• Drumming Away Demons

    Royce Hall, Rm 314

    The inhabitants of the ancient biblical world—including many ancient Israelites—viewed their cosmos as the home of many unseen forces: for example, powerful gods and their entourages, but also malevolent demons....

  • Jewish Childhood in Ottoman and Hashemite Iraq

    James West Alumni Center Conference Center

    The talk follows the lives of children and young adults in the modern cities of Iraq, as well as in towns and in villages. I will explore the schools, libraries,...

  • Is Freemasonry a Religion or a Pioneering Interfaith Society?

    Bunche Hall 6275 11282 Portola Plaza, Los Angeles, CA, United States

    The relationship between Freemasonry and religion is quite a complex one. Some might think Freemasonry is a religion or at least a sect. For others it is an association that...

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  • Divine Law and Community Boundaries in Jewish Antiquity

    Royce Hall, Rm 314

    Royce Hall, 314 In late antiquity, two radically distinct conceptions of divine law—Greek natural law grounded in reason and biblical law grounded in revelation—confronted one another with a force that...

  • Lucas Cranach and Martin Luther: Sacred Art at the Dawn of the Reformation

    Charles E. Young Research Library 280 Charles E Young Dr N, Los Angeles , United States

    The allegorical paintings and altarpieces that Lucas Cranach made in Wittenberg during his association with Martin Luther reveal a Reformation that is different from the one we know in books. ...

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  • The Spirituality of Jesus in the New Millennium: A Fourth Quest for Jesus

    Humanities Bldg, Rm 348 348 Humanities Bldg, Los Angeles , CA, United States

    Over the last century and a half, the one conclusion of critical biblical scholarship is actually twofold: the dehistoricization of John and the de-Johannification of Jesus. The problem with these...

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