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Text and Ritual in the Pentateuch A Systematic and Comparative Approach May 26 & 27, 2016Université de LausanneUnithèqueSalle de conférence 511
Photo Credits: Ori Orhof, A.B. Institute of Samaritan Studies
PROGRAM
Thursday 26 May
Chair: Julia RHYDER
9:30 – 10:00Christophe NIHAN (Université de Lausanne)Introduction: Ancient Rituals, Ancient Texts
10:00 – 11:00Giuseppina LENZO (Université de Lausanne)Rituals in the Spells of the Book of the Dead in Ancient Egypt
11:00 – 11:30Coffee Break
11:30 – 12:30 Patrick MICHEL (Université de Genève)Between Text and Ritual: The Function(s) of Ritual Texts from Late Bronze Age Emar (Syria)
12:30 – 14:00Lunch
Chair: Matthieu PELLET
14:00 – 15:00Dominique JAILLARD (Université de Genève)Between Utterance and Dedication: Some Remarks on the Status of Ritual in Greek Practice
15:00 – 16:00Rüdiger SCHMITT (Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster)Diversity and Centralization of the Temple Cult in the Archaeological Record from the Iron II C to the Persian and Hellenistic Period in Judah
16:00 – 16:30Coffee Break
16:30 – 17:30Daniel FALK (Pennsylvania State University)Text and Ritual in the Dead Sea Scrolls
17:30 – 18:00Concluding discussion
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PROGRAM
Friday 27 May
Chair: Katharina PYSCHNY
9:00 – 10:00 James WATTS (Syracuse University) Text vs. Ritual in Leviticus? 10:00 – 10:30Coffee Break
10:30 – 11:30Yitzhaq FEDER (University of Haifa) The Textualization of Priestly Ritual in Light of West Asian Sources
11:30 – 12:30Christian FREVEL (Ruhr-Universität Bochum)The Texture of Rituals in the Book of Numbers: Aspects of Adaptation, Innovation, and Interconnection
12:30 – 14:00Lunch
Chair: Anna ANGELINI
14:00 – 15:00 Dorothea ERBELE-KUESTER (Johannes-Gutenberg-Universität Mainz)The Ritual Texts of the Pentateuch and the Creation of Ritualized Bodies
15:00 – 15:30Coffee Break
15:30 – 16:30 William GILDERS (Emory University) “And they would read before him the Order for the Day”: The Textuality of Leviticus 16 in Mishnah Yoma and Sifra Aharei Mot
16:30 – 17:30Julia RHYDER (Université de Lausanne) The Reception of Ritual Laws in the Early Second Temple Period: Evidence from Ezra-Nehemiah and Chronicles
17:30 – 18:00 Christophe NIHAN & Julia RHYDER
Concluding Perspectives
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Université de Lausanne
UnithèqueSalle de conférence 511
Contact:Julia Rhyder email: [email protected]: +41 21 692 27 19 Christophe Nihan email: [email protected]
