Dear all,
On behalf of the Qumran Institute, we are happy to send you the following
advance notice:
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*Inaugural speech of dr. Benjamin Wright, Dirk Smilde Fellow 2016*
On *Friday 5 February 2016 at 4pm* Benjamin Wright will deliver
his inaugural address as Dirk Smilde Fellow 2016, followed by a response
from Barry Hartog, Dirk Smilde Scholar 2016. This will take place in the
courtroom of the Faculty of Theology and Religious Studies.
Benjamin Wright is professor of the History of Christianity in the Religion
Studies Department at Lehigh University in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. His
area of expertise is the history of Judaism in the Second Temple period,
with a focus on Jewish Wisdom literature, the translation of Jewish
literature from Hebrew into Greek (Septuaginta, Ben Sira, Aristeas) and the
Dead Sea Scrolls. His broad array of publications in these and other areas
shows his interest in larger questions such as Hellenization, (cultural)
translation, heritage and identity. In September 2015 his commentary on the
Letter of Aristeas appeared with De Gruyter (Berlin). He is currently
preparing a commentary on the Wisdom of Jesus Ben Sira and has recently
co-edited a new English translation of the Septuagint.
Barry Hartog is a Postdoctoral Researcher of the Research Foundation –
Flanders (FWO-V) at the KU Leuven. His research concentrates on the
position of Second Temple Judaism and the Dead Sea Scrolls within the
Hellenistic-Roman world, with a special interest in Jewish and Greek
textual cultures. Other research interests are the Book of the Twelve
Prophets, textual history of the Hebrew Bible, Biblical commentaries, and
Hebrew linguistics.
More information will follow soon. Save the date!
Prof. Dr. Mladen Popovic
Chair Old Testament and Early Judaism
Director Qumran Institute
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