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Ancient Synagogues conference

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Date: Fri, 7 Feb 1997 12:27:19 -0500 (EST)
From: fine steve <fine@gl.umbc.edu>
To: msorion@olive.mscc.huji.ac.il
Subject: Ancient Synagogues (fwd)

Dear Colleagues: I hope that you will be able to join us for this
conference.  --Steven Fine

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Date: Fri, 7 Feb 1997 09:24:07 -0500
From: Baltimore Hebrew University Library <library@bhu.edu>
To: library@bhu.edu, fine@umbc.edu
Subject: Ancient Synagogues

Jews, Christians and Polytheists in the Ancient Synagogue:
Cultural Interaction During the Greco-Roman Period

A conference organized by Baltimore Hebrew University,
co-sponsored by The Walters Art Gallery
and The College of Notre Dame of Maryland


Sunday, May 4, 1997


I. Opening Reception
10:00-11:30, The Walters Art Gallery, 600 North Charles Street.
	
Highlights of the Late Roman and Byzantine Collections
Greetings by Gary Vikan, Director, Walters Art Gallery


II. Keynote Presentation
1:00-1:45, Baltimore Hebrew University, 5800 Park Heights Avenue

E.P. Sanders, Duke University.


III.  The Rabbinic Sages and the Patriarch in the Ancient Synagogue
1:45-4:15, Baltimore Hebrew University
Chair:  Joseph Baumgarten, Baltimore Hebrew University

Lawrence Schiffman, New York University,
	The Early History of Public Torah Reading.

Stuart Miller, University of Connecticut,
	Ancient Synagogues in the Galilee: Rabbinic Evidence.

Lee I. Levine, Hebrew University of Jerusalem,
	The Patriarchate and the Ancient Synagogue.


IV.   Polytheists and Samaritans in the Ancient Synagogue
4:30-6:00, Baltimore Hebrew University
Chair: Catriona M.K. MacLeod, College of Notre Dame of Maryland

Steven Fine, Baltimore Hebrew University,
	Non-Jews in the Synagogues of Palestine and Babylonia:
	Rabbinic and Archaeological Perspectives.

Reinhard Pummer, University of Ottawa,
	Samaritan Synagogues and Jewish Synagogues: Similarities and Differences.


V.  Festive Banquet
6:30-7:50, College of Notre Dame of Maryland, 4701 North Charles Street.


VI.  Jews and Christians in the Diaspora Synagogue
8:00-10:00, College of Notre Dame of Maryland
Chair: Douglas Gropp, Catholic University of America

Tessa Rajak, University of Reading,
	The Synagogue Within the Greco-Roman City.

Robin Jensen, Andover-Newton Theological School,
	The Dura Europos Synagogue, Early Christian Art and Religious Life
	in Dura Europos.

John S. Crawford, University of Delaware,
	Jews, Christians and Polytheists in Late Antique Sardis.


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Conference Registration:
The registration fee is $15.00, $10.00 for students.
Dinner reservations are $30.00 per person.

Name(s)____________________________________________________________________
Address____________________________________________________________________
Telephone Number_______________________________E-Mail_______________________

Registration Fee(s):  ________$15 (regular) ________$10 (student)

Banquet (dietary laws observed):
	Number of reservations:  ($30 per person)________
Chicken________  Vegetarian ________

Total to be sent by snail mail: ________
Please make checks payable to Baltimore Hebrew University

________ I/We would like information about accommodations for the conference.

Seating is limited.  Deadline for receipt of reservations is Wednesday,
April 23, 1997.


Please send registration fees and banquet reservations to:

Dr. Steven Fine,
Baltimore Hebrew University
5800 Park Heights Avenue,
Baltimore, Maryland, 21215 USA

(410) 578-6900
 bhu@bhu.edu