Sunday 15 June
Quiller-Couch Room, Old Divinity School, St John’s College, opposite the Great Gate
08:40 |
Welcome by Stefan Reif and Renate Egger-Wenzel
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08:45 |
Stefan Reif |
on “Early Rabbinic Identity”, a discussion of the broader issues of identity facing the early rabbis after the destruction of the Jerusalem Temple and for about a century afterwards |
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09:50 |
Friedrich Reiterer |
on “His manner of life is unlike that of others” (Wisd 2:15), a discussion of identity in the Book of Wisdom (Wisdom of Solomon) |
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11:00 |
Coffee/tea break
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11:30-12:40 |
Kristin De Troyer |
on “‘A man leaves his own father …’; Relationships in 1Esdras”, a discussion of the topics of marriage and Jewish/non-Jewish relations |
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12:50 |
Lunch in the Central Hall of the Old Divinity School
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13:40 |
Jim Aitken |
on “Why is the giraffe kosher?: Specificity in Kashrut in Second Temple Judaism”, a discussion of how kosher food laws were observed, as documented in texts from the Septuagint |
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14:50 |
Renate Egger-Wenzel |
will discuss “Acceptance into Jewish Community in the Book of Tobit: Circumcision and Conversion” |
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16:00 |
Coffee/tea break
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16:20 |
Nuria Calduch-Benages |
will discuss “The Name of the Beloved City in Bar 4:5–5:9” |
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17:30 |
End of sessions
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18:30 |
Choral Evensong in the College Chapel
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19:45 |
Dinner at High Table
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Monday 16 June
Genizah Research Unit, Millstein Room, University Library West Road
09:30 |
Jeremy Corley |
on “Elements of Jewish Identity in Ben Sira”, a discussion of what ethnicity, culture and religion meant for Ben Sira and his Jewish contemporaries and how these notions compared with other Jewish religious practices |
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10:40 |
Coffee/tea break in University Library Tea Room
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11:00 |
Exhibition of Genizah manuscripts, introduced by introduced by Stefan Reif and Jim Aitken |
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12:10 |
Return from University Library to Old Divinity School, St John’s College |
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12:30 |
Lunch in the Central Hall of the Old Divinity School
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14:00 |
A visit to the St John’s College Library, especially the 17th century section and its rare books |
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15:00 |
Summary and discussion in the Quiller-Couch Room, Old Divinity School |
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16:00 |
Coffee/Tea break
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16:30 |
Tour of some Colleges and/or free time and/or library research |
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20:00 |
Concert in College Chapel, followed by a late buffer supper |
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