Aspects of Deuterocanonical and Cognate Literature (2013), conference

Aspects of Deuterocanonical and Cognate Literature (2013) is a conference in the series of International Conference on the Deuterocanonical Books, chaired by Géza G. Xeravits and József Zsengellér.

History

The conference is organised by the Department of Bible, Sapientia College of Theology, Budapest (Hungary), in 4-6 May, 2013.

4. June, Tuesday (Sapientia College of Theology)

9.00-9.20 Opening — Géza G. Xeravits

9.20-10.05 Main paper — John Kampen: “Wisdom in Deuterocanonical and Cognate Literatures”

10.05-10.25 Coffee

10.25-10.55 Respondent 1. — Greg Schmidt Goering

10.55-11.25 Respondent 2. — Karin Schöpflin

11.25-11.55 Discussion

4. June, Tuesday (Károli Gáspár Reformed University)

14.00-14.30 Panc Beentjes: Philo’s Use of the Book of Ben Sira

14.30-15.00 Ibolya Balla: Images of Imparting Wisdom in Ben Sira and Proverbs

15.00-15.20 Discussion

15.20-15.40 Coffee

15.40-16.10 Luca Mazzinghi: Moses in the Book of Wisdom and Other Early Jewish Texts

16.10-16.40 Balázs Tamási: Jeremiah in the Deuterocanonical Literature

16.40-17.00 Discussion

5. June, Wednesday (Sapientia College of Theology)

9.00-9.45 Main paper — John Collins: The Penumbra of the Canon. What Do the Deutero-Canonical Books Represent?

9.45-10.00 Coffee

10.00-10.30 Respondent 1. — Stefan Schorch

10.30-11.00 Respondent 2. — Gabriele Boccaccini

11.00-11.30 Discussion

14.00: Visit the Kaufmann Collection at the Hungarian Academy of Sciences

6. June, Thursday (Sapientia College of Theology)

9.00-9.45 Main paper — Ben Wright: Hellenism and Jewish Identity in the Deuterocanonical Literature

9.45-10.00 Coffee

10.00-10.30 Respondent 1. — József Zsengellér

10.30-11.00 Respondent 2. — Katell Berthelot

11.00-11.30 Discussion

6. June, Thursday (Károli Gáspár Reformed University)

13.30-14.00 Ida Fröhlich: Wisdom in the Book of Tobit

14.00-14.30 Francis Macatangay: Apocalypticism and Narration in the Book of Tobit

14.30-14.50 Discussion

14.50-15.10 Coffee