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German Presents, Jewish Pasts

The Politics of Ancient Judaism in 19th-Century Germania
 

 

Paper at SBL/AAR in Boston

Paul will be giving a paper on portraits of ancient Judaism by 19th-century German classicists at the annual conference of the Society of Biblical Literature and American Academy of Religion, this year in Boston.

Track him down for a chat on the reception circuit.

S19-130

Metacriticism of Biblical Scholarship
11/19/2017
9:00 AM to 11:30 AM
Room: Dalton (Third Level) - Sheraton Boston Hotel (SB)

Theme: Secular Criticism: How It's Done

Andre Gagne, Concordia University - Université Concordia, Presiding
Ryan Austin Fitzgerald, University of Texas at Austin
Socio-Academic Capital and the Perpetuation of Categorical Repackaging (30 min)
Andrew Tobolowsky, College of William and Mary
Deconstructing (and Reconstructing?) Biblical History: The Pentateuch and the Primary History (30 min)
Paul Michael Kurtz, University of Cambridge
Politics Past in the Present: Ancient Judaism in 19th-century Prussia (30 min)
Rebecca Raphael, Texas State University
Text as Vector: Secular Criticism of Composite Texts (30 min)
Discussion (30 min)

This project is generously financed through the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under the Marie Skłodowska-Curie grant agreement No. 749628.