Paper: Prof. Michael Fishbane on “Piyyut and Midrash”

JST_HB Workshoppers,

The paper for the workshop of Prof. Michael Fishbane, Nathan Cumming Professor of Jewish Studies in the Divinity School, on “Piyyut and Midrash: Between Poetic Invention and Rabbinic Convention” has been removed at the request of the author.

The workshop will take place on TUESDAY, MAY 24th, @ 5pm in Swift 200.

NOTE THE TIME AND DATE AND LOCATION!!!

See you all there!

Paper: Igor DeSouza – Equivocal Terms in the Guide

JST_HB Workshoppers,

The paper for the workshop of Igor DeSouza, University of Chicago PhD Candidate, entitled ‘The First Purpose of this Treatise’: The Equivocal Terms of the Guide for the Perplexed in Some of its Commentaries,” has been removed at the request of the author.

As always, we meet in Swift Hall, rm. 403, @6pm, this time on Monday, May 16th.

See you all there!

End of Spring Quarter ’11 Schedule

JST_HB Workshoppers,

Below is the schedule of events for the rest of the Spring ’11 quarter.  Stay tuned for papers and other updates.

May 16th: Igor de Souza, University of Chicago PhD Candidate, on‘The First Purpose of this Treatise’: The Equivocal Terms of the Guide for the Perplexed in Some of its Commentaries.”

May 24 – A TUESDAY!: Prof. Michael Fishbane, Nathan Cumming Professor of Jewish Studies in the Divinity School, on “Piyyut and Midrash: Between Poetic Invention and Rabbinic Convention.”

May 30th: Sam Boyd, University of Chicago PhD Candidate in NELC, on “Contact Linguistics and Textual Reuse in the Hebrew Bible: A Socio-Linguistic Examination.”

All events are in Swift Hall, rm. 403, @ 6pm.  ONLY Prof. Fishbane’s event is on a Tuesday, all others are a Monday.

Special Event:

Brought to you jointly by the Lumen Christi Institute, The Religious Ethics Club and the History of Judaism Club of the Divinity School and the JST_HB Workshop:

May 31st and June 1st:  Prof. David Novak,  J. Richard and Dorothy Shiff Chair of Jewish Studies at the University of Toronto.  More information to come shortly.

See you all there!

Paper: David Gottlieb, May 9th

JST_HB Workshoppers,

The paper for the workshop of David Gottlieb, PhD student in the History of Judaism at the University of Chicago Divinity school, on “Rupture, Repentance, and Cultural Memory: David Weiss Halivni and the Uses of Teshuvah ” is now available for download HERE.

As always we meet in Swift hall, rm. 403, @6pm, this time on Monday, May 9th.

See you all there!