Pentateuch-Tagung März 2017
Programme and Timetable (Paradigm Change in Pentateuchal Research)
Thursday, 16 March 2017
| 09.15 | Opening |
| 09.30 –10.30 | Georg Fischer, University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria Time for a Change! Why Pentateuchal Analysis is in a Crisis |
| 10.30 – 11.00 | Coffee Break |
| 11.00 – 12.00 | Richard Averbeck, Trinity International University, Deerfield IL, USA Reading the Torah in a Better Way: the Manifold Unity of Narrative, Law, and Priestly Writing |
| 12.00 – 13.30 | Lunch Break |
| 13.30 – 14.30 | Matthias Armgardt, University of Konstanz, Konstanz, Germany The Law Codes in the Pentateuch |
| 14.30 – 15.30 | Guido Pfeifer, Goethe University, Frankfurt a.M., Germany The Pentateuch Paradigm and Ancient Near Eastern Legal History – a Look back from the Environment |
| 15.30 – 16.00 | Coffee Break |
| 16.00 – 17.00 | Markus Zehnder, Biola University, Los Angeles, USA The Relationship of Leviticus 26 and Deuteronomy 28 |
| 17.00 – 18.00 | Benjamin Kilchör, STH Basel, Basel, Switzerland Wellhausen’s Five Pillars for the Priority of D over P/H and their Lost Sustainability |
Friday, 17 March 2017
| 09.00 – 10.00 | Joshua Berman, Bar Ilan University, Tel Aviv, Israel The Limits of Source Criticism: The Flood Narrative in Genesis 6–9 |
| 10.00 – 11.00 | Lina Petersson, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden The Linguistic Profile of the Priestly Narrative of the Pentateuch |
| 11.00 – 11.30 | Coffee Break |
| 11.30 – 12.30 | Eckart Otto, University of Munich, Munich, Germany Deuteronomy as the Legal Completion and Prophetic Finale of the Pentateuch |
| 12.30 – 14.00 | Lunch Break |
| 14.00 – 15.00 | Kenneth Bergland, Andrews University, Berrien Springs MI, USA The Reception of Torah in Jer 34 as a Legal Blend of Lev 25 and Deut 15 |
| 15.00 – 16.00 | Carsten Vang, Lutheran School of Theology Aarhus, Aarhus, Denmark The Non-Prophetic Background for the King Law in Deut 17:14-20 |
| 16.00 – 16.30 | Coffee Break |
| 16.30 – 17.30 | John Bergsma, Franciscan University of Steubenville, Steubenville OH, USA A ‚Samaritan‘ Pentateuch? The Implications of the Pro-Northern Tendency of the Completed Torah |
| 17.30 – 18.00 | Koert van Bekkum, Theological University Kampen, Netherlands The Divine Revelation of the Name. Warranted and Unwarranted Confidence in the Literary-Critical Analysis of Exodus 3 and 6 |
Saturday, 18 March 2017
| 09.00 – 10.00 | Jan Retsö, Gothenburg University, Gothenburg, Sweden The Tabernacle Description and the Dating of the Priestly Code: A Comparative Religious Approach |
| 10.00 – 11.00 | Sandra Richter, Wheaton College, Wheaton IL, USA Silver in the Book of Deuteronomy: A Key to the Provenance of the Book? |
| 11.00 – 11.30 | Coffee Break |
| 11.30 – 12.30 | Pekka Pitkänen, University of Gloucestershire, Cheltenham, England Reconstructing the Social Contexts of the Priestly and Deuteronomic Materials in a Non-Wellhausian Setting |
| 12.30 – 14.00 | Lunch Break |
| 14.00 – 15.00 | Final Discussion |