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The Jericho Labyrinth: Image and Interpretation in a Jewish-Christian Visual Motif

  • Dr. Daniel Stein Kokin
  • Dr. Daniel Stein Kokin
  • Event Date: 2025-10-28
  • Speaker Education: Arizona State University; Upper School Librarian, Ramaz School, NYC; Norman and Syril Reitman Visiting Professor, Bildner Center, Fall 2025
  • Start Time: 10:30 AM
  • End Time: 12:00 PM
  • Location: Miller Hall (14 College Ave.); Room 115

  • Images of labyrinths appear historically in diverse cultures, but are little known to scholars of Jewish texts. In this seminar, Daniel Stein Kokin presents the Jericho labyrinth, a shared Jewish-Christian visual motif attested in the medieval and early modern Mediterranean basin and beyond. Investigating the motif’s origin, evolution, and significance, Stein Kokin will nuance our understanding of Jewish-Christian difference, enhance appreciation of Jewish engagement with the biblical past, and reveal how technological advancement (including the emergence of print) impacted Jewish culture. This seminar will interest all scholars concerned with visual culture, print culture, intercultural relations, and—of course—labyrinths.

Sponsored by the Allen and Joan Bildner Center for the Study of Jewish Life; the Departments of Jewish Studies, History, Art History, English, and Religion; and the Rutgers Initiative for the Book

 Images of labyrinths appear historically in diverse cultures, but are little known to scholars of Jewish texts. In this seminar, Daniel Stein Kokin presents the Jericho labyrinth, a shared Jewish-Christian visual motif attested in the medieval and early modern Mediterranean basin and beyond. Investigating the motif’s origin, evolution, and significance, Stein Kokin will nuance our understanding of Jewish-Christian difference, enhance appreciation of Jewish engagement with the biblical past, and reveal how technological advancement (including the emergence of print) impacted Jewish culture. This seminar will interest all scholars concerned with visual culture, print culture, intercultural relations, and—of course—labyrinths.

Tuesday, October 28, 2025

10:30 AM–Noon; Lunch will be served.

Miller Hall (14 College Ave.); Room 115

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