HEBREW AND JEWISH STUDIES UNIT

Lunchtime Seminars in Jewish Studies
Hilary Term 2010

Thursdays 1pm
Oriental Institute, Room 314

Week 2: 28 January (TBC)
Dr Corinna Kaiser
(Leverhulme Research Fellow in Judaism)

Who is Pharoah, Who are the Slaves?
Introducing the Arab-Israel Conflict into Passover

Week 6: 25 February
Benjamin Williams
(Keble)

“Some midget with delusions of grandeur”: Pseudo-Rashi’s Commentary on
Genesis Rabba in the ‘Or ha-Sekhel of Abraham ben Asher

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All welcome

A light sandwich lunch will be provided