From: owner-anenews-digest@ (ANEnews Digest) To: anenews-digest Subject: ANEnews Digest V2000 #137 Reply-To: Sender: owner-anenews-digest@ Errors-To: owner-anenews-digest@ Precedence: bulk ANEnews Digest Wednesday, August 2 2000 Volume 2000 : Number 137 anenews Josephus Web Site, Conference, Graduate Course anenews SBL Edition: A monthly e-mail newsletter anenews Book: Ceramiques myceniennes d'Ougarit anenews AIAR Fellowships anenews The University of South Florida Conference: RELIGIOUS TEXTS AND MATERIAL CONTEXTS, Feb. 24-25, 2001 anenews Jobs: Penn anenews Summer 2000 ASOR Newsletter ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Tue, 1 Aug 2000 09:16:26 -0500 From: "Charles E. Jones" Subject: anenews Josephus Web Site, Conference, Graduate Course From: Steve Mason Dear All: I wanted to alert you to three Josephus-related developments. (a) Watch for the new Josephus web site, http://www.josephus.yorku.ca. This will be a clearing house for both the SBL Josephus Seminar and the Brill Josephus Project. Thanks to Annette Yoshiko Reed, doctoral student at Princeton, for her expert labour in setting it up and maintaining it. Please note especially the register of current and recent Josephus-related dissertations, If you are writing on Josephus, or supervising someone who is, please take a moment to fill in the script. In this burgeoning field of doctoral study, it is important that we all know what others are doing. (b) Mark your calendars for an extraordinary conference to be held at York University in Toronto, May 6-8, 2001. The point of this conference, "Flavius Josephus in Flavian Rome," is to bring together two groups that do not necessarily confer with each other: specialists in Roman history and literature, on the one hand, and Josephus specialists on the other. Here is the provisional programme: FLAVIUS JOSEPHUS IN FLAVIAN ROME YORK UNIVERSITY, TORONTO, MAY 6-8, 2001 SUNDAY, MAY 6 Session 1: Josephus and the Roman Aristocracy (12:30 - 4:00) Welcome: Jonathan Edmondson (York University) Glen Bowersock (Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton), on foreign elites in Rome, exact title TBA Hannah Cotton (Hebrew University of Jerusalem), 'Josephus and the Representatives of the (Roman) Ruling Power in Judaea' Werner Eck (University of Cologne), 'Josephus' Roman Audience? Prosopography of Likely Flavian Élites' James Rives (York University), 'Aristocracy and Priesthood in Flavian Rome' Leonard Wolinsky Lectures, 2001 (4:30-6:30); open to the general public Louis H. Feldman (Yeshiva University), 'Josephus and the Bible' Tessa Rajak (University of Reading), 'Josephus in the Diaspora' MONDAY, MAY 7 Session 2: Josephus and Roman Literary Culture (9:00-12:00) Cynthia Damon (Amherst College), 'Literary Capital: Writers and their Supporters in Flavian Rome' Christina Kraus (Oxford University), 'Reading, Writing, and Recitation: The Three "R's" of Early Imperial Historiography' Christopher Jones (Harvard University), on Greek writers in Rome; exact title TBA. Steve Mason (York University), 'The Composition and Dissemination of Josephus' Histories' Session 3: Josephus and Some Roman Literary Themes (2:00-5:00) Timothy D. Barnes (University of Toronto), 'Josephus and Tacitus on the Sack of Jerusalem' Response: Tessa Rajak (Reading) Aristoula Georgiadou (Pennsylvania State University), on biography and autobiography, exact title TBA. Reponse: Louis H. Feldman (Yeshiva) Brad Inwood (University of Toronto), 'Freedom and Autonomy in First-Century Philosophy' Response: John Barclay (Glasgow) TUESDAY, MAY 8 Session 4: Josephus and the Roman Intellectual Tradition (9:00-12:30) John Barclay (University of Glasgow), 'Rhetorical Strategies in Josephus: His Arguments Contra Apionem' Response: Matthew Clark (York) Jonathan Price (University of Tel Aviv), 'Josephus' Historiography: The Conflicted Author of Conflict' Response: James Rives (York) Honora H. Chapman (Santa Clara University), 'Spectacle in Josephus's Bellum Judaicum' Response: Jonathan Edmondson (York) Ross S. Kraemer (Brown University): 'Women Behind the Text of Josephus' Response: Alison Keith (Toronto) Session 5: Josephus and the Iudaei of Rome (2:00-5:30) Erich Gruen (University of California at Berkeley), 'The Experience of Iudaei in Rome: From Cicero to Nero' Laurence Kant (Lexington Theological Seminary), 'The Material Situation of the Judeans in Rome' Daniel R. Schwartz (Hebrew University of Jerusalem), 'The Prosopography of Judeans in Rome' Martin Goodman (Oxford University), 'Attraction to Judaism in Flavian Rome?' Concluding Panel: The Audience of Josephus: What Difference Does the Audience Make? (5:30-6:30) Daniel Graves (McMaster University) Jennifer Nettleton (McMaster University) Rachel Urowitz (University of Toronto) (c) In conjunction with the conference, we are planning a summer institute for graduate students. It will run daily (weekdays) from April 30 to May 15 -- one week on each side of the conference -- compressing a semester's work into that period. Course directors will be Steve Mason and James Rives of York University. Special guest will be Dr. John Barclay of the University of Glasgow. Further information will be forthcoming on all fronts. For this and other related matters (including the SBL Josephus Seminar and the Brill Project), please also watch the web site given above. Happy summer to all, ____________________ Steve Mason, Professor of Humanities (Classics, Religious Studies, and Graduate History) 219 Vanier College, York University Toronto, ON M3J 1P3, Canada smason@yorku.ca; 416-736-2100 x66987; fax 416-736-5460 http://www.yorku.ca/faculty/academic/smason ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 1 Aug 2000 09:46:10 -0500 From: "Charles E. Jones" Subject: anenews SBL Edition: A monthly e-mail newsletter From Greg Glover requests that the following be posted, and specifically asks for feedback from users. - -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- Dear RBL E-mail Newsletter Subscriber, Some thing new under the sun from SBL! Religious Studies News: SBL Edition is a monthly e-mail newsletter. You have just received the premier edition in "text-only" format. RBL subscribers will continue to receive the RBL newsletter weekly in "text-only" format. The RSN: SBL Edition will be included within the text of the RBL e-mail once each month. At least once a year, probably in the Spring and related to the Annual Meeting, SBL and AAR will send a joint print edition. These details are being discussed. You may also receive RSN separately in html format once a month by entering your e-mail address at http://www.sbl-site.org/Newsletter/Subscribe.htm. RSN: SBL-Edition Home Page is always available as a link on the SBL Home Page. http://www.sbl-site.org/Newsletter/ August Edition of RSN: SBL Edition on the WWW http://www.sbl-site.org/Newsletter/08_2000/ FEATURE/ Ethnic Identity in the Classroom Francisco Lozada, Jr. http://www.sbl-site.org/Newsletter/08_2000/EthnicIdentity1.htm "A critical reflection on the ethical implications of teaching biblical studies contributes to the morals, attitudes, and values of students. Teaching is always political." PROFILE/ Gerd: Got God? Andrew Piper http://www.sbl-site.org/Newsletter/08_2000/GotGod1.htm "You weren't without sin and you aren't God's son. You did not return because your resurrection did not even take place but was only a pious wish. That is certain, because your body rotted in the tomb-that is, if it was put in a tomb at all and was not devoured by vultures and jackals." Reprinted with permission from Lingua Franca NEWS/ New RBL Book Reviews - -07/24/2000 http://www.sbl-site.org/Newsletter/08_2000/07_24_2000.htm Photos - -International Meeting - Capetown SA http://www.sbl-site.org/Newsletter/08_2000/photos.htm Calls for Papers - -Rocky Mountains ñ Great Plains http://www.sbl-site.org/Newsletter/08_2000/rockymtsc4p.htm - -Southeastern Commission for the Study of Religion http://www.sbl-site.org/Newsletter/08_2000/southeastc4p.htm - -Mysticism, Reason, Art and Literature http://www.sbl-site.org/Newsletter/08_2000/mysticismc4p.htm Poll - -Is the ACLS Awards Program Anti-Family? http://www.sbl-site.org/Newsletter/08_2000/Poll.htm Send news items to the attention of Kent Harold Richards, Executive Director (kent.richards@sbl-site.org). © Copyright 2000 by the Society of Biblical Literature, Decatur, GA. All rights reserved under both Pan American and international copyright conventions. No reproduction of any part may be made without the prior written consent of the copyright holder. Weekly notices regarding new RBL reviews are a FREE e-mail service of the Society of Biblical Literature. Instructions regarding subscription to the e-mail service are available at http://www.bookreviews.org/email_subscribe.html VOLUNTEER as a reviewer! Help us cover the field. http://www.bookreviews.org/books-received.html RBL is a publication of the Society of Biblical Literature, 825 Houston Mill Rd., Suite 350, Atlanta, GA 30329 Phone: 404-727-3054 Fax: 404-727-3101 Email: greg.glover@sbl-site.org RBL WWW: http://www.bookreviews.org SBL WWW: http://www.sbl-site.org ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 1 Aug 2000 09:54:06 -0500 From: "Charles E. Jones" Subject: anenews Book: Ceramiques myceniennes d'Ougarit The following book has just been published and is available from the A.G. Leventis Foundation (leventcy@zenon.logos.cy.net): Ceramiques myceniennes d'Ougarit. Ras Shamra-Ougarit XIII Marguerite Yon, Vassos Karageorghis and Nicolle Hirschfeld with the collaboration of Annie Caubet 2000 2.10 ¥ 2.97cm 222 pp. 32 figures, 9 plates. Published by the Association pour la diffusion de la pensÈe Francaise, (Èd. le Ministere Francais des Affaires Etrangeres), Paris and The A.G. Leventis Foundation, Nicosia Languages: English and French ISBN 2 86538 267 2 ISBN 9963?560?39?3 Paperback $46.00 / £C28.00 Ras Shamra-Ugarit, a major city on the Syrian coastline, has yielded significant quantities of Mycenaean pottery, one of the most valuable markers for the last phase of the Bronze Age (14th?12th cent. B.C., since excavations began in 1929. Yet an important part of the collection - samples brought for study to the Louvre as well as finds from more recent campaigns - remained unpublished. This volume presents nearly 500 new objects. V. Karageorghis discusses mainly those decorated in the Pictorial Style. M. Yon, director at the site from 1978-1998, reconsiders the context of the material in the light of recent excavations and adds new pieces. Nicolle Hirschfeld prepared the catalogue and contributes a valuable chapter on the potmarks in the collection. This work represents the most important study of Mycenaean pottery in the Levant in recent years. - -------------------------------------- Dr Vasiliki Kassianidou Lecturer Archaeological Research Unit University of Cyprus P.O. Box 20537, Nicosia, CY-1678 CYPRUS Tel. 357 2 674658, FAX 357 2 674101 ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 1 Aug 2000 10:40:22 -0500 From: "Charles E. Jones" Subject: anenews AIAR Fellowships From: spencer **ANNOUNCEMENT OF FELLOWSHIPS** THE W.F. ALBRIGHT INSTITUTE OF ARCHAEOLOGICAL RESEARCH (AIAR), JERUSALEM 2001-2002 FELLOWSHIPS Fellowships Appl. Deadlines Annual Professorship 10/13/00 National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Fellowship 10/13/00 James A. Montgomery Fellow / Program Coordinator 10/13/00 George A. Barton Fellowship 10/13/00 Samuel H. Kress Fellowship 10/13/00 Samuel H. Kress Joint Athens/Jerusalem Fellowship 10/27/00 Islamic Studies Fellowship* 10/13/00 United States Information Agency (USIA) Fellowships:* Junior Research Fellowships 10/13/00 Associate Fellowships (Junior and Senior) 4/14/01 W.F. Albright Associate Fellowships 4/14/01 Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Fellowships 4/2/01 For information and application forms write to: Dr. John R. Spencer W. F. Albright Institute of Archaeological Research Department of Religious Studies 20700 North Park Blvd. University Heights, OH 44118 Phone: (216) 397-4705 Fax: (216) 397-4478 E-mail: spencer@jcu.edu Or visit the Albright’s web site at: www.aiar.org Council of American Overseas Research Centers (CAORC), Multi-Country Research Fellowships* 12/31/00 *Awards subject to the availability of funds. Annual Professorship: $30,000 award. The stipend is $17,000 plus $13,000 for room and half board for appointee and spouse at the Institute. Open to post- doctoral scholars in Near Eastern archaeology, geography, history, and Biblical studies. U.S. citizens are eligible for entire award. Non-U.S. citizens may apply but, by U.S. law, are only eligible for non-governmental funds (totalling $15,000). Appointment: 10 months. The professorship period should be continuous, without frequent trips outside the country. Application deadline: October 13, 2000. National Endowment for the Humanities Fellowships: $30,000 for one award Open to scholars in the fields of Near Eastern archaeology, anthropology, geography, ancient history, philology, epigraphy, Biblical studies, Islamic studies, religion, art history, literature, philosophy or related disciplines holding a Ph.D. (or equivalent) as of January 1, 2001, who are U.S. citizens (or alien residents residing in the United States for the last three years). Research project must have a clear humanities focus. Research period: four to twelve months (stipend varies with the duration of the fellowship -- maximum stipend is $30,000 for 12 months). Residence at the Institute is preferred. The research period should be continuous, without frequent trips outside the country. Application deadline: October 13, 2000. James A. Montgomery Fellow / Program Coordinator: $14,000 award. The stipend is $7,300; remainder ($6,700) is for room and half board at the Institute. Open to pre-doctoral students and post-doctoral scholars specializing in Near Eastern archaeology, geography, history and biblical studies. Recipient is expected to assist the Albright Director in planning and implementing the Ernest S. Frerichs Program for Albright Fellows. Research period: 10 months. The research period should be continuous, without frequent trips outside the country. Application deadline: October 13, 2000. George A. Barton Fellowship: $7,000 award. The stipend is $3,650; remainder ($3,350) is for room and half board at the Institute. Open to seminarians, pre-doctoral students and recent Ph.D. recipients specializing in Near Eastern archaeology, geography, history and biblical studies. Research period: 5 months. The research period should be continuous, without frequent trips outside the country. Application deadline: October 13, 2000. Samuel H. Kress Fellowship: $16,500 award. The stipend is $9,800; remainder ($6,700) is for room and half board at the Institute. Dissertation research fellowship for students specializing in architecture, art history and archaeology. Applicants must be U.S. citizens, or North American citizens studying at U.S. universities. Research Period: 10 months. Research project must have a clear focus on art history or architecture. The research period should be continuous, without frequent trips outside the country. Application deadline: October 13, 2000. Samuel H. Kress Joint Athens-Jerusalem Fellowship: $15,000 award. A joint fellowship for research at the American School of Classical Studies in Athens and at the W.F. Albright Institute of Archaeological Research in Jerusalem. The stipend is $8,300; remainder ($6,700) is for room and board at the two institutions. Pre- doctoral research fellowship for students specializing in art history, architecture, archaeology or classical studies who are U.S. citizens, or North American citizens studying at U.S. universities. Research period: 10 months (5 months in Athens, 5 months in Jerusalem). The research period should be continuous, without frequent trips outside Greece and Israel. Application deadline: October 27, 2000. Islamic Studies Fellowship:* $20,000 award. The stipend is $12,200; remainder ($7,800) is for room and half board at Institute. Candidates must have expertise in research and teaching in Islamic archaeology, art and architecture. During the period of the appointment, the Fellow will teach regular courses in the Department of Archaeology at one of the local Palestinian universities, as well as give lectures at the Albright and other local academic institutions. Research period: 10 months. The research period should be continuous, without frequent trips outside the country. Application deadline: October 13, 2000. United States Information Agency Fellowships:* a. Junior Research Fellowships: $48,000 for three awards. The stipend is $9,300; remainder ($6,700) is for room and half board at the Institute. Open to pre-doctoral students and recent Ph.D. recipients in Near Eastern Studies who are U.S. citizens. Research period: 10 or 5 months (stipend varies with the duration of the fellowship -- maximum stipend is $16,000 for 10 months) The research period should be continuous, without frequent trips outside the country. Application deadline: October 13, 2000. b. Associate Fellowships: Six senior and seven junior fellowship administrative fee awards. Application deadline: April 14, 2001. Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Fellowships: $34,500 for three awards ($11,500 each). The fellowships are open to Bulgarian, Czech, Hungarian, Polish, Romanian, and Slovak scholars. Candidates should not be permanently resident outside the six countries concerned, and should have obtained a doctorate by the time the fellowship is awarded. Fellows are expected to reside at the Albright if room is available. Each fellowship is for three months, during one of the following periods: September 1, 2001 - November 30, 2001; December 1, 2001 - February 28, 2002; and March 1, 2002 - May 31, 2002. The research period should be continuous, without frequent trips outside the country. Application deadline: April 2, 2001. W.F. Albright Associate Fellowships: No stipend. Open to senior, post-doctoral, and pre-doctoral researchers. Administrative fee required. Application deadline: April 14, 2001. Council of American Overseas Research Centers (CAORC) Fellowships for Advanced Multi-country Research:* Eight awards of up to $6,000 each, with an additional $3,000 for travel. Open to scholars pursuing research on broad questions of multi-country significance in the fields of humanities, social sciences, and related natural sciences in countries in the Near and Middle East and South Asia. Doctoral candidates and established scholars with US citizenship are eligible to apply as individuals or in teams. Preference will be given to candidates examining comparative and/or cross-regional questions requiring research in two or more countries. Application deadline: December 31, 2000. For information and application, write to: The Council of American Overseas Research Centers (CAORC), Smithsonian Institution, IC 3123 MRC 705, Washington D.C., 20560. (tel: 202-842-8636; E-mail: caorc@caorc.org; Web: www.caorc.org). *Award subject to availability of funds. ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 1 Aug 2000 10:42:57 -0500 From: "Charles E. Jones" Subject: anenews The University of South Florida Conference: RELIGIOUS TEXTS AND MATERIAL CONTEXTS, Feb. 24-25, 2001 From: "Strange, James" The University of South Florida Conference RELIGIOUS TEXTS AND MATERIAL CONTEXTS, Feb. 24-25, 2001 Saturday, February 24, 2001, 8:30 A.M. through 5:30 p.m. SATURDAY MORNING February 24, 2001 Chair: Danny Jorgensen, Chairman Department of Religious Studies University of South Florida ANCIENT ISRAEL AND CLASSICAL ROME 1. Jodi Magness, Tufts University The Origin of the Etruscans in Light of their Mortuary Practices CHRISTIANITY 2. James F. Strange, University of South Florida The Archaeology of Religion at Capernaum, Synagogue and Church SATURDAY AFTERNOON February 24, 2001 Chair: Mozella Mitchell Department of Religious Studies University of South Florida 3. James R. Strange, University of South Florida Building Christianity: The Christian Basilica in the Fourth Century 4. Bruce D. Chilton, Bard College The Three Economies of Rabbi Jesus: From Material Culture to Theological Interpretation 5. Ellen Aitken, Harvard University "Portraying the Temple in Stone and Text: The Arch of Titus and the Epistle to the Hebrews" JUDAISM 6. William Scott Green, University of Rochester It Takes a Village: Yodefat in the History of Judaism 7. Jacob Neusner, Bard College The Synagogue in Law: What the Texts Lead us to Expect to Find Sunday, February 25, 2001, 8:30 A.M. through 5:30 p.m. SUNDAY MORNING February 25, 2001 Chair: Darrell Fasching Department of Religious Studies University of South Florida ISLAM 8. Donald Whitcomb, University of Chicago Archaeological evidence of the early mosque in Arabia 9. Katherine Strange, University of Chicago In Search of an Archaeology of Islam ASIAN RELIGIONS/HINDUISM 10. Richard Davis, Bard College Inscriptions and the Reconstruction of Medieval Hinduism Respondent: Robert Waller, USF SUNDAY AFTERNOON February 25, 2001 Chair: Del Dechant, USF Department of Religious Studies University of South Florida NORTH AMERICAN RELIGIONS 11. Tracy Ardren, Florida State University Ancient Maya Religious Practices: Evidence from Excavation, Epigraphy, and Art 12. David Carrasco, Princeton University Violent Stones and the Great Aztec Temple: The Imagination of Matter in the City of Sacrifice 13. Peter Williams, Miami University (Ohio) Anglo-Catholic Ideology and Neo-Medieval Church Design in the US Respondent: Danny Jorgensen, USF GENERAL REFLECTIONS ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 1 Aug 2000 16:26:41 -0500 From: "Charles E. Jones" Subject: anenews Jobs: Penn A couple of interesting job adverts from the Unversity of Pennsylvania Museum. Further details via: http://www.upenn.edu/museum/News/jobopps.html Archivist DEFINITION: The Archivist is responsible for: developing and promoting the Archives to Museum staff, scholars, and the public; enhancing the use and preservation of the collections through current and emerging information technologies; administering the Archives and supervising professional and clerical staff. Project Manager DUTIES: Manage a pilot project funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation to create on-line scholarly access to archaeological and anthropological museum collections; develop a researcher needs assessment; design a database and user interface integrating artifactual and archival data; hire and supervise part-time project personnel; coordinate a faculty/staff advisory group; evaluate program effectiveness; prepare a major implementation grant proposal. ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 1 Aug 2000 16:27:35 -0500 From: "Charles E. Jones" Subject: anenews Summer 2000 ASOR Newsletter from the ASOR list: The Summer 2000 ASOR Newsletter is now available on the web at http://www.bu.edu/asor/NEWSLETTER/ASORNHP2.html Reply-To: asor-l@ASOR.Org ------------------------------ End of ANEnews Digest V2000 #137 ******************************** Back issues are available on the Oriental Institute World-Wide Web (WWW) site at: http://oi.uchicago.edu/OI/ANE/OI_ANE.html