Conferences and seminars
Poetry and Strong Commitment in the Ancient World
This conference explores the relationship between poetry and religion across the ancient Near Eastern and Mediterranean world, focusing on emotions, embodiment, and constructions of the self in models of strong religious commitment.
Poetry is understood broadly as encompassing prayers, psalms, hymns, incantations, and prophetic and apocalyptic literature. Areas covered include ancient Egypt, Mesopotamia, Greece, Rome, the Hebrew Bible, Second Temple and Late Antique Rabbinic Judaism, and Greek, Latin, and later Byzantine Christian poetry.