Lecture: "Discovering fantastic beings from the Bible and the Talmud", by Géraldine Roux
From Golem to the land of giants, from Leviathan to Behemoth to Na'ash, the Bible is populated with fantastic creatures that sometimes appear only at the turn of a verse.
Dimanche 18 septembre 2022, 10h30Passat
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Léviathan / Florilège hébraïque du nord de la France c.1280 folio 518v ©British Library
Most have disappeared and yet haunt the pages with their silent, disturbing or burlesque, melancholic or drolatic presence. According to the interpretations. We will make this journey to the other side of the world using the Midrash, the Talmud and the comments that Rachi makes of it. Sustainable heritage, did you say?
Géraldine Roux is a teacher and doctor of philosophy, director of the Rachi University Institute.
