Monday 30 June 2014

International Conference!

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.

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

Ra’anan Boustan, University of California-Los Angeles

Andreas Külzer, Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften

Break (30 min)

Leena Mari Peltomaa, Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften

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

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

Christian Gastgeber, Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften
Discussion (15 min)

Break (30 min)

Elisabeth Schiffer, Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften

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

Ioannis Stouraitis, Universität Wien

Discussion (15 min)

Break (30 min)

Alexandra Wassiliou-Seibt, Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften

Eirini Afentoulidou, Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften

Discussion (15 min)

Identities and Ideologies in the Medieval East Roman World , edited by Yannis Stouraitis, Edinburgh Byzantine Studies (Edinburgh: Edinburgh ...