Join us for lunch and a presentation by Professor Jordan Penkower from Bar-Ilan University.
Kosher lunch will be served from 12:30 PM to 1:00 PM in the KJCC Dining Room and is open to students only. Presentation with start at 1:00 PM in the KJCC Library.
Professor Jordan S. Penkower is an expert on the transmission of the Hebrew Bible and masorah both in manuscripts and printed editions. His research extends to broad aspects of the Bible in rabbinic interpretation, as well as Jewish medieval biblical exegesis, especially that of Rashi. His publications focus on Textual Transmission of the Bible and the Masorah, The Bible in Rabbinic Exegesis and Medieval Jewish Biblical Exegesis.
This detailed PowerPoint presentation will review the history of the Tablets of the Covenant and the Ten Commandments inscribed thereon - from the Bible through the Middle Ages, in both Jewish and Christian Art, and down to two of Rembrandt’s paintings. In both of these paintings, the last five Commandments can be read clearly. We will discuss the shape of the Two Tablets, the division of the Ten Commandments, the division of the Sections (Parashot) and the Jewish sources upon which these representations are based.
