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A Seminar on Midrash, Creativity, and Experimental Linguistics
A Seminar on Midrash, Creativity, and Experimental Linguistics
This seminar presents the latest research emerging out of a project on God, Language and Diversity based at the University of Cambridge:
https://www.interfaith.cam.ac.uk/research/current-research-projects/god-language-and-diversity-god-and-human-speech,
The project explores connections between the linguistic, theological, and ethical dimensions of classical rabbinic midrash, on the one hand, and empirical-linguistic approaches to processes of human language comprehension and interpretation, on the other. Drawing upon empirical psychological research on the ways that adults, children, and neurodivergent individuals process language, the research aims to arrive at new framings and understandings of midrash, and draw upon midrash’s distinctive approaches to language to uncover new understandings of human language processing through experiments.
Daniel H. Weiss is Polonsky-Coexist Professor of Jewish Studies and Philosophy of…
Organization: BERNARD REVEL GRADUATE SCHOOL. Event Locator: 2026-ABDWXT.
Monday, November 2, 2026, 7:00 PM – 8:00 PM.
Wilf-Furst Hall-F308 Revel Lounge, Wilf-Rubin Hall-Shul.
PhD Lunch - PRof. Yosef Spiezer
Prof. Yosef Spiezer (Bar - Ilan University) will speak to our current PhD students.
Organization: BERNARD REVEL GRADUATE SCHOOL. Event Locator: 2026-ABDTAC.
Monday, December 14, 2026, 12:00 PM – 2:00 PM.
Wilf-Furst Hall-F308 Revel Lounge.