Fragments of an Unbelievable Past?

Constructions of Provenance, Narratives of Forgery

University of Agder

Wednesday

Open lecture at Myren Gård:

18:00– Nina Burleigh (Newsweek), “Unholy Business: A True Tale of Faith, Greed and Forgery in the Holy Land”

20:00 Dinner

Thursday (A7–006)

9:15 – 9:30 Årstein Justnes (University of Agder), “[An Unbelievable] Introduction”

Session I, chair: Liv Ingeborg Lied (MF Norwegian School of Theology)

9:30 – 10:30 Nina Burleigh (Newsweek), “The Post-Factual Museum: Curating Ancient History to Influence Politics 101”

10:30 – 11:00 Coffee break

11:00 – 12:00 Roberta Mazza (University of Manchester), “Papyrology and Ethics: The Problem of Provenance”

12:00 – 13:00 Nils Hallvard Korsvoll (MF Norwegian School of Theology), “See No Evil, Hear No Evil, Speak No Evil: How Is Authenticity Dealt with When Provenance Is Not an Issue?”

13:00 – 14.00 Lunch (meeting room A)

Session II, chair: Tor Vegge (University of Agder)

14:00 – 15:00 Nicola Denzey Lewis (Brown University), “Rethinking the Origins of the Nag Hammadi Library”

15:00 – 16:00 Eva Mroczek (University of California, Davis), “The Secret Lives of Texts: The Discovery Narrative as a Literary and Theological Tradition”

16:00 – 16:30 Coffee break

16:30 – 17:30 Kipp Davis (Trinity Western University), “Gleanings from the Cave of Wonders? Patterns of Correspondence in the Post-2002 DSS Fragments”

17:30 – Prosecco and a light meal

19:30 Dinner

Friday (A7-006)

Session III, chair: Torleif Elgvin (NLA University College)

9:15 – 10:15 Hugo Lundhaug (University of Oslo), “The Gospel of Jesus’ Wife: The Full Story”

10:15 – 11:15 Liv Ingeborg Lied (MF Norwegian School of Theology), “Media Dynamics and Academic Knowledge Production: Tracing the Role of the Media in the Gospel of Jesus’ Wife Saga”

11:15 – 11:45 Coffee break

11:45 – 12:45 Tommy Wasserman (Örebro School of Theology & Ansgar School of Theology), “Simonides’ New Testament Papyri: Their Production and Purported Provenance”

12:45 – 13:00 Summary

13.00 – Lunch (meeting room A)