Mar
07
Lost Books: The Forgetfulness of Writing and the Forgetting of Jewish Pasts – Annette Yoshiko Reed
It is often noted how the discovery of the Dead Sea Scrolls transformed our understanding of ancient Judaism, radically expanding our evidence for Jews and Judaism prior to the rise of Christianity. Yet this material also stands as a striking reminder of how much of the literary heritage of Jewish antiquity has been lost to […]
Mar
07
Ancient Judaism between Christian Memory and Jewish Forgetting – Annette Yoshiko Reed
Drawing on her in-progress book project on Forgetting, this seminar will explore the place of memory and forgetting in the reception of Second Temple Judaism, revisiting the supposed Rabbinic retreat from “history” after the Roman destruction of the Temple in 70 CE and exploring Christian and Jewish contestation over pre-70 Jewish pasts, from antiquity to […]
