Jewish Intellectual History: The Known and the New
Marianne Novak, Biblical Period I
April 15: Sinai and Shavuot: Revelation and Ritual
April 22: After Revelation, Now What?
Malka Simkovich, Biblical Period II
April 29: Real Messiahs, False Messiahs, Half Messiahs: Apocalypticism & Messianism in Early Judaism
May 6: Was Second Temple Judaism Really Sectarian? And If So, What's a Sect?
May 13: Philo of Alexandria: His Life, Thought, and Lasting Impact
Barry Wimpfheimer, The Rabbinic Period
May 29: The Talmud as Icon
No source sheet for this lecture; but read Chapter 1 of Prof. Wimpheimer's new book, The Talmud: A Biography, here.
David Shyovitz: The Medieval Period
June 3: The Islamic Golden Age & the "Translation" of Jewish Culture
Source Sheet Supplemental source: English/Hebrew
June 10: Spreading Secrets: Philosophical and Mystical Esotericism in Medieval Sepharad [Audio not available]
June 17: Piety and Polemic: The Jews of Medieval Ashkenaz
Ben Z. Katz: The Medieval Period & the Rambam
Dr. Katz's presentations will start at 7:00 pm rather than 8:00
June 24: Maimonides: an overview of his life and thought
July 8: Mishnah Torah
July 15: The Guide to the Perplexed
