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PHILADELPHIA SEMINAR ON CHRISTIAN ORIGINS

in its 41st year
an Interdisciplinary Humanities Seminar
under the auspices of the
UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA
Department of Religious Studies
201 Logan Hall
with support from
the Penn Humanities Forum


TOPIC FOR 2003-2004: Parabiblical Prosopography (in the footsteps of Lost Apocrypha by M. R. James,)

Chair and Coordinator:
Robert Kraft (University of Pennsylvania) kraft@ccat.sas.upenn.edu

Secretary:
T.J.Wellman (University of Pennsylvania) twellman@sas.upenn.edu


THE INITIAL MEETING OF 2003-04 will be held on Thursday, 9 October 2003, from 7-9 pm in the Second Floor Lounge, Logan Hall at the University of Pennsylvania. For some backgrounding on the topic (which is a continuation of the previous year's topic), see the PSCO web page (URL below) and especially http://ccat.sas.upenn.edu/rs/rak/courses/735/Parabiblical/intro.htm (with links to electronic versions of M.R.James Lost Apocrypha and similar materials with early Christian focus).

Persons wishing to dine with other participants prior to the meeting
should meet at 6 pm at Logan Hall, Second Floor Lounge (southeast of Locust Walk and 36th Street Walk) or go directly to the Food Court in the basement of Houston Hall (just east of Logan, along Spruce Street), where an international variety of food choices is available at reasonable prices.

PROGRAM:

Robert Kraft, University of Pennsylvania (PSCO chair/coordinator)
"Introduction of the Project with Selected Examples (e.g. DANIEL, GOSPEL OF MARY)"

Michael E. Stone, Hebrew University
"Armenian Developments of Biblical Traditions: Transmission and Creativity" (with a focus on Adam and Eve, Ezra, and a few others)

LOOKING AHEAD:

Once again, PSCO will meet just prior to the SBL/AAR annual meetings in Atlanta, on Friday evening 21 November 2003, 7-8:30 pm, at the Atlanta Mariott Marquis Hotel, Amsterdam Room (Convention Level).

A panel drawn from experts attending the annual meetings will be asked to focus on the question "To what extent do popular narratives/reports about parabiblical identities (supposed authors and focal figures) assist us in understanding how the 'parabiblical' literature was read/understood and transmitted/preserved prior to the modern period?"

Meetings are also being planned for late January, mid March (probably at Princeton), and late April or early May. Details will be announced later, and will be included on the PSCO web page (which also contains links to the PSCO archives, directions to Logan Hall, etc.)

http://ccat.sas.upenn.edu/psco/

--
Robert A. Kraft, Religious Studies, University of Pennsylvania
227 Logan Hall (Philadelphia PA 19104-6304); tel. 215 898-5827
kraft@ccat.sas.upenn.edu
http://ccat.sas.upenn.edu/rs/rak/kraft.html