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Dr. William Propp, Professor of Ancient History and Judaic Studies, holds the Harriet and Louis Bookheim Chair in Biblical Hebrew and Related Languages at the University of California San Diego. His three books, Water in the Wilderness (1987), Exodus 1-18 (1999) and Exodus 19-40 (2006) all concern traditions of the departure from Egypt. Drawing upon his own previous researches and presentations at the UCSD Calit2 Qualcomm Institute conference Out of Egypt: Israel’s Exodus Between Text and Memory, History and Imagination (June 1-3, 2013), Professor Propp will consider whether and to what extent we can utilize the Torah as a historical source, and how its narrative fits into the known history and archaeology of the Late Bronze Age. To illustrate the challenges the Exodus poses to the historian, Propp will compare the biblical tale to another miraculous escape story, drawn from the folklore of World War I. Wednesday, June 5th, 2013, 5:00pm, Atkinson Hall, UCSD UCSD JUDAIC STUDIES PROGRAM, CALIT2 & CISA3 PRESENT: EXODUS? WHAT WAS THE WILLIAM PROPP
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Dr. William Propp, Professor of Ancient History and Judaic Studies, holds the Harriet and Louis Bookheim Chair in Biblical Hebrew and Related Languages at the University of California San Diego. His three books, Water in the Wilderness (1987), Exodus 1-18 (1999) and Exodus 19-40 (2006) all concern traditions of the departure from Egypt.
Drawing upon his own previous researches and presentations at the UCSD Calit2 Qualcomm Institute conference Out of Egypt: Israel’s Exodus Between Text and Memory, History and Imagination (June 1-3, 2013), Professor Propp will consider whether and to what extent we can utilize the Torah as a historical source, and how its narrative �ts into the known history and archaeology of the Late Bronze Age. To illustrate the challenges the Exodus poses to the historian, Propp will compare the biblical tale to another miraculous escape story, drawn from the folklore of World War I.
Wednesday, June 5th, 2013, 5:00pm, Atkinson Hall, UCSD
UCSD JUDAIC STUDIES PROGRAM, CALIT2 & CISA3 PRESENT:
EXODUS?WHAT WAS THE
WHAT WAS THE
WILLIAM PROPP
