The Orion Center is presenting a series of seminars relating to the Dead Sea Scrolls in memory of Professor Jonas C. Greenfield. The Greenfield Seminars are intended for researchers and graduate students. The seminars convene once or twice per month as announced, Please note: The Greenfield Scholars’ Seminar is held in the Mandel World Center of Jewish Studies, The Rabin Building, Room 2001/2, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Mt. Scopus.

• April 7, 2013
  Jonas C. Greenfield Scholars’ Seminar
  12:15–14:00
  Dr. Ryan E. Stokes, Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, U.S.A
  "Satan and Sin in Jubilees,1 Enoch, and the Dead Sea Scrolls"
  To read the invitation, please click here
  

• March 13, 2013
  Jonas C. Greenfield Scholars’ Seminar
  12:15–14:00
  Prof. Eileen Schuller, Dept. of Religious Studies McMaster University, Canada
  "Column IV of 1QHa and Issues in the Current Study of the Hodayot"
  To read the invitation, please click here
  

• December 26, 2012 - POSTPONED -
  Jonas C. Greenfield Scholars’ Seminar
  12:15–14:00
  Dr. Eshbal Ratson, Haifa University; Orion Center Matlow Scholar
  "The Structure of the Universe in 1 Enoch and its Sources" (in Hebrew)
  

• November 28, 2012
  Jonas C. Greenfield Scholars’ Seminar
  12:15–14:00
  Dr. Michael Segal, Department of Bible, The Hebrew University;
  Dr. Serge Ruzer, Department of Comparative Religion, The Hebrew University
  "The `Son of Man` from Daniel to the Gospels" (in Hebrew)
  To read the invitation, please click here
  

• April 17, 2012
  Jonas C. Greenfield Scholars’ Seminar
  12:30–14:00
  Prof. Loren T. Stuckenbruck, (Richard Dearborn Professor of New Testament Studies Princeton Theological Seminary)
  “Conflicting Stories: The Spirit Origin of Jesus’ Birth” (in Hebrew).
  To read the invitation, please click here
  For the abstract please click here.
  

• January 19, 2012
  Jonas C. Greenfield Scholars’ Seminar
  10:15 a.m–12 p.m.
  Prof. Vered Noam, (Tel-Aviv University) “The Story of King Jannaeus in b. Qiddushin 66a—A Pharisaic Reply to Sectarian Polemic” (in Hebrew).
  To read the Hebrew invitation, please click here
  

• December 28, 2011
  An Evening Colloquium - Beit Maiersdorf Faculty Club, Room 501
  The event celebrates the publication of two new books by Orion founder Michael E. Stone:
  Ancient Judaism: New Visions and Views
  Noah and His Book(s), edited with Aryeh Amihay and Vered Hillel
  For more information please click here

• December 7, 2011
  Jonas C. Greenfield Scholars’ Seminar
  12:15–2:00 p.m.
  Dr. Atar Livneh, (University of Haifa and the Orion Center) “‘With My Sword and Bow’: Literature, Exegesis, and History in Jubilees” (in Hebrew).
  To read the Hebrew invitation, please click here
  

• May 29, 2011
  Jonas C. Greenfield Scholars’ Seminar
  10:15–12:00 a.m
  Prof. Andrei Orlov, Marquette University, U.S.A
  "What is Below": The Mysteries of Leviathan in Jewish Pseudepigrapha and Mishnah Hagiga 2:1
  
  Dr. Reuven Kiperwasser, The Open University
  Leviathan and Behemoth from the Enochic to the Amoriac Literature: Midrashic Perspectives
  
  To read the Hebrew invitation, please click here
  

• May 19, 2011
  Jonas C. Greenfield Scholars’ Seminar
  12:15–14:00 a.m
  Dr. Cana Werman, Ben Gurion University
  The Book of Jubilees: Covert Interpretation in Overt Rewriting
  To read the Hebrew invitation, please click here
  

• April 7, 2011
  Jonas C. Greenfield Scholars’ Seminar
  10:30–12:00 a.m Prof. Jan Joosten, Université Marc Bloch, Strasbourg, France, Faculté de théologie protestante
  The Historical and Theological Lexicon of the Septuagint (HTLS): Reflections on a projected research tool
  To read the Hebrew invitation, please click here
  

• November 10, 2010
  Jonas C. Greenfield Scholars’ Seminar
  12:15–2:00 p.m. Prof. Menahem Kister, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
  Shraga Bar-On, The department of Jewish thought, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
  Yakir Paz, The department of Talmud, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
  “The Lord’s Allotment is his People” From Ancient Post-Biblical Interpretation to Late Midrash(in Hebrew)
  To read the Hebrew invitation, please click here
  

• December 15, 2010
  Jonas C. Greenfield Scholars’ Seminar
  12:15–2:00 p.m. Prof. Daniel R. Schwartz – scholars’ seminar Jewish History, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
  “Josephus on the Conquest of Pella (Antiq. 13.397) : On Conversion and Circumcision in the Hashmonean Period
  To read the Hebrew invitation, please click here

• May 11
  Jonas C. Greenfield Scholars’ Seminar
  12:15–2:00 p.m. Dr. Guy Stiebel (The Hebrew University ; Orion Postdoctoral Fellow, 2007–2009): “New Findings in Qumran Archaeology” (in Hebrew) To read the Hebrew invitation, please click here
  

• March 11
  Jonas C. Greenfield Scholars’ Seminar
  12:15–2:00 p.m. Dr. Liora Goldman (Departments of Bible and Jewish History, University of Haifa ; Orion Matlow Scholar): “4Q408: A Praise for God” (in Hebrew)
  To read the Hebrew invitation, please click here
  

• December 16, 2009
  Jonas C. Greenfield Scholars’ Seminar
  12:15–14:00. Dr. Mats Eskhult - Associate Professor of Semitic Languages, Dept. of Linguistics and Philology (Uppsala Universitet, Sweden): “Circumstantial Phrases and Clauses in Late Biblical Hebrew In the Light of Classical Biblical Hebrew and Other Semitic Languages” (English)
  Chairperson: Prof. (Emeritus) Avi Hurvitz Depts. of Bible and Hebrew Language, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
  To read the English invitation, please click here
  

• December 1, 2009
  Jonas C. Greenfield Scholars’ Seminar
  12:15–14:00. Dr. Moshe Morgenstern, Department of Hebrew Language, University of Haifa: “Jewish Literature and Mandaic Literature” (in Hebrew)
  To read the Hebrew invitation, please click here
  

• March 18, 2009
  Jonas C. Greenfield Scholars’ Seminar
  12:15–14:00. Dr. Esther Eshel (Department of Land of Israel Studies and Archaeology, Bar-Ilan University): “Women in the Genesis Apocryphon” (in Hebrew)
  To read the Hebrew invitation, please click here
  

• April 23, 2009
  Jonas C. Greenfield Scholars’ Seminar
  12:15–14:00. Prof. Menahem Kister (Department of Talmud, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem): “The Growth of a Text: Dynamics of Textual Development in Serekh Hayahad)” (in Hebrew).
  To read the Hebrew invitation, please click here
  

• May 19, 2009
  Jonas C. Greenfield Scholars’ Seminar
  12:15–14:00. Dr. Ariel Feldman (Department of Bible, University of Haifa; Jean Matlow Orion Fellowship recipient): “The Reworking of 1-2 Kings in 4Q382” (in Hebrew)
  To read the Hebrew invitation, please click here
  

• June 10, 2009
  Jonas C. Greenfield Scholars’ Seminar
  12:15–14:00. Dr. Ronnie Goldstein (Department of Bible, The Hebrew University Jerusalem): “A New Look at Two Late Babylonian Tablets” (in Hebrew)
  To read the Hebrew invitation, please click here