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orion Licht Memorial Conference; Tel Aviv
Jacob Licht Memorial Conference:
50 Years Since the Discovery of the Dead Sea Scrolls
The Bible Department
School for Jewish Studies
Faculty of Humanities
Gillman Humanitities Building
Tel Aviv University
Ramat Aviv
28-29 December 1997
29-30 Kislev, 5758
Program
Sunday 29 Kislev 5758 (28/12/97):
9:30-10:00 Reception and light snack
Opening Session: Yair Hoffman, Chairperson
10:00-10:15 Prof. Marcel Dascal, Dean of Faculty of
Humanities, Tel Aviv University, and Yehuda Ninni,
Head of School of Jewish Studies, Tel Aviv University:
Opening remarks and greetings.
10:15-10:45 Emanuel Tov, Editor-in-Chief of the DSS: The Status of
Publication of the Scrolls.
First Session: Yaira Amit, Chairperson
The Legacy of Jacob Licht
10:45-11:15 Yair Hoffman : Prophets and Prophecy According to Licht's
Interpretation of Numbers 11-12
11:15-11:45 Bilhah Nitzan : Sectarian Literature from Qumran: Principles
and Perspectives
Archaeology
11:45-12:15 Magen Broshi : Could There Have Been a Monastery at Qumran?
12:15-12:45 Rachel Haklili : Burial Customs in Qumran, Jerusalem and
Jericho
12:45-14:00 Lunch Break
Second Session: Frank Pollack, Chairperson
Sectarianism
14:00-14:30 Shmaryahu Talmon : Polemics Concerning the Calendar in the
Biblical and Second Temple Periods
14:30-15:00Albert Baumgarten : "But Touch the Law and the Sect Will
Split" : The Role of Disputes as a Cause for a Sectarian Split
15:00-15:30 Yisrael Knohl : The Book of Mysteries from Qumran in
Relation to the Calendric Fragments of the Priestly Courses
Sectarianism and Halacha
15:30-16:00 Menachem Kister : "The Angel of Hatred shall depart from him
if he fulfils his word." Damascus Covenant 16:1-2
16:00-16:30 Aharon Shemesh : The Qumran Community's Laws of Separation
in Comparison with Tannaitic Laws Concerning the Nations
16:30-17:00 Cana Werman : The Damascus Covenant and the Book of
Jubilees: Two Approaches to the Question of Authority
17:00-17:30 Coffee Break
Evening Session: (Open to the Public)
Esther Chazon, Chairperson (Orion Center, Hebrew University of Jerusalem)
Please note schedule change.
17:30-18:30 Lawrence H. Schiffman (New York University) : Structures in
the Inner Courtyard According to the Temple Scroll
Monday 30 Kislev 5758 (29/12/97):
9:30-10:00 Reception
Fourth Session:
Bible and History--Sarah Yaphet, Chairperson
10:00-10:30 Esther Eshel : An Historical Composition from Qumran
(4Q248)
: A Source for the Book of Daniel
10:30-11:00 Alexander Rofe : The Processes in the Formation of the
Biblical Books in Light of the Dead Sea Scrolls
11:00-11:30 Hanan Eshel : Alexander Jannaeus in the Eyes of Qumran
Writers : A New Inquiry into Pesher Nahum and Pesher Hosea (B)
Messianic and Wisdom Texts--Edward Greenstein, Chairperson
11:30-12:00 Frank Pollack : "Bar Enosh" As a Messianic Title in the Book
of Daniel and the Dead Sea Scrolls
12:00-12:30 Matthew Morgenstern : The Book of Daniel in Light of the
Dead Sea Scrolls
12:30-13:00 Yoram Arder : The Desert Motif in the Teachings of the
Karaite "Mourners of Zion"
13:00-14:00 Lunch Break
Fifth Session: Chairperson Aaron Oppenheimer
14:00-14:30 Meira Poliak : The Influence of the Qumran Pesher on the
Interpretive Method of Daniel Alqumsi
14:30-15:00 Michael Mach : Qumran Literature and the New Testament
Concluding Session:
15:00-16:00 Discussion: The Discipline of Jewish Studies in Light of
the Dead Sea Scrolls