Grant session at the EABS Meeting (Syracusa, 2023)

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The preliminary program of our grant session in Syracusa is ready.

Wednesday 12th July, Morning Session

8:30 AM–12:00 PM
Historical Approaches to the Bible and the Biblical World (1) Session 2.1.8 (Room: SM Aula 1)
Session title: History of Religion in Persian and Early Hellenistic Times
Chairs: Łukasz Niesiołowski-Spanò, University of Warsaw and Sarah Hollaender, University of Graz

Giorgio Paolo Campi, University of Bologna, Glimpses of the Religion of Judean Exiles in Mesopotamia between Neo-Babylonian and Persian Times: The Yāhūdu Archive (6th–5th Century BCE) as a Case-study

Giulia Francesca Grassi, University of Udine, “O Isis und Osiris”: Aramaic-Speaking Communities in Achaemenid Egypt and the Afterlife

Christian Frevel, Ruhr-University Bochum, YHW, the Lord of Which Hosts? Processes of Religious Creolization in Elephantine

Break (30 min)

Chairs: Katharina Pyschny, University of Graz and Sarah Hollaender, University of Graz

Łukasz Niesiołowski-Spanò, University of Warsaw, Jerusalem Temple and the Land Ownership in the Persian Period: The History of Power

Krystyna Stebnicka, University of Warsaw, Jason of Cyrene and His Epitomator: Some Remarks on 2 Maccabees

Concluding Discussion (30 min)
Total 210 min