Empire, Law, Violence and the Jews: A Late Antique and Early Medieval Workshop
Co-conveners: Professor Christine Hayes and Professor Simcha Gross
Mar 17, 2025
(All Day)
Since the 6th c. BCE, Judeans and later Jews have been organized as a distinct community living within – or in the shadow of -- a succession of empires. Jewish communal structures, models of leadership,…
The Baron: Maurice de Hirsch and the Jewish Nineteenth Century (Stanford University Press) is an award-winning book by Matthias B. Lehmann. Prof. Lehmann will discuss his book in a Zoom webinar.
Steven Fassberg is Professor of Linguistics at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. He will deliver an introduction to the ties and connections between contemporary/Modern Hebrew language and its various ancient…
