1997-1998 Colloquium

MONDAY, April 27	Rainey Auditorium, University of Pennsylvania Museum 33rd and Spruce Streets (use Kress Entrance)
1:00 pm	GREETINGS David B. Ruderman, Director, Center for Judaic Studies Rebecca W. Bushnell, Associate Dean for Arts and Letters
1:15 pm	REPRESENTATION OF DEITY IN THE ANCIENT NEAR EAST Chair: Linda Bregstein, Penn State University/CJS Lucius N. Littauer Fellow Victor Hurowitz, Ben-Gurion University/CJS Manufacturing Idols Tallay Ornan-Bigelman, Israel Museum, CJS Idol vs. Symbol: Images of Deities in First Millennium BCE Mesopotamian Art Ann Macy Roth, Howard University Ancient Egyptian Depictions of Deities Mark Smith, Saint Joseph's University/CJS Representations of Divinity at Ugarit
3:30 pm	Coffee
4:00 pm	REPRESENTATION OF DEITY IN ANCIENT ISRAEL Chair: Theodore Lewis, University of Georgia/CJS Elizabeth Bloch-Smith, Ashkelon Excavations Representations of Divinity in the Archaeological Record of Ancient Israel Christoph Uehlinger, University of Fribourg Arad, Qitmit-Judahite Aniconism vs, Edomite Iconic Cult? Tikva Frymer-Kensky, University of Chicago/CJS Moses Aaron Dropsie Fellow Representations of Deity in Biblical Literature
7:15 pm	Dinner and Evening Program (by invitation) Center for Judaic Studies, 420 Walnut Street
8:30 pm	Chair: Barry Eichler, University of Pennsylania/CJS Arthur Goren, Columbia University/Hebrew University Guy Welbon, University of Pennsylvania Image-Making in India

TUESDAY, April 28	Rainey Auditorium, University of Pennsylvania Museum 33rd and Spruce Streets (use Kress Entrance)
9:30 am	ROYAL CULT Chair: William Hallo, Yale University Jacob Klein, Bar-Ilan University/CJS The King in Sumer Harry Hoffner, University of Chicago The Hittite King Peter Machinist, Harvard University The Neo-Assyrian King Respondent: Ziony Zevit, University of Judaism/CJS
1145 am	Lunch Break
1:00 pm	CULT IN THE TEMPLE: BLOOD Chair: Saul Olyan, Brown University/CJS Gary Beckman, University of Michigan/CJS Blood in Hittite Ritual Stanley Stower, Brown University Blood in Greek Cult Tzvi Abusch, Brandeis Univeristy Blood in Mesopotamia and Israel
3:15 pm	Coffee
3:45 pm	TEMPLES Chair: Wayne Horowitz, Hebrew University/CJS David O'Connor, Institute of Fine Arts, New York University Egyptian Temples William Dever, University of Arizona Are There Temples in Ancient Israel?: The Archaelogical Evidence Othmar Keel, University of Fribourg Some Major Cult Centers of the Ancient Near and Their Impact on Palestine John Monson, Wheaton College The Atn Fara Temple and the Jerusalem Temple
7:00 pm	Dinner and Evening Program (by invitation) Lower Egypt Room, University Museum
8:15 pm	Chair: Amnon Ben-Tor, Hebrew University/CJS Ellie and Herb Katz Distinguished Fellow Lawrence Stager, Harvard University The Crisis of the Tenth Century BCE
WEDNESDAY, April 29	Rainey Auditorium, University of Pennsylvania Museum 33rd and Spruce Streets (use Kress Entrance)
9:00 am	MONOTHEISM Chair: Jeffrey Tigay, University of Pennsylvania James Allen, Metropolitan Museum of Art Ancient Egyptian Monotheism Nili Fox, Hebrew Union College, Cincinnati/CJS Erica A. Strauss Teaching Fellow Monotheism in Israel James Russell, Cornell University Zoroastrianism
11:00 am	Coffee
11:15 am	CONCLUSION Chair: Gary Rendsburg, Cornell University/CJS Nancy and Lawrence Glick Teaching Fellow Jack Sasson, University of North Carolina
1:00 pm	Concluding Luncheon and Board of Overseers Meeting (by invitation) Mosaic Gallery, University Museum

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