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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2008-2009
(Year 46)
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2008–2009 Topic:
“Food, Self, and Community:
Tradition and Transformation in Jewish and Christian Eating”

Unless otherwise noted, meetings are scheduled for 7:00-9:00 pm on Thursday evenings. Meetings are currently scheduled as follows.

Friday, 21 November at SBL		Panel on “Commensality and Community” Jordan Rosenblum (University of Wisconsin-Madison) Andrew MacGowan (University of Melbourne) Jason BeDuhn (Northern Arizona University)
15 January		“Feeding the Poor: Food and Charity in Early Rabbinic Literature” Gregg Gardner (Princeton)
26 February		“Food and Food Laws in the Letter of Aristeas” Benjamin G. Wright, III (Lehigh University)
2 April		“Origins of the Eucharist or Mass in the Practice of Jesus” Bruce Chilton (Bard College)
30 April		“Ritualizing Jewish Meals” Susan Marks (New College of Florida)

January 07, 2013
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