Monthly Archives: June 2023

A Medieval Karaite Interpretation of The Book of Job as an Edifying Example and Message of Hope for the Exiled

The new issue of Journal of Jewish Languages 11 (2023) features a review of Arik Sadan’s book The Arabic Translation and Commentary of Yefet ben ʿEli the Karaite on the Book of Job, reviewed by Marzena Zawanowska under the title “A Medieval Karaite Interpretation of The Book of Job as an Edifying Example and Message of Hope for the Exiled” (pp. 115–26).

Event: Long Night of Science at the Old Synagogue Erfurt

23 June 2023, 7 p.m. and 9 p.m.

For the Long Night of Science in Erfurt on 23 June 2023, the Erfurt History Museums are offering guided tours under the title: Hunger, Pest, Pogrom. Research methods on the “Crisis of the Late Middle Ages” (Hunger, Pest, Pogrom. Forschungsmethoden zur „Krise des Spätmittelalters”) At 7 p.m. and 9 p.m. building researcher Torsten Lieberenz and curator Maria Stürzebecher will talk about the pogrom of 21 March 1349 and its traces in the Old Synagogue Museum (Der Pogrom vom 21. März 1349 und seine Spuren im Museum Alte Synagoge). If you are in Erfurt or near, come along!

Special Issue of Religions: “Interfaith Encounters: Religious Polemics from the Middle Ages to the Modern Period”

This Special Issue is aimed at exploring religious polemics from the phenomenological standpoint, seeking to deepen our understanding of religious polemics in a wide cultural, historical, and social context. The articles will deal with a variety of religious polemics between monotheistic religions, sects, and denominations, as well as with polytheistic involvement in religious polemics. The chronological frame of the articles will encompass the early Middle Ages through to the 19th century. Articles presenting new methodological or comparative perspectives will be especially welcome. 

Deadline for abstracts: 10 July 2023