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GFCJ Confprogram Cover.Back Nyack College Graduate Program The graduate program in Ancient Judaism and Christian in Ancient Judaism Origins (AJCO) is designed to prepare students for further and Christian Origins academic, professional, or ministerial endeavors by providing them with the skills and information needed for reading the New Testament. Inaugural Conference The Gospels The M.A. in Ancient Judaism and Christian Origins is a 36- credit (48 with 12 credits of Modern Hebrew) multidisciplinary in curriculum that introduces the student to the fields of knowledge necessary for advanced research in the New Testament and Christian Origins. The program is unique in that it engages First Century Judaea aspects of the language, history, religious thought, and material culture for both Judaism and Christianity in late antiquity. August 29th 2013 9:00am-4:30pm Email: [email protected] Twitter: @AJCO_nyack FB: facebook.com/NyackCollegeAJCO Blog: nyackajco.wordpress.com Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian Site: www.nyack.edu/content/AJCOExplore 1 Bowling Green New York, New York 10004 Morning Session I (Chair: Frank Chan) Lunch 12:15-1:15 • 9:00-9:30 Jeffrey Garcia (Nyack College), Matt 19:20: “What Do I Still Lack?” : Jesus' Halakha on Giving to the Afternoon Session I (Chair: Steven Notley) Poor • 1:15-1:45 Eric Meyers (Duke University), Sepphoris, Nazareth, and First Century Galilee While Jesus’ view of halakha (i.e. Jewish law) has been of general interest to New Testament scholars, “giving to the poor” as an integral part of this discussion has been largely neglected. Even the pioneering studies of New Testament scholars E.P. Scholars have often made a great deal about the silence of the New Testament in respect to nearby Sepphoris, which enjoys Sanders and J.P. Meier have overlooked the manner in which “giving to the poor” functions in Jesus’ view of observing such a rich literary pedigree in Josephus and rabbinic literature. Mark's mention in 6:1-6 that Jesus was rejected by the town Torah. Therefore, the purpose of this paper will be to explore four Synoptic narratives, “The Rich Young Man” (Matt 19:16- fathers of Nazareth, a rather enigmatic statement that has not received adequate attention, is perhaps relevant to this 22=Mk 10:19-22=Luke 18:18-23), “The Law and Righteousness” (Matt 5:17-20, 6:1-4), “The Widow’s Mites” (Luke 19:1- discussion. In light of the fact that massive construction no doubt began in this early period by the royal Herodian family, 10), and “Zacchaeus the Tax Collector” (Mk 12:41-44=Lk 21:1-4), in light of the legal context of Second Temple texts and which doubtless had a positive effect on the local economy, it is not impossible that Jesus's rejection has something to do with early Rabbinic literature. his possible negative attitude toward those responsible for the large-scale urban development so close by. In any case, the fact that the New Testament does not mention Sepphoris, the largest and by any standards the most important Jewish urban space • 9:30-10:00 Steven Fine (Yeshiva University), Luke 22:53: “When I was Daily with You in the Temple...”: What did in Galilee, is an issue worth revisiting once again along with a consideration of what was actually going on there at the time. the Jerusalem Temple Look Like in the Time of Jesus? • 1:45-2:15 David Emanuel (Nyack College), Matthew 21:6: “From the Mouths of Infants and Babes”: Early Few ancient buildings have inspired more models – three-dimensional and virtual – than the lost Temple of Herod, the so-called Interpretations and Reflections of a Hebrew Verse. Temple of Jesus. These have been based upon the writings of Josephus, the Rabbis, knowledge of Roman archaeology, observation of the site and occasionally, the Gospels. While model building is an important heuristic exercise, the extant In Matthew 21, the chief priests and scribes confront Jesus concerning the messianic connotations of the words of praise sources – read through the methodological approaches current in contemporary scholarship – are not extensive enough to spoken by children. In response to them, Jesus quotes part of a difficult and multi-faceted verse from the Hebrew Bible, Psalm allow for any but the most schematic modeling of the temple that Jesus, a first century Jew, experienced. 8:2 [Heb 8:3], “From the mouth of infants and nursing babes you have ordained strength. This paper outlines the problems interpreting the verse, and then discusses its reflections and interpretations in the Second Temple period and • 10:00-10:30 Serge Ruzer (Hebrew University), In Search of the Jewish Literary Backdrop of Mark 1:1-11: Between early Rabbinic literature. The final part of the paper examines Matthew’s reuse of the passage in light of previous references in The Rule of the Community and Midrashic Traditions from Later Rabbinic Sources Second Temple literature and discusses how the verse fits into the overall scheme of Matthew’s messianic story. Mark 1:1-11 is presented by the Gospel writer as the programmatic opening of Jesus' messianic biography. This paper aims at • 2:15-2:45 Daniel Machiela (McMaster University), The Early Jewish Background to the Laying on of Hands and identifying that traditional backdrop, which is crucial for understanding the author's agenda and polemical strategies. The Demon Expulsion in Luke-Acts paper discusses evidence from the Qumranic Rule of the Community, that could have provided a backdrop for the John the Baptist-centered section (Mark 1:4-5, 7-8). It is further argued that the Jewish messianic scenario, to which Mark 1:1-11 as a We read numerous times of Jesus and the apostles healing and casting out demons by laying hands on the afflicted, sometimes whole responds, seems to be reflected in rabbinic midrash. The paper concludes with elaborating on this problem and offering accompanied by verbal statements. In 1957 David Flusser first recognized a striking parallel with a similar description of a tentative solution. Abram healing Pharaoh in the Genesis Apocryphon from Cave 1 of Qumran. This paper will seek to build on Flusser's observation by exploring the Jewish background of laying on of hands, exorcism, and spirit possession in the Genesis Morning Session II (Chair David Emanuel) Apocryphon and other early Jewish texts. • 10:45-11:15 Claudia Setzer (Manhattan College), Mark 7:28: “Even the Dogs under the Table Eat the Children’s Afternoon Session II (Chair: Jeffrey García) Crumbs”: Women, Food, and Learning. • 3:00-3:30 Burt Visotsky (Jewish Theological Seminary), in in Luke 24 and Rabbinic Use of Food and knowledge are often linked in the ancient world, both in metaphor and reality. Food is one area in a patriarchal society where women seemed to control the resources, our sources seeming to take for granted that they supply and prepare In Luke 24:31, 32, 45 various forms of the Greek term are used to indicate Jesus’ exposition of Scripture in his postresurrection food, at least for the non-elite. Knowledge, especially of philosophical and religious matters, would seem to be controlled by appearances in Emmaus and Jerusalem. Comparing this term and its broad lexical range with its usage in rabbinic men. Looking at two stories, of the Syro-Phoenician woman (Mark 7:24-30) and the Samaritan woman (John 4:1-42) reveals midrashic texts from the Land of Israel in the classical (i.e. post-NT) period sheds light on the usage of the term in both the a more complex relationship between women, the supplying of food, and the nature of religious understanding. These early Christian as well as the somewhat later rabbinic communities. Recent research by scholars such as Paul Mandel, Günter “crumbs” of text allow us to think more broadly about women as learners and disciples in early communities. Stemberger, and the present author helps us newly understand this technical term. • 11:15-11:45 Steven Notley (Nyack College), Luke 5:33-35: “When the Bridegroom is Taken Away” • 3:30-4:00 Brad Young (Oral Roberts University), The Forgiveness of Sins and the Power to Overcome Them: A Lexical and Exegetical Study of John 20:23 Unfailingly, interpreters of this saying read it as a prediction by Jesus for his passion with the bridegroom intended to signal his messianic self-identity. This is in spite of the fact that the bridegroom as a metaphor for the messiah appears nowhere in Most, if not all, currently used translations of John 20:23 interpret the Greek word krateo as meaning that forgiveness may be early Judaism. In light of this absence, this study will explore some alternative readings and conclude that the saying was retained or withheld. The Greek verb, which occurs twice in John 20:23, should be understood in the more basic meaning of intended to allude to a well-known passage from the Hebrew Bible with no hint of messianic content. Instead, the saying is the term. Forgiveness of sins in the first pronouncement of John is followed by empowerment to overcome sins. In fact, the evidence of a substructure of sentiment that existed in the closing decades of the Second Temple period that has been largely church and the synagogue have understood forgiveness in extremely distinctive ways. Arguably Jewish and Christian views of overlooked. forgiveness make up some of the most divergent components of these two sister faiths rooted in the rich common heritage of Second Temple period Judaism. A fresh exegetical study of John 20:23 will demonstrate the parallel structure and meaning • 11:45-12:15 Lawrence Schiffman (Yeshiva University), The Bleeding Woman in Mark, Matthew and Luke: between the first pronouncement that the individual is forgiven of sins, and the second pronouncement which actually teaches Perspectives from Qumran and Rabbinic Literature that the individual is empowered to overcome sinful conduct.
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