“The Language of Divinity: Modernity and the Deep Past” Lecture Series: “What Jews Talk About When They Don’t Talk About Judaism” with Daniel Boyarin
The Program in Scripture and the Arts is proud to present the third and final speaker in its 2014-2015 speaker series, Taubman Professor of Talmudic Culture, Departments of Near Eastern Studies and Rhetoric, University of California Berkeley, Daniel Boyarin. Professor Boyarin is a historian of religion and Talmudic culture whose work on Jewish identity and Talmud hermeneutics has crucially informed the contemporary study of early Judaisms. In this lecture, he will argue that the term “Judaism” is irrelevant for ancient Jewry, demonstrating how such prominent Judaean (Jewish) writers as Josephus perceived the practices of the Judaeans in ways that did not set apart some putative “Judaism” or mark the Judaeans as structurally different from the other peoples of the Mediterranean.
Co-Sponsored by the Elie Wiesel Center for Judaic Studies and the Boston University Center for the Humanities
Free and Open to the Public
When: Thursday, April 30 2015 at 5:30 pm, lecture with reception to follow
Location: The Castle at Boston University (225 Bay State Rd, Boston, MA)
Transportation: Closest T stop is the B Line on the Green Line at BU Central; closest public parking lot is at 665 Commonwealth Ave, at the corner of Granby St. and Commonwealth.