The document provides an agenda for a two-day conference on demons and demonology in late antiquity to be held at the Van Leer Jerusalem Institute on December 14-15, 2015. Day one will include talks on demons in Jewish and Zoroastrian demonology, conceptualizing demons in late antique Judaism, and Ahriman and companions in Zoroastrian theology. Day two will cover demons in early Jewish traditions, Mandaean apotropaic prayers, the demon doubt in Zoroastrian texts, demons in Quranic theology, and the principles of evil in 10th century Ismailism. The conference is free and open to the public, with parking available on nearby streets.
The document provides an agenda for a two-day conference on demons and demonology in late antiquity to be held at the Van Leer Jerusalem Institute on December 14-15, 2015. Day one will include talks on demons in Jewish and Zoroastrian demonology, conceptualizing demons in late antique Judaism, and Ahriman and companions in Zoroastrian theology. Day two will cover demons in early Jewish traditions, Mandaean apotropaic prayers, the demon doubt in Zoroastrian texts, demons in Quranic theology, and the principles of evil in 10th century Ismailism. The conference is free and open to the public, with parking available on nearby streets.
The document provides an agenda for a two-day conference on demons and demonology in late antiquity to be held at the Van Leer Jerusalem Institute on December 14-15, 2015. Day one will include talks on demons in Jewish and Zoroastrian demonology, conceptualizing demons in late antique Judaism, and Ahriman and companions in Zoroastrian theology. Day two will cover demons in early Jewish traditions, Mandaean apotropaic prayers, the demon doubt in Zoroastrian texts, demons in Quranic theology, and the principles of evil in 10th century Ismailism. The conference is free and open to the public, with parking available on nearby streets.
in Late Antiquity Monday-Tuesday, 14-15 December 2015 At the Van Leer Jerusalem Institute Monday, 14 December Tuesday, 15 December 16:45 Gathering 9:15 Gathering 17:00-17:15 9:30-11:00 Greetings: Gabriel Motzkin, Director of the Van Leer Samuel Thrope, The Israeli National Library Jerusalem Institute The Demon Doubt in the Zoroastrian Bundahin Opening Remarks: Domenico Agostini, Polonsky Academy Fellow at the Van Leer Jerusalem Institute Guillaume Dye, Universit Libre de Bruxelles, The Cosmo-logic of Quranic Demonology 17:15-18:30 11:00-11:30 Coffee break Shaul Shaked, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem Demons: Internal and External, Manifest and Disguised. 11:30-13:00 Observations on Jewish and ZoroastrianDemonology Matthew Morgenstern, Tel Aviv University Gideon Bohak, Tel Aviv University A Mandaean Apotropaic Prayer ConceptualizingDemonsin Late Antique Judaism Domenico Agostini, Polonsky Academy Fellow at the Van Leer Jerusalem Institute Ahriman and his Companions. The Zoroastrian Theological Conception of the Demoniac Counter-creation
13:00-14:00 Lunch break
Academic Organizers: Domenico Agostini, Tommaso Tesei, Roy Vilozny 14:00-15:30 Polonsky Academy Fellows at the Van Leer Jerusalem Institute KelleyCoblentz Bautch, St. Edwards University, Austin Demons, Heroines or Victims? Key Female Figures in Early Jewish Traditions Admission is free Parking is not available at the Institute (metered Roy Vilozny, Polonsky Academy Fellow at the Van Leer Jerusalem Institute parking is available on the neighboring streets). Some Remarks on a Pre-Adamic Human-like Demon Photographs taken at the event will be posted on 15:30-15:45 Coffee break the Institutes website and on social networks. 15:45-17:00 Daniel De Smet, CNRS, Paris The Devil in Act and the Potential Devil: The Principles of Evil in 10th-Century Ismlism
Closing Remarks: Shaul Shaked, The Hebrew University of