The Laboratory of Studies on Monotheisms / Institute of Augustinian Studies (CNRS / EPHE) and the Research Group on Religious Non-Conformisms of the XVIth and XVIIth Centuries and on the History of Protestantisms (University of Strasbourg) organize their Fifth Day of Biblical Exegesis on the following theme :

The Exegesis of Isaiah 8:1-8
Thursday, April 7, 2011 from 10 AM to 4:45 PM

I will be the first speaker of this meeting, with a conference entitled “The Hebrew Text of Isaiah 8:1-8: Problems and Stakes.” Other conferences will follow on various topics such as the Septuagint Greek translation, medieval commentaries, Jewish medieval and modern exegesis, and Protestant readings. This meeting will take place at the University Palace in Strasbourg. Here is the full program:

10h00 Accueil et présentation
Matthieu Arnold, au titre du Grenep / Olivier Boulnois au titre du LEM
Gilbert Dahan, présentation rapide de la péricope
10h30 Michaël LANGLOIS, “Le texte hébreu d’Isaïe 8, 1-8 : problèmes et enjeux”
11h30 Alain LE BOULLUEC, “Isaïe 8, 1-8 selon la Septante et les Pères grecs”
12h30 pause déjeuner
13h30 Sumi SHIMAHARA, “Isaïe 8, 1-8 dans quelques commentaires médiévaux”
14h30 Jean-Pierre ROTHSCHILD, “L’exégèse juive médiévale et moderne d’Isaïe 8, 1-8”
15h30 pause
15h45 Max ENGAMMARE, “Le Prophète dit-il ici rien de nouveau ? Lectures protestantes d’Esaïe 8, 1-8 de Joannes Œcolampade à Augustin Marlorat, en passant par Luther, Zwingli, Calvin et Musculus (1523-1564)”
16h45 fin de la Journée

SEE ALSO

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