Reading the New Testament Within Judaism?
9:30am-1:00pm ET, June 10-12, 2025
The New Testament within Judaism Conference will be divided into two parts. Part I will focus on Paul, Mark, and Revelation “within Judaism,” and will take place from June 10-12. Part II will take place from September 15-17 and will focus on the remaining New Testament/early Christian works (Matthew, Luke/Acts, John, James, Hebrews, and other works).
Both parts of the conference will discuss the following questions: Why do you think that text x should or should not be within Judaism? What are the criteria for determining that a text is or is not within Judaism? What changes when a text is read within Judaism?
Part I: Paul, Mark, and Revelation “within Judaism”?
Chairs: Gabriele Boccaccini, University of Michigan, and Isaac W. Oliver, Bradley University
Tuesday June 10, 2025
9:30am-10.00am (Eastern Standard Time, US & Canada) – Informal gathering and Introduction (by Isaac Oliver)
10:00am-1:00pm (Eastern Standard Time, US & Canada): “Paul within Judaism”
- Mark Nanos, USA
- Crispin Fletcher-Louis, University of Gloucestershire, UK
- Pierluigi Piovanelli, École pratique des hautes études, France; University of Ottawa, Canada
- Kathy Ehrensperger, University of Basel, Switzerland
- Jason Staples, NC State University, USA
- Jakub Pogonowski, University of Warsaw, Poland
- Robert B. Foster, Madonna University, USA
- Janelle Peters, Loyola Marymount University, USA
- Yael Fisch, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel
- Paul Sloan, Houston Christian University, USA
- Giulio Mariotti, Foundation for Religious Sciences FSCIRE, Italy
Wednesday, June 11, 2025
9:30am-10.00am (EST US & Canada) – Informal gathering and discussion about the results of the Paul session (with Paula Fredriksen)
10:00am-1:00pm (EST US & Canada): “Mark within Judaism”
- Introduction
- John Van Maaren | University of Vienna, Austria
- Panelists
- Helen Bond | University of Edinburgh School of Divinity, Scotland
- Heidrun Mader | University of Köln, Köln, Germany
- Elizabeth Shively | Baylor University, TX, USA
- Discussants
- Neil Elliott | Senior Acquisitions Editor Fortress Press (retired)
- Sarah Emanuel | Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles, CA, USA
- Juan Carlos Ossandon Widow | Pontifical University of the Holy Cross, Rome, Italy
- Jacob Mortensen | Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark
- Laura Bizarro | Pontifical Catholic University of Argentina, Buenos Aires, Argentina
- Paul D. Wheatley | Nashotah House, Delafield, WI, USA
- Margaret Froelich | Claremont School of Theology, Los Angeles, CA, USA
- Nathanael Vette | King’s College, London, UK
Thursday June 12, 2025
9:30am-10.00am (EST US & Canada) – Informal gathering and discussion about the results of the Mark session (with James McGrath)
10:00am-1:00pm (EST US & Canada) : “Revelation within Judaism”
- Ralph Korner, Kairos University, Canada
- Kelley Coblentz Bautch, St. Edward’s University, USA
- David Frankfurter, Boston University, USA
- Rebekah J. Haigh, Princeton University, USA
- Sarah Emanuel, Loyola Marymount University, USA
- Leslie Baynes, Missouri State University, USA
