I thought I should share this information about an upcoming online conference since there does not seem to be much info about it online and given the topic and presenters I know that my biblical studies colleagues who focus on Paul more than I do will want to attend.
Bratislava Conference 2022: September, 19–22
Receptions of Paul during the First Two Centuries: Exploration of the Jewish Matrix of Early Christianity
Location: Comenius University Bratislava, Evangelical (Lutheran) Theological Faculty (The conference will occur online as a virtual gathering via MS Teams)
Schedule
(Central European time) (Draft)
Monday, September 19, 2022:
14:00 – 14:15 – Opening
František Ábel, Maroš Nicák
14:15 – 19:45 – Session One: Knowing What’s What in the Early Reception of Paul the Apostle
14:15 – 15:15 James H. Charlesworth, Princeton Theological Seminary, USA Correcting Some Misperceptions About Paul
15:15 – 16:15 Michael Bachmann, University of Siegen, Germany
Observations on the Reception of the Pauline Expression “works of the law”
16:15 – 17:15 J. Brian, Tucker, Moody Theological Seminary, Plymouth, USA
The Perception of Paul’s Social Influence in the Corinthian Correspondence
17:15 – 17:45 Break
17:45 – 18:45 Paul B. Duff, George Washington University, USA
John’s Reading or “Jezebel’s”: The Contested Reception of 1 Corinthians in the Late First Century
18:45 – 19:45 Neil Elliott, Independent Scholar, USA
The Quintessence of Pauline Deracination
Tuesday, September 20, 2022:
13:30 – 14:00 – Informal gathering of participants
14:00 – 19:30 – Session Two: The Early Reception of Paul the Apostle in the Deutero-Pauline Letters
14:00 – 15:00 Stefan Krauter, University of Zürich, Switzerland
The Pastoral Epistles and the Jewish Paul
15:00 – 16:00 Kathy Ehrensperger, University of Potsdam, Germany
Gender Roles in the House and in the Ekklesia: Pauline Trajectories in the Pastorals
16:00 – 17:00 Karl Olav Sandnes, MF Norwegian School of Theology, Religion and Society, Norway
The Colossian “Philosophy” and Torah: Paul in a New Context
17:00 – 17:30 Break
17:30 – 18:30 Kenneth Atkinson, University of Northern Iowa, USA
The “Man of Lawlessness” as an Eschatological Enemy in Second Thessalonians and its Second Temple Period Jewish Background
18:30 – 19:30 Joshua Garroway, Hebrew Union College – Jewish Institute of Religion, USA
The Triumph of Paul in Portraits of Peter
Wednesday, September 21, 2022:
13:30 – 14:00 – Informal gathering of participants
14:00 – 19:30 – Session Three: The Early Reception of Paul the Apostle in the Acts of the Apostles
14:00 – 15:00 Jiří Lukeš, Charles University Prague, Czech Republic
From Pharisee to Ascetic. The Shift of the Image of the Apostle Paul in the Literature of the Genre of Acts
15:00 – 16:00 Ruben A. Bühner, University of Zürich, Switzerland
Paul’s Torah Praxis According to Acts in Light of Recent Reconfigurations of Paul’s Jewishness
16:00 – 16:30 Break
16:30 – 17:30 Istvan Ledan, Debrecen Reformed Theological University, Hungary
The Image of Paul in Act’s Speeches
17:30 – 18:30 Dančiaková, Valéria Terézia, Comenius University Bratislava, Slovakia
Charges against Paul in Acts 16:21: The Term τό ἔθος in the Context of Roman Law
18:30 – 19:30 Gabriele Boccaccini, University of Michigan, USA
The Reception of Paul in the Acts of the Apostles
Thursday, September 22, 2022:
13:30 – 14:00 – Informal gathering of participants
14:00 – 17:30 – Session Four: The Other Receptions of Paul the Apostle
14:00 – 15:00 Noffke, Eric, Facoltà Valdese di Teologia, Roma, Italy
How Pauline is the Gospel of John?
15:00 – 16:00 Pavel Paluchník, Evangelical Theological Seminary of Prague, Czech Republic
The Epistle to the Hebrews: A Consoling Appeal to Ostracized Jewish Christians (and non-Christian
Jews) in the Roman Empire?
16:00 – 17:00
František Ábel, Comenius University Bratislava, Slovakia
Παύλου συμμύσται ἐστε. Ignatius’ Reception of Paul and Jewishness in the Antiochean Context: Another Piece of Mosaic
17:00 – 17:30 Final evaluation of the conference
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