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Sent: Mon 7/9/2012 2:33 AM Subject: Kabbalah Research: Continuity, Development, and Change International Summer Workshop for Young Researchers in Jewish Culture and Identity Kabbalah Research: Continuity, Development, and Change International Summer Workshop for Young Researchers in Jewish Culture and Identity Monday-Tuesday, 9-10 July 2012, at The Van Leer Jerusalem Institute The study of Kabbalah and mysticism-which has become a separate, defined field-has in recent decades enjoyed a resurgence at universities in Israel and abroad in all disciplines of the arts and social sciences. Concomitantly, outside the academic world the study of Kabbalah has changed from being the province of the select few to being accessible to a broader population. Established batei midrash for Kabbalah have filled up, new and varied study centers have been opened, and ever-increasing numbers of people have been exposed to the study of the Zohar and other kabbalistic texts. Formerly, the study of Kabbalah, as part of the Enlightenment, involved a view of religion in general, and Kabbalah, mysticism, and magic in particular, as old-fashioned. The renewed importance of batei midrash and the growth of the study of Kabbalah and mysticism present a challenge to that approach. The academic world has undergone a transformation and perhaps even a parting of the ways as scholars have focused their research not only on the texts themselves but also on the renewed activity surrounding the study of Kabbalah in batei midrash. Among the new areas of study are the links between Kabbalah and literature, the Zohar and culture, and the Zohar and history. The tension between textual research and the sociology of Kabbalah has produced interesting methodological changes and other effects. This summer workshop will provide an opportunity to investigate the possible influence of the developments and transmutations in research on Kabbalah and mysticism on the work of young researchers. Academic committee: Prof. Rachel Elior, Dr. Avraham Elqayam, Dr. Aviad Hacohen, Prof. Boaz Huss, Dr. Ronit Meroz, Prof. Haviva Pedaya, Dr. Avinoam Rosenak, Rabbi Prof. Naftali Rothenberg, Dafna Schreiber Tuesday, July 10, 2012 9:00 - 9:30 Gathering 09:30 - 12:00 A New Look at the Text and the Phenomena Chair: Shifra Assulin Sarah Segal-Katz, B'uvda u've'Milula-Speech as Act and Act as Speech in the Zohar: The Opening of the "Idra Raba" as a Representation of the Relationship between Language and Practice in the Zohar Literature Tomer Persico, The Study of Meditative Techniques in the Jewish Mystical Tradition-A Phenomenological Typology and an Interdisciplinarian View Jay Michaelson, Rabbi Professor: Neo-Hasidism as Spiritual Bricolage Eliezer Baumgarten, Kabbalah in Islamic Countries and in Eastern Europe Respondent: Boaz Huss 12:00 - 13:15 Lunch Break 13:15 - 15:15 Languages: Pictures, Intent, and Imaging Chair: Dafna Schreiber Daniel Reiser, The Technique of Imaging from the Beginning of the Kabbalah to Late Hasidism: Theology as a Derivative of Praxis Uri Safrai, "And There Is No Such Significant Thing for This Purpose Like Prayer" - The Kavvanot Literature as a Kabbalisitic and Research Interest Avishar Harshefi, "And Now There Is Nahal Novea Mekor Hochma": The Affinity of Rabbi Nahman of Breslav to Rabbi Shimon bar Yohai and the Turning toward "Sipurey Maasiyot" Respondent: Haviva Pedaya 15:30 - 17:30 Concluding Session: Synthesis and General Responses Participants: Rachel Elior Moshe Idel Yehuda Liebes Facilitator: Naftali Rothenberg 18:00 - 21:00 Opening Session - The International Conference on Study and Research on Kabbalah In honor of Prof. Moshe Idel and Prof. Yehuda Liebes Monday, July 9, 2012 9:30 - 10:00 Gathering and Registration 10:00 - 10:15 Opening Remarks: Naftali Rothenberg 10:15 - 12:15 Zohar Research Chair: Chaim I. Waxman Avishai Bar-Asher, Contemporary Historical Study of Zoharic Literature and the Literary Oeuvre of R. Moses de León Yair Lior, The Early Kabbalah from a Comparative Perspective Neta Sobol, Research on Zoharic Manuscripts as an Opportunity for New Inquiries into the Idrot Respondent: Ronit Meroz 12:15 - 13:15 Lunch Break 13:15 - 15:15 Prominent Individuals and Methods Chair: Avinoam Rosenak Michael Gross, The Attitude of Rabbi Yosef Chaim of Baghdad to the Material World Elke Morlok, Philosophy and Kabbalah in the Writings of Isaac Satanow Alexander van der Haven, Sarah the Ashkenazi and Sabbatian Nonmetaphorical Interpretation: The Historiographical Challenge of Subaltern Subjects Respondent: Jonatan Meir 15:30 - 17:30 Myth Chair: Aviad Hacohen Jonatan M. Benarroch, The Reflective Myth: The Reflective Aspects in the Shaping of Zoharic Myth-The 'Yanuqa de Balak' and 'Sabba de Mishpatim' as a Test Case Assaf Tamari, Beyond Negation and Rehabilitation: On the Concept of Myth and its Historical Contexts in Kabbalistic Scholarship Yoed Kadary, Angels in Kabbalah and in Kabbalah Research-A Rethinking Respondent: Avraham Elqayam
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