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2015–2016 Topic:
Beyond “Greco-Roman Context”:
Persian & Other Perspectives on Judaism & Christianity

Unless otherwise noted, all sessions will be held in the Second Floor Lounge of Cohen Hall at the University of Pennsylvania and will run from 7:00-9:00 p.m., preceded by an informal dinner.

Thursday, 1 Oct. 2015 7:00–9:00 p.m. Cohen Hall, Penn		Judaism and Syriac Christianity Aaron Butts (Catholic U) and Simcha Gross (Yale) audio recording
Thursday, 5 Nov. 2015 7:00–9:00 p.m. Cohen Hall, Penn		Near Eastern Afterlives of Ancient Jewish Materials John C. Reeves (UNC Charlotte) audio recording
Thursday, 3 Dec. 2015 7:00–9:00 p.m. Cohen Hall, Penn		Where Did Early Judaism Get Its Myths? Enoch and the Making of a Modern Academic Tradition Seth Sanders (UC Davis) audio recording
Thursday, 21 Jan. 2016 7:00–9:00 p.m. Cohen Hall, Penn		Investing (in) Jerusalem Naomi Koltun-Fromm (Haverford) audio recording
Thursday, 11 Feb. 2016 7:00–9:00 p.m. Cohen Hall, Penn		The Seleucid Context: Some Thoughts about the Past and the Future Paul Kosmin (Harvard)
Thursday, 31 March 2016 7:00–9:00 p.m. Cohen Hall, Penn		The Seleucid Transformation of Persian Imperial Space, Place and Ritual Matthew Canepa (U. Minnesota; Institute for Advanced Study)
Thursday, 7 April 2016 7:00–9:00 p.m. Cohen Hall, Penn		The Primordial Bull & Original Sin: Sasanian Jews and Christians at the Crossroads of Syrian Mithraism & Indo-Iranian Culture Yishai Kiel (Yale)

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