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For your information, a call for papers:<br>
“Kings and Power: Exploring Jewish Texts in their Hellenistic
Context”<br>
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The aim of this workshop is to provide the scholars of different
levels (doctoral students, postdocs and senior researchers) with a
forum where to interact beyond disciplinary boundaries. Within the
framework of the title <em>Kings and Power: Exploring Jewish Texts
in their Hellenistic Contexts</em> themes related to kingship and
different political power structures in Jewish and Greek texts will
be analyzed. How do the texts deal with these themes? How do they
draw on earlier material, and how is their agenda shaped by the
impact of Greek thought? In addition to texts where political
matters are present explicitly, the workshop will examine the core
themes in variegated literary and social contexts such as prophecy,
belief, and wisdom thought.<br>
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The keynote speakers are Katell Berthelot (Le Centre national de la
recherche scientifique, Aix-en-Provence, France) and Joan Taylor
(King’s College, London, UK).<br>
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Researchers interested in presenting at this event are invited to
submit a title and abstract (ca. 300 words). The workshop papers
will be ca. 15 minutes presentation followed by 15 minutes of
discussion. Proposals should be submitted no later than <strong>September
12, 2016 </strong>to Elisa Uusimäki via email address:
<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:elisa.uusimaki@helsinki.fi">elisa.uusimaki@helsinki.fi</a>.<br>
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For the full CfP, see
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://blogs.helsinki.fi/sacredtexts/2016/06/10/cfp-kings-and-power-exploring-jewish-texts-in-their-hellenistic-context-helsinki-3-4-dec-2016/#.V14710Z346E">http://blogs.helsinki.fi/sacredtexts/2016/06/10/cfp-kings-and-power-exploring-jewish-texts-in-their-hellenistic-context-helsinki-3-4-dec-2016/#.V14710Z346E</a><br>
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Feel free to spread the call.<br>
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Best, <br>
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Sami Yli-Karjanmaa<br>
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Sami Yli-Karjanmaa, ThD, MSc<br>
Postdoctoral Researcher, University of Helsinki<br>
Academy of Finland Centre of Excellence in <a
href="http://cstt.fi">Changes in Sacred Texts and Traditions</a><br>
Academy of Finland Centre of Excellence in <a
href="http://blogs.helsinki.fi/reasonandreligiousrecognition/">Reason
and Religious Recognition</a><br>
Visiting Fellow, Durham University, Department of Religion and
Theology, UK<br>
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