12. Remembering J. Z. Smith: Some Personal Reflections (NAASR Panel)
Remembering J. Z. Smith - A Career and its Consequence - Emily D. Crews
James Tabor [+ ]
University of North Carolina
James Tabor is a Professor of Christian Origins and Ancient Judaism in the Department of Religious Studies at the University of North Carolina Charlotte.
Description
In a paper presented three days shy of what would have been Jonathan Z. Smith’s 80th birthday, Tabor relates personal memories of Mr. Smith, as students always called him at the University of Chicago, as well as offering an account of how Smith profoundly shaped or “impressed” his own scholarship.