PSCO
Philadelphia Seminar on Christian Origins
an Interdisciplinary Humanities Seminar
in its fiftieth-eighth year under the auspices of
The University of Pennsylvania
Department of Religious Studies
201 Cohen Hall, Philadelphia PA 19104
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2005–2006 Topic: “Redescribing the Holy Man: Theoretical Frameworks and Specific Applications”
Meetings are typically scheduled for 7:00-9:00 pm on Thursday evenings. The Friday meeting in November and the Wednesday meeting in March are exceptions. Meetings are currently scheduled as follows.
| 20 October, 2005 |  |
“From Holy Man to Ritual Experts” |
| Friday, 18 November, 2005 | |
PSCO at SBL |
| 2 February, 2006 | |
“Constructing Rabbinic Authority and Holiness” |
| Wednesday, 1 March, 2006 | |
“Sacred Realism: Rhetorical and
Redactional Strategies in Rabbinic Exempla” |
| 27 April, 2006 | |
“Ensouled Laws (Abraham and Moses): Sage as Text and Text as Sage in the Writings
of Philo of Alexandria |
| 4 May, 2006 | |
“Between the Martyrs and Hagiography: ‘Holiness’ and the Cult
of the Martyrs in the Cappadocian Fathers, Mothers and Families” |