New publication

Midrashic studies. Katharina Keim, Pirqei deRabbi Eliezer: Structure, Coherence, Intertextuality (Brill, 2017). Further information.

Paper, University of Pennsylvania

Jews and evolutionary theory. Daniel Langton presented a paper entitled 'Zionism and Evolutionary Theory: Social Darwinism, Science Education, and Eugenics' at the Katz Center for Advanced Judaic Studies, University of Pennsylvania. 28 Sept 2017. Further information.

Public lecture, St Joseph's University, Philadelphia

Jewish New Testament studies. Daniel Langton presented a talk on 'The Apostle Paul in the Jewish Imagination' at the Institute for Jewish-Catholic Relations, St Joseph's University, site of the remarkable sculpture 'Synagoga and Ecclesia in Our Time'. 27 September 2017. Further information.

New publication

Jewish New Testament studies. Daniel Langton has revised his essay 'Paul in Jewish Thought' for the study guide of the second edition of Amy-Jill Levine and Marc Brettler, eds, The Jewish Annotated New Testament (Oxford University Press, 2017). Further information.

Paper, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität

Cairo Genizah Fragments. Renate Smithuis gave a paper entitled 'Fifteen Thousand Fragments at Your Fingertips: The Genizah Collection at the John Rylands Library' as part of the two-day EAJS Summer Laboratory for Young Genizah Researchers at the Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität, Munich, 6-7 September 2017. Further information.

New funding

Renaissance Latin Translation project. Renate Smithuis has been awarded a £10,000 British Academy Small Grant for a Renaissance Latin translation project entitled 'Abulafia's Secrets of the Torah in the Kabbalistic Library of Pico della Mirandola (1463-94)'. This is her second British Academy award for this project. Further information.

Archive listing

New Weizmann papers. PhD student Tereza Ward has completed a short listing of papers held by the Sha'are Hayim synagogue, relating to Chaim Weizmann in 1915-17, which includes correspondence with CP Scott, the Editor of the Manchester Guardian.

Visit, B'nai B'rith UK

Weizmann Tour. PhD student Tereza Ward took a group of 30 people from B’nai B’rith UK on a short tour of university locations from Chaim Weizmann’s time at the University of Manchester as a researcher in chemistry, and gave a talk entitled 'Exiled: Weizmann and Manchester'. 5 Sept 2017.