BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//events.la.psu.edu//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20201101T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=11;BYDAY=1SU END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20200308T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=3;BYDAY=2SU END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT UID:3813-8f6d673a3c65292daa1912db70a02476@events.la.psu.edu DTSTAMP:20260307T142744Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20221110T121500 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20221110T131500 SUMMARY:“Reimagining Jewish Apocalyptic Literature,” Robert Jones DESCRIPTION:\n&ldquo\;Reimagining Jewish Apocalyptic Literature&rdquo\;\ n\nwith Robert Jones\n\nRob \;Jones \;completed a doctorate in r eligious studies at McMaster University in 2020. His dissertation focuse d on representations of the Jewish priesthood\, sacrificial system\, and temple in the Aramaic writings from Qumran. It has been accepted for pu blication in Brill&rsquo\;s Studies on the Texts of the Desert of Judah (STDJ) series. \;Rob \;is now beginning a two-year postdoctoral fellowship in the Department of Classics and Ancient Mediterranean Studi es at Penn State\, where he will be working on a project that considers how the Aramaic writings from Qumran can inform our understanding of Hel lenistic-era Jewish apocalyptic literature. This lecture will serve as a n introduction to his postdoctoral project. \;Rob \;will discuss the relation of early Jewish apocalyptic literature to a broader Aramai c scribal tradition that flourished in the late Persian and Hellenistic periods. \;\n\n \;\n\nAll are welcome. Refreshments will be serv ed\; Zoom link available upon request (email \;tuh14@psu.edu).\n\nFo r more details: https://events.la.psu.edu/event/reimagining-jewish-apoca lyptic-literature/ X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

“Reimagin ing Jewish Apocalyptic Literature”
with Robert Jones

Rob Jones completed a doctorate in religious studies a t McMaster University in 2020. His dissertation focused on representatio ns of the Jewish priesthood, sacrificial system, and temple in the Arama ic writings from Qumran. It has been accepted for publication in Brill&r squo;s Studies on the Texts of the Desert of Judah (STDJ) series.  Rob is now beginning a two-year postdoctoral fellowship in th e Department of Classics and Ancient Mediterranean Studies at Penn State , where he will be working on a project that considers how the Aramaic w ritings from Qumran can inform our understanding of Hellenistic-era Jewi sh apocalyptic literature. This lecture will serve as an introduction to his postdoctoral project. Rob will discuss the relation of ea rly Jewish apocalyptic literature to a broader Aramaic scribal tradition that flourished in the late Persian and Hellenistic periods. 
 

All are welcome. Refreshments will be served; Zoom link av ailable upon request (email tuh14@psu.edu).

For more details: https://events.la.psu.edu/event/reimagining-jewish-apocaly ptic-literature/

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