On Monday, March 5, at 12:30 pm, Professor Pinchas Giller will present "The Changing Face of Kabbalah Research" for the Center for Judaic Studies and Contemporary Jewish Life Faculty Colloquium series. The talk will be held in the Heritage Room on the 4th floor of Babbidge Library.
A complimentary kosher lunch will be served. Please RSVP to: https://cjsgiller.eventbrite.com
This event is free and open to the public. It is co-sponsored by the Humanities Institute, the Department of Literatures, Cultures, and Languages, and the Medieval Studies Program.
Professor Giller is Chair of the Jewish Studies Department and Jean and Harvey z"l Powell Professor in the College of Arts & Sciences at the Ziegler School of Rabbinic Studies. He directs the Kabbalah and Hasidism Program at the American Jewish University.
About the Talk
The most influential summary of the development of Kabbalah was Gershom Scholem's "Major Trends in Jewish Mysticism." However, since the publication of "Major Trends" some seventy years ago, many new discoveries and historical interpretations have revised the scholarly view of this branch of Jewish Studies. Where was Scholem correct and where have his conclusions been disproved? In individual terms and on a large scale, the popular understanding of the role of Kabbalah in the history and phenomenology of religions is in bad need of revision.
For more information, contact: Pamela Weathers Center for Judaic Studies at judaicstudies@uconn.edu