Provisional Schedule Schedule is based on Eastern Standard Time (New York Time)
Tuesday, April 12:
9:00-9:15am Welcome – Introduction to the Year-End Event (Gabriele Boccaccini)
9:15-10:30am Session 1 – John J. Collins, ‘Second Temple Judaism: A Contested Field’ (pre-circulated paper)
10:45am-12pm Session 2 – AJ Levine, ‘Jesus and the Liberal Academy: From First Century Jew to Twenty-First Century Anti-Fascist’ (pre-circulated paper)
2-4pm Session 3 – Reading Session: The Similitudes of Enoch (Kelley Coblentz Bautch)
6-7:30pm Public Lecture: John Collins, ‘Varieties of Judaism and the Origin of Christianity’
Wednesday, April 13:
10am-12pm Session 4 – Material culture (Michael; Cate; Gregg)
2-4pm Session 5 – ‘Second Temple Judaism and Christian Origins: Retrospect and Prospects,’ Frankel Fellows Roundtable Discussion
6-7:30pm Session 6 – Public Lecture: AJ Levine, ‘When the Bible becomes weaponized: Detecting and disarming Jew-hatred’
The focus of this discussion is the intersection between research and public understanding of the Pharisees. Recent scholarship, including The Pharisees (Sievers & Levine, 2021), recognizes both the historical role of the Pharisees within the life of early Judaism and the eventual merging of “Pharisee” and “Jew” in our cultural imagination. However, this research has not yet found a place in popular discourse, where “Pharisee” and “pharisaic” remain terms of disapprobation and where such negative usage can convey antisemitic impressions. A collection of world experts will explore how scholars and laity may present the Pharisees in teaching and preaching.
With sadness we note the recent passing of two important scholars, Joseph Blenkinsopp (1927-2022) and Aharon Oppenheimer (1940-2022). Both have contributed significantly to our understanding of Jewish antiquity. May their memories be a blessing.
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