International Conference!

SOCIETY OF BIBLICAL STUDIES

2014 INTERNATIONAL MEETING

Vienna, Austria

July 6 - 10, 2014

THE BIBLE IN BYZANTIUM: THE USE AND ABUSE OF TRADITION

Organizer: Claudia Rapp

Description: The Bible is the foundational text for all aspects of politics and culture in the Byzantine Empire from the fourth to the fifteenth century. This program unit consists of three sessions exploring its reception through appropriation, interpretation and application. ‘The Bible between Jews and Christians in Byzantium’ shows how the Bible was pressed into service by Christian authors to demarcate the dividing line to Judaism. ‘Biblical Scholarship in Byzantium’ investigates the mechanisms and tools by which Byzantine theologians, preachers and scribes sought to make the Biblical text accessible to a contemporary audience. ‘Biblical Foundations of Byzantine Identity and Culture’ demonstrates the different uses of the Bible in the social and political reality of Byzantium.

Program of Byzantine sessions


o7.07.2014

8:30 - 11:30

Room: SR2 Geschichte - Hauptgebäude

Theme: The Bible between Jews and Christians in Byzantium

Christian Gastgeber, Presiding


Claudia Rapp, Universität Wien


The Bible in Byzantine-Jewish Relations: A Problematic History (25 min)


Ra’anan Boustan, University of California-Los Angeles


Relics of Biblical Kingship between Jews and Christians in Byzantium (25 min)


Andreas Külzer, Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften


Bibelrezeption im Heiligen Land: Der Beitrag der Proskynetaria ton Hagion Topon (25 min)


Break (30 min)


Leena Mari Peltomaa, Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften


Women of the Bible in Early Byzantine Religious Poetry: The Case of Romanos (25 min)


Albrecht Berger, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München and Sebastiano Panteghini, Institut für Mittelalterforschung - OEAW


Jesus, Maria, und die Apostel in der Kirchengeschichte des Nikephoros Kallistou Xanthopoulos: Ein Beitrag zur Spätbyzantinischen Bibelhermeneutik (25 min)


Discussion (25 min)

10.07.2014

8:30 - 11:30

Room: HS 42 - Hauptgebäude


Theme: Biblical Scholarship in Byzantium

Claudia Rapp, Presiding


Ernst Gamillscheg, Österreichische Nationalbibliothek


How to Study the Septuagint: Greek Church Fathers and Manuscripts of the Catenae in Vetus Testamentum in the Austrian National Library (30 min)


Christian Gastgeber, Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften

The Use of Bible Quotations in Byzantine Documents: A Text Pragmatic Approach (30 min)


Discussion (15 min)


Break (30 min)


Elisabeth Schiffer, Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften


Biblical Imagery in the Homiletic Writings of a Constantinopolitan Patriarch in Exile: The Case of Germanos II (1223-1240) (30 min)


Antonia Giannouli, University of Cyprus

Biblical Learning in Byzantium: The Exegetical Didaskaliai in Context (30 min)


Discussion (15 min)

10.07.2014

13:00 - 16:00

Room: HS 26 - Hauptgebäude

Theme: Biblical Foundations of Byzantine Identity and Culture


Andreas Külzer, Presiding


Meredith Riedel, Duke University


Echoes of Scripture in Byzantine Political Identity (30 min)


Ioannis Stouraitis, Universität Wien


Using the Bible to Legitimize Byzantine Warfare (30 min)


Discussion (15 min)


Break (30 min)


Alexandra Wassiliou-Seibt, Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften


Biblische Reminiszenzen auf Byzantinischen Siegeln mit Metrischen Inschriften (30 min)


Eirini Afentoulidou, Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften


The Posthumous Judgement in Byzantium: The Transformation of a Biblical Theme (30 min)


Discussion (15 min)