Agenda

El Dibbuq, la vida entre dos mons

Lecture by Joan Ferrer

Wednesday, March 18,

Institut d'Estudis Nahmànides

The series of conferences The judaism and the dramatic arts will offer an approach to the relationship of Judaism with artistic and dramatic expression, both from the position of a Jewish author, as from the projection that the works treated give to concrete aspects of Judaism.

The conference will present the work Entre dos mons: el Dibbuq by X. An-Ski, Xloyme-Zanvl Rapoport (1863-1920) written in Yiddish and translated into Catalan by Joan Ferrer and Anna Soler. The Dibbuq is the figure of the soul in sorrow, who finds no rest in the hereafter and who takes possession of a living person and speaks through his mouth. An-Ski’s drama is considered the most important play in the history of Jewish theatre.

Joan Ferrer, is vice-dean of studies at the University of Girona. He received his doctorate in Semitic philology (Hebrew and Aramaic) in 1989 with a thesis entitled El targum d'Osees en tradició iemenita. He wrote volume 10 of the Etymological and complementary dictionary of the Catalan language by Joan Corominas, and was in charge of editing the Onomasticon Cataloniae. In 2003 he was professor of Hebrew and Aramaic Studies at the University of Girona.

Screening of parts of The Dybbuk (Michael Waszynski, 1936).

Free entrance

Organized by: Institute of Nahmanides Studies (Patronat Call de Girona) and Ferrater Mora Chair of Contemporary Thought (University of Girona. Address: Sant Llorenç street no number