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Commentary, Interpretation, Translation. Fourth EAJS Congress, Troyes, 8th-13th July 1990

12 October 2010 by EAJS Administrator

Fourth EAJS Congress, Troyes, 8th-13th July 1990

Commentary, Interpretation, Translation

The fourth Congress of the EAJS was held at the Congress Centre, Troyes, from 8 to 13 July 1990, on the general theme of Commentary, Interpretation, Translation. Informally it has become known as the “The Rashi Congress”. The formal opening of the Congress, under the auspices of the Académie des Inscriptions et Belles Lettres, was on Friday 6th July at the Institut de France. The opening address to the Congress was delivered by Gerard Nahon on “Rashi et son temps.” One hundred seminar papers were presented within fourteen different subject areas. The subject areas were:

1. Literature of the Greco-Roman Period

2. Septuagint

3. Targum and Midrash

4. Piyyut

5. Rashi and his Work

6. Jewish Mysticism of the Early Middle Ages

7. Medieval Jewish Philosophy and Mysticism

8. Historical and Cultural Environment

9. History of the Jews of France in the Middle Ages

10. History and Thought of the Jews of Spain

11. History and Thought of the Jews of Italy

12. Jewish Thought in Germany (German, Yiddish, Hebrew)

13. Judaism in Arabic

14. Jewish Museums of Europe.

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