Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva
Department of Bible and Ancient Near Eastern Studies
Is pleased to invite you to participate in its
Departmental Seminar, 5763 (2002-2003)
on
RELIGION AND CULT IN ISRAEL AND THE ANCIENT NEAR EAST
Fall Semester
29 October, 2002 Dr. Yosef Garfinkel (Hebrew University)
Cultic Dance and the Beginnings of Agriculture
12 November, 2002 Prof. Itzik Gilad (Ben Gurion University)
Magic-Religion at the Twilight of the Prehistoric Period in
The Land of Israel; Anthropo-archaeological Aspects
26 November, 2002 Prof. Shmuel Ahituv (Ben Gurion University)
Inscriptions and Cult
10 December, 2002 Prof. Yair Hoffman (Tel Aviv University)
Prophetic Attitudes to Cult
24 December, 2002 Dr. Baruch J. Schwartz (Hebrew University)
The Annual Day of Atonement and the Problems of Leviticus 16
7 January, 2003 Prof. Ephraim Stern (Hebrew University)
Temples and Cults in the Iron Age
Spring Semester
4 March, 2003
Ms Ada Tagar-Cohen (Ben-Gurion University)
The Gate as a Locus of Cultic Activity in Hatti
25 March, 2003 Dr. Zeev Meshel (Tel-Aviv University)
Was Kunjtillet `Ajrud a Sacred Site?
8 April, 2003 Prof. Eliezer Oren (Ben-Gurion University)
Temples and Cults in Canaan in the Second
Millennium BCE
29 April, 2003 Ms Natalie May (Ben-Gurion University)
Judaism and Paganism in the Figurative Art of Ancient Synagogues
13 May, 2003 Prof. Orly Goldwasser and Ms Rachel Shlomi-Chen
(Hebrew University)
Egyptian Religion - Personification of Divinities
27 May, 2003 Prof. Victor Hurowitz (Ben-Gurion University)
Biblical Temples - Design and Symbolism
The seminar will take place on Tuesdays between 16:00 and 18:00
On 29 October, 26 November, and 24 December it will be held in Building 32
Room 113
On 12 November, 10 December and 7 January it will be held in Conference
Hall A
Location of sessions in the spring semester will be announced.
Approximately three weeks before each session an abstract of the lecture
and bibliography will be distributed.
For additional information and abstracts please contact the department
secretary at
08-646-1092
Members of the scholarly community and students are all invited to
participate.
For private reply, e-mail to avigdor horovitz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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