03/10/2010 - 12:00pm to 03/10/2010 - 1:00pm

Location:
Harold Schnitzer Family Program in Judaic Studies at PSU
Neuberger 491H
Portland State University
1825 SW Broadway
Portland, OR

Class Description:
Sitting with Scorners: Early Jewish and Christian Responses to Sport and Spectacle
a research talk by Loren Spielman
Loren Spielman is completing his PhD at the Jewish Theological Seminary of America, and is currently visiting instructor at Wesleyan University where he is teaching courses on Hebrew Bible, rabbinic literature, and Jewish Leisure in antiquity, the last a course based on his dissertation research. His dissertation, entitled “Concilium Vanitatis: Roman Spectacle Entertainment and the Jews from the Herodian Period through the Muslim Conquest,” is a broad historical overview of Jewish attitudes towards athletic competitions, theatrical performances, gladiatorial bouts, beast hunts, staged executions, and horse races from 40 BCE to the 7th century CE.



More Info:
For more info, please e-mail judaicst@pdx.edu

*This is a free class.