Wednesday 28 April |
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Presentation of the conference theme and presentation of all
speakers to the audience by P. De Mey |
| 20.00: |
Paper 1 |
Gregory W. Dawes (University of Otaga,
New Zealand), Paradigmatic Explanations: Strauss’s Dangerous Idea |
| 20.30: |
Paper 2 |
Peter De Mey (K.U.Leuven), Rereading
the theological reactions on 'Die Christusmythe' by Arthur Drews (1909) |
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| 21.00: |
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Discussion on papers 1 & 2 |
| 21.30: |
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Reception by the Faculty of Theology |
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Thursday 29 April |
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| 9.30: |
Paper 3 |
Annette Merz (U.Utrecht), The Criterion
of Coherence in Jesus Research Then and Now: The Delay of the Parusia as
a Testcase |
| 10.00: |
Paper 4 |
Pierre Gisel (Université de
Lausanne, Switzerland), Ernst Käsemann’s Quest for the Historical
Jesus Revisited in the Light of the “Third Quest” |
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| 10.30: |
Coffee break |
| 11.00: |
Discussion on papers 3 & 4 |
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| 11.30: |
Paper 5 |
Bernard Prusak (Villanova University,
U.S.A.), Schillebeeckx’s Jesus as Dawning Third Quest? Reconsidering
the Quest Boundaries in Response to N.T. Wright |
| 12.00: |
Paper 6 |
Gilbert Van Belle (K.U.Leuven), The Return of John to Jesus
Research |
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| 12.30: |
Free lunch |
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| 14.30: |
Discussion on papers 5 & 6 |
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| 15.00: |
Paper 7 |
Geert Van Oyen (University of Utrecht),
What Do We Know More about Jesus than a Century Ago? J.D. Crossan and
Historical Jesus Research |
| 15.30: |
Paper 8 |
Werner H. Kelber (RiceUniversity,
Texas, U.S.A.), The Linguistic Dilemma, the Theological Refutation,
and the Ethical Challenge of the Search |
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| 16.00: |
Coffee break |
| 16.30: |
Discussion on papers 7 & 8 |
| 17.00: |
Open discussion on the papers of the 1st day |
| 18.00: |
Free evening programme (for volunteers: choir recital Pieter
De Somer Aula at 20.30) |
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Friday 30 April |
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| 9.30: |
Paper 9 |
Anthony J. Godzieba (Villanova
University), From “Vita Christi” to “Marginal Jew”:
The Life of Jesus as Criterion of Reform in Pre-Critical and Post-Critical
“Quests” |
| 10.00: |
Paper 10 |
Terrence Merrigan (K.U.Leuven),
Faith in the Quest: The Approach to the 'Christ-Event' among the Practitioners
of the First and Third Quests for the Historical Jesus |
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| 10.30: |
Coffee break |
| 11.00: |
Discussion on papers 9 & 10 |
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| 12.00: |
Free lunch |
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| 14.00: |
Paper 11 |
Sheila Greeve Davaney (Iliff School
of Theology, Denver, Colorado), The Outsideless Life: Historicism, Theology
and the Quest for Jesus |
| 14.30: |
Paper 12 |
Clive Marsh (Methodist
Church, UK), Why the Quest for Jesus Can Never Only Be Historical |
| 15.00: |
Paper 13 |
Georg Essen (Radboud University, Nijmegen, The Netherlands), “Über
historische und dogmatische Methode in der Theologie”: Ernst Troeltsch
Revisited |
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| 15.30: |
Coffee break |
| 16.00: |
Discussion on papers 11-13 |
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| 17.00: |
Final discussion on the results of the symposium |
| 19.00: |
Conference dinner at Ramberghof, Naamsestraat 60 (upon invitation) |