By Michelle Hines, University Relations
Contact: (336) 334-5371
Posted 3-10-08
UPDATE: SPEAKER HAS CANCELLED DUE TO ILLNESS. MORE INFO. ON LEVINSON LECTURE TO COME.
Dr. Richard Friedman
GREENSBORO, NC – Ever wonder about life before Eve gave in to her craving for forbidden fruit?
Biblical scholar Dr. Richard Friedman will discuss “Before the Apple: What Was Life Like Before the Events in Eden?” Sunday, April 13, at UNCG.
Friedman, who is professor emeritus of Hebrew and comparative literature at the University of California at San Diego, will speak at 7:30 p.m. in the Elliott University Center Auditorium. His presentation will mark the 8th in UNCG’s annual Henry Samuel Levinson Lecture Series.
The lecture is free and open to the public; a reception will follow. Free parking will be available in the Walker Avenue Deck.
Friedman received his doctorate in Hebrew Bible from Harvard. He was a visiting fellow at Cambridge and Oxford, and a Senior Fellow of the American Schools of Oriental Research in Jerusalem. He also took part in the City of David Project archaeological excavations of biblical Jerusalem.
Friedman’s books include “The Creation of Sacred Literature,” “The Future of Biblical Studies: The Hebrew Scriptures,” and “Who Wrote the Bible?” They have been translated into Hebrew, German, Italian, Spanish, Japanese, French, Dutch, Czech, Polish and Hungarian. He teaches, writes, and lectures on the Hebrew Bible, the languages and civilizations of the ancient Near East, and comparative religion and culture.
Friedman works in Akkadian, Aramaic, Greek, Hebrew, Latin, Phoenician, Ugaritic, French and German. Articles, reviews, and treatments of his work have appeared in the Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, New York Times, Wall Street Journal, U.S. News & World Report and Newsweek. He has been a consultant for television and film, working with Dreamworks, NBC and A&E.
The Levinson Lecture is sponsored by the Department of Religious Studies, the Jewish Studies Program, and the College of Arts and Sciences in conjunction with the Henry S. Levinson Program Endowment for Jewish Studies, the Herman and Zelda Bernard Distinguished Professorship in Jewish Studies, the Barbara Colchamiro Jewish Studies Program Endowment, the Judith Rosenstock Hyman Jewish Studies Program Endowment and The Carolina Center for Jewish Studies at UNC-Chapel Hill.
For more information, call the religious studies department at (336) 334-5762.
