Integrating Judaism and Christianity into the Study of the Ancient World

The NYU Center for Ancient Studies in conjunction with the Skirball Department of Hebrew and Judaic Studies, the Global Network for Advanced Research in Jewish Studies, the Religious Studies Program, the Department of Classics, the Department of History, the Dean of the College of Arts and Science, and the Dean for the Humanities announces the

Ranieri Colloquium on Ancient Studies

INTEGRATING JUDAISM AND CHRISTIANITY INTO THE STUDY OF THE ANCIENT WORLD

Thursday and Friday, March 26-27, 2015
Hemmerdinger Hall
Silver Center for Arts and Science
32 Waverly Place or 31 Washington Place (wheelchair accessible)

THURSDAY, MARCH 26, 2015
5:00 p.m. WELCOME
Matthew S. Santirocco, NYU

5:15 p.m. KEYNOTE ADDRESS
The New Testament as a Source for the History of the Jews and Judaism
Lawrence H. Schiffman, NYU

6:15 p.m. PUBLIC RECEPTION
FRIDAY, MARCH 27, 2015
SESSION 1 [Session Chair, Jeffrey Rubenstein, NYU]

9:15 a.m. Samson in Stone: New Discoveries in the Ancient Synagogue at Huqoq in Israel’s Galilee
Jodi Magness, University of North Carolina

9:55 a.m. Jesus the Jurist: Written Law and Its Interpretation in the Christian Gospels
Daniel Fleming, NYU

10:35 a.m. The Dead Sea Scrolls “Instruction” Text and Its Hellenistic Context
Hindy Najman, Yale University

11:15 a.m. The Treaty of Apamea, the Decline of the Seleucid Empire, and Their Consequence
for Jewish Martyrology
R. Steven Notley, Nyack College

12:00 p.m. LUNCH BREAK

SESSION 2 [Session Chair, Michael Peachin, NYU]

1:00 p.m. Jews and the Imposition of Nicene Orthodoxy in the Late Antique Mediterranean Diaspora
Ross Kraemer, Brown University

1:40 p.m. Selling Souls: Early Christians (and Their Neighbors) as Religious Entrepreneurs
Nicola Denzey Lewis, Brown University

2:20 p.m. Practices of Seeing God(s) in Late Antiquity
Laura Nasrallah, Harvard University

3:00 p.m. The Rise of Authoritative Scripture and Its Interpretation in Ancient Judaism
Alex Jassen, NYU

This conference is free and open to the public. For more information, please contact the Center for Ancient Studies at ancient.studies@nyu.edu, or at 212.992.7978