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  • 3/3 Erich Gruen - Religious Pluralism in Roman Empire

     PUBLIC LECTURE – MARCH 3, 2015 at 4pm in HBL Video 1 (2nd floor of Library)

          “RELIGIOUS PLURALISM IN THE ROMAN EMPIRE: THE CASE OF THE JEWS”

                                                                     By Erich Gruen

    Erich Gruen is a Classicist and Ancient Historian whose research focuses on identity and otherness in the ancient world.  His many books include Culture and National Identity in Republican Rome (1992), Heritage and Hellenism:  The Reinvention of the Jewish Tradition (1998), Diaspora:  Jews Amidst Greeks and Romans (2002), and Rethinking the Other in Antiquity (2011).

    This lecture is sponsored by the Center for Judaic Studies as part of our Spring lecture series.  The public lecture is open to Faculty, Staff, Students, and the Community.  Please RSVP by emailing judaicstudies@uconn.edu.

     Full details here: http://judaicstudies.uconn.edu/2014/12/29/erich-gruen-lecture/

    For more information, contact: Rae Asselin / Judaic Studies at 860-486-2271 / rae.asselin@uconn.edu