January 13 in NY: The Medieval Hebrew Manuscript Today: A Symposium

The Medieval Hebrew Manuscript Today: A Symposium

Sunday, January 13, 2013
Noon - 5:00pm

The Library of The Jewish Theological Seminary and the Oxford Centre for Hebrew and Jewish Studies are cosponsoring “The Medieval Hebrew Manuscript Today: A Symposium” on the occasion of the exhibition Crossing Borders: Manuscripts from the Bodleian Libraries at The Jewish Museum.

Admission is free, but reservations are recommended. RSVP to Hector Guzman at heguzman@jtsa.edu

Sessions
I. Crossing Cultural Borders in Producing Hebrew Manuscripts
II. Crossing Cultural Borders in Interpreting Hebrew Manuscripts.
Panel discussion: The Future of the Medieval Hebrew Manuscript

Featured Speakers
Sabine Arndt, Oxford Centre for Jewish Studies
Zsofia Buda, Oxford Centre for Jewish Studies
Adam Cohen, University of Toronto
Evelyn Cohen, New York City
Marc Michael Epstein, Vassar College
Eva Frojmovic, University of Leeds
David Kraemer, The Jewish Theological Seminary
Vivian Mann, The Jewish Theological Seminary
César Merchán-Hamann, Oxford Centre for Jewish Studies and Bodleian Library, Oxford University
David Stern, University of Pennsylvania