Hebrew Bible Workshop: Beyond the Book: Rethinking Religion In and Around the Bible

An interregional set of colloquia on the (non-)centrality of the Bible in premodern Judaism including The University of Michigan – Notre Dame – The University of Chicago – The University of Wisconsin. Speakers include: • Isabel Cranz, Assistant Professor of Biblical Studies, University of Pennsylvania on “Atonement and Purification: Priestly and Assyro-Babylonian Perspectives on Sin and its Consequences.' This paper will address Priestly expiatory rituals in Biblical historiography vs. expiation and purification in the ancient incantation-work Šurpu by Assyro-Babylonian scholars. • Sarit Kattan Gribetz, Assistant Professor, Department of Theology, Fordham University on “Gender and Ancient Jewish Reading Practices.' This paper will discuss the place of the Bible in reconstituting the roles of women and men in Late Antique Judaism and Christianity. Both papers will be followed by student responses.