Reconceptualising Monotheism: Concepts and Cultures in Ancient Israel
Oxford / Online
4 November 2021 (09:00 – 18:00)
Workshop (Free and open to the public; Registration now open)
Harris Lecture Theatre, Oriel College & Online
Programme of Events
8.45 – 9:00
Prof. Hindy Najman and Dr Hywel Clifford (University of Oxford) and Prof. Joachim Schaper (University of Aberdeen): Welcome & Introduction
Prof. Hindy Najman and Dr Hywel Clifford (University of Oxford) and Prof. Joachim Schaper (University of Aberdeen): Welcome & Introduction
9.00 – 9:45
Prof. Joachim Schaper (University of Aberdeen): “Media Archaeology” and Research into the Origins of Jewish Monotheism: Some Thoughts on Method, in Dialogue with Jan Assmann and others
Prof. Joachim Schaper (University of Aberdeen): “Media Archaeology” and Research into the Origins of Jewish Monotheism: Some Thoughts on Method, in Dialogue with Jan Assmann and others
9.45 – 10:30
Prof. Eckart Otto (Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München): Historical Dialectics in the Judean History of Religion on its Course to Monotheism
Prof. Eckart Otto (Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München): Historical Dialectics in the Judean History of Religion on its Course to Monotheism
10.30–10.45
Break
10.45 – 11:30
Dr. Catherine Quine (University of Nottingham): The End of Queenship: Gender, Absence, and the Development of Monotheism
Dr. Catherine Quine (University of Nottingham): The End of Queenship: Gender, Absence, and the Development of Monotheism
11.30 – 12:15
Dr. Hywel Clifford (University of Oxford): The apologetic and the axial: “monotheism” between Israelite Yahwism and early Greek philosophy
Dr. Hywel Clifford (University of Oxford): The apologetic and the axial: “monotheism” between Israelite Yahwism and early Greek philosophy
12.15 – 1:00
Dr. Antonella Bellantuono (University of Lille): Religious Coexistence in Antiquity: the Relationship between Jewish Monotheism and the Egyptian cults
Dr. Antonella Bellantuono (University of Lille): Religious Coexistence in Antiquity: the Relationship between Jewish Monotheism and the Egyptian cults
1.00–2.00
Lunch
2.00 – 2:45
Prof. Peter Machinist (Harvard University): Choosing the Proper Terminology: A Biblical Quest Toward Monotheism
Prof. Peter Machinist (Harvard University): Choosing the Proper Terminology: A Biblical Quest Toward Monotheism
2.45 – 3:30
Prof. Daniel Fleming (New York University): Yahweh before Israel: A Pastoralist People of the Levantine Interior
Prof. Daniel Fleming (New York University): Yahweh before Israel: A Pastoralist People of the Levantine Interior
3.30–3.45
Break
3.45 – 4:30
Prof. Friedhelm Hartenstein (Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München): Monotheism, Aniconism, and Mental Images in the Light of Deuteronomy 4
Prof. Friedhelm Hartenstein (Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München): Monotheism, Aniconism, and Mental Images in the Light of Deuteronomy 4
4.30 – 5:15
Dr. Nathan Macdonald (University of Cambridge): Priestly Monotheism
Dr. Nathan Macdonald (University of Cambridge): Priestly Monotheism
5.15 – 6:00
Prof. Konrad Schmid (University of Zurich): The Readability of the World: The Priestly Monotheism and Its Quest for God‘s Transcendence and the World‘s Rationality
Prof. Konrad Schmid (University of Zurich): The Readability of the World: The Priestly Monotheism and Its Quest for God‘s Transcendence and the World‘s Rationality
6.00 – 6:30
Prof. Hindy Najman: Plenary & Close
Prof. Hindy Najman: Plenary & Close