The Many Lives of Biblical Poems: A Scholar’s Roundtable - Princeton Theological Seminary
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The Many Lives of Biblical Poems: A Scholar’s Roundtable

October 8 @ 3:00 pm - 5:00 pm

Princeton Theological Seminary will host this roundtable on Biblical poetry in partnership with the Herbert D. Katz Center for Advanced Judaic Studies from the University of Pennsylvania.

The keynote address, “Poetry, Prophecy, and Catastrophe: On the Weak Prophetic Voices of H.N. Bialik, M. NourbeSe Philip, and Neomi Hashmonai,” will be provided by Dr. Yosefa Raz, associate professor at the University of Haifa. Her book The Poetics of Prophecy: Modern Afterlives of a Biblical Tradition, was published this year by Cambridge University Press.

Following her presentation, participants will hear from a roundtable of scholars including:

Ilana Pardes, Hebrew University

Chip Dobbs-Allsopp, Princeton Theological Seminary

A.J. Berkovitz, Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion

Elaine James, Princeton Theological Seminary

 

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October 8
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3:00 pm - 5:00 pm
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