Center for the
Study of Cultures
of Place in the
Modern Jewish
World
Ephraim Moses Lilien
"By the Waters of Babylon"
Etching, Courtesy of The Israel Museum, Jerusalem
Participants:
Robert (Uri) Alter, University of California, Berkeley
Leora Batnitzky, Princeton University
Richard I. Cohen, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Sidra Dekoven Ezrahi, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Ruth Ginsburg, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Galit Hasan-Rokem, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Ruth HaCohen, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Ron Hendel, University of California, Berkeley
Ruth Kara-Ivanov Kaniel, Shalom Hartman Institute and Ben-Gurion University
Ora Limor, The Open University
Vivian Liska, University of Antwerp / The Hebrew University
Ophir Münz-Manor, The Open University
Ilana Pardes, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Elhanan Reiner, Tel Aviv University
Yael Sela Teichler, The Open University
Edwin Seroussi, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Jonathan Sheehan, University of California, Berkeley
Jonathan Stavsky, Mandel Scholion, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Israel Yuval, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Yair Zakovitch, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Ariel Zinder, Tel Aviv University
Supported by the I-CORE Program of the Planning and
Budgeting Committee and The Israel Science Foundation
(grant No 1798/12)
‫ פרשנות‬,‫ אתיקה‬,‫ אסתטיקה‬:‫ירושלים על פי תהלים‬
Psalms in/on Jerusalem:
Aesthetics, Ethics, Hermeneutics
June 3-4, 2015
Psalms in/on Jerusalem:
Aesthetics, Ethics, Hermeneutics
Wednesday, June 3, 2015
II. 10.45-12.15
Chair: Ilana Pardes, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Workshops (in Hebrew). For Invitees Only. Mandel Building 530
Conference Participants and the PhD Honors Program.
Ron Hendel, University of California, Berkeley
Myth and Mimesis in the Psalms of Jerusalem
09.00-09.15
‫ האוניברסיטה העברית בירושלים – דברי פתיחה‬,‫אילנה פרדס‬
09.15-10.00
‫ האוניברסיטה העברית בירושלים‬,‫ישראל יובל‬
‫ פרשנות נוצרית מובילה מול פרשנות יהודית נגררת‬:‫תהלים כב‬
Jonathan Stavsky, Mandel Scholion, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Oral Tales and Written Truth in the Reception History of Septuagint Psalm 118 (119): 85
10.15-11.00
‫ מרכז דעת המקום‬,‫ אוניברסיטת תל אביב‬,‫אלחנן ריינר‬
:"‫ וָ ֶא ְֽהיֶ ה ִמ ְת ַהלֵ ְּך ְ ּבא ֶֹהל ְּוב ִמ ְש ָ ּׁכֽן‬- - - ‫"כּי ֹלא יָ ַש ְב ִתּי ְַבּיִ ת‬
ִ
)‫ הבית אשר בנה שלמה (תהלים קלב‬,‫האהל אשר נטה דוד‬
11.15-11.45
‫חברותות‬
11.45-12.30
‫גוריון בנגב‬-‫ מכון שלום הרטמן ואוניברסיטת בן‬,‫איוונוב קניאל‬-‫רות קרא‬
‫ירושלים כדמות נשית ודמות דוד בספר הזוהר‬
12.45-13.30
‫ האוניברסיטה העברית בירושלים‬,‫אילנה פרדס‬
‫ בין תהלים לאיוב‬:‫"תהלה" לש"י עגנון‬
Ariel Zinder, Tel Aviv University
His Highness: God's Voice and the Mountain-King
III. 13.15-14.15
Chair: Ruth Ginsburg, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
eora Batnitzky, Princeton University
L
The Anticipation of the Future and the Eternity of the Moment: Franz Rosenzweig's Reading of Psalm 115
Vivian Liska, University of Antwerp / The Hebrew University
Paul Celan, the Last Psalmist
IV. 14.30-15.30
Chair: Ora Limor, The Open University
13.30-14.00
Lunch
Sidra Dekoven Ezrahi, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
"By the Waters of Babylon": The Amnesia of Memory
14.00-15.00
Robert Alter, University of California, Berkeley
Jerusalem as the Arena of Life: Formulaic Imagery and
Poetic Originality in Psalms
phir Münz-Manor, The Open University
O
Psalms in the Poetry of T. Carmi
15.30-18.30
Tour of Mount Zion - Yisca Harani (English)
V. 16.15-17.45
CONCERT
Psalms and Music - Remarks by Ruth HaCohen and Edwin Seroussi,
The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Thursday - June 4, 2015
Jerusalem Baroque Orchestra Conducted by David Shemer
Cantors: Maimon Cohen and Roni Ish-Ran
Barbara Mandel Auditorium, Mandel Building
The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Mount Scopus
09.00-09.30
Greetings
Israel Yuval, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Head of the Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel School for Advanced Studies in the Humanities
Ilana Pardes, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Director of the PhD Honors Program, Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel School for Advanced Studies in the Humanities - Opening Remarks
I. 09.30-10.30
Program:
Mizmor le-David - Psalms in Oral Jewish Traditions and in Works by
Benedetto Marcello, Claudio Monteverdi and Heinrich Schütz
17.45-18.45 RECEPTION
VI. 18.45-20.00
Greetings:
Richard I. Cohen, Academic Director of “Da’at HaMakom,”
The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Readings of Selected Psalms - Robert Alter and Ruth HaCohen
Chair: Galit Hasan-Rokem, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Chair: Vivian Liska, University of Antwerp / The Hebrew University
Keynote speakers:
(in Hebrew with simultaneous translation)
Jonathan Sheehan, University of California, Berkeley
Psalms and the Types of Christian Sacrifice
Yael Sela Teichler, The Open University
Moses Mendelssohn on Psalms, Music, and Redemption between Jerusalem and Athens-on-the-Spree
Robert (Uri) Alter, University of California, Berkeley
Yair Zakovitch, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
‫אורי אלטר ויאיר זקוביץ‬
‫ שיחה בשניים על מזמורי ירושלים‬- "‫"גם צפור מצאה בית ודרור קן לה‬