The David Patterson Lectures, named in honour of the Centre’s Founder President, occur weekly during Oxford terms and are open to the public. Please find a list of this term’s lecture titles listed below.
To watch a selection of previously recorded David Patterson Lectures, please click here. If you have any queries about the lectures, please contact Ms Priscilla Lange at academic.administrator@ochjs.ac.uk.
Lectures will be presented in a hybrid format which will be accessible both online (see below) and in person in the Catherine Lewis Lecture Room (refreshments to follow). No need to register if attending in person.
Hilary Term 2026
Thursdays, 18:00-19:00
Catherine Lewis Lecture Theatre, Clarendon Institute, Walton Street, Oxford OX1 2HG
All lectures will be presented in a hybrid format, which will be accessible both online (see below) and in person in the Catherine Lewis Lecture Theatre. Refreshments to follow. All are welcome to attend.
Week 1, 22 January
Dr Beatrice Bonanno (Katholische Privat-Universität Linz)
Jewish Greek Scriptures and Early Christianity: Insights from the “Minor Versions”
In order to participate in this lecture via Zoom, please register at this link: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/bffbc_uoRMCfI_z5oIWUXQ
Week 2, 29 January
Professor Omri Asscher (Bar Ilan University)
Pluralism, Particularized: Rabbi Jonathan Sacks in Hebrew Translation
In order to participate in this lecture via Zoom, please register at this link: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/hXG9gSM0RDqkXMRLxv_35A
Week 3, 5 February CANCELLED
Professor Elisheva Baumgarten (Hebrew University)
Shared Words: Jews, Christians and Prayer in Medieval Europe
Week 4, 12 February
Professor Yakov Z. Mayer (University of Haifa)
The Soncino Talmud and Late Medieval Hebrew Book Culture
In order to participate in this lecture via Zoom, please register at this link: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/5RYjP2YURfCgwLNi2lAAdQ
Week 5, 19 February
Dr Estee Rieder Indursky (Ben Gurion University of the Negev)
Normative Negotiation within a State-Constructed Religious Regime: Haredi Women and the Boundaries of Religious Life in Israel
In order to participate in this lecture via Zoom, please register at this link: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/6HqS3mQ4RwCh0GuN41FsHw
Week 6, 26 February
Professor Dr. Marcello Fidanzio (Università della Svizzera Italiana)
A Book in Two Scrolls: On the Bisection of Isaiah
In order to participate in this lecture via Zoom, please register at this link: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/iXOYx7wBSRC17dFBKPAK8A
Week 7, 5 March
Dr Margherita Mantovani (LEM–CNRS, Paris)
Heavenly Diagrams and the Materiality of Writing in Sefer ha-Peli’ah
In order to participate in this lecture via Zoom, please register at this link: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/Wp9oGTnwSxS2pafHLBu5jg
Week 8, 12 March
No lecture this week. See information below under this date for a Brichto Israeli Arts & Culture Event here.