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The Speech Communication Association issues a call for
the 1992 Seminar Series in Chicago, ILL, Wednesday, October 23, 1992

SEMINAR ON JEWISH RHETORIC: FROM RHETORICAL PRACTICE TO RHETORICAL
THEORY--IS THERE A JEWISH RHETORICAL THEORY AND HOW MIGHT WE UNCOVER IT?

	This seminar will explore the following issues: Is there a Jewish
rhetorical theory? Is it separate and distinct from Greco/Roman theory,
or is Greco/Roman theory integrated into Jewish rhetorical traditions?
How do we discover Jewish rhetorical theories from the corpus of Jewish
sacred and secular literture?  The initial half of the seminar will
featured selected scholars noted for their study of Jewish rhetoric; the
second half of the seminar will be devoted to papers submitted by those
selected from among the self-nominations.

	LEADERS:  Samuel Edelman, California State University, Chico
		    Yehoshua Gitay, Rhodes College

	Please send Self-nominations to: Prof. Samuel Edelman, Dept. of
Human Communication Studies, California State University, Chico, Chico,
CA 95929-0502, Phone (916) 898-4336; FAX (916) 898-4345; INTERNET:
SEDELMAN@OAVAX.CSUCHICO.EDU.
	Send letter of self nomination which should include a one to two
page position statement on the topic of Jewish Rhetoric and an academic
vita no later than July 1, 1992 (postmarked).