Sunday, March 30, 12:30 – 2:30 pm, Torggler Center at Christopher Newport University
In Judaism’s mystical traditions, the myth of the ‘breaking of the vessels’ imagines vessels of divine essence shattered at creation, left for humans to find and repair the world.
Christopher Newport University’s Jewish Studies program presents Joanna Homrighausen, Ph. D exploring Jewish mysticism and the art inspired by it. The lecture will begin with Jewish art from past centuries that engages mystical themes – from ritual implements to calligraphed manuscripts – then turn to more recent Jewish artists who have played with Jewish mystical texts, themes, and symbols.
Dr. Homrighausen teaches in Judaic Studies at William & Mary and writes and teaches on sacred words, sacred texts, and how individuals and communities reproduce, ritualize, and revere them through lettering arts and scribal crafts. Presented in collaboration with CNU’s Department of Philosophy and Religion and sponsored by the Bertram and Gladys Aaron Endowed Professorship in Jewish Studies, this event is free and open to the public.
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