tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-55363735377918967812011-07-08T04:08:06.740+03:00Birth and Transmission of a Holy Traditionhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09418048227845581873noreply@blogger.comBlogger11100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5536373537791896781.post-18466594353091571402008-10-20T22:06:00.007+03:002008-10-20T22:36:20.415+03:00<span style="font-size:85%;">We had a very fruitful meeting between Helsinki, Munich and Tartu in Riga. The meeting was hosted by the Faculty of Theology of the University of Riga. Some of the local faculty members, </span><span style="font-size:85%;">doctoral students also participated.<br /></span><span style="font-size:85%;">This is </span><span style="font-size:78%;"><span style="font-size:85%;">the program we had:</span><br /><br />October 3<br />9:00-10:30 Francis Borchardt: Overview and Conclusions Concerning the Place of the Law in 1 Maccabees<br />10:30-11:00 Coffee break<br />11:00-12:30 Urmas Nõmmik: The Position of the Dialogue of Job in the Old Testament<br />12:30-14:00 Lunch<br />14:30-16:00 Marko Marttila: Social and Political Circumstances in Palestine in Ben Sira's Lifetime<br />16:00-16:30 Coffee break<br />16:30-18:00 Juha Pakkala: Jehoiada’s Rebellion. Chronicler’s Use of 2 Kgs 11 in 2 Chr 22:10-23:21<br />19:00 Dinner<br /><br />October 4<br />9:00-10:30 Reinhard Müller: Yahweh as Weathergod<br />10:30-11:00 Coffee break<br />11:00-12:30 Mika Pajunen: 4QPsX – An Archaic Form of Ps 89 or a Secondary Arrangement of the Text?<br />12:30-14:00 Lunch<br />14:30-16:00 Indulis Paics: A chiastic and cyclic way of Interpretation of the canonical Texts of the Decalogue<br />16:00-16:30 Coffee break<br />16:30-18:00 Christoph Levin: Israel and Canaan: The Origins of a Fictitious Antagonism</span><span style="font-size:78%;"><o:smarttagtype namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="City"></o:smarttagtype><o:smarttagtype namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="country-region"></o:smarttagtype><o:smarttagtype namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="place"></o:smarttagtype></span><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:worddocument> <w:view>Normal</w:View> <w:zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:punctuationkerning/> <w:validateagainstschemas/> <w:saveifxmlinvalid>false</w:SaveIfXMLInvalid> <w:ignoremixedcontent>false</w:IgnoreMixedContent> <w:alwaysshowplaceholdertext>false</w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText> <w:compatibility> <w:breakwrappedtables/> <w:snaptogridincell/> <w:wraptextwithpunct/> <w:useasianbreakrules/> <w:dontgrowautofit/> </w:Compatibility> <w:browserlevel>MicrosoftInternetExplorer4</w:BrowserLevel> </w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:latentstyles deflockedstate="false" latentstylecount="156"> </w:LatentStyles> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if !mso]><object classid="clsid:38481807-CA0E-42D2-BF39-B33AF135CC4D" id="ieooui"></object> <style> st1\:*{behavior:url(#ieooui) } </style> <![endif]--><style> <!-- /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {mso-style-parent:""; 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margin:0mm; margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-ansi-language:EN-US;} @page Section1 {size:612.0pt 792.0pt; margin:72.0pt 90.0pt 72.0pt 90.0pt; mso-header-margin:36.0pt; mso-footer-margin:36.0pt; mso-paper-source:0;} div.Section1 {page:Section1;} --> </style><!--[if gte mso 10]> <style> /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0mm 5.4pt 0mm 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0mm; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-ansi-language:#0400; mso-fareast-language:#0400; mso-bidi-language:#0400;} </style> <![endif]--><span style="font-size:85%;"><br />I think the presentation sparked many discussions . At least, I was very inspired by many of the discussions so that I had to put down the new ideas immediately down to writing (The Date of the Oldest Edition of Deuteronomy - I hope to publish it soon).<br /><br />We agreed that we will meet next year in Tallinn, either in late September or early October - the date has not been fixed yet. I will get back to you when I know more.</span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5536373537791896781-1846659435309157140?l=birthofthehebrewbible.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Birth and Transmission of a Holy Traditionhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09418048227845581873noreply@blogger.com36