EVENT CANCELLED – And God Laughed: Humor in the Bible – Joel Kaminsky
Due to unforeseen circumstances, this event has been cancelled. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause.
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Bible and the Ancient World Seminar Series
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After the Catastrophe: Ezra-Nehemiah and the Rebuilding of Community and Identity – Tamara Cohn Eskenazi
The deaths and deportations that accompanied the destruction of the Jerusalem by the Babylonians in 587 BCE mark the turning point in the arc of biblical narrative. The book of...
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Multilingualism and Translation in Ancient Judaism: Before and After Babel – Steven D. Fraade
In this book, Steven Fraade explores the practice and conception of multilingualism and translation in ancient Judaism. Interrogating the deep and dialectical relationship between them, he situates representative scriptural and...
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Biblical Monotheism: Exclusive or Inclusive? – Benjamin Sommer
This lecture will examine the discussion of pluralism in the field of comparative theology in light of a core question in the history of Israelite religion. It will create a...
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Priestly Mathematical Thought in Biblical and Second Temple Jewish Literatures – Liane M. Feldman
UCLA Royce Hall, Room 306 10745 Dickson Court, Los Angeles, CA, United StatesContrary to what we might think at first, biblical and Second Temple Jewish literatures are filled with mathematical thought. The densest concentration of mathematical thought in these texts is found...