International Online Conference: Chronoi-Topoi

Courtesy of Alexandra Grund-Wittenberg- 

"Chronoi - Topoi. Time politics and the interrelation of time and space in Second Temple Judaism" International Online Conference
Tuesday, October 29, 2024 – Thursday, October 31, 2024
Philipps University of Marburg in collaboration with the Einstein Center Chronoi, Berlin

We kindly ask for your registration by Oct 15th, 2024 to: e-mail: [email protected], Philipps University Marburg, Department of Protestant Theology The Zoom link to the conference will be made available to participants after registration

Agenda
Tuesday, October 29, 2024  
2.00 pm – 7.00 pm Berlin Time / CET
2.00 pm Greetings: Menahem Ben-Sasson, Jerusalem, on be-half of the ECC Angela Standhartinger, Marburg, on behalf of the Faculty
2.15 pm Martina Kepper / Alexandra Grund-Wittenberg: Introduction and technical notes
2.30 pm Maike Schult, Marburg: “Bakhtin wrote for his time, but was read at a different time.” The Chronotopos con-cept and its historical context
3.30 pm Alexandra Grund-Wittenberg, Marburg “From mythicization of history to transcen-ding of empires: Transformations of the Chronotopos from the Priestly composition to Daniel”
4.30 pm Break
5.00 pm Bob Becking, Utrecht: “The Concept of Time in the Aramaic Documents from Elephantine”
6.00 pm Final Discussion Day 1
6.30 pm Virtual “social gathering”
7.00 pm End Day of 1
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Day 2
Wednesday, October 30, 2024         
2.00 pm – 7.00 pm Berlin Time / CET
2.00 pm Frank Ueberschaer, Halle: “עולם in the book of Ben Sira und its translations”
3.00 pm Martina Kepper, Marburg: “Time, Space, and beyond in EzechielLXX, Baruch, Sapientia. Three Case Studies”
4.00 pm Break
4.30 pm Daniel Falk, Pennsylvania: “Time of Preparing the Way in the Desert: Prayer and Wilderness in Early Judaism”
​5.30 pm Sarah Wisialowski, Oxford: “Apocalyptic Visions and Historical Revisions: Time in the Book of Daniel”
6.30 pm Final Discussion Day 2
7.00 pm End Day 2
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 Day 3
Thursday, October 31, 2024
2.00 pm – 6.00 pm Berlin Time / CET
2.00 pm Jonathan Ben-Dov, Tel Aviv: “The Motif of Accelerating the Progression of Time in Jewish Apocalypses”
3.00 pm Barbara Schmitz / Lucas Brum Texeiras, Würzburg “The Jewish Festive Calendar in the Book of Judith: Meaning and Impact for Space and Time Construction”
4.00 pm Molly Zahn, Yale: “Time and Space in the Qumran Temple Scroll”
5.00 pm Final Discussion of Day 3
5.30 pm General Discussion
6.00 pm End of the Conference

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