Join AMNE in welcoming our first Guest Speaker Dr. Laura Lieber from University of Regensburg.
When: Oct. 29th, 3-4:30pm
Where: BUCH C203
Important Update: Pre-registration is required to attend this talk. Please register by Wednesday, October 29, 12:00 noon using this link.
Talk Title: Heavenly Echoes: Reconstructing Liturgical Performance in Late Antiquity
Talk Abstract:
In antiquity, like today, the attention economy was powerful. While religious leaders often tried to keep their world separate from the sordid worlds of stage and politics, liturgical poetry reveals just how actively Jews, Christians, and Samaritans actively competed for the eyes and ears of more general audiences, often using the same tools as actors and orators. Through these poems, religious rituals became important sites of performance in a society saturated with theater, oratory, combat games and animal sports.
This talk is sponsored by The UBC Diamond Chair in Jewish Law and Ethics & the UBC Minor in Jewish Studies