Chair person
Prof. Dr. Stefan Maul
Stefan M. Maul has been since 1995 Professor for Assyriology at the
Institute for Cultures and Languages of the Near East, University of
Heidelberg. After reading Assyriology, Egyptology and Near Eastern
Archaeology at Göttingen he taught Assyriology at the Free University of
Berlin (1987-1994). He has been Visiting Professor at the École Pratique
des
Hautes Études (Paris) and at the University of Rome (La Sapienza). His
research interests include Ancient Near Eastern religions, divination and
rituals of the Ancient Near East.
Prof. Bernd U. Schipper
Bernd U. Schipper has studied Theology, Egyptology and Archaeology at the Universities
of Mainz and Bonn. Since 2002 he has been Associate Professor for Biblical and
Religious Studies at the Department for the Study of Religions and Religious
Education at the University of Bremen. During the summer term 2007 he has been
a Visiting Professor at the University of Heidelberg. His is the co-editor of
the Journal "Die Welt des Orients" (Vandenhoek & Ruprecht Press)
and has published and edited books about the history of Apocalypticism, the
cultural contacts between Egypt and Israel in biblical times, and the religious
literature of Pharaonic Egypt.
P 10 - Rituals of Healing in the Ancient Near East
Chairs:
Prof. Dr. Stefan Maul
stefan.maul@ori.uni-heidelberg.de
Prof. Bernd U. Schipper
bschipper@uni-bremen.de
Download preliminary daily schedule here (pdf)
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Common activities:
Reception
On Monday, 29 September, we will officially open the conference with a
reception from 19.30 to 22.30
Key Note Lecture
Tuesday, 30 September:
Key Note Speaker Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c.
Jan Assmann
"Magie und Ritual"
Plenary Discussion
Wednesday, 1 October at 18.00 introductory presentation:
Prof. Dr. Christoph Wulf, Freie Universität Berlin
"The Future of the Science of Ritual in a transcultural Context"
Exchange meeting
Thursday, 2 October from 9:00 - 11:00:
Exchange meeting between scientists from
the German Archaeological Institute
and the Collaborative Research
Center SFB 619
Speakers (synonym for referee, panelist, active participant)
Day 2 – Tuesday, 30 September 2008
9:00-9:45 Stefan
Maul
“Lifting the Ban”.
On Ancient Mesopotamien Concepts of Disease and Cure
9:45-10:30 Pietro Mander
The Mesopotamian Exorcist and his Ego
11:00-11:45 Cynthia Jean
Healing Assyrian kings:
at the crossroads of technique and psychology
11:45-12:30 Rüdiger Schmitt
The Problem of Ritual Healing and Magic in the Old Testament
14:00-14:45 Bernd U. Schipper
Rituals of Healing in the Hebrew Bible
The Bronze Serpent in Num 21:4-9
14:45-15:30 Erhard S. Gerstenberger
Participants in Old Testament Complaint Rituals
Abstract
The subject of the panel is concerned with the interplay between rituals and
magical knowledge in the Ancient Near East. The papers may address the following
issues: Rituals of healing and ritual experts in the Ancient Near East, rituals
in the Hebrew Bible, and rituals in the New Testament against the backdrop of
the Hebrew Bible and the Ancient Near East.
