Dear all,
Welcome to the Spring Quarter! We are pleased to announce the upcoming schedule for the Hebrew Bible Workshop, and are especially happy to be joined this quarter by Rebecca Raphael, a Senior Fellow this year in the Martin Marty Center, as well as Ron Hendel, Professor of Hebrew Bible and Jewish Studies at UC Berkeley. Here’s the full schedule:
(All workshops will be held in Swift 208)
- Monday, April 2nd at 5 pm – Rebecca Raphael, Martin Marty Center Senior Fellow and Professor of Religious Studies and Philosophy at Texas State University – “Is Your Monster a Boy or a Girl? Gender and Monstrosity in Second Temple Apocalypses”
- Monday, April 23rd at 5 pm – Cathleen Chopra McGowan, PhD Candidate in Hebrew Bible (Divinity) – “Imagining a New Political Epicenter: Babylonian Imperial Ideology in 2 Kings 24–25”
- *Thursday*, May 3rd at 5 pm – Ron Hendel, Norma and Sam Dabby Professor of Hebrew Bible and Jewish Studies, University of California at Berkeley – “Exodus, Conquest, and the Alchemy of Memory”
- Monday, May 21st at 5 pm – Richard Zaleski, PhD Candidate, New Testament and Early Christian Literature (Divinity) – on Philo of Alexandria’s Life of Moses
There is still space for further presentations, so keep on the lookout for additional announcements.
Looking forward to seeing everyone!