10/22 David Gottlieb — “Rupture, Reflection and Renewal: Mimesis and the Transformation of Meaning in Leviticus Rabbah”

In this session of the Jewish Studies Workshop, David Gottlieb (PhD student in History of Judaism) will present his paper “Rupture, Reflection and Renewal: Mimesis and the Transformation of Meaning in Leviticus Rabbah.” The paper can be downloaded here.

The event will take place on Monday, October 22nd at 1:30pm in Social Science Research building room 224 (John Hope Franklin room), at 1126 E. 59th Street. Feel free to bring your lunch to the table, along with questions, reflections and a listening ear.

If you have any questions, please contact shonkoff@uchicago.edu or mbilsker@uchicago.edu

See you there!

10/15 Erik Dreff — Rosenzweig’s Star of Redemption as a System of Philosophy

In this joint session of the Jewish Studies Workshop and the Philosophy of Religions Club, Erik Dreff (PhD student in History of Judaism) will present his paper entitled “Rosenzweig’s Star of Redemption as a System of Philosophy.” Erik’s paper can be downloaded here.

The event will take place on Monday, October 15th at 1:30pm in the John Hope Franklin room, located in Social Science Research Building room 224, at 1126 E. 59th Street (***NOTE CHANGE OF LOCATION FROM LAST YEAR’S JST_HB MEETINGS!).

If you have any questions, please contact shonkoff@uchicago.edu or mbilsker@uchicago.edu

See you there!

Paper: 10/4 Prof. Holger Zellentin — Rabbinic Historiography as a Response to Christian Triumphalism

The Jewish Studies and Medieval Studies Workshops present:
Holger Zellentin
“Rabbinic Historiography as a Response to Christian Triumphalism: The Destruction of the Temple in Aramaic, Syriac and Greek Discourse”
Thursday, October 4, 2012, 12:00pm
(feel free to bring lunch to the workshop!)
John Hope Franklin Room
Social Science Research Building (1126 E. 59th Street, Chicago, IL 60637)

Prof. Zellentin teaches Judaism at the University of Nottingham. His recent publications include Rabbinic Parodies of Jewish and Christian Literature and “The End of Jewish Egypt: Artapanus’ Second Exodus.” He is currently at work on a study of rabbinic adaptations of Christian narrative as well as on a study of the legal hermeneutics of the Qu’ran in its Late Antique context for which he has received and Early Career Fellowship of the British Arts and Humanities Research Council.
Prof. Zellentin’s paper can be downloaded here.