21st Annual Joseph and Rebecca Meyerhoff Lecture in Judaic Studies

David B. Ruderman Joseph Meyerhoff Professor of Modern Jewish History at the University of Pennsylvania

October 26, 2017 5:00 pmClass of 1978 Orrery Pavilion Kislak CenterVan Pelt-Dietrich Library Center3420 Walnut StreetID required to enter the building

Cosponsors Jewish Studies Program Department of History

Jewish Thought and Scientific Discovery in Early Modern EuropeTWENTY-FIVE YEARS LATER

Image: From Tobias Cohen’s Ma‘aseh Tuviyah (Venice 1708), the most important medical textbook in Hebrew in the early modern era. The parts of the body are compared to the specific places in a house.