Left to right: organizers Marcia Brennan and Jeffrey Kripal; April DeConick, Virginia Burrus, Elliot R. Wolfson, Daniel Boyarin, Gregory Kaplan, Steven
Wasserstrom. Not pictured: Edith Wyschogrod.
Venturing Beyond the Beyond: On the Visual Imagination and Mystical Hermeneutics of Elliot R. Wolfson
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Bringing together a panel of distinguished scholars, this symposium will take Elliot R. Wolfson’s groundbreaking writings on Jewish mysticism and his related paintings and poetry as points of departure for lectures focused on the reenvisioning of embodiment, time, beauty, ritual practice, angelic presence, and issues of transgression, law and honesty. The symposium intentionally coincides with Dr. Elliot Wolfson's (NYU) appointment as a senior fellow in the Humanities Research Center. Dr. Wolfson himself will offer concluding reflections on the papers.
For more information, please contact, Jeffrey Kripal at jjkripal@rice.edu or Marcia Brennan at mbrennan@rice.edu.
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| Elliot R. Wolfson, "Tree of Life," 2006 (c) Elliot R. Wolfson |
Symposium Schedule
October 26, 2007
Fondren Library - Kyle Morrow Room
| Morning Session
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| 9:00 |
Light breakfast and informal meeting |
| 9:20 |
Opening Remarks by Jeffrey Kripal, J. Newton Rayzor Professor and Chair of Religious Studies, Rice University |
| 9:30 |
"The Erotics of Transcendence: In Quest of the Body," Edith Wyschogrod, Professor Emerita of Religious Studies, Rice University |
| 10:00 |
"Beauty and the Abyss: Wolfson and Augustine on Making Things out of Nothingsomething," Virginia Burrus, Professor of Early Church History, Drew University |
| 10:30 |
"Three Painted Angels: The Poetics and Aesthetics of Epiphany," Marcia Brennan, Associate Professor of Art History, Rice University |
| 11:00 |
Discussion of Morning Papers |
| 12:00 |
Lunch Break |
Afternoon Session
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| 1:20 |
Opening Remarks by Marcia Brennan, Associate Professor of Art History, Rice University |
| 1:30 |
"The Gnostic as Transgressor: Radical Thinking about the Gospel of Judas,"April DeConick, Professor of New Testament and Early Christianity, Rice University |
| 2:00 |
"To Give Honor Where Honor is Due: An Encomium to Truth," Daniel Boyarin, Professor of Talmudic Culture, University of California-Berkeley |
| 2:30 |
"To Live Outside the Law You Must Be Honest: Some Personal Reflections on the Paradox of Honesty in Wolfson's Thought," Steven Wasserstrom, Professor of Judaic Studies, Reed College |
| 3:00 |
Discussion and Response by Gregory Kaplan, Anna Smith Fine Assistant Professor of Judaic Studies, Rice University |
| 3:30 |
Reflections and Concluding Remarks, Elliot R. Wolfson, Abraham Lieberman Professor of Hebrew and Judaic Studies, New York University |
| 4:15-5:00 |
Open Discussion of all papers and remarks |
Click here for an image from the symposium in Rice News.
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