Colloquium Biblicum Lovaniense LXX

I had the honor of presenting a paper, "The God Who Communicates: A Study in the Characterization of God in Hebrews" at the 70th session of the Colloquium Biblicum Lovaniense (CBL). I want to publicly thank Régis Burnet for the invitation to present at this conference.

"The Colloquium Biblicum Lovaniense is an annual international conference on Biblical Studies jointly organised by the theological faculties of the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven and the Université Catholique de Louvain. The meetings take place in the Faculty of Theology and Religious Studies at the KU Leuven and are alternately dedicated to a topic in Old and in New Testament Studies. 

The Colloquium offers a forum and meeting place for research and scholarly discussion in the field of Biblical Studies. As a rule the annual conference focuses on a biblical book or a collection of writings, but it also addresses thematic subjects."

The CBL met during the dates of July 22–24, 2021. Due to the pandemic, the CBL was held in an online format. This year's CBL was organized by the president, professor Régis Burnet, and the secretary, Reimund Bieringer. Papers and sessions were conducted in four languages. It was truly an international session. The following plenary session papers were presented:

Presidential Address: 

Régis BURNET (Université catholique de Louvain)
Quel but poursuit l’Épître aux Hébreux ? Une histoire des lectures du cadre interprétatif de la théologie d’Hébreux

 

Gabriella GELARDINI (Bodø, Norway)
Virtues in Hebrews

 

Jason WHITLARK (Baylor University)
Becoming Ideal Citizens of the Coming City: New-Covenant Naturalization in Early Christianity and Hebrews

 

Thomas WITULSKI (Universität Bielefeld)
Die Vorstellungen von Zeit und Raum im Hebräerbrief

 

Harold ATTRIDGE (Yale University) 

The Letter to the Hebrews and the Authority of Scripture

 

Antoine PARIS (Paris)
 « Car la parole de Dieu est vivante »
La productivité des intertextes dans l'Épître aux Hébreux

 

David M. MOFFITT (Saint Andrews)
Boldly Approaching While Still Waiting: The Dynamics of Heavenly Access and Jesus’ Awaited Return in Hebrews’ Soteriology

 

Brian C. SMALL
The God Who Communicates: A Study in the Characterization of God in Hebrews

 

Gert STEYN (Theologische Hochschule Ewersbach) 

Der "Brief" an die Hebräer und die Apolloshypothese

 

Albert COETSEE (North-West University)
"Through the eternal Spirit” (Heb 9:14): The Arguments for and Implications of Interpreting the Phrase as a Reference to the Holy Spirit

 

Martin KARRER (Wuppertal-Bethel) 

Textgeschichte und Theologie des Hebräerbriefs

 

In addition four parallel seminars were offered:

 

Nederlands:
Joseph VERHEYDEN (Katholieke Universiteit Leuven)
Het vocabulaire van de Hebreeënbrief: Woorden met privatieve α en andere vormen van ontkenning

 

English: 

Madison N. PIERCE (Trinity Evangelical Divinity School)
The World Spoken through the Son: Divine Speech and Creation in the Epistle to the Hebrews

 

Français:
Steeve BÉLANGER (Université catholique de Louvain)
La figure de Melkisédeq dans l'épître aux Hébreux

 

Deutsch:
Reimund BIERINGER (Katholieke Universiteit Leuven)
Deutungen des Todes Jesu im Hebräerbrief

 

In addition, three parallel sessions consisting of offered papers were presented:

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Session 1:

Rémi Fatchéoun
Institut Catholique de Paris

Heb 1:1-4: A Prologue to a Discourse on the Son of God as Logos or a Son who is Prophet?

 

Justin Devassy Puthenpurackal
Katholieke Universiteit Leuven

The Realized and the Future Eschatology of τελειωτής in Heb 12:1-2

 

Armin Kummer and Sarah Whitear
Katholieke Universiteit Leuven

Undefiled Beds and Unparted Ways: Hebrews 13:4 and Sexual Purity Practices

 

 

Session 2:

Martin Pochon
Centre d'Etudes Pédagogiques Ignatien, Toulouse

De l'utilisation du psaume 39/40 dans la lettre aux Hébreux

 

Kyu Seop Kim
Asia United Theological University, R. of Korea

Ἐπαγγελία in Hebrews in Light of Greco-Egyptian Documentary Papyri

 

Soeng Yu Li
Katholieke Universiteit Leuven

Πίστις in Heb 11:1-16: A Reading in Light of Text World Theory

 

 

Session 3:

 Jean Valentin
Katholieke Universiteit Leuven

Hébr. 1,1-4 en arabe dans le Vatican 13 et les manuscrits du Sinaï

 

Valentina Duca
Katholieke Universiteit Leuven A Syriac Case for the Reception of Hebrews: Isaac of Nineveh's Ascetic-Mystical Corpus

 

Vadim Wittkowsky
Humboldt Universität zu Berlin

Der Hebräerbrief als Hintergrund der "Exempla Biblica" aus Ankara (Mitchell-French 2019, Nr. 347, 348)