David Sclar, Tracing Maimonides in Material Culture: His Impact and Reception Over Eight Centuries
When and Where
Tuesday, October 17, 2023 4:00 pm to 6:00 pm
Thomas FIsher Rare Books Library
120 St. George Street, Toronto, ON M5S 1A5
Speakers
David Sclar (Princeton University)
Description
A. E. Grossman Lecture in Jewish Studies
David Sclar (Princeton University)
Tracing Maimonides in Material Culture: His Impact and Reception Over Eight Centuries
Among the intellectual luminaries dotting the millennia of Jewish history, none shines brighter than Moses Maimonides (1138–1204). This lecture will explore aspects of his impact and influence through a study of materiality, specifi cally the production and dissemination of textual objects. It will combine intellectual, reception, and book historical research to o er a perspective on reading, writing, study, and developments therein from the medieval period until contemporary times.
RSVP IF YOU PLAN TO ATTEND by Friday, 13 October annamaria.romano@utoronto.ca.
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This event will be delivered in-person at the Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library (120 St. George Street) on Tuesday, October 17, 2023 at 4 PM.
Sponsors
A. E. Grossman Lecture in Jewish Studies