Program för ISBL/EABS I uppsala

Då är programmet klart för SBL/EABS konferens i Uppsala den 23-27/6 och finns nu tillgängligt. Här följer snabbguide till lokala sessioner eller sessioner med starka lokala inslag:

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Tuesday, June 24th

1.       Cognitive Science Perspectives in Nordic Biblical Studies

First session: Tuesday, June 24th, 14.00-15.30

In the past two decades, scholars in the Nordic countries have pioneered the heuristic use of cognitive sciences in Biblical Studies. Fields explored for their potential to shed new light on Biblical texts include social identity theory, cognitive linguistics, blending, cognitive ritual theory, evolutionary psychology, cultural epidemiology, and research on emotions. The present session highlights ongoing research in this direction by Nordic scholars.

·       Anne Katrine de Hemmer Gudme (Oslo University): “The Application and Integration of CSR-Based Ritual Theories in Biblical Studies” (20 min + 10 min discussion)

·       Aldar Nõmmik (Stockholm School of Theology at University College Stockholm): “Usefulness of Cognitive Science of Religion in NT Exegesis: 1 Cor 11:2–16 as a Test Case” (20 min + 10 min discussion)

·       Lisa Plantin (Stockholm School of Theology at University College Stockholm): “Blending Theory and Metaphors in Job 1:21 and Job 39”

·       Chair: Thomas Kazen (Stockholm School of Theology)

2.       Conversation with Cecilia Wassén (Uppsala University)

“Status of Women in the Profession Committee” (SBL)

Moderator: Sophia Johnson (Cambridge University)

Tuesday 24th, 18.00-19.00

Wednesday, June 25th 

3.       New Developments in Political Bible Use in the Nordic Context

“Politization of Bibles and Biblization of Politics in the Twenty-First Century” (EABS)

Wednesday, June 25th, 9.00-10.30

This invited panel will discuss challenges and opportunities for research on political Bible use in Nordic countries and its relationships to other global contexts.

Panelists:

·       Karin Neutel (Umeå University)

·       Terje Stordalen (Oslo University)

·       Samuel Auler (Lund University)

·       Brennan Breed (Columbia Theological Seminary) and Kamilla Skarstöm Hinojosa (University of Gothenburg).

·       Chair: Hanna Liljefors (Lund University)

4.       Book Review Panel: “Within Judaism? Interpretive Trajectories in Judaism, Christianity, and Islam from the First to the Twenty-First Century” (The Enoch Seminar, SBL)

Wednesday, June 25th, 11-00-12.30

Panelists:

·       Outi Lehtipuu (University of Helsinki)

·       John Kampen (Methodist Theological School in Ohio)

·       Petri Luomanen (University of Helsinki

Respondents:

·       Karin Hedner Zetterholm, Lund University

·       Anders Runesson, University of Oslo

Chair: Cecilia Wassén (Uppsala university)

5.       Helmer Ringgren, The Faith of Qumran: Theology of the Dead Sea Scrolls (1963) and Messianism. Qumran and the Dead Sea Scrolls (SBL)

Wednesday, June 25th, 11-00-12.30

In honor of our meeting's location in Sweden, this session has been planned around the work of the Swedish scholar Helmer Ringgren (1917-2012). This session aims to revisit, critique, and recontextualize Ringgren's foundational work, The Faith of Qumran: Theology of the Dead Sea Scrolls, in light of recent research. This session will also include one paper on Messianism.

·       Håkan Bengtsson (Uppsala University): “Professor Helmer Ringgren’s Scholarship on Qumran in the Uppsala Context”

·       Torleif Elgvin (NLA Høgskolen Staffeldtsgat): ”Revisiting Qumran Messianism”

·       Katell Berthelot (CNRS): “The ‘Prophetic Messiah’ in the Dead Sea Scrolls: A Reconsideration”

·       Chair: Atar Livneh (Ben-Gurion University of the Negev)

6.       Intersections of Bible and Politics in the Northern Hemisphere. Politization of Bibles and Biblization of Politics in the Twenty-First Century (EABS)

Wednesday, June 25th, 16.00-17.30

·       Ellen Aasland Reinertsen (University of Oslo): “Biblical Texts, Gender, and Sexuality in Newer Norwegian Newspaper Debates”

·       Hanna Liljefors (Lund University): “Scriptures in Swedish Parliamentary Debates: A Hot Qur’an and a Banal Bibl

·       Frida Mannerfelt (Lund University): “Biblical Assemblages in Public Debate: The Case of Same-Sex Marriages in the Church of Sweden”

·       Frida Mannerfelt, Lund University

·       Chair:Marie Briese (Technische Universität Dresden)

7.       Conversation with Göran Eidevall (Uppsala University) and Lena-Sofia Tiemeyer (ALT School of Theology, Örebro)

Wednesday, June 25th, 18.00-19.00

This session brings together senior scholars to reflect on major trends shaping the future of biblical exegesis. Discussion will focus on current research in the prophetic books, the role of reception history, and personal insights into academic life—such as being a Swedish scholar abroad and continuing contributions to the field as emeritus professors with significant commentaries published. A unique opportunity to engage with seasoned voices in the discipline.

Moderator: Blaženka Scheuer (Lund University)

Thursday, June 26th

8.       At the End of the World: A Transdisciplinary Approach to the Apocalyptic Imaginary in the Past and Present. “Apocalyptic Literature” (SBL)  

Thursday, June 26th, 11.00-12.30

·       Jayne Svenungsson (Lund university): “Introduction of the research program ‘At the End of the World: A Transdisciplinary Approach to the Apocalyptic Imaginary in the Past and Present’” 

·       Blaženka Scheuer (Lund university): “Secret Knowledge and Sealed Books: Secrecy in Biblical Apocalypses”  (15 min)

·       Natalie Bloch (Lund university): “The Temple as a State in Mind – Intersections of Sensory Experience, Cognitive Processes, and Religious Imaginaries in Jewish Ascent Apocalypses.” (20 min)

·       Tobias Hägerland (Gotheborg University) and Katarina Pålsson (Lund university):  “From Justin to Jerome: Othering Processes in the Early Reception of the Book of Revelation” (20 min)

·       Joel Kuhlin (Lund university): “The Apocalyptic Imaginary and Malcolm X's Revolutionary Rhetoric: Analyzing the Book of Revelation.” (15 min)

·       Chair: Cecilia Wassén (Uppsala University)  

9.       Cognitive Science Perspectives in Nordic Biblical Studies (2 sessions)

Second session: Thursday, June 26th, 11-12.30

·       Nina Nikki (Umeå University): “Towards Quantifying and Experimenting Early Christianity in Cultural Evolution” (20 min + 10 min discussion)

·       István Czachesz (UiT, The Arctic University of Norway): “Theological Ratcheting in Nascent Christianity: Communal Meals and the Jesus Tradition of the Gospels” (20 min + 10 min discussion)

·       Rikard Roitto (Stockholm School of Theology at University College Stockholm): “Cultural and innate aspects of morality in the first century” (20 min + 10 min discussion)

·       Chair: Christian Wetz, Carl-von-Ossietzky-Universität Oldenburg

10.       Bible Translations in Sweden 2025 -  Sami, Meänkieli, and Swedish

Thursday 26th, 11-12.30

The South Sami translation is the first complete New Testament and the most comprehensive book in South Sami ever published. The overall aim of the project was to create a standard for good literary South Sami. The Swedish NT translation will be published exactly 500 years after the first Swedish NT appeared in 1526. Two of the main ambitions are terminological coherence and a fair description of different contemporary ideologies and cultural habits i Antiquity.Both the Lule Sami translation and the Meänkieli translation are projects that will produce the first full bibles (OT and NT) in their respective languages.

·       Mikael Winninge (Swedish Bible Society, Uppsala): “South Sami and Swedish New Testaments” (30 min)

·       Ann Christin Skoglund (Umeå University): “Lule Sami Old Testament” (15 min)

·       Anders Alapää (independent scholar, translator, Korpilombolo): ”The Bible in Meänkieli” (15 min)

·       Panel Discussion (30 min)

·       Moderator and session chair: Karin Tillberg (Church of Sweden’s national office, Uppsala)

Friday, June 27th

11.       Oral-Performative and Written Traditions about the Prophet Elijah

June 25th, 09.00-10.30

Elijah is known for his saga in 2 Kings, continued by that of his alter-hero Elisha. The 18 contributors to the volume From Prophet to Miracle-Working Saint: Dynamic Approaches to Elijah in Ancient and Medieval Cultures, edited by Vlad Bedros, Barbara Crostini, Andrei Dumitrescu and Chana Sacham-Rosby (Brill, 2025) have both paid attention to aspects of the biblical text and its reflection into the Gospels, and to the continuation of practices of commemoration and their actualization in different cultures and times affecting the transformation of Elijah’s stories in Jewish, Christian and Islamic contexts.

In this panel, we would like to bring these conversations together by asking whether the written tradition can better be understood when taking the other contributions to Elijah’s popularity into consideration. We will draw from the contents of the book that have delved into various faith traditions and media in which Elijah is remembered and displayed for the faithful, from theatrical versions to pictorial programmes.

·       Barbara Crostini (Newman institute, Uppsala): “Introduction: Written, Oral-Performative and Visual Traditions about Elijah” (5 min)

·       Presentations (35 min)

o   Stephen Germany (University of Lausanne): “Political Prophet, Wonder Worker, and Trailblazer: The Figure of Elijah in Biblical Tradition”

o   Carl Johan Berglund, (Åbo Akademi/ Stockholm School of Theology at University College Stockholm), “Elijah as an Archetype for the Apostles in the Apocryphal Acts”

o   David Cielontko (Charles University, Prague): “Elijah in the Lives of the Prophets”

o   Eleonora Serra (Lausanne University): “Helias or Helios? The Prophet Elijah as the God Helios in Christian and Jewish Literary and Iconographic Traditions”

·       Responses (30 min)

o   Antti Laato (Åbo Akademi),

o   Dr Alicia Hein (Tübingen University)

·       Chair:  Barbara Crostini (Newman Institute, Uppsala)

·       Discussion (20 min)

12.   Contributions and challenges of gender approaches in Nordic biblical studies

In collaboration with “Status of Women in the Profession Committee” (SBL).

Friday June 27th,  11.00-12.30

What does it mean to do research related to gender and sexualities in the Nordic countries, a region known for its advocacy of equal rights and for its secularism? Which are the trends and tendencies, ups and downs, contributions and challenges of such scholarship in this specific context? The session sets up a conversation between different generations of scholars, between the Nordic countries and between the various approaches to the field, such as classic and intersectional feminism, womanism, masculinity studies and queer theory. How does the legacy of the Nordic pioneers live on and what can we anticipate as the future of the discipline (right here)?

·       Jorunn Økland (University of Oslo): “Internationalisation of Biblical Scholarship - A Challenge to the Distinct, Nordic Legacy of Gender Studies?“ (10 min)

·       Halvor Moxnes (University of Oslo ): “Jesus in gender trouble. The problem of masculinities in Jesus-studies.” (10 min)

·       Mikael Larsson (Uppsala University): “Feminism and reception studies: the legacy of Inger Ljung” (10 min)

·       Moona Kinnunen (Helsinki University): "Queering the Way: How to Bridge the Academic Gap Between Queer and Biblical Studies" (10 min)

·       Myriam Razanamaro (VID Specialized University, Stavanger): "Doing Womanist Research as an African Woman in the Nordic context." (10 min)

·       Panel discussion (30 min). Moderator: Gillian Glass (Aarhus University)

·       Session chair: Anna Rebecca Solevåg (VID Specialized University, Stavanger)

13.  Intersections: A Forum for Research on Ancient Israel, Hebrew Bible, and Cognate Topics

Friday 27th, 11.00-12.30

·       Göran Eidevall (Uppsala university), “Engnell and Widengren: Reflections on the Work and Legacy of Two Uppsala Scholars”

·       Hanna Liljefors (Lund University), “The Bible as Political Tool in Secularized Sweden”

·       Mariola Trojanowska, University of Warsaw, “Time of Despair: Narrative Patterns of Esther and Young Moses”