Conflict and Convergence:
Jewish and Christian Approaches to the Psalms
Welcome by representatives of the Theology Faculty and Society of Old Testament Study
‘The Conference in its Oxford Context’. Professor John Barton and Dr Susan Gillingham (University of Oxford)
Reception in the Provost’s Lodgings, Worcester College
Dinner in Hall
Archaeological Approaches: ‘The Psalms and Qumran’. Professor Peter Flint (Trinity Western, Canada) with Professor Geza Vermes (University of Oxford) as respondent
Breakfast in Hall
Hermeneutical Approaches: ‘Medieval Answers to Modern Questions. Medieval Jewish Interpreters of Psalms’. Professor Adele Berlin (University of Maryland) with Professor Corinna Körting (Oslo: Norwegian School of Theology) as respondent.
Short Break
Ancient Near Eastern Approaches: Two short papers. Professor John Day (University of Oxford), ‘Psalm 104 & Akhenaten’s Hymn to the Sun’ and Professor Erhard Gerstenberger (University of Marburg), ‘The Psalms and Sumerian Hymns’ with Dr. Knut Heim (Queen’s College, Birmingham) as chair.
Coffee
Rhetorical Approaches: ‘The Psalter and Theodicy’. Professor Bill Bellinger (Baylor University) with Professor Dirk Human (University of Pretoria) as respondent.
Lunch
‘Liturgical Psalters in Medieval Europe’.
Dr. Elizabeth Solopova (Department of Special Collections and Western Manuscripts, Oxford).
During the time of the conference there will be a small display of Liturgical Psalters in the Proscholium to the Divinity School in the Bodleian.
Short Break
‘When I Paint I Pray: Marc Chagall and the Psalms’. Dr. Aaron Rosen (University of Oxford).
Tea at Worcester College
Evensong with the Choir of Worcester College. Performance of Jewish and Christian Compositions of Psalms
Dinner in Hall
Reception History Approaches: ‘The Reception of Psalm 137 in Jewish and Christian Traditions’. Dr Susan Gillingham (University of Oxford) with Rabbi Jonathan Magonet (Leo Baeck College, London) as respondent
Breakfast in Hall
Redactional Approaches: ‘The Psalter as a Book’. Professor Klaus Seybold (Basel) with Professor David Howard (Bethel University) as respondent
Short break
Hebrew Text and Versions: ‘On Translating the Poetry of the Psalms’. Dr. Nancy deClassé Walford (Mercer University) with Dr. Philip Johnston (University of Cambridge) as respondent.
Coffee
Plenary Session (priority for questions will be given to Graduate Students). Questions to the Panel of Speakers, with Professor John Barton (University of Oxford) as chair.
Lunch
‘Problems and Prospects in Psalmic Studies’. Professor Frank-Lothar Hossfeld (University of Bonn)
We are most grateful to Professor Hossfeld, who has written so much with Professor Erich Zenger (1939-2010), for being prepared to give this final paper.
Tea and Depart
22 September
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23 September
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24 September
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Photographs © Keith Barnes, Photographers Workshop, Oxford.
