Welcome to the program for Limmud Oz Melbourne 2025!
Join us for an immersive weekend festival of Jewish ideas and culture, with >100 presenters and sessions to choose from. From Ben-Gurion to bagels, Yentl to yoga, we always have something for everyone. Limmud is an opportunity for you to cultivate a personal Jewish experience and learn from presenters you might never come across otherwise.
The letter to Aristeas written around 250BCE is an example of Jewish literature written in Greek from the intertestamental period. We discuss the background, context and parallels with other literature.
Leon Sterling is a Computer Science academic with a long standing interest in Jewish issues. He has had many fruitful discussions with Geoff on Jewish v Christian perspectives of Helenistic Judaism and early Christinaity. They previously co-presented at LimmudOz on the topic 'Emergence... Read More →
