Political Power and Ideology in Early Jewish and Early Christian Literature (2011), conference

Political Power and Ideology in Early Jewish and Early Christian Literature (2011) is a conference in the series of International Conference on the Deuterocanonical Books, chaired by Géza G. Xeravits.

History

The conference is organised by the Department of Bible, Sapientia College of Theology, Budapest (Hungary), in 18-20 May, 2011.

Official Program

István Karasszon: National Ideology or Ethical Tradition? A Fresh Approach to Deuteronomy -- David Benka: The Power of the Powerless and the Powerless Power: A Reading of Nahum -- Karin Schöpflin: Political Power and Ideology in Qohelet -- Ida Fröhlich: Political Theology in the Deuteronomistic History -- Michael Wojciechowski: To Fight or not to Fight? Various Answers to the Foreign Political Power in the Deuterocanonical Literature -- Stefan Schorch: Secular Power and Religious Claim—The Judean and the Samari(t)an Ways of Constructing a Difficult Relationship -- Friedrich V. Reiterer: Use of Power and the Powerful in the Book of Wisdom (Sapientia Salamonis) -- Jack Pastor: What did Josephus Mean by the Word ‘Freedom’ -- József Zsengellér: Being Jewish as the Controversial Ideology of the Maccabean Political Power -- Moyna McGlynn: The Politeuma: Guardian of Civil Rights or Heavenly Commonwealth in Ptolemaic and Roman Egypt -- György Geréby: Philo’s Debate with Pseudo-Aristotle on Monarchy: Two Kinds of Political Metaphysics -- Géza G. Xeravits: The West Wall of the Dura Synagogue as a Political and Religious Manifesto -- Csaba Ötvös: The Fourth Race. The Concept of a ‘Generation without King’ in the Writing without Title (NHC II,5) -- József Gátas: The Political Background of a Mystical Ascension -- Elizabeth Narvaez and Alejandro David Tamez: Political Ideology and the Priesthood: Reflections from 1 Maccabees