Professor Hindy Najman
Ancient Judaism exemplifies a dynamic and emerging tradition of creativity, resilience, imagination, and new ritual. The lecture focuses on four expressions of ongoing vitality from a variety of genres in the Hellenistic period. This lecture focuses on processes of writing and interpretation that are embedded in the history of ancient scriptures. The processes and the growth of tradition are inextricably linked to the performance of text and their ever-growing and changing nature in the hands of their readers, tradents, and recipients.