Activity Type:
Lecture
Presenter:
Karin Schutjer, Professor of German Studies, University of Oklahoma
Date:
Wednesday, March 30, 2016 - 16:00
Event Status:
As Scheduled
Location:
Humanities Center, 602 Cathedral of Learning
The advent of historical biblical criticism in the late eighteenth century created a seismic shift that seemed to release the Hebrew Bible from its subservience to Christian doctrine. For Goethe and other German writers of this era, the Hebrew Bible began to emerge with striking, new contours, inviting heterodox explorations that had been previously unthinkable, and serving as a surprising source for their very modern fictional worlds.
UCIS Unit:
European Studies Center
Other Pitt Sponsors:
Department of German
Department of English
Department of Religious Studies
the Jewish Studies Program
The Humanities Center
Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences