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THE DEAD SEA SCROLLS:
JUDAISM ON THE EVE OF CHRISTIANITY
by Prof. Lawrence H. Schiffman (The J.A. Lieberman Professor of Hebrew and Judaic Studies at New York University)
Welcome by Fr. Michael Francis Kolarcik, SJ (Rector of the Pontifical Biblical Institute)
Introduction by Fr. Peter Dubovsky, SJ (Professor of the Pontifical Biblical Institute)
* Event organized by the Pontifical Biblical Institute in collaboration with the Cardinal Bea Centre for Judaic Studies and the Embassy of Israel to the Holy See *
THE DEAD SEA SCROLLS:
JUDAISM ON THE EVE OF CHRISTIANITY
by Prof. Lawrence H. Schiffman (The J.A. Lieberman Professor of Hebrew and Judaic Studies at New York University)
Welcome by Fr. Michael Francis Kolarcik, SJ (Rector of the Pontifical Biblical Institute)
Introduction by Fr. Peter Dubovsky, SJ (Professor of the Pontifical Biblical Institute)
* Event organized by the Pontifical Biblical Institute in collaboration with the Cardinal Bea Centre for Judaic Studies and the Embassy of Israel to the Holy See *
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Who is Lawrence Schiffman?Lawrence H. Schiffman (born 1948) is a professor at New York University (as of 2014). He was formerly Vice-Provost of Undergraduate Education at Yeshiva University and Professor of Jewish Studies (from early 2011 to 2014). He had previously been
Chair of New York University's Skirball Department of Hebrew and Judaic Studies and served as the Ethel and Irvin A. Edelman Professor in Hebrew and Judaic Studies at New York University (NYU). Schiffman is a specialist in the Dead Sea Scrolls, Judaism in Late Antiquity, the history of Jewish law, and Talmudic literature.
What is Dead Sea Scrolls?Dead Sea Scrolls (also Qumran Caves Scrolls) are ancient Jewish religious, mostly Hebrew, manuscripts. They were found in the Qumran Caves in the West Bank near the Dead Sea. Many thousands of written fragments have been discovered in the Dead Sea
area. They represent the remnants of larger manuscripts damaged by natural causes or through human interference, with the vast majority only holding small scraps of text. However, a small number of well-preserved, almost intact manuscripts have survived - fewer than a dozen among those from the Qumran Caves.
What is Christianity?Christianity is a global religion centered on the life and teachings of Jesus Christ, who followers believe is the Son of God. It's a monotheistic faith, meaning Christians believe in one God who exists in three co-equal persons: God the Father, God
the Son (Jesus Christ), and the Holy Spirit. Christianity is based on the Bible, with the Old Testament and New Testament serving as sacred texts.
What is Judaism?Judaism encompasses the religion, philosophy, culture and way of life of the Jewish people. Judaism is a monotheistic religion, with the Torah as its foundational text (part of the larger text known as the Tanakh or Hebrew Bible), and supplemental
oral tradition represented by later texts such as the Midrash and the Talmud. Judaism is considered by religious Jews to be the expression of the covenantal relationship that God established with the Children of Israel.
Judaism includes a wide corpus of texts, practices, theological positions, and forms of organization. Within Judaism there are a variety of movements, most of which emerged from Rabbinic Judaism, which holds that God revealed his laws and commandments to Moses on Mount Sinai in the form of both the Written and Oral Torah.
The Jews are an ethnoreligious group and include those born Jewish and converts to Judaism. In 2012, the world Jewish population was estimated at about 14 million, or roughly 0.2% of the total world population. About 42% of all Jews reside in Israel and about 42% reside in the United States and Canada, with most of the remainder living in Europe.
