Lived Scriptures in Late Antiquity at EABS 2021

The research group Lived Scriptures in Late Antiquity has two sessions at EABS 2021, the first on Wednesday afternoon, August 4, 3–6:30 PM and the second on Thursday morning August 5, 9:30–12:30. (All times are CEST.)

Session 2.2.18.

Wednesday August 4, 3:00 PM – 6:30 PM

Lived Scriptures in Late Antiquity

Chair: Susanna Asikainen, University of Helsinki

  • Introduction  - Susanna Asikainen, University of Helsinki (10 min)
  • Women as Interpreters of Scriptures in Late Antiquity: The Case of Marcella - Outi Lehtipuu, University of Helsinki (20 min)
  • Imagined and Lived Books in the Margins: The Case of the Shepherd of Hermas - Marianne Bjelland Kartzow, University of Oslo (20 min)
  • Short break (10 min)
  • Detecting the Agency of Widows in Late Antiquity - Maik Patzelt, University of Osnabrück (20 min)
  • Story of the Mother and her Seven Sons in Origen’s Writings: Revisiting Third-Century Caesarean Horizons -  
  • Anna-Liisa Rafael, University of Helsinki (20 min)
  • Short break (10 min)
  • Response - Valérie Nicolet, Protestant Institute of Theology, Paris (10 min)
  • Discussion (20 min)

  

Session 3.1.9.

Thursday August 5, 9:30 AM – 12:30 PM

Scriptural Traditions and Biblical Receptions in Late Antiquity

Chair: Outi Lehtipuu, University of Helsinki

  • ֵHe brought Israel out with silver and gold (Ps 105:37): The Circulation of a:וַיּוֹצ Motif in Late Biblical Books and Extrabiblical Sources - Hava Guy, David Yellin College (25 min)
  • Discussion (10 min) + short break (5 min)
  • Gen 1:26-27 Reinterpreted by Mani and his Followers - Evgenia Moiseeva, Salzburg University (25 min)
  • Discussion (10 min)
  • Break (30 min)
  • Lived Virginities Meet Scriptural Virgins: Varied Virgin Wisdom and the Parable about the Ten Virgins (Matt 25:1-13) - Ellen Aasland Reinertsen, University of Oslo (25 min)
  • Discussion (10 min) + short break 5 min
  • Lived Scriptures in Ancient Caesarea - Rota Stone, University of Latvia (25 min)
  • Discussion (10 min)
  • Concluding discussion (10 min)