Reporter 6/2/02: Faculty of Divinity and the Centre for Advanced Religious and Theological Studies (CARTS): Event

Faculty of Divinity and the Centre for Advanced Religious and Theological Studies (CARTS): Event

The Jewish Roots of Christian Worship Project will be holding a conference on The veil of the temple on 15 March 2002 in the Runcie Room, Faculty of Divinity. The programme is as follows:

9.20 a.m.	Introductions.
9.30 a.m.	The symbolism of the veil as the boundary between earth and heaven, by Margaret Barker, of the Centre for Advanced Religious and Theological Studies.
10.30 a.m.	Coffee.
11 a.m.	The curtain in the Coptic and Byzantine traditions, by Dr George Bebawi, of the Centre for Advanced Religious and Theological Studies.
12 p.m.	The symbolism of the veil in Islam, by Mr Timothy Winter, of the Faculty of Divinity.
1 p.m.	Sandwich lunch in Selwyn College.
2.15 p.m.	The veil and the incarnation in the Syriac tradition, by Dr Robert Murray, SJ, of Heythrop College, London.
3.15 p.m.	The iconostasis in Byzantium and Russia, by Dr Alexei Lidov, Director of the Research Centre for Eastern Christian Culture, Moscow.
4.15 p.m.	Summing up.
4.30 p.m.	Tea and depart.

Please note: if you wish to have a sandwich lunch (£10 per person) in Selwyn College with the speakers, please let Ms Rosalind Paul know by 8 March at the latest (tel. 01223 763017, e-mail rmp24@cam.ac.uk). Cheques should be sent in advance and must be made payable to the University of Cambridge.

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