Christopher Newport University Announces
Third Annual Bangel LectureNews Release - September15, 2003
contact: Denise Waters
dwaters@cnu.edu
757-594-7331(NEWPORT NEWS, VA)— Professor Elliot Wolfson of New York University will give the third annual Sue Anne and Bill Bangel Lecture on American Judaism at Christopher Newport University on Wednesday, September 24, 2003. The lecture,"The Quest of the Spiritual: Impact of Kabbalah, Buddhism, and New Age Mysticism on American Jewry," will begin at noon in Gaines Theatre on the campus of CNU.
Wolfson is the Abraham Lieberman Professor of Hebrew and Judaic Studies and served as Director of the Program in Religious Studies at New York University (1996-2002). He is the author of many publications in the history of Jewish mysticism, including Through the Speculum That Shines: Vision and Imagination in Medieval Jewish Mysticism (Princeton University Press, 1994), which won the American Academy of Religion's Award for Excellence in the Study of Religion in the Category of Historical Studies, 1995, and the National Jewish Book Award for Excellence in Scholarship, 1995. In addition, he is the author of Along the Path: Studies in Kabbalistic Hermeneutics, Myth, and Symbolism
and Circle in the Square: Studies in the Use of Gender in Kabbalistic Symbolism, both published in 1995 (State University of New York Press).
“I am so grateful to the Bangels for giving us the exceptional opportunity to explore scholarship on Judaism that would otherwise be impossible,” expressed Dr. Graham Schwieg, assistant professor, Philosophy and Religious Studies at CNU.
This lecture series is supported by a generous donation from the Bangels and hosted by the University’s Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies. For more information, please contact Dr. Schweig at 757-594-7959.