IOSOT International Organization for the Study of the Old Testament XVIIth Congress Basel 2001
IOSOT: 5.-10. August 2001
| IOTS International Organization for Targumic Studies III. Kongress: 2.-3. August 2001 |
| IOSCS International Organization for Septuagint and Cognate Studies XI. Kongress: 3.-4. August 2001 |
| IOQS International Organization for Qumran Studies IV. Kongress: 5.-7. August 2001 |
| IOMS International Organization for Masoretic Studies XV. Kongress: 6. August 2001 |
Organizing Committee
| Prof. Dr. Ernst Jenni, President |
| Prof. Dr. Klaus Seybold, Vice President |
| Prof. Dr. Hans-Peter Mathys, Executive President |
| Dr. Beat Huwyler, Congress Secretary |
Publication:
A. Lemaire (ed.), Congress Volume Basel 2001.
Papers given at the 17th Congress of the International Organization for the Study of the Old Testament,
held in Basel from 5 to 10 August 2001 (Supplements to Vetus Testamentum, vol. 92),
Leiden: Brill 2002.
ISBN: 9789004126800. viii, 414 pp. 1 illus.
Main Programme
All main lectures take place in the university main building unless otherwise stated.
Sunday, 5 August
| 8 pm | Ernst Jenni (Basel) Presidential address Venue: Martinskirche |
Monday, 6 August
| 9 am | Michael P. O’Connor (Catholic University of America, Washington, USA) Syntax and Semantics of Biblical Hebrew: Recent Studies |
| 10.30 am | Stephen A. Kaufman (Hebrew Union College, Cincinnati, USA) Recent Contributions of Aramaic Studies to Biblical Hebrew Philology and the Exegesis of the Hebrew Bible |
| 11.45 am | Andreas Wagner (Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz, Germany) Die Stellung der Sprechakttheorie in Hebraistik und Exegese |
Tuesday, 7 August
| 9 am | Eugene Ulrich (University of Notre Dame, USA) The Text of the Hebrew Scriptures at the Time of Hillel and Jesus |
| 10.30 am | Carmel McCarthy (University College Dublin, Ireland) Moving in from the Margins: Issues of Text and Context in Deuteronomy |
| 11.45 am | Gilles Dorival (Université de Provence, Aix en Provence, France) TM et LXX: Le cas des Psaumes |
Open Public Evening Lecture
| 7.30 pm | Helga Weippert (Villeperdrix, France) Der Lärm und die Stille. Ethno-archäologische Annäherungen an das biblische Alltagsleben With illustrations and music Venue: Martinskirche |
Wednesday, 8 August
| 9 am | Udo Rüterswörden (Universität Bonn, Germany) Dtn 13 in der neueren Deuteronomiumforschung |
| 10.30 am | Helen Schüngel-Straumann (Universität Gesamthochschule Kassel, Germany) Feministische Exegese ausgewählter Beispiele aus der Urgeschichte |
| 11.45 am | Hans M. Barstad (Universitetet i Oslo, Norway) Isaiah 40:1-11: Another Reading |
Thursday, 9 August
| 9 am | Bernd Janowski (Eberhard-Karls-Universität Tübingen, Germany) Theologie des Alten Testaments. Standortbestimmung und Zukunftsaufgaben |
| 10.30 am | Carol L. Meyers (Duke University, Durham, USA) From Household to House of Yahweh: Women’s Religion In Ancient Israel |
| 11.45 am | Jon D. Levenson (Harvard Divinity School, Cambridge, USA) Immortality, Resurrection, and the Construction of Personal Identity in Ancient Israel |
Friday, 10 August
| 9 am | Israel Finkelstein (Tel Aviv University, Israel) Archaeology and Text in the Year 2000: A View from the Center |
| 10.30 am | Thomas Römer (Université de Lausanne, Switzerland) Le pentateuque toujours en question – bilan et perspectives après un quart de siècle de débat |
| 11.45 am | Thomas Willi (Ernst Moritz Arndt Universität Greifswald, Germany) Hebraica veritas in Basel |
Short Papers
Monday, 6 August / Tuesday, 7 August / Thursday, 9 August
See the detailed programme.
Special Events
New focus on Elephantine: archaeology, history, texts and the Bible
Thursday, 9 August, 3–6 pm
In cooperation with the Swiss Society of Ancient Near Eastern Studies (SGOA)
Lecturers
| 3 pm | Bezalel Porten (Hebrew University, Jerusalem) Elephantine and the Bible |
| 3.45 pm | Karl-Theodor Zauzich (University of Würzburg) Elephantine nach den demotischen Quellen des 6.-1. Jahrhunderts |
| 4.45 pm | Cornelius von Pilgrim (Schweizerisches Institut für ägyptische Bauforschung und Altertumskunde, Kairo) Elephantine in der Perserzeit: Ein Bericht über die Grabungsergebnisse der letzten Jahre |
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