Upcoming Lecture

Calum Carmichael

Judging Joseph in Light of Biblical Law (Gen 37-44; Lev 6:1-7 [5:20-26], 19:18)

March 22, 2012, 7 pm

Calum Carmichael is Professor of Comparative Literature and Adjunct Professor of Law at Cornell University. He has degrees in Science, Historical Theology, and Law from the Universities of Glasgow, Edinburgh, and Oxford. His research concerns the relationship between law and narrative in early biblical material. This focus is reflected in many of his fifteen books, such as Law, Legend, and Incest in the Bible or The Spirit of Biblical Law. His 2010 book on Sex and Religion in the Bible will be followed by a new work this spring, The Book of Numbers: A Critique of Genesis. Prof. Carmichael is the editor of several volumes devoted to the work of his tutor at Oxford, the 20th century legal scholar, David Daube, as well as a memoir, Ideas and the Man: Remembering David Daube.

Lectures are in the Myra Clare Rogers Memorial Chapel, Newcomb Campus of Tulane University, 1229 Broadway. They are open to the University community and public at no charge. For further information call 504-866-8793 or e-mail j-chsec@tulane.edu.

In Memorium

We are very sad to announce the passing, within just a few months of one another, of Frank Birtel (September 1, 2011) and Father Val McInnes (November 22, 2011).Dr. Birtel was a Professor in the Mathematics Department at Tulane, later University Provost, and Father McInnes was originally Chaplain of the Tulane Catholic Center.Working together to found the Judeo-Christian Studies Chair in 1979, they co-directed the prestigious lecture series since then and published a series of volumes based on it.The continuing program is their legacy.

Obituary for Professor Birtel

Obituary for Father McInnes

New Appointment to Catherine and Henry J. Gaisman Chair

Prof. Ronna Burger, Chair of the Department of Philosophy, has been appointed to the Catherine and Henry J. Gaisman Chair in Judeo-Christian Studies. This chair was endowed through a generous gift of Catherine and Henry J. Gaisman. Prof. Burger’s intellectual path has taken her from an early interest in the Bible and its interpretation to Greek philosophy and most recently to the question of the relation between them. This path is reflected in her scholarly pursuits and her teaching at Tulane, where she has found an intellectual home for over three decades.

Read more about Professor Burger's appointment

Contact Info

Director: Professor Ronna Burger

Chair: Department of Philosophy

E-mail: j-chsec@tulane.edu

Phone: (504) 866-8793

Secretary: Nancy Tatarski

Myra Clare Rogers Memorial Chapel Location: Newcomb Campus of Tulane University, 1229 Broadway St., New Orleans, LA 70118 [Google Maps link]