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Ranieri Colloquium on Ancient Studies

The Dead Sea Scrolls at 60:

The Scholarly Contributions of NYU Faculty and Alumni

Co-sponsored by the New York University Center for Ancient Studies and

the Skirball Department of Hebrew and Judaic Studies

March 6-7, 2008

Hemmerdinger Hall, Room 102
Silver Center, 100 Washington Square East

Thursday, March 6, 2008

Matthew S. Santirocco (Dean, College of Arts and Science, New York University) - Welcome

10:00a.m. - Session One: Rewriting the Bible
Erik Larson (Florida International University) - On The Identification of Two Greek Texts of Enoch
Mark Smith (New York University) - "In-between Texts": Biblical Texts, Inner-Biblical Interpretation, Second Temple Literature, and Textual Criticism
Moshe Bernstein (Yeshiva University, New York University) - The Dead Sea Scrolls and Jewish Biblical Interpretation in Antiquity

12:00 Noon - Lunch

1:30p.m. - Session Two: The Dead Sea Sect
Gary Rendsburg (Rutgers University) - Language at Qumran
Shani (Berrin) Tzoref (Hebrew University, University of Sydney) - The Pesharim and the Pentateuch: Explicit Citations, Overt Typologies, and Implicit Interpretation
Alexei Sivertsev (DePaul University) - Sectarians and Householders

4:00p.m. - Keynote Address
Lawrence H. Schiffman (New York University) - The Dead Sea Scrolls and the History of Judaism and Christianity

6:00p.m. - Reception

Friday, March 7, 2008

9:00a.m. - Session Three: The Scrolls and Second Temple Judaism
Alex Jassen (University of Minesota) - The Contribution of the Dead Sea Scrolls to the Study of Prophecy in Ancient Judaism
Yaakov Elman (Yeshiva University) - Zoroastrianism and the Dead Sea Scrolls
Joseph Angel (Yeshiva University) - The Historical and Exegetical Roots of Eschatological Priesthood at Qumran

11:00a.m. - Session Four: Judean Desert Texts
Judah Lefkovits (Independent Scholar) - The Copper Scroll (3Q15): A Reconsideration
Baruch Levine (New York University) - Judean Desert Documents of the Bar Kokhba Period: Epistolary and Legal
Andrew Gross (University of Pittsburgh) - The Judean Desert Formulary: A Case Study in the Continuity and Innovation of Ancient Near Eastern Traditions

You may download a PDF of the conference program here.