Apocalyptic Thinking
The workshop rethinks the philological, historical and theo-political implications for apocalyptic thinking. Considering both textual sources and visual arts, the papers will explore the limitations of the category of apocalyptic across multiple traditions and cultural contexts. In our discussions we will look for new frameworks and categories to address the depth and breadth of phenomena that the concept of apocalyptic has drawn together.
Conference Organisers:
Hindy Najman – Oriel and Laing Professor of the Interpretation of Holy Scripture
Jenn Strawbridge – Associate Professor in New Testament Studies
Elizabeth Stell – Postgraduate student Organiser
Programme of Events
Sunday, 14 February, 2021
18:00 – 19:00 Keynote Adress
Chair: Hindy Najman, Oriel College, University of Oxford
Rina Talgam, Hebrew University
The Downfall of World Empires in Jewish Art of Late Antiquity
8:30 – 13:15 Morning Session
Chair: Jenn Strawbridge, Mansfield College, University of Oxford
8:30 – 9:15 Loren Stuckenbruck, LMU Munich: Rethinking Temporality Structures in Apocalyptic: Focusing on the Recent Past
9:15 – 10:00 Elizabeth Stell, Oriel College, University of Oxford: “Then, Afraid, I Awoke from Dream”: Fear and Finding Meaning in the Exagoge and Beyond
10:00 – 10:45 Bruno Currie, Oriel College, University of Oxford: Hesiod’s Apocalypse (Works and Days, lines 174-201)
10:45 – 11:00 Short Break
11:00 – 11:45 Philip Alexander, University of Manchester: The “World to Come” as a Postmortem Disembodied State v. the “World to Come” as a Post-Resurrection Embodied Apocalyptic Thinking
11:45 – 12:30 Alessandro Schiesaro, University of Manchester: Eschatological Tensions in 1st century in Rome
12:30 – 13:15 Mark Edwards, Christ Church College, University of Oxford:
Where is the New Jerusalem?
13:15 – 13:45 Long Break
13:45- 16:00 Afternoon Session
Chair: Hindy Najman, Oriel College, University of Oxford
13:45 – 14:30 Olivia Stewart Lester, Loyola University: “For there are all sorts of seasons…”: Periodization, Eschatology, and Apocalyptic Uncertainty in the Sibylline Oracles
14:30 – 15:15 Judith Newman, Emmanuel College, University of Toronto: Overcoming Dualisms in the Study of Apocalyptic
15:15 – 16:00 Arjen Bakker, University of Groningen: Rethinking Wisdom and Apocalyptic
16:00 – 16:30 Reflections and Responses
Chair: Loren Stuckenbruck, LMU Munich
John Collins, Yale University
Jenn Strawbridge, Mansfield College, University of Oxford
Hindy Najman, Oriel College, University of Oxford
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