Understanding the Old Testament as Christian Scripture
An International Symposium with a call for papers
17-20 June 2024
Pontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas (Angelicum)
The field of modern biblical studies has given rise to a great deal of insight and a plethora of information about distinct, ancient writings that we traditionally call the Old Testament. Today, expert specialisation in regard to distinct books of the Bible and their composition is prevalent. However, it is also the case that ancient, medieval, and modern Christian theologians have understood the Old Testament to be a united source, consisting of different authors, styles and genres, and composed in different languages, yet all speaking in one symphonic way as the living Word of God.
How today, in a post-historical critical context can a Christian theology, informed by modern Biblical studies, recover a sense of the Old Testament in the Church and for the Church as the living Word of God fulfilled in Christ? How can it do so while acknowledging not only the human authorship of the Bible but also the way Christians engage in the Bible in conversation with the Jewish people, the secular world, and other non-Christian religious traditions? What does it mean to think about Israel, canon, and Christ?
This conference brings together a wide array of experts in biblical, patristic, and contemporary theology to reflect on Scripture as the root and source of Christian theology in an ecumenical context.
This conference is part of the Project for the Theological Reception of Scripture.
Main Session Speakers
Monday, 17 June
Markus Bockmuehl (Oxford University): The Old Testament as Christian Scripture – An Impossibility?
Gary A. Anderson (University of Notre Dame): Sacrifice and Atonement in the Tabernacle Narrative
Jennie Grillo (University of Notre Dame): Is Jesus Present in Israel and Her Scriptures?
Angela Kim Harkins (Boston College School of Theology and Ministry): Jesus as the Son of David: A Solomonic Messiah?
Tuesday, 18 June
Dale C. Allison (Princeton Theological Seminary): Jesus and the Scriptures: Skepticism versus Patterns
Nathan Eubank (University of Notre Dame): Does the Old Testament Testify to the Gospel?
Anthony Giambrone, OP (Ecole biblique de Jérusalem): The Christian Canon as Post-Temple Literature
Ignacio Carbajosa (Universidad Eclesiástica San Dámaso, Madrid): Israel, Bride of the Lord; Jesus Christ, Bridegroom of the Church
Wednesday, 19 June
Lewis Ayres (Durham University): Towards a Scriptural Canon: On the Necessity of Unveiling
Sylvain Detoc, OP (l’Institut catholique de Toulouse): The Word in Gestation? Variations on a Metaphor of the Scriptures in Saint Irenaeus of Lyons
Andrew Summerson (Sheptytsky Institute, University of St. Michael’s College, Toronto): To Hymn the Trinity: Isaiah 6:3 in Patristic Interpretation
Serge-Thomas Bonino, OP (Pontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas): The Authority of the Old Testament in Aquinas’ Theology
Christopher Seitz (Toronto School of Theology – Wycliffe College): The Canon of Scripture at the Time of the Reformation
Antoine Levy, OP (University of Helsinki/University of Eastern Finland): “Cessatio” and “Promissio”
Thursday, 20 June
Olivier-Thomas Venard, OP (Ecole biblique de Jérusalem): Reasonableness of Belief in Fulfilled Prophecy Today or Hermeneutical Relationality in Belief in Fulfilled Prophecy
Michael Sherwin, OP (Pontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas): Tzedakah:Â Right Relationship with God, Prefigured and Fulfilled in the Scriptures
Hans Boersma (Nashotah House Theological Seminary): Christ, Recapitulation, and Interpretation
Amaury Begasse de Dhaem, SJ (Pontifical Gregorian University): The Unity of Two Testaments, the Trinitarian Taxis and the Theology of History: A Contemporary Theological Hermeneutics
Thomas Joseph White, OP (Pontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas): The Divine Senses of Humanity: Living Prophetic Inspiration and Apostolic Testimony in the Church
Conference Schedule
A tentative schedule of the conference is available here: Understanding the Old Testament as Christian Scripture
Please note that the schedule is subject to change so we encourage you to check back closer to the start of the conference.
Conference Registration
There is no cost to attend. We do, however, ask that you please register in advance by clicking here.
Call for Papers
The call for papers is now closed.
For more information, please write to [email protected]
