Family and Kinship in the Deuterocanonical and Cognate Literature
The Conference Languages are Italian, French and English. An English translation of texts in Italian and French will be provided.
Monday 27 June
17,00-18,15 Registration
18,30-18,45 Greetings and welcome
R. LA DELFA
Dean of the Theological Faculty of Sicily «St. John the Evangelist», Palermo
18,45-19,00 Introduction
A. PASSARO
Theological Faculty of Sicily «St. John the Evangelist», Palermo
19,00-20,00 OPENING LECTURE
«I loved [Wisdom] and sought her from my youth;
I desired to take her for my Counsellor» (Wis 8:2a).
Solomon and Wisdom: An example of the Closest Intimacy
L. MAZZINGHI
Theological Faculty of Central Italy, Florence – Pontifical Biblical Institute, Rome
Tuesday 28 June
9,30-10,00 Quand la Sagesse se substitue à la mère comme éducatrice,
dans le Siracide et la littérature apparente
J. VERMEYLEN
Université Catholique, Lille
10,00-10,30 Esther’s family: Ethnicity, Politics and Religion
N. CANDIDO
Higher Institute of Religious Studies, Siracusa
10,30-11,00 Polygamy in Ben Sira?
N. CALDUCH-BENAGES
Pontifical Gregorian University, Rome
11,00-11,30 Coffee Break
11,30-12,00 The Fate of the Impious and their Families.
Wisd 3:10-12, 16-19; 4:3-6
M. GILBERT
Pontifical Biblical Institute, Rome 12,00-12,30 Intermarriage, Sonship and Cultural Foundation
in Second Temple Judaism: 1 Enoch and Jubilees
L. ARCARI
University of Naples «Federico II»
12,45 Lunch
14,30-15,00 Marriage and Family in Flavius Josephus’s Contra Apionem (II, 24-27)
against its Hellenistic background
E. BONS
Faculté de Théologie Catholique, Université de Strasbourg
15,00-15,30 Family and Kinship in Early Rabbinic Liturgy
S. REIF
Schechter-Taylor Institute, Cambridge
15,30-16,00 The Role of the Family in Traditional Judaism
L. PEPI
University of Palermo
16,00-16,30 Coffee Break
16,30-17,00 Father Figures in a Foreign Land:
Paternity in Tobit and Sirach
G. BELLIA
Theological Faculty of Sicily «St. John the Evangelist», Palermo
17,00-17,30 Jerusalem as Mother in Bar 4,5–5,9
H. SIMIAN-YOFRE
Pontifical Biblical Institute, Rome
17,30-18,30 Discussion
18,30-19,30 Meeting of ISDCL
Wednesday 29 June
9,30-10,00 Glory [Praise?]of the Widow. The Figure of Judith
G. XERAVITS
Sapientia Theological College, Budapest
10,00-10,30 The Relationship of the Married Couple
Tobit and Hannah
R. EGGER-WENZEL
Paris Lodron University, Salzburg 10,30-11,00 The Relationship between Husband and Wife
According to Sirach 25-26, 36
I. BALLA
Debrecen (Hungary)
11,00-11,30 Coffee Break
11,30-12,00 Tobit and Tobias:
A Model for an Ideal Father-Son Relationship
B. EGO
Evangelisch-Theologische Fakultät Ruhr-Universität, Bochum
12,00-12,30 The Family Measure in 2 Maccabees:
A Mother and her Seven Sons (2 Macc 7:1-42)
M. DUGGAN
St. Mary’s University College, Calgary
12,30-13,15 Discussion
13,30 Lunch
15,30-18,30 Excursion (Monreale)
Thursday 30 June
9,30-10,00 Parents Rejoice over their Children:
Examples in the Psalms
C. ABART
Paris Lodron University, Salzburg
10,00-10,30 What may Children learn from their Elders?
An Answer found in the Psalms.
F.V. REITERER
Paris Lodron University, Salzburg
10,30-11,00 Daughters in the Book of Ben Sira
P. BEENTJES
Faculty of Catholic Theology, University of Tilburg
11,00-11,30 Coffee Break
11,30-12,00 Sons in Ben Sira TH. ELßNER
Universität Koblenz-Landau
12,00-12,30 Respect and Care for Parents in Sirach 3:1-16
J. CORLEY
Ushaw College, Durham
12,45 Lunch
14,30-15,00 Les relations familiales en 4QInstruction
É. PUECH
CNRS – École biblique et archéologique française
Paris – Jerusalem
15,00-15,30 Jesus and the Ties of Kinship
from the point of view of the Synoptic Gospels
G. COSTA
Theological Institute «St. Thomas Aquinas», Messina
15,30-16,00 Development of the Household Code
in the Pauline Epistles
A. PITTA
Pontifical Lateran University, Rome
16,00-16,30 Born or Reborn?
Identity and Family Bonds in 1 Peter and 4 Maccabees
R. PISTONE
Theological Faculty of Sicily «St. John the Evangelist», Palermo
16,30-18,00 Discussion and Conclusion
20,00 Final Banquet
Friday 1 July
9,00 – 19,00 Post-Conference Tour (Mozia, Selinunte)
INFORMATION FOR PARTICIPANTS
Registration and payment
Confirmed bookings are requested before 15 May 2011 by an email to Dr. Giacomo Bucaro (congress@concadoroviaggi.it).
You will receive an e-mail of confirmation showing the bank details for the advance payment of one night. The balance is payable direct to the hotel on departure.
The Conference fee (€ 50,00; free for students) will be payable at the registration desk (open on 27th June from 17.00 to 18.15).
Accommodation
Accommodation will be in the Hotel Mediterraneo
(via R. Pilo, 43 – 90139 Palermo; tel. +39 091 581133) in:
Single room B&B € 70,00 (per day)
Half board € 81,00 (per day)
Double room B&B € 90,00 (per room; per day)
Half board € 114,00 (per room; per day)
Dinner € 20,00
Travel arrangements
From the international airport (Falcone-Borsellino), you can take a bus (the company is Prestia & Comandè; ticket € 5,80) and get off at the bus stop Politeama. From there, you go on foot to the Hotel Mediterraneo (a distance of around 200 metres).
The taxi from the airport to the city centre where the hotel is costs € 40,00 (fixed price).
The conference location (15 minutes by foot from the hotel) is the Theological Faculty of Sicily, via Vittorio Emanuele 463.
A map of the city will be provided for the participants.
