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Conference: Apocalyptic Thinking

Conference Timetable

9:00 – 13:30
Morning Session Chair: Jenn Strawbridge, Mansfield College, University of Oxford

9:00 – 9:45
Loren Stuckenbruck, LMU Munich
Rethinking Temporality Structures in Apocalyptic: Focusing on the Recent Past

9:45 – 10:30
Elizabeth Stell, Oriel College, University of Oxford
States of Dream, Vision, and Fear: An Exploration of Fear and Apocalyptic

10:30 – 11:15
Bruno Currie, Oriel College, University of Oxford
Hesiod’s Apocalypse (Works and Days, lines 174-201)

11:15 – 11:30
Short Break

11:30 – 12:15
Philip Alexander, University of Manchester
The “World to Come” as a Postmortem Disembodied State v. the “World to Come” as a Post-Resurrection Embodied state at the End of History: A Conundrum of Apocalyptic Thinking

12:15 – 13:00
Mark Edwards, Christ Church College, University of Oxford
Where is the New Jerusalem?

13:00- 13:30
Long Break

13:30- 16:30
Afternoon Session
Chair: Hindy Najman, Oriel College, University of Oxford

13:30 – 14:15
Olivia Stewart Lester, Loyola University
“For there are all sorts of seasons…”: Periodization, Eschatology, and Apocalyptic Uncertainty in the Sibylline Oracles

14:15 – 15:00
Judith Newman, Emmanuel College, University of Toronto
Overcoming Dualisms in the Study of Apocalyptic

15:00 – 15:45
Arjen Bakker, University of Groningen
Rethinking Wisdom and Apocalyptic

15:45- 16: 30
Reflections and Responses
Chair:
Loren Stuckenbruck, LMU Munich
John Collins, Yale University
Jenn Strawbridge, Mansfield College, University of Oxford
Hindy Najman, Oriel College, University of Oxford

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