Priestly Texts and Traditions
Thirty Years After Israel Knohl’s The Sanctuary of Silence
Monday, 8 July: Shalom Hartman Institute, Beit Midrash, Gdalyahu Alon St 11, Jerusalem
Tuesday, 9 July: The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Barbara Mandel Auditorium, Mandel Building, 4th floor, Mount Scopus
Session 1: The Sanctuary of Silence and its Impact (9:30–10:45)
// Greetings:
Donniel Hartman, President of the Shalom Hartman Institute
Joachim Schaper, University of Aberdeen
Orit Avnery, Shalem College and Shalom Hartman Institute
Benjamin D. Sommer, Jewish Theological Seminary and Shalom Hartman Institute
The Sanctuary of Silence and Positive-Historical Judaism: Israel Knohl at the Intersection of Philology and Theology
Discussion
Session 2: Holiness and Temple (11:00–12:30)
Ishay Rosen-Zvi, Tel-Aviv University and Shalom Hartman Institute
Holiness from the Bible to the Rabbis and Back
Naphtali S. Meshel, Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Holy Space and Hierarchic Pollution in the Temple Scroll
Biti Roi, The Schechter Institute and Shalom Hartman Institute
Love, Awe and Holiness in the Zohar
Session 3: Cult, Ritual and Ethics in the Priestly Tradition (14:00–15:00)
Raanan Eichler, Bar-Ilan University
An Egyptian Parallel to the Tabernacle
Yitzhaq Feder, University of Haifa
H and D: Competing or Complementary Moral Systems?
Session 4: Priestly Theology and the Theology of P (15:30–16:30)
Joachim Schaper, University of Aberdeen
The Priestly Garments and the Theology of Sacrifice
Orit Malka, Hebrew University of Jerusalem and Shalom Hartman Institute
‘I am YHWH your God’: On Commandments as Oaths
Session 5: The Reception of P in Biblical Literature (17:00–18:00)
Rachel Frish, Hebrew University of Jerusalem and Shalom Hartman Institute
Breaking the Silence: Priestly Theology and the Divine Revelation to Job
Dalit Rom-Shiloni, Tel-Aviv University
Focusing on Reception: Jeremiah and Ezekiel's Priestly Heritage
Musical Event: Sanctuary and Sanctity (19:45–21:15)
Selected Reading: Dalia Cohen-Knohl; Shoshana Cohen
Piyyutim and Liturgical Music: Maureene Nehedar
// Greetings (9:00–9:15)
Noam Mizrahi, Chair of the Department of Bible, Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Simcha Kogut, Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Session 6: God’s Persona and Israel’s Destiny: The Priestly Story and the Book of Ezekiel
(9:15–10:15)
Gili Kugler, University of Haifa
Ezekiel's God in Pursuit of Recognition: A Catalyst for Self-Transformation
Simeon Chavel, University of Chicago
History or Literature? The Case of P
Session 7: Linguistic Aspects, Analogue and Digital (10:30–12:00)
Yair Segev, University of Zürich, and Gideon Yoffe, Tel-Aviv University
The Composition of the Priestly Literature in Light of Computerized Statistics
Nili Samet, Bar-Ilan University
The Diachrony of the Priestly Source: The Linguistic Aspect
Jeffrey Stackert, University of Chicago
The Role of Linguistic Features in Evaluating Priestly Strata
Session 8: The Redaction of the Pentateuch (13:30–14:30)
Itamar Kislev, University of Haifa
What Do We Mean When We Speak about the Redaction of the Pentateuch? A Study of Deut 32:48–52
Baruch J. Schwartz, Hebrew University of Jerusalem
A Key to the Composition of the Pentateuch: The Documents Tell Different Stories
Session 9: The Reception of P: Beyond the Bible (14:45–15:45)
Vered Noam, Tel-Aviv University
Second Temple Priestly Themes in Rabbinic Liturgy
Emanuel Tov, Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Divine Names: Different Approaches and Writing Procedures in the Qumran Scrolls
Session 10: P and H: Components and Coherence (16:00–17:30)
(Hybrid Session)
Julia Rhyder, Harvard University
Leviticus 17 and the Boundaries of the Holiness Legislation
Gary A. Anderson, University of Notre Dame
Erecting and Disassembling the Tabernacle: Putting Exodus 40 in Conversation with Numbers 4
David M. Carr, Union Theological Seminary
P as a Multi-Scroll Collection
Session 11: Concluding Remarks, Israel Knohl (17:30–18:00)
Academic Steering Committee:
Chair: Joachim Schaper, University of Aberdeen
Simeon Chavel, University of Chicago
Rachel Frish, Hebrew University of Jerusalem and Shalom Hartman Institute
Ishay Rosen-Zvi, Tel-Aviv University and Shalom Hartman Institute
Baruch J. Schwartz, Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Michael Segal, Hebrew University of Jerusalem
