CALL FOR PAPERS XXI Finnish Symposium on Late Antiquity
Monday, May 07, 2012
XXI Finnish Symposium on Late Antiquity
Tvärminne, Finland, 12-13 October, 2012
’Popular & Elite: Religious Practices in Late Antiquity’
For furhter information, visit: http://agricola.utu.fi/nyt/pyynnot/index.php?jarj=jatettyb&ilmoitus=571
The Bible, Zionism and Palestine
Thursday, April 12, 2012
The Bible, Zionism and Palestine
Department of Biblical Studies, University of Sheffield, 24-26th May
An inter-disciplinary conference to explore the role of the Bible in theology and politics in Israel and Palestine today
With 4 keynote speakers:
Rev Dr Naim Ateek, Prof Ilan Pappé, Prof Nur Masalha,
and Rabbi Prof Dan Cohn-Sherbok
2 plenary panel discussions:
‘Is the Bible Responsible for the conflict in Palestine/Israel?’
(Rev Dr Naim Ateek, Prof Philip Davies, Rabbi Prof Dan Cohn-Sherbok)
and
‘The Bible in Peace-Building in Palestine/Israel’
(Prof Mary Grey, Prof James Crossley, Rabbi Charles Wallach, Rabbi Warren Elf)
And 8 sessions of short papers, covering: ‘Bible and Land’, ‘Jesus and Contested Space’, ‘Zionism and the British Isles’, ‘Zionism, Philosemtisim and Politics’, ‘Ethnicity, Ideology and Early Christianity’, ‘Hebrew Bible: Land and Theology’, ‘Bible, Literature and Visions of Peace’, and ‘Bible, Nationalism and Governance’
The Bible has played a fundamental role in the creation and existence of the modern state of Israel, and, some say, in the continued suffering of the Palestinian people. Today, the Hebrew Bible is used as an authoritative text to justify the placement of Israel’s borders, and to legitimise and even encourage the expulsion of Palestinians from the land. The New Testament has also been utilised by Christian Zionists who argue that the establishment of the state of Israel is God-ordained, and that its existence is necessary for enabling the second coming of Jesus.
Despite the fact that the Bible has played a significant role in the plight of the Palestinians, some Christians insist that it ultimately promises not oppression but liberation for the Palestinian people. At the same time, an increasing number of Christians and Jews are questioning Zionist theology and its implications for the indigenous population in Palestine.
The conference will deal with these issues and also with broader matters surrounding Israel and Palestine, such as the persistence of anti-Jewish assumptions which have permeated biblical scholarship and infiltrated the Christian church, and the rise of post-holocaust philosemitism, which, for some, has resulted in a paralysing fear of passing negative judgement on any of Israel’s actions.
Book online at:
www.thebiblezionismandpalestine.co.uk/registration
(£70 full/£30 student for 3 days) - tea, coffee, and lunch provided
Symposium on Halakha (Jewish Law) and Philosophy of Law: Authority, Halakha, and...
Tuesday, March 27, 2012
Symposium on Halakha (Jewish Law) and Philosophy of Law: Authority, Halakha, and the ‘Official Vigilante’
A symposium led by Sari Kisilevsky (CUNY), Ken Ehrenberg (SUNY), and Laliv Clenman (Leo Baeck) will occur here between March 21–28.
The discussion will center around the problems of authority and law in relation to Mishna Sanhedrin 9:6, in particular the rule that zealots may attack the Jewish man who is having sexual relations with a Gentile woman. The relevant texts are: Mishna Sanhedrin 9:6, Babylonian Talmud Sanhedrin 81b-82b, and Palestinian Talmud Sanhedrin 27b. Copies of the relevant texts are attached below. A link to a video of the three panelists in conversation is included below, and other links to videos will appear throughout the week as the panelists engage in conversation incorporating the discussion below. This symposium is designed as an interaction between the participants and the wider intellectual community; your questions and comments (entered below) will help fuel the discussion. We look forward to your participation.
For more information, please visti: http://www.theapj.com/symposium-on-halakha-jewish-law-and-philosophy-of-law-authority-halakha-and-the-official-vigilante
January 2012 Newsletter
Thursday, February 02, 2012
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Polemos/Pulmus: Ways of Confrontation in Judaism, Paganism and Christianity in Late Antiquity
Friday, January 13, 2012
Summer Course “Polemos/Pulmus: Ways of Confrontation in Judaism, Paganism and Christianity in Late Antiquity” at Central European University (CEU) in Budapest, Hungary, July 9-20, 2012
CEU's summer school invites applications from doctoral students, postdocs, junior faculty and researchers from all over the world.
The course aims at exploring the nature and various ways of confrontation between and within Early and Rabbinic Judaism, the Early Church, and Pagan religions and schools of thought. The sessions discuss how these movements coped with conflicts within and without; what their strategies were in confronting and accommodating foreign ideas, competing religions, worldly powers or internal subversion; and what role these external and internal confrontations played in shaping them.
Course faculty include Daniel Boyarin, Shaye J. D. Cohen, John M. Dillon, Mark Edwards and Guy G. Stroumsa.
The application deadline is February 15, 2012.
Financial aid is available.
More detailed information available at http://www.summer.ceu.hu/polemos-2012.
Call for papers: EABS Graduate Symposium 2012
Friday, December 02, 2011
EABS Graduate Symposium 2012
Hamburg, Germany, 30th March - 1st April, 2012
Deadline for abstracts: 15th February, 2012
The EABS graduate symposium brings together PhD candidates and post doctoral researchers from a variety of subfields relating to biblical studies. As always, senior scholars will attend the event. In 2012, EABS president Jorunn Økland (University of Oslo) and Dr Diana Edelman (University of Sheffield) are going to attend. There will be a joint session with graduate students from the University of Alberta, organised with Professor Ehud Ben Zvi.
The format of the event is a small, residential gathering, which will allow for extended discussion, networking, and in-depth feedback. Graduates are invited to present a paper, run a workshop session, lead a round-table discussion or use any other format they see fit to present their topic.
Candidates should submit their abstracts of no more than 300 words to f.uhlenbruch@derby.ac.uk no later than February 15th, 2012. Please mention the preferred format in the abstract (i.e. paper, workshop, pre-circulated paper, discussion etc.) and whether you are going to need a 30 minute or a 45 minute time slot.
For further information visit http://www.eabs.net/szone.aspx or the EABS Graduate Student Network page at https://www.facebook.com/groups/128211731797/, or email Frauke Uhlenbruch at f.uhlenbruch@derby.ac.uk.
Call for Papers
Monday, October 17, 2011
“The Other Temples”
25–27 May 2012
Hekhal: The Irish Society for the Study of the Ancient Near East
The role of the temple cult is extremely important for Judaism despite Deuteronomic centralisation never being fully realised. As such, other Jewish temples may offer a fruitful area for discussing the development of Judaism in the Ancient Near East. We are therefore calling for papers dealing with temple ideology and its material culture in the context of temples other than the one in Jerusalem, whether those be real ones such as Elephantine, Leontopolis or Gerizim, or conceptual ones like the Qumran Yahad or the new Jerusalem in Revelation. The committee would hope to receive submissions on topics as diverse as diaspora Judaism, early Christianity, Qumran, early Samaritan studies, and any other historiographic and/or archaeological fields of research referencing these paradigms.
We invite abstracts of under 500 words to reach us by email no later than 27 January 2012. Late submissions will not be considered.
Abstracts for presentation shall be selected by peer review. The committee intends to publish the proceedings within a peer-reviewed and edited volume. Contributors should therefore only submit abstracts for publishable, original work.
The presentation of papers at this symposium will be 40 minutes long within a one-hour slot, allowing time for ample discussion after each paper.
Cost
€60 on the day. €50 if paid before 1 May 2012.
Abstracts must be submitted to hekhal.dublinia@gmail.com by January 27th 2012
http://hekhal.wordpress.com/conference/
Free NT Resource
Tuesday, September 06, 2011
Every word in the Greek New Testament listed in order of frequency:
http://johnmarkharris.files.wordpress.com/2011/09/newtestamentvocabulary.pdf
EABS Business Meeting Agenda - August 10, 2011
Wednesday, August 03, 2011
EABS BUSINESS MEETING
Crystal Hall, Hotel Porto Palace, Thessaloniki
August 10th, 2011 at 18:00
Agenda
- Approving the agenda
- Minutes of the business meeting 2010
- Becoming a registered society
- Changes to the Constitution
- New President
- Supplementing the Committee
- Financial Report
- Student Affairs
- Website Improvements
- Future Meetings & Deadlines for 2012
- Comments by the members
- Any other business
EABS July 2011 Newsletter
Saturday, July 23, 2011
The latest newsletter has been uploaded at http://www.eabs.net/MemberPages/newsletters.aspx and sent by email to our members. If you have not received your copy by email, please email either Outi or Ana.
See you in Thessaloniki!
Call for Papers: Ancient Jewish Texts and the ‘Literary’ 14,15 March 2012
Thursday, June 30, 2011
For further information, please visit: http://www.ua.ac.be/main.aspx?c=*IJSENG (if the link does not work, please cut and copy to your browser's address bar.
Call for Papers: Seven Centuries of Oriental Studies in Salamanca
Friday, June 17, 2011
In 2011 we commemorate that exactly seven centuries ago the Pope Clemens V proclaimed a “canon” urging the universities of Bologna, Oxford, Paris and Salamanca to teach oriental languages. On this occasion the orientalists of the University of Salamanca have decided to celebrate the INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE EOS 700, and to invite to it all researchers interested in analyzing, in the largest sense of the word, the development, the changes and the main research lines within these studies along their history. The Conference will take place during 28, 29 and 30 September 2011, and there will be parallel sessions according to the areas of subjects indicated in the inscription form.
The languages of the Conference will be Spanish, English and French.
Scholars wanting to present a paper should send an abstract before 30th June 2011. Papers will be subjected to evaluation by the scientific committee.
For more details, visit www.eos700.es
Call for Papers: Creation, Conflict, and Cosmos
Tuesday, June 07, 2011
Creation, Conflict, and Cosmos
A Conference on Romans 5-8
May 2-5, 2012
For further information, please visit: http://www.ptsem.edu/Seminary_Relations/RomansConference/default.aspx
Deadline: September 1, 2011
Call for Book Proposals
Thursday, June 02, 2011
Publishing house Versita invites authors from Central, Eastern and South-Eastern Europe to submit book proposals for join Versita and De Gruyter book program on Theology, Judaism and Religious Studies.
For more details please visit: http://www.versita.com/Book_Author/Theology_&_Religious_Studies/
or contact Managing Editor of the program dr. Katarzyna Tempczyk ktempczyk@versita.com
Call for Papers: Special Issue of Exchange: Jesus Christ and Masculinities in World Christianity
Sunday, May 15, 2011
For further information, see: http://adriaan-van-klinken.blogspot.com/2011/04/special-issue-of-exchange-jesus-christ.html
Registration and housing for the annual meeting in Thessaloniki August 8-11 will open in April
Tuesday, March 08, 2011
Details of the conference can be found on our conference page.
Registration can now be made online.
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