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The Centre for Jewish Studies

University of Manchester


Extra-Mural Lectures 1998-99

The Centre is offering a programme of extra mural lectures in 1998-99, reflecting the range of academic approaches to Jewish Studies within the Centre. Eight sessions will be held in South Manchester, on Monday evenings commencing October 19th 1998, and nine sessions will be held in North Manchester on Tuesday evenings, commencing January 19th 1999.

 

Monday evenings at 7.30 at Sha'are Hayim Synagogue, Withington

(8 Queenston Road):

 

Oct 19 Sharman Kadish: The Architectural Development of the Synagogue: An Introduction (illustrated)

 

Oct 26 Philip Alexander: How Important is Mysticism to Judaism?

 

Nov 2 Leslie Lancaster: History and Psychology of the Golem

 

Nov 9 Alex Samely: An Overview of the Sources of Rabbinic Literature, c.200-900 C.E.

 

Nov 16 Alan Unterman: Is it time for Jews to put the Holocaust behind them?

 

Nov 23 Norman Geras: Thinking about the Holocaust

 

Nov 30 Irene Lancaster: The travels of Abraham Ibn Ezra

 

Dec 7 Bernard Jackson: On the History of Women's Rights in Jewish Law

 

 

Tuesday evenings at 8.00 p.m. at Mamlock House (142 Bury Old Road)

 

Jan 19 George Brooke: Biblical Interpretation in the Dead Sea Scrolls

 

Jan 26 Michael Hilton: A Jewish view of Jesus (and early Jewish-Christian relations)

 

Feb 2 Oliver Leaman: How important is ritual in Judaism: some philosophical views?

 

Feb 9 Harry Lesser: Samson Raphael Hirsch and Modern Orthodoxy

 

Feb 16 Yaron Matras: Jewish languages as secret languages: the case of cattle traders' jargon in Germany

 

Feb 23 Sophie Garside: Development of the Hebrew Language from the Haskalah to Modern Times

 

Mar 2 Colin Richmond: James Parkes and the Jews: a hero ahead of his time

 

Mar 9 Reuven Silverman: Aspects of the Contribution of Jews to Psychology

 

Mar 16 Bill Williams: Leadership in Anglo-Jewry

Registration: £20.00 for the full programme or £12.50 for each of the two sessions (payable to The University of Manchester) or £2.00 per evening

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The Centre for Jewish Studies
The Department of Religions and Theology
University of Manchester
Oxford Road
Manchester M13 9PL
United Kingdom
Tel +44 (0)161 275 3614; Fax +44 (0)161 275 3613

e-mail: Bernard.Jackson@man.ac.uk