H-JewishRhetorics is the scholarly network for Klal Rhetorica, a community of scholars working in the overlapping areas of Rhetoric and Jewish Studies.
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The Jewish Studies Program at the University of Kentucky invites entries for the annual Mark and Ruth Luckens Essay Competition in Jewish Thought and Culture. The Luckens Prize is awarded to the best unpublished original essay that is also suitable for oral presentation to a general audience and is w
Elie Wiesel has long been a pivotal figure in Holocaust discourse. His book Night was one of the earliest works by a survivor and continues to be a significant point of reference in Holocaust literature. He went on to become an incredibly prolific writer, working in a range of genres. His death in July 2016 invites examination of what form his literary, political, and cultural legacy will take.
Possibly of interest to the list: I recently came across a bibliography of Rabbi Moshe Chaim Luzzatto, the Ramchal (an eighteenth-century Italian rabbi). Luzzatto has many interesting connections to rhetoric; not only did he compose a Hebrew grammar (Leshon Limudim), he claims to have received kabbalistic wisdom revealed to him in speeches from an angelic maggid. Apparently, Luzzatto maintained his mystical writings and voluminous commentaries on the Zohar were dictated to him by an angel, a rather unpopular claim in the aftermath of Shabbatai Zevi's pseudo-messianism.
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Author: Jeffrey Alan Bernstein |
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Author: Gershom Scholem |
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Author: Astrid Zajdband |
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Author: Jasmin Habib |
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The Jewish Studies Program at the University of Kentucky invites entries for the annual Mark and Ruth Luckens Essay Competition in Jewish Thought and Culture. The Luckens Prize is awarded to the best unpublished original essay that is also suitable for oral presentation to a general audience and is w
Elie Wiesel has long been a pivotal figure in Holocaust discourse. His book Night was one of the earliest works by a survivor and continues to be a significant point of reference in Holocaust literature. He went on to become an incredibly prolific writer, working in a range of genres. His death in July 2016 invites examination of what form his literary, political, and cultural legacy will take.
Antisemitism Studies
Call for Submissions
Deadline for first issue: September 15, 2016
Deadline for second issue: December 15, 2016
Hello members of the Rhetoric and Religious Traditions SSIG!
I'm writing to invite you to attend the annual SSIG meeting in a few weeks at Cs. We will meet on Friday, April 8, from 6:30-7:30 p.m. (location to be announced).
Discussion items:
CALL FOR ABSTRACTS
The Dilemma of Jewish Heritage: Studies in the Construction and Consumption of the Past in the Present
Edited by
Magdalena Waligórska (University of Bremen, Germany) and
Simon J. Bronner (Pennsylvania State University, USA)
Publisher: Littman Library of Jewish Civilization, Oxford, UK
