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Paul in His Jewish Matrix

International Symposium
Paul in His Jewish Matrix

PONTIFICAL GREGORIAN UNIVERSITY & PONTIFICAL BIBLICAL INSTITUTE, ROME
May 20 – 22, 2009

Program

 

WEDNESDAY, MAY 20

 
Aula Paulina Pontifical Biblical Institute
15:00 Welcome and Introduction: Joseph Sievers, The Pontifical Biblical Institute & The Pontifical Gregorian University
Moderator: Scott Brodeur, SJ, The Pontifical Gregorian University
15:15 Paul's Stance on the Torah Revisited: Gentile Addressees and Jewish Setting
Serge Ruzer, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
  Paul the Pharisee and the Law
Antonio Pitta, The Pontifical Lateran University
17:00 Coffee break
   
Aula Magna - Pontifical Biblical Institute
18:00 Greetings by
Rev. Fr. José María Abrego De Lacy, SJ, Rector of the Pontifical Biblical Institute
  * PUBLIC LECTURE
Paul’s Jewishness
E. P. Sanders, Duke University, USA
 

THURSDAY, MAY 21

 
Aula Paulina - Pontifical Biblical Institute
Moderator:
David Satran, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
09:00

Paul and the gezerah shawah. A Judaic Method in the Service of Justification by Faith
Pasquale Basta, The Pontifical Biblical Institute

The Heavenly Journey of Paul (2 Cor 12,1-4): A Judaic "Tradition" or a Roman-Hellenistic Religious Practice?
Adriana Destro & Mauro Pesce, University of Bologna

10:30 Coffee break
11:00

Paul, Moses, and the Veil: Paulʹs Perspective on Judaism in Light of 2 Corinthians 3
Reimund Bieringer & Emmanuel Nathan, The Catholic University of Leuven

Paul, deicide and the wrath of God: a hermeneutical approach to 1 Thes 2:14-16
Didier Pollefeyt & David Bolton, The Catholic University of Leuven

12:30 Lunch break
   
Aula Paulina - Pontifical Biblical Institute
Moderator:
Joseph Levi, The Pontifical Gregorian University
15:00

From Permission to Prohibition: Paul and the Early Church on Mixed Marriage
Shaye J. D. Cohen, Harvard University

“He who considers anything impure, for him it is impure" (Romans 14:14) -- Law or Good Manners?
Daniel R. Schwartz, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem

16:30 General Discussion
17:00 Coffee break
   
Aula Magna - Pontifical Biblical Institute
18:00 Greetings by
Rev. Fr. Gianfranco Ghirlanda, SJ, Rector of the Pontifical Gregorian University
  BRENNINKMEIJER-WERHAHN *PUBLIC LECTURE
The Septuagint between Judaism and Christianity
Emanuel Tov, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem & the Pontifical Gregorian University
   
Atrium - Pontifical Gregorian University
19:30 Reception (light refreshments)
   
 

FRIDAY, MAY 22

 
Papal Basilica of Saint Paul Outside the Walls - Sala Barbo
9:00 Greetings by
His Em. Card. Andrea Cordero Lanza di Montezemolo
Abbot Edmund Power, OSB
 

Judaizing the Nations: The Ritual Demands of Paul’s Gospel
Paula Fredriksen, Boston University & The Hebrew University of Jerusalem

Paul and the Jewish Leaders at Rome: Acts 28:17-31
Justin Taylor, SM, École Biblique et Archéologique Française, Jerusalem

  Coffee break
  Concluding discussion - Opening remarks by
David Satran and Reimund Bieringer
  Tour of the Basilica with
His Em. Card. Andrea Cordero Lanza di Montezemolo
   

Pre- registration required except for the *PUBLIC LECTURES
To pre-register please contact:
The Cardinal Bea Centre for Judaic Studies
Tel.: +39 06 6701.5522 – E-mail: judaicstudies@unigre.it