Summer Seminar "Aramaic in Post-Biblical Judaism and Early Christianity" Beth Mardutho: The Syriac Institute George A. Kiraz James E. Walters TEI XML encoding by html2TEI.xsl Beth Mardutho: The Syriac Institute 2004 Vol. 7, No. 1 For this publication, a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International license has been granted by the author(s), who retain full copyright. https://hugoye.bethmardutho.org/article/hv7n1fcdukearamaicseminar Summer Seminar "Aramaic in Post-Biblical Judaism and Early Christianity" https://hugoye.bethmardutho.org/pdf/vol7/HV7N1FCDukeAramaicSeminar.pdf Hugoye: Journal of Syriac Studies Beth Mardutho: The Syriac Institute, vol 7 issue 1 Hugoye: Journal of Syriac Studies is an electronic journal dedicated to the study of the Syriac tradition, published semi-annually (in January and July) by Beth Mardutho: The Syriac Institute. Published since 1998, Hugoye seeks to offer the best scholarship available in the field of Syriac studies. Syriac Studies Seminar Aramaic Post-Biblical Judaism Early Christianity Duke File created by XSLT transformation of original HTML encoded article. SEMINAR ANNOUNCEMENT Sponsored by the National Endowment for the Humanities Duke University June 14 - July 23, 2004 [1] In this six-week seminar, participants will study the Aramaic language and literature of post-biblical Judaism and early Christianity. In the mornings, participants will receive intensive instruction in three dialects of Aramaic: Jewish Literary Aramaic of first-century Judea and Qumran, Jewish Palestinian Aramaic of Galilee in the third century and later, and Syriac, used extensively in Eastern Christianity. The Seminar is structured so that participants, upon successful completion, will have mastered at least one dialect for use in their personal research. [2] In the evenings, there will be seminars discussing the literature written in these dialects and analyzing how that literature can be used in historical and religious studies of ancient Judaism and Christianity. Topics will include: Dead Sea Scrolls, Bar Kokhba, synagogue and ossuary inscriptions, the language of Jesus, Targum and Peshitta, rabbinic literature, Dura Europos, as well as Ephrem and Aphrahat. One week will be devoted to seminars on the history and development of the Aramaic language. [3] The organizers and principal teachers are: Eric M. Meyers (Duke University), Paul V.M. Flesher (University of Wyoming), and Lucas Van Rompay (Duke University). [4] Guest teachers and seminar leaders include: Michael Sokoloff (Bar Ilan University, Israel); Douglas Gropp (Catholic University of America); Hayim Lapin (University of Maryland); Tina Shepardson (University of Tennesee, Knoxville). [5] Participants (American citizens or those who have been affiliated with an American institution for at least three years) will be selected from applicants who have completed their doctoral dissertation. Knowledge of Hebrew as well as elementary knowledge of (any type of) Aramaic are a prerequisite. Successful applicants will receive a stipend of $3700. The deadline for applications is March 1, 2004. [6] For further information as well as for application forms, see: http://www.duke.edu/web/nehdas/ or contact:Nancy Hurtgen Department of Religion NEH Seminar Box 90964 Duke University Durham, NC 27708-0964 919.660-3500 nhurtgen@duke.edu