Panel on Becoming the People of the Talmud

Nov
30
2011

Nov 30, 2011 at 5:00pm - 6:30pm | Class of '55 Room, Van Pelt Library, 3420 Walnut Street.

Penn's Jewish Studies Program and Religious Studies Department host a panel book discussion of Talya Fishman's new book: Becoming the People of the Talmud: Oral Torah as Written Tradition in Medieval Jewish Culture.

In her new book, Becoming the People of the Talmud: Oral Torah as Written Tradition in Medieval Jewish Cultures, Professor Talya Fishman reconstructs evidence of the Babylonian Talmud’s transformation from an oral corpus to a written one, and explores the impact of this shift on many dimensions of Jewish society and culture.

WHO: David B. Ruderman (Penn), Harvey E. Goldberg (Hebrew University), Ephraim Kanarfogel (Yeshiva University), Joseph E. Lowry (Penn), Talya Fishman (Penn)

WHAT: Book Discussion "Becoming the People of the Talmud: Oral Torah as Written Tradition in Medieval Jewish Culture"

WHEN: Wednesday, November 30, 5:00 pm to 6:30 pm. Reception to follow.

WHERE: Class of '55 Room (2nd floor), Van Pelt-Dietrich Library Center, 3420 Walnut Street. Please bring a photo I.D. to enter library. (Please note that this is a change of room from a previous announcement of this event.)

Questions? Email jsp-info@sas.upenn.edu or call 215-898-6654