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SUMMARY:Bridging the Gap: writing commentaries on the Dead Sea scrolls in 
 the 21st century - Dr Noam Mizrahi\, Associate Professor\, Tel Aviv Univer
 sity
DTSTART:20200310T174500Z
DTEND:20200310T191500Z
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CONTACT:Dr Anthony Pickles
DESCRIPTION:The Dead Sea Scrolls are the remains of some 1\,000 ancient ma
 nuscripts that were found in various sites at the Judaean Desert\, mostly 
 between 1947-57\, with additional discoveries through recent years. Their 
 discovery allows a unique insight into the turbulent cultural matrix of an
 cient Judaism\, which also forms the background for nascent Christianity. 
 Nonetheless\, their historical contextualization is still much of a myster
 y\, and communicating their content to contemporary readership poses intel
 lectual challenges of various sorts. This talk will offer a glimpse into s
 ome of these challenges\, as they transpire from the work on two new comme
 ntaries 
LOCATION:Gatsby Room\, Wolfson College
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