Centre for Jewish Studies, University of Manchester

EXTRA-MURAL LECTURES
JANUARY-MARCH 2000

Tuesday evenings at 8.00 at Sha'are Hayim Synagogue, Withington (8 Queenston Road): please arrive by 7.45 to register for the evening.

PLEASE NOTE THAT PROFESSOR JACKSON WILL NOW DELIVER THE LECTURE SCHEDULED FOR MARCH 7TH AS ORIGINALLY ANTICIPATED (DETAILS BELOW)

Jan 11, Rosalyn Livshin: "The Acculturation of the Children of Immigrant Jews to Manchester 1890-1930", illustrated with taped extracts.

Jan 18, Adrian Curtis: "Archaeology and Israelite Origins" (illustrated talk)

Jan 25, Philip Alexander: "What has Athens in common with Jerusalem? Jewish Attitudes towards 'Hellenism' from the Maccabees to Modern Times"

Feb 1, Benny Peiser: "'I desire Loyal Love, and not Sacrifices': The Elimination of Blood Sacrifice in Judaism"

Feb 8, Gerald Hammond: "The English People and the Hebrew Bible in the Early Modern Period"

Feb 15 Roger Tomes: "Divided by a common Scripture: Jewish and Christian approaches to the Bible"

Feb 22 DR NISSAN's LECTURE CANCELLED. INSTEAD: Bernard Jackson: "Can Jews Make Wills (according to the Halakhah)? And if so, can they discriminate against wives and daughters?"

Feb 29, John Healey: "Who Invented the Alphabet?"

Mar 7, Bernard Jackson: "Can Jews Make Wills (according to the Halakhah)? And if so, can they discriminate against wives and daughters?"
 

Abstracts will appear as they become available
 

Registration: £12.50 for the series (payable to The University of Manchester) or £2.00 per evening. To receive further details, send your postal address to the Centre (address and fax below) or send us an e-mail message: click here
 

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The Co-Directors of the Centre are:
Professor Philip Alexander, Professor of Post-Biblical Jewish Literature
Professor Bernard Jackson, Alliance Professor of Modern Jewish Studies
 

Centre for Jewish Studies, Department of Religions and Theology
University of Manchester, Oxford Road, Manchester, M13 9PL
Tel: 0161-275 3614   Fax: 0161-275 3613   E-mail: cjs@man.ac.uk