You have been cordially invited to the Fourteenth Annual Caroline and Joseph S. Gruss Lecture “The Emergence of Rabbinic Culture from the Perspective of the Dead Sea Scrolls” on Wednesday April 13, 2016
This year lecture will be presented by Vered Noam, Professor of Jewish Studies, Head of the Department of Hebrew Culture Studies at Tel Aviv University.
The lecture will be held in Vanderbilt Hall, NYU School of Law, Faculty Library, 40 Washington Sq. So., New York, NY 10012 and will start promptly at 6:00 p.m.
A Kosher reception will follow the lecture.
As there are a limited number of seats available for this event, please kindly RSVP by email to grusslecture@nyu.edu if you would like to attend.
About the lecture:
The rabbinic halakhic system, with its many facets and the literary works that comprise it, reflects a new Jewish culture, almost completely distinct in its halakhic content and scope from the biblical and postbiblical culture that preceded it. The lecture will review the implications of Qumranic legislation, as a way station between the Bible and the Mishnah, for understanding how the “rabbinic revolution” was charted, its methods set up, and its principles established.