Commentaries on Psalms Workshop des Arbeitskreises Rezeption des Alten Testaments (AKRAT)
Faculties of Catholic and Protestant Theology, Vienna University
Monday, June 5th, 2023, 9.30-16.00, Schenkenstr. 8-10, A-1010 Vienna (+ Zoom)
The interdisciplinary workshop is dedicated to different conceptions of writing commentaries about the Psalms of the Hebrew Bible: Jewish and Christian, historic and contemporary. Inputs and discussion will deal with example texts, considering the following themes and questions:
- the relationship between the concepts of the Commentaries and realization in the concrete examples;
- explanations for the duplicity of Psalms;
- Is historic and literary research on the Psalm a "neutral" ground?
- How does the Jewish and Christian reception history influence the interpretation?
- What role does reflection on the interpreters' contexts play in their interpretations?
- Which new or critical perspectives can the reception history offer for today's interpretations?
A detailed program can be found here.
Contact for registration and zoom-link: elisabeth.oberleitner@univie.ac.at