We are very pleased to announce the schedule for Spring Quarter 2021. All events will take place on Zoom. For details, links to the meetings, or accommodations, please contact Doren Snoek (dsnoek@uchicago.edu).
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Monday, April 12, at 4:30pm*
“Syriac Exodus, Samaritan Torah, and the Mythos of Philological Discovery”
by Matthew Chalmers
Visiting Assistant Professor in Religious Studies
Northwestern University
(cosponsored with the Early Christian Studies Workshop)
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Monday, April 26, 4:30pm
“The Daughter of Ham Speaks: Noah’s Curse in the Poetry of Narsai”
by Erin Galgay Walsh
Assistant Professor of New Testament and Early Christianity
University of Chicago Divinity School
(cosponsored with the Early Christian Studies Workshop)
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Tuesday, May 4, 4:30pm
“Contending with Divine Rage in Jeremiah 25”
by Jaime Waters
Associate Professor of Catholic Studies
DePaul University
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Wednesday, May 19, 4:30pm
“Revisiting the ‘Ashurites’ of Eshbaal’s State (2 Sam 2:9)”
by Charles Wilson
Ph.D. student
The University of Chicago
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Tuesday, May 25, 4:30pm
“Getting the Story Straight: Plot Structure and Eventfulness in Judean (and Egyptian) Novellas”
by Joey Cross
Ph.D. student
The University of Chicago
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Tuesday, June 1, 4:30pm
“Clarifying the Origins of the Biblical Hebrew ‘Converted Perfect'”
by Andrew Zulker
Ph.D. student
The University of Chicago
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