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Philadelphia Seminar on Christian Origins
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PSCO Presentation: 12 October, 2017
“Jews and the Land from Muslims to Christian Spain”
Andrew Berns (University of South Carolina)
Speaker
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Andrew Berns, Assistant Professor of History at the University of South Carolina, specializes in the history of Jews in pre-modern Europe, with particular focus on the Mediterranean in the medieval and early-modern period. His first book, The Bible and Natural Philosophy in Renaissance Italy (Cambridge, 2014) examined how changes in medical knowledge catalysed new readings of the Bible and other ancient texts. His current project focuses on Jews, agriculture, and ecological knowledge. |
Audio Recording
Here is an audio recording of this session. (If you prefer, you can download this recording.)
Suggested Readings
A PDF of suggested readings have been posted in the Files area of our PSCO Facebook page. Look for the file named "Andrew Berns.pdf".
Meeting and Dining
All are welcome! As usual, those interested are also welcome to join us for an informal dinner prior to the session. Those wishing to dine together before the seminar will meet at 6:00 p.m. in the Second-Floor Lounge of Cohen Hall and then walk next door to the food court in Houston Hall. Or, just meet us in the Houston Hall downstairs food-court between 6:00-6:45 p.m.
As usual, the PSCO seminar will begin at 7:00 p.m. and end at 9:00 p.m. We meet in the Second-Floor Lounge of Cohen Hall.