The Book of Genesis: A Workshop in Honor of Gary Anderson, October 10-11, 2023

Two-day Workshop - Tuesday, Oct. 10 and Wednesday, Oct. 11

Tuesday, Oct. 10: 

9–11 a.m.
From Creation to the Eschaton: Apocalyptic Conceptions of the Primeval History
Michael Segal, Hebrew University of Jerusalem

The Cain and Abel Story and the Search for Wisdom: On the Theological Coherence of Genesis 2-4
Bradley Gregory, Catholic University of America

11:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m.
Exploring the Meanings of “Your Descendants shall be as the Dust of the Earth, the Sand of the Sea, and the Stars of the Sky”
Joel Kaminsky, Smith College

1:30–3:30 p.m.
Time and Space in Heschel’s The Sabbath
Jon D. Levenson, Harvard University

Adding Time to Space in Describing Divine Embodiment
Jennie Grillo, University of Notre Dame

4–5 p.m.
Creation and Kindness: The Greatness of God in Kalir
Tzvi Novick, University of Notre Dame

5:30-7 p.m. Hammes Bookstore Book launch
That I May Dwell among Them: Incarnation and Atonement
in the Tabernacle Narrative (Eerdmans, 2023)
Gary Anderson, University of Notre Dame

Wednesday, Oct. 11:

9–11 a.m.
The Genesis Apocryphon Column 10 – New Readings and Interpretation
Esther Eshel, Bar Ilan University

Sacrifices After the Flood: Noah’s Sacrifices in the Genesis Apocryphon and Jubilees, Between Priesthood and Destruction
Hillel Mali, Bar Ilan University

11:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m.
The Book of Jubilees and the Book of Tobit
James VanderKam, University of Notre Dame

Lunch provided: please RSVP to jgrillo@nd.edu.