Date: 23 June 2022
Time: 10:00 – 15:45
Place: VOC-zaal, Bushuis/Oost-Indisch Huis, Kloveniersburgwal 48,
Amsterdam
Program:
10.00-10.30: Doors open
10.30-10.45: Welcome and introduction
10.45-11.30: Athalya Brenner-Idan (University of Amsterdam/Tel
Aviv University), “Sister Figures in the Hebrew Bible
Revisited: Some Reflections”
11.30-12.15: Adele Reinhartz (University of Ottawa), “Martyrdom
and the ‘Parting of the Ways’”
12.15-13.30: lunch
13.30-14.15: Jeremy Punt (Stellenbosch University), “Paul, Politics,
and Passions: Beyond Heroics”
14.15-15.00: Irene Zwiep (University of Amsterdam), “Professions for
men. Scholars between hero worship and patricide”
15.00-15.45: Coffee and refreshments
After the symposium, the day will continue with Jan Willem van
Henten’s farewell lecture (Aula, Singel 411, Amsterdam)
16.30: Jan Willem van Henten (University of Amsterdam), “De
Herodes de Grote van Abel J. Herzberg: een tragische
koning”
The lecture will be followed by a reception at the same location
