Tuesday, 9 August 2022 – Overview Short Papers
Table of contents
Part I (14.30-16.00)
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109-40 Chairs: Johannes Klein, Walter Dietrich Room KOL-E-18 |
Ilse Müllner Ebenen des Erzählens und die Glaubwürdigkeit der Erzählung |
Jeremy Hutton Split Identities and Fragmented Texts: Text, Source and Materiality in 1 Samuel 17–18 MT and OG |
Yigal Levin Samuel, Saul, and the Founding of the Monarchy: Between Historical Reality and Literary Ideology |
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109-41 Chair: Irmtraud Fischer Room KOL-G-217 |
Irmtraud Fischer (University of Graz, A), Núria Calduch-Benages (Pontifical University Gregoriana, I) Presentation of the Series “Bible and Women” (www.bibleandwomen.org) |
Silvia Schroer (University of Bern, CH) The Variant Ways Iconography Contributes to a Gender-Oriented Reading of Biblical Texts |
Angela Berlis (University of Bern, CH), Irmtraud Fischer (University of Graz, A) The Role of the Bible in the Women’s Movements of the Nineteenth Century |
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109-42 Organizers: Hindy Najman, Jan Dietrich Room KOL-F-101 |
Friedhelm Hartenstein (Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München) The Countability of the Stars of Heaven: On a Case of Thinking the Infinite in the Hebrew Bible |
Arjen Bakker (University of Groningen) Time as a Cosmic Principle in Jewish Wisdom of the Greco-Roman Period |
Phillip Lasater (University of Oxford) The Orderliness or Disorderliness of Justice: Reflections on Mishpat |
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109-43 Chair: Peter Altmann Room KOL-G-204 |
Lida Panov (University of Zurich) Die Bedeutung der älteren Weisheit für die Theologisierung des Rechts |
Dylan Johnson (University of Zurich) Miscarriages of Justice: Widowed, Wronged, and Wise Women in Ancient Near Eastern and Biblical Legal History |
Peter Altmann (University of Zurich) Viewing Persian Authorization of Torah through a Wisdom Lens |
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109-50 Chair: Walter Bührer Room KOL-H-320 |
Martijn Beukenhorst (Université catholique de Louvain) What is Wisdom? The Development of Solomonic Wisdom in Kings |
Alicia R. Hein (University of St Andrews) Prophet, Remnant, Mother, Child: Four Angles to Elijah’s Portrait in 1 Kings 19 |
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109-51 Chair: Jenna Kemp Room KOL-E-13 |
Juan Cruz (University of Aberdeen) Lament and Cultural Memory in Psalm 77 |
Andrea Hugill (Independent Scholar) “One of a City and Two of a Family”: Historical Consciousness, Election Theology and the Tale of Two Sisters |
Matan Orian (Tel Aviv University) A New Perspective on Gentile Impurity in the Bible |
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109-52 Chair: Noam Mizrahi Room KOL-G-203 |
Reinhard Achenbach (Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster) The Pentateuch as Early Second Temple Literature |
Bill T. Arnold (Asbury Theological Seminary) Deuteronomy’s Justice Manifesto: The Significance of ‘Correct Decision(s)’ in Deuteronomy 16:18 |
Phil Reid (University of the Free State) The Samaritan Pentateuch as an Intra-lingual Translation |
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109-53 Chair: Ludger Schwienhorst-Schönberger Room KOL-G-210
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Ludger Schwienhorst-Schönberger (Universität Wien) |
Jeffrey Stackert (University of Chicago) On the Relation between Textual Criticism and Source Criticism in the Pentateuch |
Christoph Levin (Universität München) Die Niedrigkeits-Bearbeitung in der Urgeschichte |
| 109-53 | Paper Joze Krazovec (PDF, 422 KB) | ||
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109-54 Chair: Martin Leuenberger Room KOL-H-322 |
Alphonso Groenewald (University of Pretoria), Liza Esterhuizen (University of Pretoria) A Study of the Tension between Experiences of Nothingness and Hope in the Name-Giving of the Children in Isaiah 7 and 8: A Trauma- Hermeneutical Perspective |
Bob Becking (Utrecht University) Divine Jealousy as an Answer to Trauma: Notes on the Book of Nahum |
Todd Hibbard (University of Detroit Mercy) Scribal List-Making and Isaiah’s Early Composition |
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109-55 Chair: Jordan Davis Room KOL-G-212 |
Nina Beerli (Universität Zürich) Streiten mit Menschen und Gott. Ein Beitrag zur Analyse von Konflikten in den Psalmen |
Alexandra Grund-Wittenberg (Philipps Universität Marburg) |
Edgar Kellenberger (Universität Basel) Hellenistic Epigraphica as Comprehension Aids for the Psalms of Lamentation and Thanksgiving? |
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109-56 Chair: Hans-Peter Mathys Room KO2-F-172 |
Michael Avioz (Bar-Ilan University) The War between Ahab and Aram (1 Kings 20) According to Josephus |
Veronika Bachmann (Universität Luzern) The King as God and God as King: On the Theologically Significant Ambiguity of the Term mɛlɛḵ in the Hebrew Esther Narrative |
Alma Brodersen (Universität Bern) No Canon in Ben Sira |
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109-57 Chair: Katharina Pyschny Room KOL-F-103 |
Heather McKay (Edge Hill University) How Does Mephibosheth’s Disability Affect His Life and Death? |
Pieter van der Zwan (Universität Wien; North-West University, South Africa) Grotesque Bodies in the Book of Job |
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109-58 Chair: Dominik Markl Room KOL-H-321 |
Shlomi Efrati (Katholieke Universiteit Leuven) The Importance of Being Different: Reconsidering the European Textual Tradition of Targum Onqelos |
Arnim Janssen (Universität Wien) “Remember!”: Emotivity in the Transmission of the Book of Lamentations |
S. C. Daley (SIL International; Triapla Research Institute) Aspects of Text-Critical Decision Making: Correlating MT Soundness and Variant Strength |
Coffee break (16.00-16.30)
Part II (16.30-18.00)
| 16.30-17.00 | 17.00-17.30 | 17.30-18.00 | |
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109-40 Chairs: Johannes Klein, Walter Dietrich Room KOL-E-18 |
Hannes Bezzel Charismatic Leadership? Concepts of the “Spirit” in the Books of Samuel |
Cha-Yong Ku Dramatisierung der konsequenten Erfahrungstheologie des Buches Kohelet in der Thronfolgegeschichte Davids |
Stephen Germany Reconsidering the Religio-historical Background of the “Uncircumcised Philistine” Motif in the Book of Samuel |
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109-41 Chair: Irmtraud Fischer Room KOL-G-217 |
L. Juliana M. Claassens (Stellenbosch University, SA) On Prophecy and Gender in the Hebrew Bible |
Martti Nissinen (University of Helsinki, FI) Comparing Women Prophets in the Bible and in Mesopotamia |
Christl M. Maier (Philipps-Universität Marburg) Transcultural Biblical Interpretation: Strategies and Challenges |
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109-42 Organizers: Hindy Najman, Jan Dietrich Room KOL-F-101 |
Annie Calderbank (University of Oxford) Seeing Sanctification: The Perceptibility of Holiness and its Status as an Interpretive Concept |
Hindy Najman (University of Oxford), Jan Dietrich (Universität Bonn) Heavenly Paradigms and Earthly Models: A Comparative Study of Conceptual Thinking |
Discussion |
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109-43 Chair: Peter Altmann Room KOL-G-204 |
Phillip Lasater (University of Oxford) Legal Poetics: How the Self Illuminates Law and Law Illuminates the Self |
Anna Angelini (University of Zurich) An Unbreakable Order: Cosmic Justice and Natural Law in Jeremiah 31 |
Matthias Hopf (University of Zurich) The “Legal” Function of Holiness |
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109-60 Chair: Christian Frevel Room KOL-H-320 |
Mario Tafferner (Tyndale Theological Seminary) The Divine Warrior Motif in 2 Kings 18:1–8 |
Francisco Martins (University of Notre Dame) “Showing” and “Seeing” the Treasures: Towards a New Understanding of 2 Kings 20:12–19 // Isaiah 39:1–8 |
Itzhak Amar (Bar-Ilan University) A Reflection of Yehu’s Rise to Power in the Division between Jehoram and Joash in the Book of Chronicles (2 Chronicles 21–24) |
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109-61 Chair: Jaeyoung Jeon Room KOL-E-13 |
Hanne Løland Levinson (University of Minnesota) God of the Father, God of the Daughter: God in Octavia E. Butler’s Novel Parable of the Sower |
Mark Sneed (Lubbock Christian University) From Chaos Dragon to Hegemonic Monster of Order: Thomas Hobbes’s Leviathan in Reception Historical Perspective |
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109-62 Chair: Joachim J. Krause Room KOL-G-203 |
Jonathan Ben-Dov (Tel Aviv University) Spiritual Aspects of the Tabernacle Materials |
Attila Bodor (Georg-August-Universität Göttingen) Documentary Evidence of the Growth and Change of the Torah: Methodological Considerations |
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109-63 Chair: Michael A. Lyons Room KOL-G-210 |
Domenico Lo Sardo (Pontifical University of Antonianum, Rome) The Place of the Incense Altar and the End of P: Textual and Literary Criticism Study of Exodus 30:1–10; 37:25–28, Leviticus 4, 16; and the Role of the Vetus Latina |
Esias Meyer (University of Pretoria)
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109-64 Chair: Martin Leuenberger Room KOL-H-322 |
Hugh Williamson (University of Oxford) Unravelling Isaiah 17 |
David J. A. Clines (University of Sheffield) A Dietary Upgrade for Eschatological Animals (Isaiah 30:24) |
Mirjam Bokhorst (Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg) Zweiter Exodus oder Nachfolge Gottes? Beobachtungen zur Rückkehr des Volkes bei Deuterojesaja |
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109-65 Chair: Jean-Daniel Macchi Room KOL-G-212 |
Christophe Nihan (Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster) Sacrificial Metaphors in the Psalms: A Preliminary Report |
Innocent Himbaza (University of Fribourg) yhwh roi dans le Psaume 68 |
Sophie Ramond (Institut Catholique de Paris) Esthétique de la résilience dans le psaume 79 |
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109-66 Chair: Hans-Peter Mathys Room KO2-F-172 |
Min-Su Oh (Daeshin University, Daegu) Eine kritische Lektüre der nachexilischen theologischen Strömungen, fokussiert auf Prediger 4,17–5,6 |
Frank Ueberschaer (Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg) Literary Adaptations of Conflicts between Jews and Their Rulers in Second Temple Period Literature |
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109-67 Chair: Timothy H. Lim Room KOL-F-103 |
Florian Oepping (Universität Osnabrück) Mythos Tempelbibliothek |
Brent Strawn (Duke University) “The Human Being before God” in Southern Levantine Seals |
David Toshio Tsumura (Japan Bible Seminary) Was El Elyon the Canaanite God El? |