Conversation with Adolfo Roitman and Joseph Sievers on the Qumran Manuscripts
Open Session
Early Christianity in the light of the Dead Sea Scrolls
A conversation between Adolfo Roitman and Joseph Sievers
Thursday 7 November 2024, 15:00-16:30
Aula Magna "Giovanni Paolo II"
The discovery and subsequent publication of the Dead Sea Scrolls is undoubtedly one of the most significant events of the 20th century. How have these manuscripts contributed to our knowledge of the world of Jesus and his first disciples? We will have a conversation between two world-class experts to answer this question.
"It has been widely recognized that, although there were major differences between the Qumran literature and early Christian literature and between the Qumran community and the early Christian community, nevertheless, they were also remarkably similar in theological vocabulary, in some major doctrinal tenets and in several organizational and ritual practices. (…) The better view is that the two are offspring of a common tradition in Judaism, with perhaps some points of direct borrowing" (James C. VanderKam).
Adolfo D. Roitman
Bachelor’s degree cum laude in Anthropology and Professor of History (University of Buenos Aires, 1980). Rabbi (Latin American Rabbinical Seminary, 1986). Master’s degree cum laude in Comparative Religions (1985) and PhD in Ancient Jewish Literature and Thought (1993) from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Curator Emeritus, Israel Museum (1994-2024).
Joseph Sievers
Prof. Joseph Sievers holds a Ph.D. in Ancient History from Columbia University (1981) and a Lic. Theol. from the Pontifical Gregorian University (1997). From 1991 until 2023 he taught Jewish history and literature of the Hellenistic period at the Pontifical Biblical Institute. His latest book, co-edited with Amy-Jill Levine is The Pharisees (2021; Italian: 2021; German: 2024)
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