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Scholion Newsletter Summer 2004 Scholion - Interdisciplinary Research Center in Jewish StudiesNews Spring 2004 • Volume 3 The Mandel Institute of Jewish Studies Recent Research Group Top to bottom: left to right: Prof. Robert Bonfil, Prof. Vera von Falkenhausen and Prof. Guy Stroumsa; “Byzantium” research group seminar with Dr. Andrist; Activities Prof. Guy Stroumsa (left) and Dr. Patrick Andrist. colleagues from abroad to meetings with group The Jews between members and as guest lecturers at their weekly Tuesday seminars. Minority and Majority Recent guests included: Prof. Evelyne Patlagean, a prominent researcher of Byzantium (Université de Paris X), who lectured on “Byzantium: Imperial Cultures: The Case Framework and Jewish Cultural History”; Prof. Johannes Niehoff (Central European University in Budapest); Dr. Patrick Andrist a young of Byzantium Byzantium researcher (Université de Genève) who spoke about “The Christian - Jewish Polemic in Attempting to understand the place of the Byzantium”; Prof. Herbert L. Kessler, a pioneering researcher in Jewish Art and Jews in the Byzantine world, Scholion’s second a worldwide renowned researcher in Christian Art (Johns Hopkins University), gave research group holds three weekly meetings: a lecture entitled, “Judaism and the Development of Byzantine Art”; Prof. Vera von Monday morning meetings combine discussions Falkenhausen, Italy’s top specialist in Byzantine history (Università di Roma - Tor about individual member’s research projects and Ve rgata), was invited to work together with group member Prof. Robert Bonfil on the study of texts, which are to be published his anthology of Jewish Byzantine texts during her three-week visit. She was also in an anthology of Jewish Byzantine texts by invited to deliver a lecture on “The Jews in Byzantine Hagiography,” about which Prof. Robert Bonfil; Tuesday morning readings she will also write an article for the group’s essay compilation concluding its work of Byzantine and Modern Greek texts guided at Scholion; Prof. Glen W. Bowersock, an expert in Late Antiquity (Institute for by Ms. Ariadne Konstantinou; Wednesday work sessions on Classical and Jewish Advanced Study at Princeton), was invited to lecture on “Iconoclasm: Jewish, Christian, sources from Byzantium. In addition, the group regularly invites renowned Islamic.” “Byzantium” group meeting with Prof. Herbert Kessler. Byzantine Art one of the leading scholars in and Christians. Defending the Hebrew University for Revisited the field of Medieval art, offered themselves against Christian many years. On his recent the claim that Jewish art was claims, Jews emphasized the visit, he had several meetings On a recent three-day visit to a basis for some of the Christian narrative sense of the Biblical with members of Scholion’s Scholion, Prof. Herbert L. imagery in Late Antiquity. In text. He suggested that the second research group, “The Kessler, a Charlotte Bloomberg a lecture entitled, “Judaism Sepphoris (Zippori) mosaic Jews between Minority and Professor of the History of Art and the Development of shared a model with the Majority Cultures: the Case at John Hopkins University and Byzantine Art,” Kessler, speaking manuscripts of the Christian of Byzantium,” as well as before members of Scholion’s topography of Constantine with doctoral candidates and “Byzantium” research group and of Antioch and discussed how teachers from the Department outside guests, went on to show and why pictorial imageries of History of Art and the that there is no linear evolution have been transmitted from Institute of Archeology. In from Jewish to Christian art one religion to the other. At addition to his lecture at and suggested the possibility of the conclusion of his lecture, Scholion, Kessler lectured at cross-fertilization between the Kessler reconsidered the role the Department of History two traditions, not only during of Judaism in the crisis of of Art on “Per visibilem the formative period, but over Byzantine iconoclasm. vultum ad invisibilem divinitatis a period of several centuries. maiestatem: Images of Christ and Prof. Herbert Kessler Kessler studied the programmatic The author and editor of Communication with God.” (left), Dr. Rina Talgam (center) and decorations in ancient synagogues 10 books on Christian and Prof. Elisheva Ravel. and discovered they reflect the Jewish medieval art, Kessler Written by Dr. Rina Talgam, “Byzantium” intense debate between Jews has been a close friend of research group Recent Activities of Scholion’s First Research Group on Modes of Canonization: The Case of the Cairo Genizah The “Canonization” research group holds a public seminar the Department of Political Science spoke about the connection every other Wednesday and invites someone who may be a group between the survival of politicians and the survival of texts. In this member, another member of Scholion, an outside researcher meeting MK Burg presented a model for the “short term survival” of or a public figure to discuss his or her area of expertise. These politicians, similar in some respects to the templates suggested by our discussions illuminate different aspects of the group’s research colleagues from the School of Business Administration, while Prof. and open them up to a wider audience at the university. Diskin suggested a model for the “long term survival” of politicians, based on an analysis of the impression made by U.S. presidents over During the current semester, the Wednesday seminar has hosted time. Both agreed with Soreq’s emphasis on the effects of traumatic leading researchers in a wide range of disciplines. Prof. Ya’akov events on political survival. Goldenberg and Prof. David Mazursky from the School of These three meetings were Business Administration discussed patterns of creativity that illuminating in pointing to contribute to successful marketing outcomes and applied their findings Further Activities of the Research Group First Semester: • Opening Session • Prof. Menachem Brinker (Mandel Institute of Jewish Studies), “Mutual Relations between Canonization and Genizah” • Mr. Roni Shweka (Scholion), “The Aesthetics of the Canon” • Mr. Yoel Regev (Scholion), “Canon and Absolute Knowledge—The Crisis of Modernity and the Contemporary Debate on Canon in Literary Studies” • Dr. Uri Ehrlich (Ben-Gurion University), “Liturgical Texts in the Genizah” • Prof. Guy Stroumsa (Scholion), “Christianity as a Book Religion” the broad options opened through • Dr. Gideon Bohak (Tel Aviv University), “Magical Texts in the Genizah” discourse with completely “other” • Prof. Hanan Hever (Mandel Institute of Jewish Studies), “The Literature of ‘Oriental’ Jews and the disciplines, in terminology and Canon of Modern Hebrew Literature” perhaps even in content. Second Semester The lectures stimulated lively • Prof. Menahem Ben-Sasson (Scholion), “Processes of Canonization” (interim conclusion) discussions and evoked a sense • Prof. Shaul Shaked (Department of Iranian Studies), “Judeo-Persian in the Genizah—Testimonies of mutual interest. After the to Processes of Establishing a Modern Language and Canonizing Texts” “Canonization” group presented • Prof. David Mazurski and Prof. Ya’akov Goldenberg (School of Business Administration), “Models the criteria and basis for survival of Survival in the World of Marketing” and canonization of the texts • Prof. Hermona Soreq (Institute of Life Sciences), “Perpetuating Genetic Characteristics in the Short they had studied, the guest and Long Term” speakers offered scientific models • Knesset Member Avraham Burg and Prof. Avraham Diskin (Department of Political Science), “How explaining the canonization Do Politicians Survive? Theory and Practice” process in their respective fields. • Dr. Daniel Stökl Ben Ezra (Scholion), “From a Sect of a Library to Religions of Books – The Sects of the Qumran Library and the Sects of the Christian Libraries in Egypt” The members of the research to models of text survival essential • Prof. Moshe Halbertal (Department of Jewish Philosophy), “Canonization, Authority and Meaning” group—senior researchers and to canonization (see article below). doctoral students alike—also Prof. Hermona Soreq, Vice Dean meet on Mondays. The topics for Research at the Faculty of Science, demonstrated of these meetings include discussions of the Wednesday seven parallels between the canonization of texts and seminar and its connection to the group’s research topic, examples of canonization in biological research, as well and presentations by the group’s doctoral students of their as in biology and life sciences. She demonstrated, for ongoing research. These meetings are especially important example, how physical trauma affects the survival or for doctoral candidates, who obtain useful methodological extinction of genes with highly relevant applications guidance and feedback on their work. They are also vital for to the question of text canonization. Knesset member the continuing progress of the group’s shared research. Avraham Burg and Prof. Avraham Diskin from Creativity and Canonization Left to right: Prof. Ya’akov Goldenberg, Prof. Menahem Ben-Sasson, Prof. David Mazurski, Mr. Roni Shweka, Mr. Zeev Elkin and Mr. Zvi Stampfer. What is creativity? Can one learn and gets the advertiser’s and the reader, such as to be creative? message through effectively. translators, copiers and Typically, we tend to identify Furthermore, creativity interpreters. Occasionally, creativeness and innovation, plays an important role in when authors identify traits associated with success developing new products. similar
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