1999-2000 Colloquium

Gruss Colloquium in Judaic Studies

HEBRAICA VERITAS?

Christian Hebraists, Jews, and The Study of Judaism
in Early Modern Europe

May 1 - 3, 2000

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MONDAY, MAY 1	Logan Hall, Room 17, University of Pennsylvania, 249 S. 36th Street
1:00 pm	GREETINGS David Ruderman Director, Center for Advanced Judaic Studies Samuel H. Preston Dean, School of Arts and Sciences
1:15 pm	MEDIEVAL ANTECEDENTS
	Chair: Ann Matter, University of Pennsylvania Michael Signer, University of Notre Dame Polemic and Exegesis: The Varieties of Christian Hebraism in 12th Century France Harvey Hames, Ben Gurion University/CAJS From Nahmanides and Friar Paul to Solomon ibn Adret and Ramon Llull: Approaches to Jewish-Christian Interaction in the 13th Century Israel Yuval, Hebrew University/CAJS Ora Limor, Open University/CAJS Christianity versus Judaism in the Eyes of Yom Tov Lipmann Muhlhausen Respondent: Bernard McGinn, University of Chicago
3:15 pm	Coffee
3:45 pm	THE DIGNITY OF MAN: JEWISH WISDOM AND THE ITALIAN RENAISSANCE
	Chair: Ann Moyer, University of Pennsylvania Moshe Idel, Hebrew University/CAJS Jewish Renaissance Discussions of the Dignity of Man Brian Copenhaver, University of California, Los Angeles Pico’s Cabalist Oration Fabrizio Lelli, Theological Faculty of Central Italy/CAJS Jews, Humanists, and Pagan Wisdom in 15th Century Florence Respondent: Arthur Lesley, Baltimore Hebrew University
6:15 pm	Cocktails (by invitation)
7:00 pm	Dinner (by invitation) Center for Advanced Judaic Studies, 420 Walnut Street

TUESDAY, MAY 2	Logan Hall, Room 17, University of Pennsylvania, 249 S. 36th Street
8:45 am	THE REFORMATION: CONFESSIONAL VARIETIES OF HEBRAICA VERITAS
	Chair: Thomas Safley, University of Pennsylvania Joanna Weinberg, Leo Baeck College/CAJS Sebastian Münster, The German Ezra Stephen Burnett, University of Nebraska/CAJS Luther’s Encounter with Jewish Biblical Commentaries Piet van Boxel, Leo Baeck College/CAJS Bellarmine and The Vulgate Respondent: Michael Heyd, Hebrew University/CAJS
10:45 am	Coffee
11:15 am	JEWISH-CHRISTIAN COLLABORATION: PRINTING, CENSORSHIP, AND ANTIQUARIAN SCHOLARSHIP
	Chair: Aaron Katchen, Association of Jewish Studies/CAJS Amnon Raz-Krakotzkin, Ben Gurion University Censorship, Hebraism, and the Emergence of Modern Jewish Consciousness Peter Miller, University of Maryland/CAJS Peiresc’s Collaboration with R. Salomon Azubi: Astronomy and Antiquities in Early 17th Century Provence Benjamin Ravid, Brandeis University The Venetian Government as Translator and Publisher of Jewish Texts Respondent: Peter Stallybrass, University of Pennsylvania
1:15 pm	Lunch Break
2:15 pm	EARLY MODERN REPRESENTATIONS OF JEWS AND JUDAISM
	Chair: Larry Silver, University of Pennsylvania Yaacov Deutsch, Hebrew University/CAJS The Day of Atonement in the Writings of Christian Hebraists Joseph Hacker, Hebrew University/CAJS Christian Travelers and Jewish Guides in the Levant (1580-1625) Elisheva Carlebach, Queens College Between Converts and Hebraists: Rivalry for the Representation of Judaism Respondent: Guy G. Stroumsa, Hebrew University/CAJS
4:15 pm	Coffee
4:30 pm	SUBVERSIVE CONSEQUENCES OF CHRISTIAN HEBRAISM IN THE EARLY ENLIGHTENMENT
	Chair: Jeffrey Shoulson, University of Miami/CAJS Silvia Berti, La Sapienza University, Rome/CAJS Jews and Karaites on Bernard Picart’s Path to Anti-Christianism Wilhelm Schmidt-Biggemann, Free University, Berlin/CAJS The Philological Destruction of Hebraica Veritas: Richard Simon’s Histoire Critique du Vieux Testament Matt Goldish, Ohio State University/CAJS Kabbalah Criticism and Biblical Criticism in the Early Enlightenment Respondent: Israel Bartal, Hebrew University/CAJS
7:00 pm	Dinner (by invitation) Logan Hall, Terrace Room, University of Pennsylvania, 249 S. 36th Street
8:30 pm	Anthony Grafton, Princeton University/CAJS Doctor Faustus as a Christian Hebraist

WEDNESDAY, MAY 3	Logan Hall, Room 17, University of Pennsylvania, 249 S. 36th Street
9:00 am	AMBIVALENT ENCOUNTERS: JUDAISM AND THE ENLIGHTENMENT
	Chair: Jason Rosenblatt, Georgetown University/CAJS Adam Sutcliffe, University of Illinois, Urbana The Decline of Christian Hebraism and the Emergence of the Enlightenment Allison Coudert, Arizona State University/CAJS Christian Kabbalah, Science, and the Enlightenment Nils Roemer, Columbia University/CAJS Colliding Visions: Jewish Messianism and German Scholarship in the 18th Century Respondent: Liliane Weissberg, University of Pennsylvania
11:00 am	Coffee
11:30 am	CONCLUDING SESSION
	Chair: David Ruderman, University of Pennsylvania/CAJS Moshe Idel, Hebrew University/CAJS Bernard McGinn, University of Chicago Richard Popkin, University of California, Los Angeles/Emeritus Michael Heyd, Hebrew University/CAJS
1:15 pm	Concluding Luncheon (by invitation) followed by Board of Overseers meeting Logan Hall, Terrace Room University of Pennsylvania, 249 S. 36th Street

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University of Pennsylvania

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