jodi Magness, University of North Carolina and Hayim Lapin, University of Maryland
3 May: ‘Rabbis in Context’: an afternoon colloquium (organized by the Centre for Late Antiquity, 3.30 pm, Trinity College).

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