Summer Seminar "Aramaic in Post-Biblical Judaism and Early Christianity"
Beth Mardutho: The Syriac Institute
George A. Kiraz
James E. Walters
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Beth Mardutho: The Syriac Institute
2004
Vol. 7, No. 1
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Syriac Studies
Seminar
Aramaic
Post-Biblical Judaism
Early Christianity
Duke
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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