The Transmission of Early Christian Homilies Location: from Late Antiquity to the Middle Ages Forschungskolleg Humanwissenschaften Vortragssaal Am Wingertsberg 4 Homilies represent one of the largest and yet least explored corpora of late antique literature. Preachers 61348 Bad Homburg v.d. Höhe across the Mediterranean World and beyond inter- The Transmission preted the biblical text, exposited the lives of saints, Organizers: of Early Christian Homilies interpreted the liturgy, taught social ethics, and com- PROF. DR. HARTMUT LEPPIN mented on historical events before a diverse range Leibniz-Projekt from Late Antiquity to the of audiences. Advances in research over the last fifty „Polyphonie des spätantiken Christentums“ years have demonstrated the importance of sermons Historisches Seminar, Abt. Alte Geschichte Middle Ages for both intellectual and social histories of late Goethe-Universität Frankfurt am Main antiquity. DR. PHILIP FORNESS This conference seeks to address a key problem in Leibniz-Projekt interpreting early Christian homilies. The survival of „Polyphonie des spätantiken Christentums“ any sermon from late antiquity represents the delib- Historisches Seminar, Abt. Alte Geschichte erate efforts and decisions of communities and indi- Goethe-Universität Frankfurt am Main viduals across time. In late antiquity, this entailed the recording and distribution of homilies in manuscripts for wider audiences. In the Middle Ages and even to Contact: the present, communities have recopied and reor- DR. ALEXANDRA HASSE-UNGEHEUER ganized homilies into new collections designed to Leibniz-Projekt meet their own interests. Across this entire time, „Polyphonie des spätantiken Christentums“ homilies underwent translation into almost every lit- Historisches Seminar, Abt. Alte Geschichte erary culture of early and medieval Christianity. Goethe-Universität Frankfurt am Main These diverse processes account for the survival of +49-69-79832468 such texts and point to a common problem of the [email protected] International Conference transmission of early Christian homilies. Bad Homburg v.H. Supported by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft and the Forschungskolleg Humanwissenschaften June 21st-23rd, 2018 Thursday, June 21st Friday, June 22nd 16:00-16:30 Coffee Break 12:30-13:00 Registration and Refreshments Session 2: Augustine of Hippo 16:30-17:15 STEPHEN DAVIS (New Haven, CT) The Voice of a Saint from Beyond the 13:00-13:30 Introduction Moderation: KAI PREUß (Frankfurt) Grave: Posthumous Performances of a Session 1: John Chrysostom 09:30-10:15 SHARI BOODTS (Leuven) Sermon by Shenoute Augustine’s Sermons in the Middle Ages: Moderation: ANNETTE VON STOCKHAUSEN (BERLIN) 17:15-18:00 CAROLINE SCHROEDER (Stockton, CA) An Overview of the Tradition and a Plan to A Homily is a Homily is a Homily is a 13:30-14:15 SEVER VOICU (Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana) Explore It Corpus: Digital Approaches to Shenoute Homilies by and attributed to John 10:15-11:00 CLEMENS WEIDMANN (Salzburg) Chrysostom: Circulation and Use in the 18:30 Dinner at Forschungskolleg Pseudo-Fulgentius: 5th and 6th Centuries Humanwissenschaften An Underrated Witness for the Transmission Saturday, June 23rd 14:15-15:00 EMILIO BONFIGLIO (Vienna) of Augustine’s Sermons John Chrysostom in Oriental Dress: 11:00-11:30 Coffee Break Session 4: Jacob of Serugh The Armenian File UISE ARION RENKEL 11:30-12:15 MAXIMILIAN DIESENBERGER (Vienna) Moderation: L M F (São Paulo/Erfurt) 15:00-15:30 Coffee Break Early Christian Homilies in Bavarian 09:00-09:45 PHILIP FORNESS (Frankfurt) 15:30-16:15 ANETA DIMITROVA (Sofia) Sermon Compilations, ca. 800 The Homilies of John Chrysostom and Selection and Adaptation of 12:15-13:00 GERT PARTOENS (Leuven) Jacob of Serugh in Syriac Manuscripts John Chrysostom’s Homilies in the Early Order Out of Chaos: On the Transmission of from Late Antiquity Slavonic Tradition the Quinquaginta homiliae in Belgium and 09:45-10:30 ANDY HILKENS (Ghent) 16:15-17:00 ALEXANDROS TSAKOS (Bergen) Northern France The Armenian Reception of the Homilies From Chrysostomus Nubianus to Corpus 13:00-14:30 Lunch at Forschungskolleg of Jacob of Serugh: The Manuscript Chrysostomicum Nubianum Humanwissenschaften Tradition 17:00-17:30 Coffee Break Session 3: Shenoute of Atripe 10:30-11:00 Coffee Break Public Lecture 11:00-11:45 TAMARA PATRIDZE (Louvain) Moderation: CHRISTIAN BARTHEL (Frankfurt) 17:30-19:00 WENDY MAYER (Adelaide) Crossing Boundaries: Jacob of Serugh 14:30-15:15 DAVID BRAKKE (Columbus, OH) The Multiple Afterlives of Early Christian through the Homiliaries The Organization of Shenoute’s Homilies: Why and to whom does Discourses: The Making of an Author and 11:45-12:30 TED ERHO (Munich) transmission matter? his Works in Late Antiquity AARON BUTTS (Washington, D.C.) 19:30 Dinner in Restaurant “Schreinerei Pfeiffer“ Homilies attributed to Jacob of Serugh in 15:15-16:00 ALIN SUCIU (Göttingen) (Audenstraße 6, Bad Homburg) Ethiopic The Circulation of Shenoute’s Homilies outside the White Monastery 12:30-14:00 Lunch at Forschungskolleg Humanwissenschaften .