Akkadian Midrash? Thoughts on the Connections between Akkadian Commentaries and Jewish Midrash
A unique opportunity to gain insight into the connections between Akkadian cuneiform clay tablets and Rabbinic Jewish Midrash
Akkadian Midrash? Thoughts on the Connections between Akkadian Commentaries and Jewish Midrash
15 Nov 2023, 18:00 – 19:30
This lecture will focus on hermeneutical techniques, and the terms used for these techniques, in Akkadian commentaries on cuneiform clay tablets from the first millennium BCE. The speasker will compare these techniques and terms to Rabbinic Midrash, and will raise the question whether we can assume a connection between the two corpora.
No prior knowledge of languages is necessary. All are welcome to engage with experts in this field.
Uri Gabbay
Associate Professor of Assyriology at the Department of Archaeology and Ancient Near East
Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Uri Gabbay is an Associate Professor of Assyriology at the Department of Archaeology and Ancient Near East, Hebrew University of Jerusalem. He deals with the religious and intellectual history of ancient Mesopotamia, especially in the first millennium BCE. He is the author of the book The Exetetical Terminology of Akkadian Commentaries (Brill, 2016).
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