90 Jewish Studies Today: Secularization and Religion, Criticism and Identity (Congress Plenary Session) Chairperson: Shmuel Feiner Tuesday (4/8/2009) 20:00 - 22:00 Room: Atzmaut-Mexico Hall Michael A. Meyer (H) Research and Religion: Conflicting or Complementary? David Biale (H) Between Religious Tradition and Modern Secularism: Jewish Studies and the Dialectic of Secularization Menachem Brinker (H) The Uniqeness of Jewish Secularism Eliezer Schweid (H) Jewish Studies and Secular Jewish Culture *Simultaneous translation into English provided 91 Ephraim E. Urbach International Fellowship Winners 1 Chairperson: Ora Limor Thursday (6/8/2009) 15:00 - 17:00 Room: The Dan Wassong Auditorium (Rabin Building) Michael Segal (E) Daniel as a Second Jeremiah: A Reassessment of the “Seventy Weeks” Motif in Daniel 9 Geoffrey Herman (H) Persia in the Tents of Shem: Royal Persian Themes adapted by the Babylonian Amoraim Aviram Ravitsky (H) Mezukak Shiv’ataim as a Rabbinic-Philosophical Encyclopedia: A Chapter in the History of 14th Century Jewry in Provence Yaacov Deutsch (H) Bastard and Son of the Menstruant: The Reception of Toldot Yeshu in Medieval and Early Modern Europe 92 Ephraim E. Urbach International Fellowship Winners 2 Chairperson: Lee I. Levine Thursday (6/8/2009) 17:30 - 19:30 Room: The Dan Wassong Auditorium (Rabin Building) Semion Goldin (H) “The Jewish Question” in Conceptions of Russian and Polish Nationalists at the Beginning of the 20th Century Amos Morris-Reich (H) Type and the Racial Characteristics of Jews: Arthur Ruppin and Hans F. K. Guenther Compared 1 Amos Goldberg (H) The History of the Jews during the Holocaust: a Cultural Perspective Tammy Razi (H) Gender and Modernization: Supervising Working Girls in Mandate Palestine, a Comparative Approach 2 DIVISION A: THE BIBLE AND ITS WORLD 100 Israel, Aram and Assyria: Between Bible and Archaeology (Plenary Session) Chairperson: Mordechai Cogan Monday (3/8/2009) 15:00 - 17:00 Room: The Dan Wassong Auditorium (Rabin Building) Tallay Ornan (E) Northern Inspiration: Aramean and Neo-Hittite Finds in Ninth–Eighth Century BCE Israel Aren Maeir (E) Hazael in Southern Israel: The Campaign to Philistia and the Conquest of Philistine Gath Amihai Mazar (E) Israel, the Arameans and Assyria: A View from Tel Beth-Shean and Tel Rehov Doron Ben Ami and Nili Wazana (E) Enemy at the Gates: The Phenomenon of Fortifications in Israel and Judea Reexamined 101 New Perspectives in the Study of the Persian Period (Plenary Session) Chairperson: Shalom Paul Tuesday (4/8/2009) 17:30 - 19:30 Room: 284 (Education) Israel Eph‘al (E) The Epigraphy of the Judeans and Their Land in the Persian Period: The Present State of Research Oded Lipschits (E) A New Look at the History and Archeology of Judah under Achaemenid Rule Gary Knoppers (E) Samaria and Yehud in the Achaemenid Era: New Developments in Historical Research Relating to Old Theological Questions Lisbeth S. Fried (E) The Contribution of Written Artifacts to Understanding the Role of the Governor in the Persian Empire 102 The Hebrew Bible and the Psalmodic Literature from Qumran (Plenary Session) Chairperson: Devorah Dimant Wednesday (5/8/2009) 11:30 - 13:30 Room: The Dan Wassong Auditorium (Rabin Building) 3 Reinhard Gregor Kratz (E) “Blessed be the Lord and Blessed be His Name Forever”: Psalm 145 in the Hebrew Bible and in the Psalms Scroll (11QPsa) Eileen Schuller (E) New Pespectives on the Hodayot Peter W. Flint (E) The Apocryphal Psalms Found with Biblical Psalms in Several Scrolls from Qumran Bilha Nitzan (E) Angelic and Human Liturgy in the Qumran Writings 103 Changing Approaches to the Composition and Redaction of the Pentateuch (Plenary Session) Chairperson: Baruch J. Schwartz Thursday (6/8/2009) 11:30 - 13:30 Room: 284 (Education) Joel S. Baden (E) “All the King’s Horses”? Fragmentation and Methodological Problems in the Composition of the Torah Erhard Blum (E) The Need for an Alternative to the J/E-Hypothesis Simeon Chavel (E) “A Kingdom of Priests” and “an Earthen Altar”: Meaning and Context Konrad Schmid (E) The Priestly Connection Between Genesis and Exodus 104 Methodological Aspects in the Research of the Bible and its World: Perry Foundation Session Chairperson: Marvin Sweeney Wednesday (5/8/2009) 09:00 - 11:00 Room: 2714 Aharon Maman (E) Greetings Emanuel Tov (E) The Relevance of Textual Theories for the Study of the Biblical Text Zecharia Kallai (E) Biblical Narrative and Historical Method Joel S. Burnett (E) Archaeology, Lab Testing, and Iron Age Religion Aaron Koller (E) Lexicography of Biblical Realia: Methodical Considerations 105 Biblical Literature: Tecnique and Literary Means Chairperson: Leah Mazor Sunday (2/8/2009) 11:00 - 13:00 Room: 2714 4 Jonathan Grossman (H) The ‘Disappearing Character’ in the Biblical Narrative: A Study in Hatakh’s Role Galy Dinnur (H) The Place of the Altar of the Two-and-a-Half Tribes (Josh 22:9–34): The Tendency of Ambiguity George Savran (H) Multivocal Group Speech in Biblical Narrative Nava Gutman (H) Relations Between Men and Women in the Bible and Second Temple Post Biblical Literature: The Schematic Tale and the Genre of the Biblical Story 106 Bible and Gender Chairperson: Tova Forti Thursday (6/8/2009) 17:30 - 19:30 Room: 2714 Yael Shemesh (H) Achsah, from Object to Subject: A Story about a Wise Woman, a Field, and Water (Judges 1:10–15) Tarja Philip (H) “Blessings of the Breasts and of the Womb” (Gen 49:25): Gendering Fertility Blessings in the Bible Pnina (Galpaz) Feller (E) The Widow in the Bible and in Ancient Egypt Dina Dahbany-Miraglia (E) Was Judith an Eshet Chayil? 107 Justice and Wisdom in the Bible and in the Ancient Near East Chairperson: Ed Greenstein Sunday (2/8/2009) 11:00 - 13:00 Room: 2717 Tova Forti (H) Wisdom and the Fear of God in the Eden Narrative and in the Book of Proverbs Nili Shupak (H) The Female Imagery in Proverbs in Light of the Egyptian Sources Yitzhaq Feder (H) The Mechanics of Retribution in the Bible in Light of Ancient Near Eastern Parallels Shirly Natan-Yulzary (H) Divine Justice or Poetic Justice? The Transgression and Punishment of the Goddess Anath in the “Aqhat Story”: A Literary Perspective 108 Biblical Narratives in Light of the Ancient Near East Chairperson: Victor Hurowitz 5 Sunday (2/8/2009) 14:30 - 16:30 Room: 2717 Abraham Winitzer (E) Etana in Eden Sol Cohen (E) The Cain and Abel Narrative in Light of the History of the Ancient Near East and its Literature Baruch Alster (E) The Destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah (Gen. 18–19) in Light of the Flood Traditions Jona Schellekens (E) The Role of Mordecai in the Book of Esther 109 Law and Economics in the Bible and the Ancient Near East Chairperson: Nili Wazana Sunday (2/8/2009) 17:00 - 19:00 Room: 2717 Avraham Faust (H) The Economy of the Land of Israel in the Seventh Century BCE: Between Assyria and the Mediterranean Hayah Katz (H) International Commerce in the Judean Kingdom: Myth and Reality Ayala Mishaly (H) Guarantors and Guarantees in the Neo-Assyrian Judicial System: Novel Solutions Ada Taggar-Cohen (H) The Biblical Covenant Reviewed in Light of the Hittite išḫiul 110 Relogion and Ritual in the Bible and the Ancient Near East Chairperson: Nili Shupak Monday (3/8/2009) 09:00 - 11:00 Room: 2718 Victor Hurowitz (E) The Return of the Ark (1 Samuel 6) and Impetrated Ox Omens (STT 73:100– 140) William S. Morrow (E) Neo-Assyrian Influence on the Religion of Judah: Comparative Evidence from Ekron Jonathan Stokl (E) Miriam’s Mothers, Miriam and Miriam’s Daughters: A Critical Reading of Recent Scholarship of Biblical and Ancient Near Eastern Women Prophets/Prophetesses Nili Samet (H) The Sumerian City Laments and the Book of Lamentations: A Comparative Theological View 6 111 Historical Studies in the Bible and the Ancient Near East Chairperson: Oded Lipschits Monday (3/8/2009) 11:30 - 13:30 Room: 2717 Dan'el Kahn (H) Revisiting the Date of the Death of Josiah and its Historical Background Gershon Galil (H) Solomon’s Temple: Fiction or Reality? Joram Mayshar (E) Who was the Toshav: A New Suggestion Leonid Dreyer (E) Building Terminology in the Biblical Texts 112 Law and Legislation in the Bible and the Ancient Near East Chairperson: Gershon Galil Monday (3/8/2009) 17:30 - 19:30 Room: 2717 David Elgavish (H) Letters of Accreditation and Passports in the Ancient Near East Amnon Altman (H) The Different Traditions of Treaty Formulation in the Ancient Near East Joseph Fleishman (H) Some Postulates of Biblical Family Law Assnat Bartor (H) Representation of Time-Space Experience in Biblical Law 113 Israel and its Neighbors: Geography and Society Chairperson: David Elgavish Wednesday (5/8/2009) 17:30 - 19:30 Room: 2605 David Ben-Gad Hacohen (H) Yam Suf, Yam Sof and Another Sea: A Sail on the Rough Waters of Biblical Geography Yoel Elitzur (H) The Identification of KIR, the Native Land of the Aramaeans: Some New Considerations Daniel Vainstub (H) The Governmental Institution Am haAretz in the Judean Kingdom: A New Evaluation 114 Studies in the Bible 1 Chairperson: Erhard Blum Monday (3/8/2009) 17:30 - 19:30 Room: 2503 Marvin A. Sweeney (E) 7 Samuel’s Institutional Identity in the Deuteronomistic History Hagith Sivan (E) To Whom Was the Decalogue Addressed? Suzana Chwarts (E) Jacob Dejarrete 115 Studies in the Bible 2 Chairperson: Yairah Amit Wednesday (5/8/2009) 15:00 - 17:00 Room: 2714 David Frankel (H) Biblical Polemics on the Death of Moses Amos Frisch (H) Human Action and Divine Providence in the Former Prophets Noach Hayut (H) Collective and Personal Reward and Punishment in the Book of Kings Amir Eitan