Program

Monday, 8 August 2022

14.15-14.30	Opening of the Congress
14.30-15.20	Peter Dubovský (Rome): Neo-Assyrian Archival Texts and the Bible
15.20-16.10	David Vanderhooft (Boston): Travel and Divination Inquiries in the Hebrew Bible and Epigraphic Sources
	Coffee break
16.40-17.30	Jutta Jokiranta (Helsinki): The Lure or Relief of Ritualized Behavior: Cognitive and Cultural Readings of Scrolls
17.30-18.20	Nathan MacDonald (Cambridge): Turbulent Priests? Rethinking the History of the Israelite Priesthood
18.20-18.50	Refreshments in the Atrium (University of Zurich)
18.50-19.10	Welcome Addresses: Ralph Lewin, President of the Swiss Federation of Jewish Communities Rita Famos, President of the Protestant Church in Switzerland Franziska Driessen-Reding, President of the Catholic Church in the Canton of Zurich Michel Müller, President of the Reformed Church in Zurich
19.10-20.00	Presidential Address: Konrad Schmid (Zurich): The Composition of the Pentateuch as a Historical and a Hermeneutical Problem
20.00-21.30	Reception in the Atrium (University of Zurich)

Tuesday, 9 August 2022

09.00-09.50	Steed Davidson (Chicago): Imperial Desires: Constructions and Maintenance of Race in Biblical Interpretation
09.50-10.40	Benjamin Sommer (New York): What Is the Problem in the Cursing Psalms? Scripture, Genre, and the Ethics of Prayer
	Coffee break
11.10-12.00	Judith Newman (Toronto): Time, Text, and Ancestors in the Memories of Israel: A New Perspective
12.00-12.50	Oded Lipschits (Tel Aviv): Since When and for How Long Has the “Clan of Azekah” Been Part of the Kingdom of Judah?

14.30-15.00	Short Papers
15.00-15.30	Short Papers
15.30-16.00	Short Papers
	Coffee break
16.30-17.00	Short Papers
17.00-17.30	Short Papers
17.30-18.00	Short Papers
18.30-21.00	Reception in the Atrium (University of Zurich)

Wednesday, 10 August 2022

09.00-09.50	Susanne Gillmayr-Bucher (Linz): “Our Fathers Have Told Us …” (Psalm 78:3): Remembered History in the Psalms Reflected through the Centuries
09.50-10.40	Shuichi Hasegawa (Tokyo): Past, Present and Future: The Redaction History of 2 Kings 17
	Coffee break
11.10-12.00	William A. Tooman (St. Andrews): Rereading
12.30-17.30	Boat Tour, Lake of Zurich, Registration required (contribution to the costs by the participants: CHF 30.00/person)
18.30-21.00	Reception in the courtyard of the Faculty of Theology, Kirchgasse 9, Registration required (limited number of participants!) / Fee: CHF 30.00

Thursday, 11 August 2022

09.00-09.50	Bernd Schipper (Berlin): From Empirical Knowledge to Critical Wisdom: The Composition and Intention of the Book of Proverbs
09.50-10.40	Nili Wazana (Jerusalem): Biblical “Special Traits List”: A Subversive Reaction to Imperial Power
	Coffee break
11.10-12.00	Manfred Oeming (Heidelberg): Die Bedeutung der Numismatik für das Studium des Alten Testaments
12.00-12.50	Matthieu Richelle (Louvain-la-Neuve): Uncertainty and Undecidability in Textual Criticism of the Hebrew Bible

14.30-15.00	Short Papers
15.00-15.30	Short Papers
15.30-16.00	Short Papers
	Coffee break
16.30-17.00	Short Papers
17.00-17.30	Short Papers
17.30-18.00	Short Papers
18.30-21.30	Congress Dinner ETH Dozentenfoyer, Registration required (limited number of participants!) / Fee: CHF 80.00

Friday, 12 August 2022

09.00-09.50	Friedhelm Hartenstein (München): Cosmization of Chaos: New Insights into a Central Figure of Thought of Biblical and Early Jewish Wisdom Traditions
09.50-10.40	Dora Rudo Mbuwayesango (Salisbury NC): A Gendered Venture: The Devaluing and Dispossession of Israelite Women in the Book of Numbers
	Coffee break
11.10-12.00	Martin Prudký (Prague): YHWH, a God Who Speaks: Remarks on the Rhetoric of Direct Speeches of God in Biblical Narratives
12.00-12.50	IOSOT Business Meeting