ORION SYMPOSIA

Past Orion Symposia

The Seventeenth International OrionSymposium “(Con)textual Perspectives on the Dead SeaScrolls”, ZOOM WEBINAR, FEBRUARY 28 TO MARCH 3, 2022
The Sixteenth International Orion Symposium,The Dead Sea Scrolls at Seventy: "Clear a Path in the Wilderness", in conjunction with the University of Vienna, New York University, the Israel Antiquities Authority, and the Israel Museums, April 29-May 3, 2018
The Fifteenth International Orion Symposium, in conjunction with the University of Vienna, Institute for Jewish Studies, and the Schechter Institute of Jewish Studies, April 10-14, 2016
The Fourteenth International Orion Symposium: The Religious Worldviews Reflected in the Dead Sea Scrolls, 28-30 May 2013 at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Mt. Scopus
The Thirteenth International Orion Symposium: Tradition, Transmission, and Transformation: From Second Temple Literature through Judaism and Christianity in Late Antiquity, 22-24 February 2011 at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Mt. Scopus
The Twelfth International Orion Symposium: Hebrew in the Second Temple Period: The Hebrew of the Dead Sea Scrolls and of Other Contemporary Sources. A Joint Conference with the Ben Yehuda Center for the Study of the History of the Hebrew Language, 29-31 December 2008 at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Mt. Scopus
New Approaches to the Study of Biblical Interpretation in Judaism of the Second Temple Period and in Early Christianity A Joint Conference with the Hebrew University Center for the Study of Christianity, June 18-21, 2007 at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Mt. Scopus
NEW PERSPECTIVES ON OLD TEXTS 9-11 January, 2005 at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Mt. Scopus
TEXT, THOUGHT, AND PRACTICE IN QUMRAN AND EARLY CHRISTIANITY A Joint Conference with the Hebrew University Center for the Study of Christianity, 11-13 January, 2004, Mt. Scopus Campus, Hebrew University of Jerusalem
RABBINICAL PERSPECTIVES: RABBINIC LITERATURE AND THE DEAD SEA SCROLLS7-9 January, 2003, Mt. Scopus Campus, Hebrew University of Jerusalem
REWORKING THE BIBLE AT QUMRAN IN THE CONTEXT OF SECOND TEMPLE JUDAISM. A Joint Conference with the Institute for Advanced Studies Research Group, 15-17 January 2002. Mt. Scopus and Givat Ram Campuses, Hebrew University of Jerusalem
SAPIENTIAL PERSPECTIVES: WISDOM LITERATURE IN LIGHT OF THE DEAD SEA SCROLLS. . 20-22 May 2001. Mt. Scopus Campus, Hebrew University of Jerusalem
LITURGICAL PERSPECTIVES: PRAYER AND POETRY IN LIGHT OF THE DEAD SEA SCROLLS. 19-23 January, 2000. Mt. Scopus Campus, Hebrew University of Jerusalem
HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVES: JEWISH HISTORY FROM THE MACCABEES TO BAR KOCHBA IN LIGHT OF THE DEAD SEA SCROLLS. January 27-31, 1999, Mt. Scopus Campus, Hebrew University of Jerusalem
THE DAMASCUS DOCUMENT: A CENTENNIAL OF DISCOVERY Third Orion International Symposium on 4-8 February 1998, Mt. Scopus Campus, Hebrew University of Jerusalem
PSEUDEPIGRAPHIC PERSPECTIVES: THE APOCRYPHA AND THE PSEUDEPIGRAPHA IN LIGHT OF THE DEAD SEA SCROLLS Second Orion International Symposium, Sunday 12 January - Tuesday 14 January, 1997, Mt. Scopus Campus, Hebrew University of Jerusalem
BIBLICAL PERSPECTIVES: EARLY USE AND INTERPRETATION OF THE BIBLE IN LIGHT OF THE DEAD SEA SCROLLS First Orion International Symposium, 12-14 MAY,1996 Givat Ram Campus, Hebrew University of Jerusalem