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The JCMcenter 8th Annual International Conference
The Presence of the Past:
The Concept of Tradition in Judaism, Christianity, and Islam
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09:30
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Gathering and refreshments
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10:00
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Greetings
Prof. Mustafa Kabha, Department of History, Philosophy, and Judaic Studies, The Open University of Israel
Prof. Avriel Bar-Levav, Department of History, Philosophy, and Judaic Studies, The Open University of Israel, Director, Center for the Study of Relations between Jews, Christians, and Muslims
Session 1 (Opening):
Chair: Prof. Menachem Fisch, Joseph and Ceil Mazer Prof. of History and Philosophy of Science, and Director of the Center for Religious and Interreligious Studies, Tel Aviv University
Prof. Simon Goldhill, Director of Studies in Classics at King's College, Cambridge, Director of Centre for Research in the Arts, Social Sciences, and Humanities (CRASSH) at the University of Cambridge
Becoming a Jew: The Historiography of Conversion
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11:30
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Coffee break
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12:00
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Session 2: Dealing with tradition in modernity
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Chair: Prof. Haim Saadoun, Dean of Academic Studies, The Open University of Israel
Prof. Yosef Schwartz, The Cohn Institute for History and Philosophy of Science and Ideas, Head of School of Philosophy, Linguistics and Science at Tel Aviv University
Islam, Christianity and the Establishment of "Jewish Religious Philosophy" in Modernity
Dr. Nitai Shinan, National Library of Israel, "The Death on the Cross was the Dawn Of Modernity" – Spanish nineteenth century Catholic authors on Order, Progress, Liberty, Equality and Fraternity
Dr. Dina Roginsky, Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations, Yale University
Creating Nature Festivities in the Yishuv: Biblical Revival, Palestinian Folklore and European Expressionism
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13:30
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Lunch
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14:30
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Session 3: Tradition meets religion
Chair: Prof. Mustafa Kabha
Dr. Karma Ben Johanan, Post-Doctoral Fellow at the Polonsky Academy for Advanced Study in the Humanities and Social Sciences at the Van Leer Jerusalem Institute
Jews, Christians, and the Question of the Judaeo-Christian Past
Dr. Hannelies Koloska, Martin Buber Society of Fellows in the Humanities and Social Sciences at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem
God’s Word and Abraham’s Progeny: Past in Presence in Islamic Ritual Prayer
Dr. Tarik Firro, Department of History, Philosophy and Judaic Studies, The Open University of Israel
Religion and State in Islam
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16:00
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Coffee break
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16:30
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Session 4: Legacy rendering: Test cases
Chair: Prof. Ishay Landa, Department of History, Philosophy, and Judaic Studies, The Open University of Israel
Dr. David (Dmitry) Kopeliovich, Department of History, Philosophy, and Judaic Studies, The Open University of Israel
Jesus as a Persecuted Prophet: Jesus’ Sermon in the Synagogue of Nazareth (Luke 4:16-30) as a Test-Study
Dr. Sarit Cofman-Simhon, Kibbutzim College, School of Performing Arts,
and Emunah College, Theater Department, Jerusalem
The Journey Through Hell in Dante Allighieri's The Divine Comedy and Immanuel Romano's Hell and Paradise
Dr. Ahmad Agbaria, Cohn Institute and The Department of Arabic and Islamic Studies at Tel Aviv University
The Legacy and Modern Ideas of Muhammad Abed Al-Jabari
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18:00
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Coffee break
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18:30
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Session 5: Tradition in the three religions
Participants:
Prof. Moshe Idel, Department of Jewish Thought, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Prof. Aviad Kleinberg, Department of General History, Head of the Zvi Yavetz School of Historical Studies, Tel Aviv University
Prof. Meira Polliack, Department of Biblical Studies, Tel Aviv University
Prof. Mustafa Kabha
Prof. Avriel Bar-Levav
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Participation is free. Pre-registration will be appreciated.
Tel *3337 or press here
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If extra assistance and accessibility is needed,
please contact events_nagish@openu.ac.il at least ten working days before the scheduled event
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