ANNOUNCEMENT
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THE
MANFRED R. LEHMANN MEMORIAL MASTER WORKSHOP IN
THE
HISTORY OF THE JEWISH BOOK
The Jewish Studies Program at the University of
Pennsylvania, in conjunction with the University of Pennsylvania Libraries and
the Katz Center for Advanced Judaic Studies at the University of Pennsylvania,
are pleased to announce the fourteenth annual Manfred R. Lehmann Memorial
Master Workshop to be held on May 11-12 (Sunday-Monday), 2014, at the Katz
Center. The topic is The Jewish Book, Halakhah, and Minhag. This
year’s workshop will be led by Professor Daniel Sperber, President
of the Institute of Advanced Torah Study at Bar-Ilan University and
Professor Emeritus of Talmud. Professor Sperber is one of the world’s leading
authorities on the intersection of Jewish booklore and halakhah. He is the
author of numerous books on Rabbinic literature and the language and realia of
the Greco-Roman World, and the multi-volume work Minhagei Yisrael,
many of whose chapters deal with issues of halakhah, minhag, and
booklore.
This year’s workshop will be devoted to
intersections between Jewish law and customs and the Jewish book. Topics to be
covered include the Masorah (and problems of misunderstanding it due to
its transmission); the impact of material features of the book (like
lacunae and misprintings) on halakhah; the role of the emender; the
corrective use of manuscripts and early printings for the decisor; iconography
and its interpretation; and the use of illustrations and other paratexts as
sources for the historical reconstruction of minhag and halakhah. Because the
Workshop will involve textual study, participants should be able to read
unpointed Hebrew texts.
The workshop is open to professors and
independent scholars, professional librarians in the field of Jewish and
related studies, and graduate students in Jewish Studies. Attendance at
previous workshops is not a prerequisite for admission.
For faculty and professionals, tuition is
$250. In addition to attendance and all materials for the workshop, the tuition
includes two or three nights in a hotel (double-occupancy) for the nights of
May 10 and 11 (with the option of May 9), and all meals and refreshments (all
kosher) during the course of the workshop. Graduate students may
apply for a full scholarship to the workshop. To apply for the
scholarship, the graduate student should write us giving the details
of his or her academic program and a brief statement explaining how the
workshop will further his or her academic studies. S/he should also ask a
faculty advisor to write us a letter of recommendation on the student's behalf.
Attendance is limited. If you are interested in
attending the workshop, please notify us immediately. Full payment must be
received by March 1, 2014. Make checks payable to Trustees of the
University of Pennsylvania.
A registration form is available at: https://ccat.sas.upenn.edu/jwst/events/2014/lehmann-workshop
A registration form is available at: https://ccat.sas.upenn.edu/jwst/events/2014/lehmann-workshop
Please address all correspondence to:
Lehmann Workshop
c/o Jewish
Studies Program
711 Williams Hall
255 S. 36th
Street
Philadelphia, PA
19104-6305
215-898-6654
The Manfred R. Lehmann Memorial Master Workshop in the History of
the Jewish Book has been made possible by a generous contribution from the
Manfred and Anne Lehmann Foundation along with grants from Mr. Albert
Friedberg, the Lucius N. Littauer Foundation, Andrew H. Cohn, Esq. C'66, and
the University of Pennsylvania Research Foundation.
