Harvard University GSAS Hebrew Bible Workshop

2008-2009 GSAS Judaism in Antiquity Workshop

Faculty Advisors: Professors Shaye J. D. Cohen, Jon Levenson, and Peter Machinist

Student Coordinators: Jonathan Kaplan, Ph.D. candidate Hebrew Bible, NELC and Ari Finkelstein, Ph.D. candidate, Jewish Studies, NELC

The Judaism in Antiquity Workshop provides a forum for graduate students and faculty to present papers in subjects related to Ancient Judaism. The main purposes of the workshop are: (1) to create an environment for graduate students and professors from across Harvard to discuss common topics of interest within the field of Judaism in Antiquity from the perspectives of various disciplines, which they cannot otherwise do easily on campus; (2) to educate students in new approaches and disciplines relevant to their own research; and, (3) to create new contacts within the Harvard community. The scope of the Judaism in Antiquity Workshop is broad and includes topics of Judaism in the Persian, Hellenistic and Roman Periods. Aspects of Jewish life in these periods shall be examined using a variety of disciplines including: archaeology, sociology, history, literary studies, numismatics, epigraphy, and philology. The workshop encourages papers in all stages of completion, from the earliest working-out of an idea to the finished product. All talks are given on Tuesdays at 5:15 pm in room 201 of the Semitic Museum and are open to all. Kosher refreshments are served.

If you have questions or need further information about this workshop, please contact the student coordinators Jonathan Kaplan (kaplan@fas.harvard.edu) and Ari Finkelstein (finkels@fas.harvard.edu).

Spring 2009 Workshop Schedule:

Tuesday, February 24 at 5:30pm :

Noam Mizrahi

“The Songs of the Sabbath Sacrifice Compared with Biblical Priestly Literature: Linguistic and Stylistic Aspects”

Visiting Post-Doctoral Fellow, Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations, Harvard University