The Yeshiva University Dead Sea Scrolls Seminar June 8, 2014
The Yeshiva University Dead Sea Scrolls Seminar
Is pleased to invite you to our second
Annual conference on the Dead Sea Scrolls
June 8, 2014 – 1PM-4PM
Kovno Room
Yeshiva University Museum @ the Center for Jewish History
15 West 16th Street
New York, NY 10011
Lawrence H. Schiffman, Vice-Provost for Undergraduate Education and Professor of Judaic Studies, Yeshiva University
1:05-1:45 “Creature of Clay: Humanity According to the Thanksgiving Hymns”
Jeffrey Garcia, Lecturer in Bible, Nyack College
1:45-2:25 “When Insiders Become Outsiders: The Fear of Deviance in the Community Rule”
Ari J. Mermelstein, Assistant Professor of Bible, Yeshiva University
2:25-2:35 Break
2:35-3:15 “Torah and Prayer as Replacements for the Temple: Qumran and the Rabbis”
Azzan Yadin-Israel, Associate Professor of Jewish Studies and Classics, Rutgers University
3:15-3:55 “Looking for ‘Literature’ in the Dead Sea Scrolls: The Poetry of the War Scroll (1QM) from Qumran”
Moshe J. Bernstein, Professor of Bible and Jewish History and David A. and Fannie M. Denenberg Chair in Biblical Studies, Yeshiva University
3:55-4:00 Closing Remarks
Professor Schiffman
After the lectures, attendees are invited to tour the YU Museum exhibition Modeling the Synagogue: From Dura to Touro, featuring seven scale models of historic synagogues.
Who may attend this lecture and is there a fee?
Fond regards,
Christopher M. Black M.A.