Colloquium Jewish Perspectives on Paul 2 Corinthians and Late Second Temple Judaism
Monday, 30 March 2009
Conference Room, Pope Adrian VI College,
Hogeschoolplein 3, Leuven
In 2006 the Faculty of Theology, KU Leuven, in collaboration with the Institutum Iudaicum, organized a conference devoted to the theme of the New Testament and Rabbinic Literature. The present colloquium seeks to examine more closely and in greater focus the Jewish perspectives that arise in Paul’s Second Letter to the Corinthians. As a complement to the contributions that scholarship on Second Temple Judaism has made to understanding the Jewish background to the New Testament, it seems worthwhile to devote a special session to a number of Jewish elements that occur in Paul’s epistle: mysticism and apocalypticism, the rise of Jewish nationalism in the 50s (CE), the question of covenant, and issues of Jewish/Israelite identity and self-understanding. The papers offered will be historical in nature and compare links to Jewish customs and laws of that period. Seeing 2 Corinthians in Jewish Perspective investigates the question whether Paul’s epistle can be viewed as occupying a middle ground between Qumran thought and later Rabbinic developments.
Programme
Morning Session: Didier Pollefeyt (Chair)
| 8:45 | Welcome and Opening Remarks by Luc Anckaert, President of the Institutum Iudaicum |
| 9:00 - 9:45 |
(1) Jewish Leadership in the 50's Martin Goodman (Oxford) |
| 9:45 - 10:30 |
(2) Methodological Remarks Joshua Schwartz (Bar Ilan) and Peter Tomson (Brussels) |
| 10:30 - 11:00 | Coffee Break |
| 11:00 - 11:45 |
(3) (New) Covenant in 2 Cor 3 Friedrich Avemarie (Marburg) |
| 11:45 - 12:30 | Discussion on Papers 1-3 |
| 12:30 - 14:00 | Lunch |
Afternoon Session: Reimund Bieringer (Chair)
| 14:00 - 14:45 |
(4) 2 Cor 6:14-7:1 Between Qumran and the Rabbis Peter Tomson (Brussels) |
| 14:45 - 15:30 |
(5) The Collection 2 Cor 8-9 and Its Ties with Jewish Law and Custom Zeev Safrai (Bar Ilan) and Peter Tomson (Brussels) |
| 15:30 - 16:00 | Discussion on Papers 4-5 |
| 16:00 - 16:30 | Coffee Break |
| 16:30 - 17:15 |
(6) Paul's "Fool's Speech" (2 Cor 11:16-32) in the Context of Ancient Jewish and Graeco-Roman Culture Catherine Hezser (London) |
| 17:15 - 18:00 |
(7) Jewish Mystical Traditions Behind 2 Cor 12:1-10 Christopher Morray-Jones (Oakland, CA) |
| 18:00 - 18:30 | Discussion on Papers 6-7 |
| 18:30 - 18:45 | Concluding Remarks by Reimund Bieringer |
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19:00 - 20:00 |
CRINT / Brill Book Presentation:: Introduced by Philip Alexander (Manchester) Followed by Reception (all attendees are invited) |
Attendance is free but prior registration is requested.
For more information and registration please contact:
David Bolton
David.Bolton@theo.kuleuven.be
tel. 016 / 32 84 47
The colloquim has since been successfully concluded and pictures of the colloquium are available online.
