Dear all,
This email is to remind you of the next Ancient World Seminar. Today, April
10, we are welcoming *Mladen **Popović *who will elaborate on his research
on the scribes behind the collection of the dead sea scrolls in a lecture
entitled:
*The Dead Sea Scrolls and Models of Textual Communities in the Ancient
Mediterranean*
Mladen Popović, Professor Old Testament and Early Judaism and Director of
the Qumran Institute at the University of Groningen, is a leading
specialist in the history and literature of Second Temple Judaism,
especially Qumran and the Dead Sea Scrolls. In 2013-2014 he was guest
curator for the Drents Museum in Assen on account of the exhibition on the
Dead Sea Scrolls. Popović is currently working on two research projects:
the ERC-funded "The Hands that Wrote the Bible: Digital Paleography and
Scribal Culture of the Dead Sea Scrolls" and the NWO/FWO funded "Models of
Textual Communities and Digital Palaeography of the Dead Sea Scrolls."
From September 2017 onwards Popović will be dean of the Faculty of Theology
and Religious Studies at the University of Groningen.
The session takes place, as usual, in *room 130* of the Faculty of Theology
and Religious Studies (Oude Boteringestraat 38, Groningen), *16.15 – 17.30*.
Join us for drinks afterwards!
--
Eelco Glas
PhD candidate in
Theology and Religious Studies
on behalf of the CRASIS team
University of Groningen
CRASIS is the Groningen institute for Interdisciplinary Studies in Culture,
Religion and Society of the Ancient World. Follow CRASIS on Facebook
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