ORION CENTER CALENDAR ARCHIVE

• 2 November, 1999
  First coffee hour (coffee hour will be held on Tuesdays during the academic year), 9:15-10:00 a.m.
  Rm. 6115 (except when a presentation is scheduled)
  Faculty, students and visitors are welcome

• 10 November, 1999
  Greenfield Scholars Seminar
  Prof. Emanuel Tov
  Editor-in-Chief, Discoveries in the Judaean Desert series
  Bible Dept., Hebrew University
  "The Greek Texts from the Judaean Desert"
  12:15, Rm. 4121, Humanities Wing, Mt. Scopus

• 19 November, 1999
  Pontifical Biblical Institute Lecture
  Prof. Albert Baumgarten, Bar Ilan University
  "Four Stages of a Millennial Movement"
  10:30-12:00, Pontifical Biblical Institute, 3 Emil Botta Street, Jerusalem

• 30 November, 1999
  Coffee Hour
  Esther Eshel
  Bible Dept., Bar Ilan University
  "Abraham's Dream in the Genesis Apocryphon and in Parallel Sources"
  9:15, Rm. 4121, Humanities Wing, Mt. Scopus

• 3 December, 1999
  Pontifical Biblical Institute Lecture
  Dr. Esther Chazon, Hebrew University
  Director, Orion Center
  "Messianic Figures and Messianic Expectations in the Dead Sea Scrolls"
  10:30-12:00, Pontifical Biblical Institute, 3 Emil Botta Street, Jerusalem

• 17 December, 1999
  Pontifical Biblical Institute Lecture
  Prof. Serge Rogire, Hebrew University
  "The Kingdom of God and the End of Days in Second Temple Literature"
  10:30-12:00, Pontifical Biblical Institute, 3 Emil Botta Street, Jerusalem

• 22 December, 1999
  Greenfield Scholars Seminar
  Prof. Devorah Dimant
  Bible Dept., Haifa University
  "The Apocryphon of Jeremiah--a New Apocalyptic Composition from Qumran" (in Hebrew)
  12:15, Rm. 4121, Humanities Wing, Mt. Scopus

• 4 January, 2000
  Coffee Hour
  Beatrice Monco
  Research Student
  Hebrew University
  "Textual Transmission of Greek Apocryphal Literature"
  9:15, Rm. 4121, Humanities Wing, Mt. Scopus

• 18 January, 2000
  Pre-symposium program
  "Liturgical Perspectives: Prayer and Poetry in Light of the Dead Sea Scrolls"
  Springer Auditorium, Israel Museum, Jerusalem
  19:30

  Opening Remarks:
  Dr. Adolfo Roitman, Curator, Shrine of the Book
  Dr. Esther Chazon, Director, Orion Center

  Lecture:
  Prof. Avigdor Shinan, Hebrew University
  Prof. Isaiah Gafni, Hebrew University

  Program in Hebrew.

  Jointly sponsored by:
  Orion Center for the Study of the Dead Sea Scrolls, Hebrew University
  Shrine of the Book, Israel Museum

• 19-23 January, 2000
  Fifth Orion Symposium
  "Prayer and Poetry in Light of the Dead Sea Scrolls"
  Beit Maiersdorff, Mt. Scopus

• 29 February, 2000
  Coffee Hour
  Dr. Galen Marcus
  "Intertextuality As a Methodological Approach to Qumran Texts"
  9:15, Rm. 4121, Humanities Wing, Mt. Scopus

• 8 March, 2000
  Greenfield Scholars Seminar
  Prof. Donald W. Parry
  Brigham Young University
  "Text-Critical Aspects of the Non-Aligned Readings of 4QSam^a" (in English)
  12:15, Rm. 4121, Humanities Wing, Mt. Scopus

• 13 March, 2000
  Greenfield Memorial Evening

  Lectures and presentation to mark the fifth anniversary of Prof. Jonas C. Greenfield's death and the completion of the volume of his collected articles. Sponsored by the Israel Academy of Sciences and the Orion Center, Hebrew University.
  Program in Hebrew
  6:30 pm, Israel Academy of Sciences, Jerusalem

  Introductory remarks:
  

  Prof. Shaul Shaked (Hebrew University)
  Dr. Esther Chazon (Hebrew University)
  Prof. Shalom Paul (Hebrew University)
  Prof. Michael Stone (Hebrew University)

  Lectures:
  
  Prof. Menachem Kister (Hebrew University): "God's Sovereignty over the World: Legal Formulations and Theology"
  Prof. Hanan Eshel (Bar-Ilan University): "Hebrew, Aramaic, and Greek in Economic Documents from the Judaean Desert."

• 11 April, 2000
  Coffee Hour
  Prof. Étienne Nodet
  "James the Righteous, the Brother of Jesus Was Never a Christian. Could He Have Been One Teacher of Righteousness?"
  9:15, Rm. 4121, Humanities Wing, Mt. Scopus

• 3 May, 2000
  Greenfield Scholars Seminar
  Prof. Eliezer Segal, Orion Visiting Scholar (University of Calgary)
  "Seventy Faces to the LXX: The Rabbinic Tradition on the Greek Translation of the Pentateuch Revisited"
  12:15, Rm. 4121, Humanities Wing, Mt. Scopus

• 16 May, 2000
  Coffee Hour
  Guy Stiebel
  "The Military Aspects of the War Scroll in a New Light"
  9:15, Rm. 4121, Humanities Wing, Mt. Scopus

• 12 September
  "The Day of Atonement in the Bible and Rabbinic Literature in Light of the Dead Sea Scrolls"
  Dr. Israel Knohl (Hebrew University) and Dr. Shlomo Naeh (Hebrew University)
  Greetings: Dr. Adolfo Roitman, Curator, Shrine of the Book
  Chairperson: Dr. Esther Chazon, Director, Orion Center
  19:30, Springer Auditorium
  Israel Museum

• 10 November
  Pontifical Biblical Institute Lecture Series
  Prof. Hanan Eshel (Bar-Ilan University)
  "Prof. David Flusser's Contribution to the Study of the Dead Sea Scrolls"
  In English
  10:30-12:00, 3 Emile Bota St., Jerusalem

• 15 November
  First coffee hour
  12:15-13:15, Rm. 6115, Humanities Wing, Mt. Scopus Campus

• 29 November
  Coffee Hour Lecture
  Nechemiah Gordon, MA student (Bible Dept., Hebrew University)
  "The Calendar in Gen. 8-9 and in 4Q252"
  12:15, Rm. 4121, Humanities Wing, Mt. Scopus Campus

• 5 December
  Orion Center/Tel Aviv University Lecture
  Prof. Bilhah Nitzan (Bible Dept., Tel Aviv University)
  "The Essenes in the Second Temple Period: Central or Marginal?"
  18:00, Gilman Humanities Building, Rm. 223

• 8 December
  Pontifical Biblical Institute Lecture Series
  Prof. Isaiah Gafni (History Dept., Hebrew University)
  "Rabbinic Attitudes and Responses to Early Christianity"
  In English
  10:30-12:00, 3 Emile Bota St., Jerusalem

• 13 December
  Greenfield Scholars Seminar
  Prof. John Kampen (Bluffton College, Ohio)
  "4Q184 and 4Q185 amidst the Qumran Wisdom Texts"
  12:15, Rm. 4121, Humanities Wing, Mt. Scopus Campus

• 26 December
  Orion Center/Shrine of the Book Lecture and Discussion
  Prof. Daniel Schwartz (Hebrew University)
  "Did Hellenism Create Judaism?"

  Prof. Adele Reinhartz (McMaster University, Canada)
  "The Bible in Hollywood Films"

  In Hebrew
  18:00, Springer Auditorium, Israel Museum

• 3 January
  Coffee Hour Lecture
  Noam Mizrachi, MA student (Bible Dept., Hebrew University)
  "The 'Son of God' Scroll (4Q246) in Its Linguistic Context"
  12:15, Rm. 4121, Humanities Wing, Mt. Scopus Campus

• 12 January
  Pontifical Biblical Institute Lecture Series
  Dr. David Satran (Comparative Religion Dept., Hebrew University)
  "Early Christian Literature and Its Biblical Paradigms" (in English)
  10:30-12:00, 3 Emile Bota St., Jerusalem

• 17 January
  Greenfield Scholars Seminar
  Dr. Joshua Levinson (Hebrew Literature Dept., Hebrew University)
  Michael Segal (Research Student, Bible Dept., Hebrew University)
  "Reading the Rewritten Biblical Story in Second Temple Literature and Midrash"
  12:15, Rm. 4121, Humanities Wing, Mt. Scopus Campus

• 31 January
  Coffee Hour Lecture
  Mi-Sof Park, MA student (Hebrew Language Dept., Hebrew University)
  "Repetition and Non-repetition in the Language of the Bible and the Dead Sea Scrolls"
  12:15, Rm. 4121, Humanities Wing, Mt. Scopus Campus

• 14 March
  Coffee Hour Lecture
  Ronit Nikolsky, PhD student (Religion Dept., Hebrew University) and Orion grant recipient
  "History of the Rechabites" (in Hebrew)
  12:15, Rm. 4121, Humanities Wing, Mt. Scopus Campus

• 26-29 March
  Symposium: "From Hellenistic Judaism to Christian Hellenism"
  Institute for Advanced Studies, Givat Ram Campus

• 18 April
  Coffee Hour Lecture
  Noah Hacham, PhD student (Jewish History Dept., Hebrew University)
  "New Perspectives on 3 Maccabees" (in Hebrew)
  12:15, Rm. 4121, Humanities Wing, Mt. Scopus Campus

• 2 May
  Coffee Hour Lecture
  Avner Glicklich, PhD student (Jewish History Dept., Hebrew University) and Orion grant recipient
  "The Historical-Anthropological Background of the Formation of the Dead Sea Sect" (in Hebrew)
  12:15, Rm. 4121, Humanities Wing, Mt. Scopus Campus

• 16 May
  Greenfield Scholars Seminar
  Prof. Susan Sheridan (Dept. of Anthropology, University of Notre Dame)
  "A Reexamination of the Human Skeletons from Qumran and the Question of Women at the Site" (in English)
  12:15, Rm. 4121, Humanities Wing, Mt. Scopus Campus

• 20-22 May
  Sixth Orion International Symposium
  "Sapiential Perspectives: Wisdom Literature in Light of the Dead Sea Scrolls"
  Beit Meyersdorf, Mt. Scopus Campus

• 22 May
  Joint Orion Center - Shrine of the Book Program
  in connection with the Orion International Symposium
  Speakers and topics to be announced.
  19:30, Springer Auditorium, Israel Museum

• 30 May
  Coffee Hour Lecture
  Nathaniel Levtow, PhD student (Religion Dept., Hebrew University) and Orion grant recipient
  "Polemics against 'Incorrect' Worship Practices in Qumran Sectarian Literature" (in English)
  12:15, Rm. 4121, Humanities Wing, Mt. Scopus Campus

• 6 June
  Coffee Hour Lecture
  Prof. Michael Swartz (Near Eastern Languages and Cultures, Ohio State University)
  "Sacrifice in the Synagogue: The Ritual for the Day of Atonement in Jewish History and Imagination" (in Hebrew)
  12:15, Rm. 4121, Humanities Wing, Mt. Scopus Campus