From the monthly archives: October 2012

Shoshannat Yaakov: Jewish and Iranian Studies in Honor of Yaakov Elman

On October 25, 2012 · In News, Publications

Shoshannat Yaakov honors Yaakov Elman, Professor of Talmud at Yeshiva University, and celebrates Elman’s contributions to a broad range of disciplines within Jewish and Iranian studies. The fruits of Elman’s seminal project of bringing together of scholars of Iranian studies and Talmud in ways that have transformed both disciplines, are well represented in this […]

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Revel Professor Steven Fine directs Arch of Titus Digital Restoration Project

On October 23, 2012 · In News, Research

This past summer, from June 5 to 7, 2012, an international team of scholars led by the Yeshiva University Center for Israel Studies, directed by Revel Professor Steven Fine, in partnership with the Soprintendenza Speciale per i Beni Archeologici di Roma undertook a pilot study of the Arch of Titus in the Roman Forum, […]

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Invitation to a Revel guest lecture and dinner on Thursday, October 25th

On October 16, 2012 · In Lectures and Activities, News

All Revel Students are cordially invited to a special dinner on October 25th (Thursday night) preceding a guest lecture by Andrew Kraebel of Yale University. Although he is just completing his PhD, Mr Kraebel is recognized as a world expert on Bible interpretation in Latin in 11th-century France-among Rashi’s Christian neighbors.

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