Experiencing the Jewish Bible: Spotlights on History and Tradition

Salo W. and Jeannette M. Baron Young Scholars Awards Workshop

Program

4.00 – 4.10 p.m. CEST
Opening / Words of Welcome
Armin Lange and Kerstin Mayerhofer (Vienna)

Part I
Chair: Kerstin Mayerhofer

4.10 – 4.30 p.m. CEST
The Hebrew University Bible Project:
Past, Present and Future
Michael Segal (Jerusalem)

4.30 – 4.45 p.m. CEST
Discussion

4.45 – 5.05 p.m. CEST
The Most Ancient Medieval Bible Manuscripts
Judith Olszowy-Schlanger (Oxford)

5.05 – 5.20 p.m. CEST
Discussion

5.20 – 5.40 p.m. CEST
The Bible as PR: The Use of Jewish Scripture in the
Public Debate over Soviet Jewish Migration

Amy Fedeski (Kingston, Ontario)

5.40 – 5.55 p.m. CEST
Discussion

5.55 – 6.10 p.m. CEST
Break

6.10 – 6.15 p.m. CEST
Recap Part I
Armin Lange (Vienna)

Part II
Chair: Amy Fedeski

6.15 – 6.35 p.m. CEST
Biblical Intertextuality in Modern Mizrahi Literature
Alina Schittenhelm (Potsdam/Tel Aviv)

6.35 – 6.50 p.m. CEST
Discussion

6.50 – 7.10 p.m. CEST
The Strange Case of the Book of Jonah
in the Twelve Prophets
Russell Fuller (San Diego)

7.10 – 7.25 p.m. CEST
Discussion

7.25 – 7.30 p.m. CEST
Recap Part II
Armin Lange (Vienna)

7.30 – 7.50 p.m. CEST
Has the Field of Textual Criticism Changed
in the Past Half-Century?

Emanuel Tov (Jerusalem)

7.50 – 8.05 p.m. CEST
Discussion

8.05 – 8.15 p.m. CEST
Concluding Remarks
Armin Lange and Kerstin Mayerhofer (Vienna)

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