In this colloquium doctoral and post-doctoral researchers offer new perspectives on
ancient Biblical texts by reading them from an African and Middle-Eastern perspective, both in
critical reflection on and in dialogue with Western readings of the same texts. Thus a fruitful
discussion is opened between historical-critical and contextual readings of the Bible and their
impact on the problems of today, both in terms of post-colonialism, climate change, gender,
interreligious dialogue and world politics.
8.30-9.00 Arrival and Coffee
9.00-9.30 Welcome and Introduction, Prof. Gerbern S. Oegema (Montreal)
9.30-10.15 Lecture I: Mr. Mathew K. Birgen (Kenya/Montreal):
“From Exploitation to Mutuality: Reimaging Genesis 1:28 through the lens of Utu”
10.15-11.00 Lecture II: Dr. Prudence Neba (Cameroun/Montreal):
“Faith as a Weapon: Womanist Theology and Sacred Strategies of Resistance”
11.00-11.45 Lecture III: Dr. Raoul Baziomo (Burkino Faso/Montreal):
“A Narrative Reading of the Book of Ezra”
11.45-13.15 Lunch (Foyer and Courtyard)
13.15-14.30 Lecture IV: Prof. Ida Glazer (Oxford):
“Piety, Power and the Middle East: Motivation and Methodology for reading
Daniel in relation to Islam and the USA”
14.30-15.15 Lecture V: Dr. Azedeh Rezaei (Iran/Montreal):
“The Tomb of Daniel at Susa: Geography, Memory, and Devotion from Late
Antiquity to the Present & Daniel in the Shi’ite Hadith Literature: Prophetic
Knowledge, Legitimacy, and Eschatology in Imami Narratives”
15.15-16.00 Discussion and Conclusion
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