Reading Women in the New Testament Epistles.
The Social and Ecclesial Implications of Biblical Interpretation
21-23 June 2019
Cluj, Romania, Centre of Biblical Studies
June 20
Arrival, welcome at the Centre for Biblical Studies, accommodation at Hotel Universitas
19.00 Dinner (Rhédey)
June 21
9.00-9.10 Opening, welcome
(Conference Room of Hotel Universitas) Anna Soós (vice-rector BBU, Cluj)
9.10-9.30 Introducing The Bible and Women Project Irmtraud Fischer (Graz)
I. Cultural, Social and Religious Context
9.30-10.00 Introducing Women in the Epistles. The Ideology of Gender Spaces and Roles in the Greco-Roman World
Korinna Zamfir (Cluj),
Uta Poplutz (Wuppertal)
10.00-10.40 The Rhetoric of Gender in the Epistles of the New Testament Peter Lampe (Heidelberg)
10.40-11.00 Coffee
11.00-11.40 Jewish Female Leaders and Benefactors (Archisynagogoi, Elders, Mothers of the Synagogue, Hierisai)
Bernadette Brooten (Brandeis U., Waltham, MA)
11.40-12.10 Women in the Greco-Roman Society in the First Century (Priestesses, Prophetesses, Office Holders, Benefactors) Ute Eisen (Giessen)
12.10-12.50 Women in Private Associations. Relevance for the NT Epistles Eva Ebel (Zürich)
13.00-14.50 Lunch (Sinaia)
II. Women in the Household
14.50-15.30 Women as Wives. Marriage, Separation and Divorce Christine Gerber (Hamburg)
15.30-16.10 Mothers. Motherhood as Vocation and Ideology.
Annette Huizenga (University of Dubuque, Iowa)
16.10-16.30 Coffee
16.30-17.10 Older Women. Role, Ministry, Example. Fictive Kinship. Age in the Service of Ideology.
Angela Standhartinger (Marburg)
17.10-17.50 Widows. Remarriage, Spiritual Marriage, and the Example of the Univira Michael Sommer (Halle)
17.50-18.30 Slave Paraenesis, Women and Gender. Slave Women as Metaphors Maria José Schultz (Santiago, Chile/Bilbao, Spain)
20.00 Dinner (Rhédey)
June 22
III. Women in the Ekklesia
9.00-9.40 Women Apostles, Co-Workers, Itinerant Teachers and Hosts of Domestic Ekklesiai Dominika Kurek (Liverpool)
9.40-10.20 Diakonoi in the Corpus Paulinum Ekaterini Tsalampouni (Thessaloniki)
10.20-10.50 Coffee
10.50-11.30 Virgins and Asceticism. Outlook: Thecla Marinella Perroni (Roma)
11.30-12.10 Women as Learners and Teachers. Women’s (Lack of) Authority Korinna Zamfir (Cluj)
12.30-15.00 Lunch (Sinaia)
IV. The Rhetoric of Gender
15.00-15.40 Is the Gospel Liberating for Women? Freedom, Equality and Submission Silke Petersen (Hamburg)
15.40-16.20 The Voices of the Corpus Paulinum: The Speech and Silence of Women. The Gendering of Speech Marianne Bjelland Kartzow (Oslo)
16.20-16.50 Coffee
16.50-17.30 Women and the Female Condition as Metaphors: Motherhood and Nursing. Freeborn and Slave (Sarah and Hagar). The Community Uta Poplutz (Wuppertal)
18.00-20.00 Cultural walk in the old town
20.00 Dinner (Rhédey)
June 23
V. Theology of Gender / Gendering Theology
9.00-9.40 God and Metaphors of Femininity in the Epistles Beate Kowalski (Dortmund)
9.40-10.20 Women as Examples of Faith Xavér Szabó OFM (Budapest)
10.20-10.50 Coffee
10.50-11.30 The Woman – From Companion to the Deceived Deceiver. The Reception of Gen 1-2 in the Epistles Maria Elisa Estevez Lopez (Comillas)
11.30-12.00 Conclusions Irmtraud Fischer (Graz)
13.00 Lunch (Rhédey)
Sponsors of the Conference:
Herbert Haag Stiftung für Freiheit in der Kirche
Babes-Bolyai University, Centre for Biblical Studies
Karl-Franzens-Universität Graz
