International Conference Light on Creation Ancient Commentators in Dialogue and Debate on the Origin of the World Wednesday 4 — Friday 6 February 2015 Faculty of Arts, Justus Lipsiuszaal 08.16 Blijde Inkomststraat 21, 3000 Leuven (B) The conference wishes to bring together a select number of experts on later Platonic tradition, Hellenistic Judaism, and ancient Christian biblical scholarship in order to discuss how the topic of the origin and creation of the world was presented and reflected upon in these various traditions. It builds on the conviction that Jewish and Christian tradition did not originate in a vacuum, but were both tributary — in a positive and a negative way (by contrast) — to Greek philosophy, which for a long time tried to ignore these ‘newcomers’ but ultimately in turn had to position itself over against these alternative explanations. By bringing together experts from different fields, the conference aims at crossing boundaries and at initiating a new and fruitful type of dialogue. In this way, it will contribute to reaching a synthesis of these scholarly approaches and traditions. Keynote lectures by P. BLOWERS (Johnson City TN), M. BONAZZI (Milano), V. DRECOLL (Tübingen), B. GLEEDE (Tübingen), Cl. KUEHN (New Haven), G. LUTTIKHUIZEN (Groningen), Cl. MORESCHINI (Pisa), J. OPSOMER (Leuven), G. STERLING (Yale), G. VAN RIEL (Leuven), J. VERHEYDEN (Leuven) and S. WEAR (Steubenville) Please register before 20 January 2015 [email protected] Organizing committee: Johan Leemans, Geert Roskam, Peter Van Deun, Gerd Van Riel, Joseph Verheyden Contact: [email protected], [email protected]