Symposium: Eternity, Epoch, and Soul: Jewish Mystical Notions of Time

Monday, November 4, 2013

Speakers: Adam Afterman, Dustin Atlas, Benjamin Brochstein, April DeConick, Yaacob Dweck, Jonathan Garb, Matthew Goldish, Moshe Idel, Fabrizio Lelli, Shaul Magid, William Parsons, Elli Stern, Elliot Wolfson, Andrei Orlov -Professor Marquette University, Sarah Pessin - Professor University of Denver, Brian Orgren - Professor Rice University

Jewish mystics throughout the ages have considered the concept of time as a way to understand the divine, the cosmos, and the human condition. This symposium will examine the roles that mystical ruminations on temporality have played throughout the ages in the formulation of key religious ideas such as redemption, revelation, creation and eternity.