Conference To Examine Bible
UC's Department of Judaic Studies will offer a conference honoring UC Professor Emeritus Anthony D. York on his retirement.
DATE: Friday, March 7, 2003
CO-SPONSORS: Department of English and the Program in Religious Studies,
University of Cincinnati McMicken College of Arts and Sciences
SCHEDULE:
9:30-11:45 a.m. - The Bible in the Ancient World
Chair: Richard Sarason, Hebrew Union College
- Anthony D. York, English and Judaic Studies, UC
"The Reception History of Job: Some Modern Examples" - David Weisberg, HUC
"Scripture in Context -- An Elegant Way to Read the Bible" - John Brolley, Judaic Studies and Religious Studies, UC
"The Bible in Syriac Christian Amulets" - Steven Bowman, Judaic Studies, UC
"Yosippon at Play: The Old and New Testaments in a Medieval Midrash
1-3:30 p.m. - The Bible from Luther to Freud
Chair: Lowanne Jones, Romance Languages, UC
- Richard Schade, German Studies, UC
Luther's Bible Translation and Literary Culture in Germany - Kristi Nelson, Art History, UC
Visually Representing the Sacrifice of Isaac in the Age of Rembrandt - Jay Twomey, English and Comparative Literature, UC
The Outcast: American Contexts for the Book of Ruth - Gila Safran-Naveh, Judaic Studies, UC
The Biblical Tamar and Modern Psychoanalysis
Closing Comments: Anthony D. York and Steven Fine, head of Judaic Studies
LOCATION: Hillel Jewish Center, 2615 Clifton Ave.
COST: Free and open to the public.
INFORMATION: Department of Judaic Studies, (513) 556-2297 or judaic.studies@uc.edu
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