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Forwarded on behalf of James R. Davila and posted on the Orion Bulletin
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ANNOUNCING AN INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON

THE DEAD SEA SCROLLS
AS BACKGROUND TO POSTBIBLICAL JUDAISM
AND EARLY CHRISTIANITY

26-28 June 2001
St. Mary's College
University of St. Andrews
St. Andrews, Scotland

	Organizer:  Dr. James R. Davila (Lecturer in Early Jewish Studies,
University of St. Andrews)
	Sponsors:  The Divinity School and the School of Greek, Latin and
Ancient History of the University of St. Andrews

THE CONFERENCE

This conference will gather scholars from around the world to explore how
the Dead Sea Scrolls contribute to our knowledge of the background of both
rabbinic and noncanonical forms of Judaism, and of the origins and early
development of Christianity.

A RELATED ONLINE COURSE MODULE AND DISCUSSION LIST

In preparation for the conference, Dr. Davila will be teaching a course
module on the Dead Sea Scrolls at the Divinity School of the University of
St. Andrews, in which students will read and discuss the major sectarian
texts from Qumran with a view toward understanding their place in Second
Temple Judaism.  Attention will also be given to the archaeological context
of the Qumran discoveries, as well as to the revolutionary importance of
the scrolls for our understanding of the Hebrew Bible, the New Testament,
and later Judaism.  The module will be taught alongside an international
Internet discussion list (qumran@st-andrews.ac.uk) beginning in February
2001.  Subscriptions to the list are now being accepted.  For more details
and subscription information, see the Dead Sea Scrolls web page at:
http://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/~www_sd/qumran.html.

CONFERENCE SPEAKERS INCLUDE

Richard Bauckham, Esther Chazon (provisional), James R. Davila, Timothy
Lim, and Geza Vermes

CALL FOR SHORT PAPERS

Proposals for short (20-25 minute) papers are now being accepted.  These
may be on any area relevant to the theme of the conference, including (but
not limited to) the Dead Sea Scrolls and rabbinic halakhah; rabbinic
aggadah; the Jewish liturgy; Jewish messianism, mysticism, and magic; the
Old Testament Pseudepigrapha and Christian Apocrypha; Jesus; the Apostle
Paul; early Christian eschatology; Gnosticism; and Jewish and Christian
exegesis of scripture.  E-mail submission of proposals is encouraged.  Send
a 500 word abstract/proposal to Dr. James R. Davila at
jrd4@st-andrews.ac.uk (or, if necessary, at St. Mary's College, University
of St. Andrews, St. Andrews, Fife KY16 9JU, Scotland).

REGISTRATION INFORMATION

The registration form and further particulars may be found on the Dead Sea
Scrolls Conference web page at
http://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/~www_sd/qumran_conference.html.  If any
difficulties are encountered, please contact Dr. Davila by e-mail.

This announcement is being sent to Acts-L, Alexandria, B-Greek, Corpus
Paulinum, Graphai, Ioudaios-L, the Jewish Studies Newsletter, LT-ANTIQ,
Orion, Qumran, Revelation, Synoptic-L, Syria, and XTalk.  Please feel free
to forward it to other relevant lists or individuals.  Apologies for any
duplications.



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