Martin Buber & the Bible: Literary and Philosophical Perspectives

Please join us for an all-day international workshop titled “Martin Buber & the Bible: Literary and Philosophical Perspectives,” organized by Michael Rosenthal and co-sponsored by the Department of Philosophy, the Anne Tanenbaum Centre for Jewish Studies, and the Grafstein Chair in Jewish Philosophy.

Schedule

9:30-9:45 Greetings  

Michael Rosenthal 

9:45-10:45 Session 1 

Chair:  Sol Goldberg (University of Toronto) 

Speaker:  Leora Batnizky (Princeton University) 

Title:  “Buber and Winnicott: Rethinking Buber’s Biblical Theology through the Lens of ‘the Good Enough Mother’” 

10:45-11:00 Break  

11:00-12:00 Session 2 

Chair:  Robert Gibbs (University of Toronto) 

Speaker: Ilana Pardes (Hebrew University and University of Toronto) 

Title: “The David Story and Buber’s ‘Biblical Leadership’” 

12-1:30 Lunch (kosher, all attendees and participants invited) 

1:30-2:30 Session 3 

Chair: Willi Goetschel (University of Toronto) 

Speaker:  Michael Rosenthal (University of Toronto) 

Title: “The Idea of Faith and the Problem of Conscience in Buber’s Kingship of God and The Prophetic Faith“ 

2:30-2:45 Break  

2:45-3:45 Session 4 

Chair: Oren Yirmiya (University of Toronto) 

Speaker: Vivian Liska (University of Antwerp and Hebrew University of Jerusalem) 

Title: “Woman as World in Buber’s Dialogic and Biblical Writings“

3:45-4:00 Break  

4:00-5:00 Session 5

Chair: Karen Weisman (University of Toronto)  

Speaker: Ynon Wygoda (Hebrew University) 

Title: “Buber’s Deuteronomy: Translating the Entrance into the Land” 

7:00 Conference Dinner (by invitation only)