14–17 May 2015 - Corpus Judaeo-Hellenisticum Novi Testamenti

Epiphanies of the Divine in the Septuagint and
the New Testament: Mutual Perspectives
The Department of Theology and
Religious Studies in collaboration
with the Centre for Bible, Ethics,
and Theology (CBET)
V. International Symposium of the
Corpus Judaeo-Hellenisticum Novi Testamenti
Aim: Investigations into the description of experiences
of divine interaction in the world in the LXX and the NT.
We call for papers on the topic Epiphanies of the Divine
in the Septuagint and the New Testament. This may
include investigations into the description of
experiences of divine interaction within the world of the
LXX and the NT. For example, how is the NT perception
of divine disclosures influenced and shaped by the
LXX? To what extent do both textual corpora share a
common descriptive language? How do these
descriptions differ from expressions of similar
experiences in their surrounding textual cultures? The
focus may be either on literary genre or topic, or on a
specific sematic field. A further avenue of investigation
may be an exploration of the actual experience behind
the description of, e.g., a heavenly journey or the
hearing of God’s voice, perhaps with reference to the
current interest in religious experiences in theology,
social studies and psychology.
The symposium will comprise three comprehensive
main papers (60 minutes) and 14 papers on 7 topics,
each addressing a given topic from an LXX and also an
NT perspective (i.e. two papers for each topic, forming
a ‘pair’). In addition there will be three reading groups
that will meet during the conference to pursue related
questions through study of relevant source texts under
the guidance of experienced philologists.
Possible topics could involve (it is important that a dual
perspective – from the LXX to the NT and from the NT
to the LXX – is possible):
! Angelophanies in the LXX and the NT
! The limits of human language to describe divine
realities
! Theiophanies1 related to the Temple and the cult
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Epiphanies of the
Divine in the
Septuagint and the
New Testament:
Mutual Perspectives
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(e.g. 2 Macc 1:18ff.)
Theiophanies as actual ‘historical’ events (e.g. 1
Kings 18:21–39; Mark 9:2–9 parr.; Matt 14:22–
33 parr.; Acts 9:3ff. parr.)
Theiophanies as visionary experiences (e.g. Isa
6:1–8; Ezek 1; 2 Cor 12:1–4; Rev 1)
Epiphanies of the Spirit (e.g. Num 24:1–4; 1Sam
10:1–13; Acts 2:1–13; translocations by the
Spirit, e.g. 1 Kings 18:13; Acts 8:39f.)
The Angel of the Lord and the pre-existent
Messiah
Epiphanies of humans from the past (Elijah
redivivus)
This symposium is the fifth in a series. Previous
conference volumes may be of help in terms of format
and content for the main papers, lectures, and reading
groups:
Philo und das Neue Testament: Wechselseitige
Wahrnehmungen; I. Internationales Symposium zum
Corpus Judaeo-Hellenisticum 1.–4. Mai 2003, Eisenach/
Jena. Edited by Roland Deines and Karl-Wilhelm Niebuhr
(Wissenschaftliche Untersuchungen zum Neuen Testament
172. Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck, 2004). http://www.mohr.de/
en/jewish-studies/subject-areas/all-books/buch/philo-unddas-neue-testament.html
Josephus und das Neue Testament: Wechselseitige
Wahrnehmungen: II. Internationales Symposium zum
Corpus Judaeo-Hellenisticum. 25.-28. Mai 2006, Greifswald.
Edited by Ch. Böttrich and J. Herzer (Wissenschaftliche
Untersuchungen zum Neuen Testament 209. Tübingen:
Mohr Siebeck, 2007). http://www.mohr.de/en/jewishstudies/subject-areas/all-books/buch/josephus-und-dasneue-testament.html
Neues Testament und hellenistisch-jüdische Alltagskultur:
Wechselseitige Wahrnehmungen; III. Internationales
Symposium zum Corpus Judaeo-Hellenisticum Novi
Testamenti 21.–24. Mai 2009, Leipzig. Edited by Roland
Deines, Jens Herzer and Karl-Wilhelm Niebuhr
(Wissenschaftliche Untersuchungen zum Neuen Testament
274. Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck, 2011). http://www.mohr.de/
en/religious-studies/subject-areas/all-books/buch/neuestestament-und-hellenistisch-juedische-alltagskultur.html
Anthropologie und Ethik im Frühjudentum und im Neuen
Testament: Wechselseitige Wahrnehmungen;
Internationales Symposium in Verbindung mit dem Projekt
Corpus Judaeo-Hellenisticum Novi Testamenti (CJHNT) 17.–
20. Mai 2012, Heidelberg. Edited by Matthias Konradt and
Esther Schläpfer (Wissenschaftliche Untersuchungen zum
Neuen Testament 322; Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck, 2014).
http://www.mohr.de/en/jewish-studies/subject-areas/allbooks/buch/anthropologie-und-ethik-im-fruehjudentumund-im-neuen-testament.html
For the project see also:
Deines, Roland, and Karl-Wilhelm Niebuhr, “The Corpus
Judaeo-Hellenisticum Novi Testamenti-Project: From the
Past to the Future,” Early Christianity 1 (2010): 633-39.
For any further questions please contact
Roland Deines ([email protected])
The images are taken from the Dura-Europos Synagogue frescos (c. 244 AD):
Moses at the Burning Bush and Ezekiel’s vision of the valley of dry bones.
© EIKON Image Database for Biblical Studies, Yale Divinity Library.
1
This wider term is used to include the description of divine/heavenly
realities of a non-personal character, like Exod 25:9, 40 (26:30; 27:8; 31:1–
6; Acts 7:44; Heb 8:5) but is not meant to exclude the appearance or
involvement of heavenly beings.

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