British Academy: The UK's National Academy for the Humanities and Social Sciences
Rabbinic Texts and the History of Late-Roman Palestine
Convenors: Professor Martin Goodman, FBA (Oxford) and
Professor Philip Alexander, FBA (Manchester)
The British Academy, 10 Carlton House Terrace, London SW1Y 5AH
Monday, 10 March 2008 - Wednesday 12, March 2008
Programme
Monday 10 March 2008
| 1.30 | Registration |
| Session 1 | |
| 2.00 | The Current State of Scholarship on Rabbinic Literature Philip Alexander, Manchester |
| 2.45 | The Current State of Scholarship on the History of Late-Roman Palestine Fergus Millar, Oxford |
| 3.30 | Tea and coffee |
| Session 2 | |
| 4.00 | Mishnah Amram Tropper, Ben Gurion |
| 4.45 | Tosefta Ronen Reichman, Heidelberg |
| Session 3 | |
| 6.00 | Public Debate - The Editing of Rabbinic Texts Peter Schäfer, Princeton and Chaim Milikowsky, Bar Ilan |
| 7.30 | Reception and Dinner |
Tuesday 11 March 2008
| 8.30 | Tea and coffee available |
| Session 4 | |
| 9.00 | Halakhic midrashim Guenter Stemberger, Vienna |
| 9.45 | Yerushalmi Sacha Stern, UCL |
| 10.30 | Tea and coffee |
| Session 5 | |
| 11.00 | Bavli Richard Kalmin, JTSA |
| 11.45 | Amoraic Midrashim Alexander Samely, Manchester |
| 12.00 | Lunch |
| Session 6 | |
| 2.00 | Piyyut Wout van Bekkum, Groningen |
| 2.45 | Targum Robert Hayward, Durham |
| 3.30 | Tea and Coffee |
| Session 7 | |
| 4.00 | Iggeret R. Sherira Robert Brody, Hebrew University |
| 4.45 | Mysticism Peter Schäfer, Princeton |
| Session 8 | |
| 6.00 | Public Debate - Archaeology and the Rabbinic Texts Seth Schwartz, JTSA and Fergus Millar, Oxford |
Wednesday 12 March 2008
| Session 9 | |
| 8:30 | Tea and Coffee |
| 9.00 | Culture Seth Schwartz, JTSA |
| 9.45 | Material Culture and Daily Life Catherine Hezser, SOAS |
| 10.30 | Tea and Coffee |
| Session 10 | |
| 11.00 | Judaism Moshe Lavee, Leo Baeck |
| 11.45 | Christianity William Horbury, Cambridge |
| 12.30 | Lunch |
| Session 11 | |
| 2.00 | Politics and administration Aharon Oppenheimer,Tel Aviv |
| 2.45 | Economics and society Hayim Lapin, Maryland |
| 3.30 | Tea and Coffee |
| 4.00 | Concluding Session |