YU Hosts Renowned Scholars to Discuss “Talmuda de-Eretz Israel: Archaeology and the Rabbis in Late Antiquity,” March 27-28 Yeshiva University’s Center for Israel Studies presents an international two-day conference on March 27-28 entitled Talmuda de-Eretz Israel: Archaeology and the Rabbis in Late Antiquity. The conference, co-sponsored by the Bernard Revel Graduate School of Jewish Studies and the Yeshiva University Museum, is free and open to the public and will take place at the YU Museum, Center for Jewish History, 15 West 16th Street on Sunday March 27 and YU’s historic Washington Heights Wilf Campus, Furst Hall, 500 West 185th Street on Monday, March 28.

“In the last century, massive strides have been made toward the integration of archaeology into the study of rabbinic literature and of rabbinic literature into the study of classical archaeology,” said Steven Fine, director of the Center for Israel Studies. “This paradigm shift has altered the ways we view the rabbis, their literature, Jewish history and the broader Roman world. This conference will focus explicitly upon intersections between Palestinian rabbis and archaeology from the vantage point of rabbinic literature.” The scholars participating in the conference include Yaakov Elman, professor of Judaic studies at Revel; Steven Fraade, Yale University; Ozer Glickman, rosh yeshiva at YU’s Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary; Galit Hasan-Rokem, Hebrew University; Eric Meyers, Duke University; Lawrence Schiffman, vice provost at Yeshiva University; and Daniel Sperber, Bar-Ilan University. For more information, to view the full schedule or to register for the conference, visit www.yu.edu/cis.