Second Temple Jewish Paideia in its Ancient Near Eastern and Hellenistic Contexts / 5th Nangeroni Meeting (2015 Naples), conference
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Second Temple Jewish Paideia in its Ancient Near Eastern and Hellenistic Contexts (2015) is the topic of the fifth conference in the series of Nangeroni Meetings organised by the Enoch Seminar in Naples, Italy (June 30 - July 4, 2015).
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Fifth Nangeroni Meeting (Naples, Italy; June 30 - July 4, 2015)
Conference Committee: Gabriele Boccaccini, Luca Arcari, and Jason M. Zurawski
in collaboration with the University of Naples Federico II and the FIRB Project (Director, Luca Arcari)
Preliminary Information
When: June 30 - July 4, 2015
Location of Seminar: Naples, Italy
Purpose: This Nangeroni Meeting and the resultant volume will examine the diverse understandings of Jewish paideia during the Second Temple period in light of both the Ancient Near Eastern and Greco-Roman backgrounds. What did Jewish education look like in Palestine? And in the Hellenistic Diaspora? What was the role of the Mosaic Torah? What about Greek encyclical education? How did ANE and Ancient Canaanite educational practices influence later traditions? How did Second Temple Jewish education influence the adoption of Greek paideia in Late Antique Christianity? These and other questions will be investigated. We plan to have panels on the following topics: Education in Ancient Mesopotamia and Egypt, Education in Ancient Israel and Judah to the Persian Period, Jewish Education at Qumran & Palestine, Hellenistic Paideia in Alexandria, Early Jewish Hellenistic Paideia, Jewish Hellenistic Paideia in the Roman Period, and the Legacy of Jewish Paideia in the Early Christian and Rabbinic Traditions. The central purpose of discussing these topics is to move towards a greater overall understanding of the unique Jewish views on education during the period. This has been a surprisingly neglected aspect in the field, and it is our hope to begin a more thorough conversation about this crucial topic.
Submission: Major papers (5000-8000 words) and short papers (3000-4000 words) should be submitted by May 1, 2015, so as to allow respondents and the other participants sufficient preparation time.
Proceedings: A volume will of select papers from the Meeting, revised in light of the seminar, will be published.
Accommodations
Conference site
- The historical palace of the Library of Humanities at the University of Naples Federico II.
Accommodations
- The 4-star Hotel Naples
Registration
Participation in the Fifth Nangeroni Meeting is by invitation only. If you are interested in joining the meeting, please contact the organizers.
Provisional Schedule
Tuesday, June 30
8:00-16:00 -- Arrivals
17:00 -- Opening Session & Welcome ()
18:00-19:30 -- Session 1: EDUCATION IN ANCIENT MESOPOTAMIA ()
- Steve Tinney, “”; Respondent
20:00 -- Dinner ()
Wednesday, July 1
8:00 -- Breakfast
9:00-10:30 -- Session 2: EDUCATION IN ANCIENT ISRAEL ()
- William Schniedewind, “”; Respondent
11:00-12:30 -- Session 3: JEWISH EDUCATION AT QUMRAN ()
- Matthew Goff, “”; Respondent
12:45 - Lunch ()
14:00-15:30 -- Session 4: JEWISH EDUCATION IN SIRACH ()
- Frank Ueberschaer, “”; Respondent
16:00-17:30 -- Short paper session ()
Thursday, July 2
8:00 -- Breakfast
9:00-10:30 -- Session 5: HELLENISTIC PAIDEIA IN ALEXANDRIA ()
- Teresa Morgan, “”; Respondent
11:00-12:30 -- Session 6: JEWISH PAIDEIA IN THE LETTER OF ARISTEAS ()
- Benjamin Wright, “”; Respondent
12:45 -- Lunch ()
14:00 – Afternoon trip
Friday, July 3
8:00 -- Breakfast
9:00-10:30 -- Session 7: JEWISH PAIDEIA IN PHILO OF ALEXANDRIA ()
- Gregory Sterling, “”; Respondent
11:00-12:30 -- Short paper session ()
12:45 -- Lunch ()
14:00-17:00 -- Visit to the Archaeological Museum
17:30-19:30 – Session 8: JEWISH AND GREEK PAIDEIA IN 4 MACCABEES ()
- David deSilva, “”; Respondent Tessa Rajak
- Tessa Rajak, “”; Respondent David deSilva
Saturday, July 4
8:00 -- Breakfast
9:00–10:30 -- Session 9: LEGACY OF SECOND TEMPLE PAIDEIA IN EARLY RABBINIC TRADITIONS ()
- Daniel Boyarin, “”; Respondent
11:00–12:30 -- Remains of Jewish-Hellenistic Paideia in Late Antique Christianities Panel ()
12:45 -- Lunch & Farewells ()
Participants
- Samuel Adams*
- Sean Adams*
- Robert Alciati
- Luca Arcari*
- Gabriele Boccaccini*
- Francis Borchardt*
- Daniel Boyarin*
- Brian Capper*
- James Charlesworth*
- Paolo Collini*
- David deSilva*
- Kathy Ehrensperger*
- Gregory Goering*
- Matthew Goff*
- Robert Hall*
- Vered Hillel*
- David Jackson*
- Anders Klostergaard Petersen*
- Carmine Pisano
- Patrick Pouchelle*
- Tessa Rajak*
- Arianna Rotondo
- William Schniedewind
- Gregory Sterling*
- Steve Tinney*
- Frank Ueberschaer*
- Emiliano Rubens Urciuoli
- Elisa Uusimaki*
- Jacqueline Vayntrub*
- Jason von Ehrenkrook*
- Benjamin Wright*
- Jason Zurawski*
Major Papers
- Steve Tinney (University of Pennsylvania, USA), "Mesopotamian Education"
- William Schniedewind (University of California Los Angeles, USA), "Education in Ancient Israel and Judah to the Persian Period"
- Matthew Goff (Florida State University, USA), "Jewish Education at Qumran"
- Frank Ueberschaer (Universität Zürich, Switzerland), "Jewish Education in Ben Sira"
- Ben Wright (Lehigh University, USA), "Early Jewish Hellenistic Paideia: Aristeas"
- Gregory Sterling (Yale University, USA), "Jewish Hellenistic Paideia in Philo of Alexandria"
- David deSilva (Ashland Theological Seminary, USA), "Jewish Paideia in 4 Maccabees"
- Tessa Rajak (University of Reading, UK), "Jewish Paideia in 4 Maccabees"
- Daniel Boyarin (University of California at Berkeley, USA), "Legacy of Second Temple Jewish Paideia in the Early Rabbinic Tradition"
Panel: "Remains of Jewish-Hellenistic Paideia in Late-Antique Christianities"
- Arianna Rotondo (University of Catania)
- Roberto Alciati (University of Turin)
- Luca Arcari (University of Naples Federico II)