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Faculty of Theology

The conference “'s Scriptures: Production, Recep- Location tion, Interaction, and Transformation” aspires to engage The conference will take place June 22–26, 2014 at the Cen- current scholarship that has advanced source redaction tro Stefano Franscini on the Monte Verità (Ascona near Jeremiah’s Scriptures and literary criticism of Jeremiah and related Baruch and Locarno, Switzerland). Jeremianic traditions in both the and anci- ent Jewish and Christian Literature. There are vital tradi- Further Information tions about Jeremiah within as well as outside of the Information on the planned venue and its history is Production, book that bears his name. Accordingly, the conference available here: will take into account the history of recension and the http://www.csf.ethz.ch Reception, growth of tradition – biblical and para-biblical – as http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monte_Verità aspects of the expansion of earlier sources within and Interaction, beyond the book of Jeremiah. Thus, our proposed confe- Detailed information about travel is offered at: rence and volume of proceedings include but also move http://www.csf.ethz.ch/about/travel Transformation beyond a discussion of the literary growth of the book of Jeremiah. Taken together, the texts that play a role in the Accomodation development of traditions connected to the figures of The accommodation including full room and board is CHF Jeremiah and Baruch constitute what we call “Jeremiah's 200 (ca. USD 200) per person and day (4 overnight stays Scriptures.” required).

The invited speakers include scholars of biblical studies, Contact ancient Judaism, and Dead Sea Scrolls from the U.S., For registration and further information please contact Ms. Canada, , Switzerland, Germany, France, the U.K., lic. theol. Lida Panov: → [email protected] the Netherlands,­ Norway, and Austria. Phone: +41 44 634 54 01 Address: Kirchgasse 9, CH-8001 Zürich This conference is organized by Prof. Hindy Najman Registration until January 15th, 2014. (Yale) and Prof. Konrad Schmid (Zurich) and co-sponso- Theologische Fakultät red by the Graduate Campus of the University of Zurich. Lehrstuhl für Alttestamentliche Wissenschaft und Frühjüdische Religionsgeschichte International Conference Title: The of the Prophet Jeremiah was a gift of the Israelite Prof. Dr. Konrad Schmid Religious Community of Ulm (Germany) at the 500th anniversary of Kirchgasse 9 June 22-26, 2014 the famous Ulmer Münster in 1877. Photography: Jörg Lanckau 2012. 8001 Zürich Centro Stefano Franscini Monte Verità Ascona, Switzerland Program

Sunday, June 22 11:00–12:30 15:00–18:30 Eibert Tigchelaar: Jeremiah’s Scriptures in the Dead Sea Hindy Najman and Konrad Schmid:Introduction Scrolls and the Growth of the Tradition Opening session: Responses: George Brooke, Doctoral Students Short presentations of projects of doctoral students and 17:00–18:30 postdocs Matthias Henze:Jeremiah and Baruch in 2 Baruch Responses: Liv Lied, Doctoral Students 20:00–21:30 20:00–21:30 Robert Wilson: Exegesis, Expansion and Tradition Making in Reinhard Kratz: Why Jeremiah? The Invention of a Prophetic Figure the Book of Jeremiah Responses: Bernard M. Levinson, Doctoral Students Responses: Georg Fischer, Christophe Nihan Additional responses: Doctoral Students Wednesday, June 25 9:00–10:30 Monday, June 23 Jens Herzer: Later Developments of Jeremiah in 4 Baruch / 9:00–10:30 Paraleipomena Jeremiah Friedhelm Hartenstein: Jeremiah 36 Responses: Robin Young, Doctoral Students Responses: Carolyn Sharp, Doctoral Students 11:00–12:30 11:00–12:30 Gregory Sterling: Jeremiah’s Mysteries in Philo of Alexandria Christl Maier: The Nature of Deutero-Jeremianic Texts Responses: René Bloch, Doctoral Students Responses: Thomas Römer, Doctoral Students 15:00–16:30 15:00–16:30 Jörg Frey: Jeremianic Traditions in the New Testament Hermann-Josef Stipp: Responses: Adela Yarbro Collins, Doctoral Students JerG*: The Earliest Known Translation of the Book of Jeremiah 17:00–18:30 Responses: Ron Hendel, Doctoral Students Samuel Vollenweider: The Commissioning of Jeremiah and Paul 17:00–18:30 Responses: Lutz Doering, Doctoral Students Judith Newman: Confessing in Exile: the Reception and Composition of Jeremiah in Daniel and Baruch Thursday, June 26 Responses: Mladen Popovic, Doctoral Students 9:00–10:30 Ishay Rosen Zvi: Prophet, Prosecutor, Martyr: Rabbinic Dra- Tuesday, June 24 matization of Jeremia 9:00–10:30 Responses: Steven Fraade, Doctoral Students Loren Stuckenbruck:Jeremianic Elements in the Enochic 11:00–12:30

Traditions James Kugel: Rewriting Jeremiah and the History of Biblical Jeremiah laments at the destruction of : Detail from the Responses: John Collins, Doctoral Students Interpretation Menorah, Jerusalem. Photography: Avi Deror 2008.