Tuesdays at Tantur

Finding Meaning in the Bible: On the Evolution of the Word Midrash as a Hermeneutic Term in Late Antiquity

Dr. Paul Mandel

Dr. Paul Mandel was born and raised in the Washington, D.C. area, and made aliya to Israel in the 1970’s. He is a Senior Lecturer at the Schechter Institute of Jewish Studies in Jerusalem, where he teaches Midrash and Aggadah, Talmud, Hermeneutics and Jewish literature of the Second Temple period. Having completed a BSc and MSc in physics in the US, he was always interested in both math and sciences as well as literature and Jewish studies. Dr. Mandel studied at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, where he received an MA and PhD from the department of Hebrew Literature, concentrating in the transmission of rabbinic midrashic literature and its poetic development. He has recently published a book titled The Origins of Midrash: From Teaching to Text (Leiden: Brill, 2017).

Transportation will be provided on Shivtei Israel St. 1 (on the western side of the Notre Dame Center opposite the New Gate of the Old City). The bus will leave at 6:30pm and return at 9pm. Please RSVP at rmallek@tantur.org.

Tuesdays at Tantur is a weekly event that seeks to establish a community of conversation. Co-hosted by the Tantur Ecumenical Institute and Jerusalem Global Gateway  of the University of Notre Dame, the series nurtures open discussion on theological and other topics relevant to the life of Jerusalem and the Holy Land.

Originally published at jerusalem.nd.edu.