The program
8 may
Address: Pontifical Biblical Institute (Aula Magna)
- Piazza della Pilotta, 35, Rome
17:30-17:45 Welcome
Peter Dubovský, Rector of the Pontifical Biblical Institute
17:45-18:15 Keynote address
Agustinus Gianto, Pontifical Biblical Institute
On motion and posture verbs in the Hebrew of Jonah
18:15-18:35 Paola Mollo, Pontifical Biblical Institute/Sapienza University
Semantics and syntax of yšb (“to sit”) in Biblical Hebrew
18:35:18:45 Q&A
9 may
Address: Pontifical Biblical Institute (Aula Magna)
- Piazza della Pilotta, 35, Rome
9:00-9:10 Introduction to 1st day
Session 1: Hebrew and Aramaic
Chair: Paola Mollo, Pontifical Biblical Institute/Sapienza University
9:10-9:30 Lucie Perez, Copenhagen University
Going Up to Jerusalem: Linguistic Variation in the Light of Motion Verb Complements in Manuscripts of Isaiah.
9:30-9:50 Luigi Santopaolo, Pontifical Biblical Institute
Journeying Through the Heavens: Celestial Motion in Aramaic Apocalyptic Literature
9:50-10:10 Q&A
Coffee break
Session 2: ANE and Biblical Languages (I)
Chair: Anthony P. SooHoo, Pontifical Biblical Institute
10:40-11:00 Mark Avila, Pontifical Biblical Institute
Mesopotamians in Motion: gestural language in Sumerian and Akkadian texts
11:00-11:20 Peter Dubovský, Pontifical Biblical Institute
Starting a military campaign: A study of the verbs of motion in Sargon II’s inscriptions
11:20-11:40 Rita Francia, Sapienza University
Matteo Vigo, Sapienza University
Focusing on some ritual actions in Hittite magic rituals and Festrituale
11:40-12:00 Alessio Agostini, Sapienza University
Motion and posture in the ancient South Arabian ritual setting and related ceremonies
12:00-12:30 Q&A
Lunch break
Session 3: ANE and Biblical Languages (II)
Chair: Benedetta Rossi, Pontifical Biblical Institute
15:00-15:20 Gian Pietro Basello, Orientale, Naples
Motion and Posture Verbs in Context: The Elamite Evidence
15:20-15:40 Liana Tronci, University of Foreigners, Siena
Motion verbs in motion: Insights from Biblical translations in Greek and Latin
15:40-16:00 Craig E. Morrison, Pontifical Biblical Institute
Was David’s Movement toward Absalom in 2 Sam 13:39 hostile or friendly?
16:00-16:30 Q&A
Coffee break
Session 4: Examples from Biblical literature
Chair: Henry Pattarumadathil, Pontifical Biblical Institute
17:00-17:20 Michael F. Kolarcik, Pontifical Biblical Institute
The Communicative Power of Posture in the Wisdom of Solomon (Wis 5:1)
17:20-17:40 Daniele Tripaldi, University of Bologna
One, No One, and One Hundred Thousand: Re-Describing the Collapse of the Seer—From Emotional ‘Backlash’ to Identity Transformation (Rev 1,17-18)
17:40-18:00 Juan Manuel Granados Rojas, Pontifical Biblical Institute
Motion and Posture in Romans 6: βαπτίζω and ἐπιμένω
18:00-18:30 Q&A
10 may
Address: University La Sapienza (Aula di Archeologia) - Piazzale Aldo Moro, 5, Rome
9:00-9:10 Introduction to 2nd day
Session 5: Biblical translations (I)
Chair: Alessandro Saggioro, Sapienza University
9:10-9:30 Daniela Scialabba, Pontifical Biblical Institute
The term ἐπιστρέφω in the LXX and NT: how an everyday-use motion verb expresses a theological concept
9:30-09:50 Agostino Soldati, Sapienza University
“...the sense of priority being lost”? On the uses of φθάνειν in Greek OT and NT
9:50-10:10 Claudio Balzaretti, Pontifical Biblical Institute
The Gesture of Prayer: from Hebrew to Syriac
10:10-10:40 Q&A
Coffee break
Session 6: Biblical translations (II)
Chair: Alessandro Saggioro, Sapienza University
11:10-11:30 Philip Burton, University of Birmingham
Biblical Translation and the Invention of Intuition
11:30-11:50 Alfio Giuseppe Catalano, Pontifical Biblical Institute
‘Moving’ the hands: the verb ῥαπίζω-expalmo, ‘I slap’, in the Vetus Latina between Africa and Europe
11:50-12:10 Nathalie Bosson, University of Genève
“Sans me bouger, je cours”. Jonah in motion
12:10-12:40 Q&A
Lunch break
Session 7: Jewish and Christian exegesis (I)
Chair: Alberto Camplani, Sapienza University
15:00-15:20 David Meyer, Gregorian University, Cardinal Bea Centre for Judaic Studies
A small motion for man, a giant theological leap for God
15:20-15:40 Massimo Gargiulo, Gregorian University, Cardinal Bea Centre for Judaic Studies
Moving toward hospitality in Homer and Philo
15:40-16:00 Vasile Babota, Gregorian University
The High Priest’s ‘Entering’ of the Holy of Holies in Leviticus 16 and Some Interpretations
16:00-16:30 Q&A
Coffee break
Session 8: Jewish and Christian exegesis (II)
Chair: Alberto Camplani, Sapienza University
17:00-17:20 Valentina Marchetto, Sapienza University
«Si ‘stabant’ ‘volare’ non poterant» (Orig. HIs I 2). On the Motion of the Seraphim in Origen’s exegesis.
17:20-17:40 Claudio Zamagni, Sapienza University
Posture in early Greek Christian texts (I-II century)
17:40-18:00 Emanuela Prinzivalli, Sapienza University
Motion and posture in the Commentary on Psalms of Didymus the Blind.
18:00-18:40 Q&A and Conclusion