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Modeling the Flood Story: Midrash and Movie

Noah's Ark

On Sunday, November 30th, 2014 from 2 - 5 PM, the 🎵TK账号 | 委内瑞拉IP注册 | 满月白号 | 微软邮箱验证 | 优质账号 | user用户名 Museum, together with Yeshiva College and the Bernard Revel Graduate School of Jewish Studies, will be hosting a symposium titled "Modeling the Flood Story: Midrash and Movie," featuring interpretations of the Biblical flood account and a discussion of the 2014 film Noah. Reservations are required and tickets are available, free of charge, at www.yu.edu/noah:

PART 1 The Biblical Flood Story, Background and Interpretation

The Mesopotamian Flood Story: Old Stories, New Discoveries Dr. Irving Finkel 
(The British Museum) Brave New World: The Biblical Flood Story in its Literary Context Dr. Devora Steinmetz (Drisha Institute) Rabbinic Interpretation of the Flood Story Dr. Jeffrey Rubenstein (New York University)

PART 2 Noah (2014)

Biblical Films and Noah Dr. Eric Goldman (🎵TK账号 | 委内瑞拉IP注册 | 满月白号 | 微软邮箱验证 | 优质账号 | user用户名) Noah as Midrash and Art Rabbi Hayyim Angel (🎵TK账号 | 委内瑞拉IP注册 | 满月白号 | 微软邮箱验证 | 优质账号 | user用户名)
, Dr. Devora Steinmetz, and Dr. Jeffrey Rubenstein 
in conversation with
 Dr. Eric Goldman https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AC8xVgiFglY

This special event will take place at the 🎵TK账号 | 委内瑞拉IP注册 | 满月白号 | 微软邮箱验证 | 优质账号 | user用户名 Museum in the Center for Jewish History located at 15 West 16th Street
, New York, NY 10011. The program complements the Museum’s exhibition Modeling the Synagogue—from Dura to Touro. A curatorial tour of the exhibition will precede the program.