ANNOUNCEMENT Please Post THE MANFRED R. LEHMANN MEMORIAL MASTER WORKSHOP IN THE HISTORY OF THE JEWISH BOOK Eighteenth Annual Manfred R. Lehmann Memorial Master Workshop for Faculty, Professionals, and Graduate Students June 3-4 (Sunday-Monday), 2018 Katz Center for Advanced Jewish Studies, 420 Walnut St., Philadelphia, Pa 19106 “The Use of Medieval Manuscripts and Masoretic Comments to Determine the Accurate Text of the Bible and of its Commentaries” Professor Yosef Ofer Bar Ilan University The main goal of the Masoretes was to establish a uniform and fixed version of the Bible, to observe every letter, every vocalization and cantillation sign. To achieve this goal, the Masoretes created a complicated and sophisticated mechanism of Masoretic comments, which were recorded in the Masora Magna and Masora Parva in the margins of the biblical manuscripts, as well as in special Masoretic essays. In the first part of the workshop, participants will gain familiarity with the medieval manuscripts of the Bible that relate to the work of Aharon ben Moshe ben Asher, among them, the Aleppo Codex and the Leningrad Codex. The Cumulative Masora will be explored as a tool for determining the text of the Bible and as a forum for magnificent illustrations in colorful carpet pages. The second part of the workshop will be devoted to medieval exegesis. We will examine additions that were inserted in the commentaries of Rashi and Ramban — by the authors themselves, and by interpreters of other generations. Special attention will be given to maps and diagrams included by the commentators, and to the reflection of these graphics in manuscripts.
Yosef Ofer, Professor of Bible at Bar Ilan University, investigates the Masora and medieval exegesis. He is the author of the The Babylonian Masora of the Pentateuch, its Principles and Methods, (2001) [in Hebrew] and, with J. Jacobs, Naḥmanides' Addenda to His Torah Commentary, Written in the Land of Israel(2013) [in Hebrew]. Professor Ofer was responsible for the 'Jerusalem Crown' Bible Edition, based on the Aleppo Codex, and, as a member of the Academy of the Hebrew Language, chairs its Committee on Grammar. For information and how to apply and register, https://ccat.sas.upenn.edu/jwst/events/2018/lehmann-workshop Registration must be received by April 1, 2018. Presented by the Jewish Studies Program at the University of Pennsylvania, in conjunction with the University of Pennsylvania Libraries and the Herbert D. Katz Center for Advanced Judaic Studies at the University of Pennsylvania. This Workshop has been made possible by a generous contribution from the Manfred and Anne Lehmann Foundation. Please respond to: Chrissy Walsh Administrative Coordinator Jewish Studies Program 711 Williams Hall 255 S. 36th Street University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, PA 19104-6305 Tel 215-898-6654 Fax 215-573-6026 chwa...@sas.upenn.edu https://ccat.sas.upenn.edu/jwst/
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