Colloque : Mediating Scripture: Judeo-Persian Tobit as Global Crossroads

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This symposium is occasioned by the current discovery of the only-known Judeo-Persian copy of the apocryphal Ebook of Tobit, probably the most uplifting stories of the Previous Testomony which has inspired explosions within the arts. Commissioned in 1600 in the Gulf city of Lār, the interdisciplinary and international crossroads of manuscript supplies an necessary case research of worldwide early modernity within a analysis agenda that features international artwork historical past, Judeo-Persian and Judeo-Arabic studies, diplomatic and business relations, biblical research, and pure philosophy of language. A two-day symposium brings outstanding scholars into conversation concerning the significance of the global iterations and variations of the exceptional story and iconography of the E-book of Tobit. On the event of this symposium, the manuscript will journey again to the area and will probably be exhibited at Louvre Abu Dhabi.

Program

December Eight

Welcome Remarks& 1:30 pm- 2:00 pm

Mariët Westermann, Vice Chancellor NYUAD &
Laurence Engel, President BnF

Mahnaz Yousefzadeh and Laurent Hericher&
“Judeo-Persian Tobit: Historical past and Manuscript”

Webinar 1 Keynote Panel 2:00 pm -Four:00 pm&

Moderator: Mahnaz Yousefzadeh
  • Shaul Shaked, Schwarzmann College Professor Emeritus on the Hebrew College of Jerusalem, “The Bible in Judeo-Persian Tradition”
  • Pier Giorgio Borbone, Professore Ordinario in Orientalistica, University of Pisa, “Polyglot Bibles and the Persiante World”
  • Angelo Michele Piemontese, Istituto Italiano di Studi Orientali, Rome, “G.B. Vecchietti’s Persian Scholarship”
  • Francis Richard, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, “Judeo-Persian Manuscripts of G.B. Vecchietti at Bibliothèque Nationale de France”
  • Lawrence H. Schiffman, Decide Abraham Lieberman Professor of Hebrew and Judaic Research at New York College, “Transmissions and Transformations of Second Temple Literature”

Webinar 2 & Language, Translation,& and Tradition Four:00 pm – 5:30 pm

Moderator: Laurent Hericher
  • “Hebrew Constantinople Tobit (1519)”, Loren Stuckenbruck, College of Munich.
  • “Linguistic Considering and Ideas on Language on the Typographia Medicea”, Margherita Farina,& Centre Nationwide de la Recherche Scientifique, Paris.
  • ​“Topography as Theology in Tobit”, Jozsef Zsengeller, Karoli Gaspar University.
  • “The Bible in The Judeo-Persian Custom”, Shervin Farridnejad, Freie Universität Berlin

Webinar three Tobit within the Visible Arts 5:30 pm – 7:45 pm

Moderator: Justin Stearns
  • “Botticellli’s Trinity Altarpiece: Tobias and the Angel and the Ladies of the Augustinian Order”, Scott Nethersole, & Courtauld Institute and Laura Llewellyn, Nationwide Gallery in London.
  • “Previous Testament Apocrypha in European Protestant and Catholic Work”, Elizabeth Philpot, Gothenburg College.
  • “Tobit in Medieval Manuscript Illustrations”, Rebecca Thierfeldt, Unbiased Scholar.
  • “Tobias Iconography in Mughal Art”, Laura Parodi, University of Genoa.

December 9

Presentation of Louvre Abu Dhabi Special Exhibition and Screening “Studying Judeo-Persian Tobit” 1:30 pm – 2:00 pm

The BnF manuscripts, Judeo-Persian Tobit and the Judeo-Persian Hagiographs which Vecchietti transliterated in 1605-1606 in India, will probably be on displayed from October 18th 2021 to February 18th 2022 at Louvre Abu Dhabi, wing 2, gallery Four “the universal religions”.

Screening Reading Tobit: Laurent Hericher, Mahnaz Yousefzadeh, Rodrigo Luque

Webinar Four 2:00-2:20

“Blind Spots: Julius Held, Rembrandt and Tobit”, Mariët Westermann,

Webinar 5 Judeo-Arabic and Judeo-Persian Sacred Literature 2:20 pm – 4:00 pm

Moderator: Shervin Farridnejad
  • “Judeo-Arabic Bible”, Ronny Vollandt, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität, Munich.
  • “The Jewish communities of Lārestān: an try and introduce their heritage via the ages”, Ibrāhīm Šafiī, University of Tehran, Iran.
  • “Judeo Persian Writing and Persian Language,” Nahid Pirnazar, UCLA.
  • “On Language and Faith: Egyptian Judeo-Arabic Sacred “, Benjamin Hary, New York University, Tel Aviv.

Webinar 6 Tobit in Late Medieval Vernacular: Performs, Poetry, and Didactic Books Four:00 pm – 5:30 pm

Moderator:& Mahnaz Yousefzadeh
  • “Journey and Place in the Florentine performs of Tobit”, Nerida Newbigin, College of Sydney.
  • “Accompanying Tobias: Lucrezia Tornabuoni’s Angel of Translation”, Jane Tylus, Yale College.
  • “Tobit within the Vernacular and the Schooling of the Young in Quattrocento Florence”, Federico Botana. Faculty of Advanced Studies, University of London.

Webinar 7 Tobit and International Early Modernity 5:45 pm – 6:45 pm

Moderator:& TBA
  • “Tobit, Capitalism, and Empire in 18th Century England”,& Zvi Ben-Dor Benite, NYU.
  • “Books, Guns, and Diplomacy: The Vecchietti Brothers Between Iran, India, and the Mediterranean”, Brian Brege, Syracuse College.

Closing Remarks 6:45 pm

Laurent Hericher and Mahnaz Yousefzadeh

Hosted by NYU Abu Dhabi, in collaboration with the Bibliothèque nationale de France and Louvre Abu Dhabi.

Organized by

  • Mahnaz Yousefzadeh, NYU
  • Laurent Hericher, BnF, Head of the Oriental Manuscripts Division

Hosted by

  • NYU Abu Dhabi

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