Expert Conference Christ and the Emperor The Evidence from the Gospels

Date and location

November 30 - December 2, 2011
KU Leuven
Faculty of Theology

Programme

Wednesday, Nov 30

14.30-15.00 Coffee and welcome

15.00-16.00 Peter Herz (Regensburg), Neues Testament und Kaiserkult. Zwei Facetten einer Welt

16.00-17.00 Christopher M. Tuckett (Oxford), Christ and the Emperor: Some Reflections on Method and Methodological Issues Illustrated from the Gospel of Mark

17.00-17.30 Coffee

17.30-18.30 Joseph Verheyden (Leuven), Looking Back at Some Chapters from the History of Research

19.00 Dinner

Thursday, Dec 1

9.00-10.00  Sean Freyne (Trinity College, Dublin), Traces of the Emperor Cult in First- and Second-Century Galilee (and Samaria)

10.00-10.30 Coffee

10.30-11.30 Andreas Lindemann (Kirchliche Hochschule Wuppertal-Bethel, zu Bethel), Christlicher und römischer Universalismus

11.30-12.30 Hermut Löhr (Münster), Römische Tügend und christliche Ethik

12.45 Lunch

14.30-15.30 Gilbert Van Belle (Leuven), Jesus as Saviour of the World in the Fourth Gospel

15.30-16.30 Michael Labahn (Halle-Wittenberg), Jesus und der Kaiser als Wundertäter

16.30-17.00 Coffee

17.00-18.00 Ismo Dunderberg (Helsinki),  Jesus and the Emperor's Servants: The Healing of the Servant / Son of the Centurion / Basilikos

18.00-19.00 Jörg Frey (Zürich), Jesus und Pilatus

19.30 Dinner

Friday, Dec 2

9.00-10.00 Dietrich-Alex Koch (Münster), Die Kontroverse über die Steuer

10.00-10.30 Coffee

10.30-11.30 Thomas Witulski (Bielefeld), Jesus und der Kaiser: das Ritual der Proskynesis

11.30-12.30 John S. Kloppenborg (Toronto), The Character of the Divine Judge in the Gospels and Imperial Judgement (with a Focus on the Parables)

12.30 Conclusion and Lunch