“Daniel Boyarin,” a prominent conservative rabbi confided to me not long ago, “is one of the two or three greatest rabbinic scholars in the world,” and—dropping his voice a notch—“possibly even the greatest.” Jack Miles (Professor of English and Religious Studies, UC Irvine).

A meticulous, daring and provocative scholar of Jewish culture and history, Boyarin is a prolific author, a small sample of his bibliography including: The No-State Solution: A Jewish Manifesto (2023); Imagine No Religion: How Modern Abstractions Hide Ancient Realities (2016); The Jewish Gospels: The Story of the Jewish Christ (2013); Queer Theory and the Jewish Question (2003); Carnal Israel: Reading Sex in Talmudic Culture (1995).

Boyarin is part of the advisory board of the new Fribourg based project Women, Martyrdom, & Religious Drama in the Abrahamic Traditions (WOMARD) that studies the dramatic traditions of Judaism, Christianity and Shi’i Islam from a comparative perspective. The WOMARD team are delighted to welcome Boyarin to Fribourg. Please join us! 

Professor Daniel Boyarin, “The Ambivalence of the Historian: Josephus caught between peace and Andreia.”
Thursday 16th May, 5.15pm
Université de Fribourg
Miséricode 11, salle Laure Dupraz

The event is hosted jointly by the Institut du monde antique et byzantin, and the Department of English. See the poster here.

Last minute attendance is fine but it will help us to plan the refreshments if you could register for the event here.