Symposium ‘Understanding Judaism: New Approaches to Rabbinic Literature’ (20&21 March 2023)
The board of the Compendia Rerum Iudaicarum ad Novum Testamentum foundation is thrilled to extend its invitation to you to join the two-day symposium ‘Understanding Judaism: New Approaches to Rabbinic Literature’, featuring honored Yale Professor Christine Hayes and other notable speakers such as Professors Peter Tomson, Martin Goodman, Lutz Doering, and Annette Merz.
The symposium addresses the ways recent developments in the study of Rabbinic literature affect long-standing modes of approaching culture, religion, and society in Late Antiquity. The seminar will take place at Utrecht University (Utrecht, the Netherlands) on March 20th and 21st, 2023, and celebrates the publication of Christine Hayes’ groundbreaking volume of The Literature of the Sages: A Re-Visioning (CRINT 16; Leiden: Brill, 2022). The symposium will include a masterclass featuring up-and-coming students and their work.
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Symposium Programme
Day 1
09:30 Entrance
10:00 Eric Ottenheijm, Opening
10:10 Introduction by Peter J. Tomson
10:45 Coffee/Tea Break
11:00 Christine Hayes, Introductory Lecture
11:45 Questions from the audience
12:15 Lunch
13.30 Responses by three external specialists: Lutz Doering; Martin Goodman; Annette Merz.
15.00 Tea Break
15.30 Response of Prof. Hayes
Followed by a general discussion on the volume’s merits and final words by Eric Ottenheijm
16.00 Reception
18:00 Dinner (invited guests only)
Day 2
09:30 Entrance
10:00 Eric Ottenheijm, Opening
10:15 Masterclass (part I)
11:30 Coffee/Tea break
11:45 Masterclass (part II)
13:00 Lunch
To register for the symposium or see more info, click here.