Sourcing the Quests
The Roots and Branches of the Quest for the Historical Jesus

Katholieke Universiteit Leuven
Faculty of Theology
Department of Dogmatic Theology

Conference Room Adrian VI College
28-30/04/04

Wednesday 28 April

19.30: 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)
     
21.00:   Discussion on papers 1 & 2
21.30:   Reception by the Faculty of Theology
 

Thursday 29 April

     
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”
   
10.30: Coffee break
11.00: Discussion on papers 3 & 4
     
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
     
12.30: Free lunch
     
14.30: Discussion on papers 5 & 6
     
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
     
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)
     

Friday 30 April

     
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
   
10.30: Coffee break
11.00: Discussion on papers 9 & 10
     
12.00: Free lunch
     
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
     
15.30: Coffee break
16.00: Discussion on papers 11-13
   
17.00: Final discussion on the results of the symposium
19.00: Conference dinner at Ramberghof, Naamsestraat 60 (upon invitation)