Bible Week
2023 bis 2006
Materials
2023: Psalms 135 to 150
“Let everything that has breath praise the LORD.” Ps. 150:6
23 to 30 July 2023 / 5 to 12 Av 5783
Introduction
- James Baaden
Introduction
Lectures
- Jonathan Magonet
Psalms 145 and 103 in Conversation about God
Presentation Psalm 145
Presentation Psalm 103 - Susan Gillingham
Entering and Leaving the Psalter through Psalms 1 and 150 - Kerstin Menzel
“I pour out my complaint before him; I tell my trouble before him.” (Ps. 142:3) – Psalms of the Living
Sermons
- Robyn Ashworth-Steen
Shabbat Sermon - Johannes Stein
Sunday Sermon
2022: The Book of Job, chapters 28 to 42
“I had heard of You by the hearing of the ear,
but now my eye sees You.“ (Job 42:5)
24 to 31 July 2022 / 25 Tammuz to 3 Av 5782
Introduction
- Jonathan Magonet
The Book of Job
Lectures
- Constanza Cordoni
“Have you noticed my servant Job?” (Job 1:8) – On the gentile, the patient, the righteous and the protester Job in premodern Jewish tradtion - Katherine E. Southwood
Job as a work of laughtears and learning – Comedy, pain, and audiences’ empathy - Eva-Martina Kindl
A change of perspective – Reflections on the Book of Job, based on Job 42:5.6
Texts in Dialogue
- James Baaden
Please be patient - Ursula Silber
James 5:11 – A short verse und many questions
Sermons
- Jonathan Magonet
Shabbat Sermon - Matthias Loerbroks
Sunday Sermon
2021: The Book of Job, chapters 1 to 27 (Digital Bible Week)
“What are mere mortals that You magnify them?“ (Job 7:17)
25 July to 1 August 2021 / 16 to 23 Av 5781
Introduction
- Jonathan Magonet
The Book of Job
Lectures
- Jan Fokkelman
A lecture on Job - Markus Witte
Job and the suffering - Gilad Jacobson
Job and Ruth – divine and mortal salvation
Virtual Excursion
From Bodenheim to Belsize Square: Max Blum's Diary
Sermon
- Jonathan Magonet
Shabbat Sermon
2020: Digital Bible Week Meeting
23 to 24 July 2020 / 2 to 3 Av 5780
- Jonathan Magonet
What does Isaiah mean by “holy”?
Script
Text sheet
Video recording
- George Sfougaras
Maps with Feelings. A visual way of connecting us from afar
Presentation
Objects of significance
The Google Earth map
2019: Psalms 119 to 134
“Your word is a lamp to my feet, a light for my path.” (Ps. 119:105)
28 July to 4 August 2019 / 25 Tammuz to 3 Av 5779
Introduction
- Jonathan Magonet
Psalm 119
Lectures
- Shani Tzoref
Psalms of Ascent - Klara Butting
A Transforming Path – The Pilgrims’ Songs
Outline of the Pilgrim’s Songs Composition - Stefan Klöckner
Learning to Pray by Singing. Gregorian Chants with Texts based on the Psalms
Texts in Dialogue
- Rachel Slutsky
Hannah’s Song (I Sam. 2:1-10): A History of Reception in Tehillim (Psalms), Targum Yonatan (Jonathan’s Translation), and Talmud Bavli (the Babylonian Talmud) - Gregor Scherzinger
Magnificat – A Dangerous Reminder. Luke 1:46-55
Sermons
- Jonathan Magonet
Shabbat Sermon - Sr Katarzyna Kowalska nds
Sunday Sermon
2018: Genesis 1-3, Isaiah 42-49, Jonah
“That fiftieth year shall be a jubilee for you” (Lev 25:11)
29 July to 5 August 2018 / 17 to 24 Av 5778
Introduction
- Jonathan Magonet
Introduction
Lectures
- Deborah Kahn-Harris
Eve Was Framed – and Other Interpretations from the Exegetical Vanguard - Halima Krausen
Creation – A Perspective from the Qur’an - Christian Rutishauser SJ
The Suffering Servant: An Invitation to Repent - Howard Cooper
Jonah Unbound
Sermons
- Jonathan Magonet
Shabbat Sermon - Kerstin Menzel
Sunday Sermon
Jubilee Celebration
- Programme Jubilee Celebration
with Greetings by Rabbi Dr Deborah Kahn-Harris, Regional Bishop Dr Birgit Klostermeier, Bishop Dr Franz-Josef Bode, and Prof. Dr Ursula Rudnick
2017: Book of Proverbs
“Wisdom has built her house” (Prov 9:1)
23 to 30 July 2017 / 29 Tammuz to 7 Av 5777
Introduction
- Jonathan Magonet
The Book of Proverbs
Lectures
- Lindsey Taylor-Guthartz
Mishlei – Proverbs: Weaving the Web of Wisdom - Ursula Rapp
The Dangerous Stupidity of the Unambiguous. The Polarity of the Proverbial Literature as a School of Wisdom - Sr Nazek Matty OP
“For the Lord Will Be Your Confidence ...” (Prov. 3:26)
Texts in Dialogue
- Veronika Bachmann
Jesus Ben Sira 24. On Wisdom, who has found an earthly dwelling place - Mark L. Solomon
Streams to the Ocean of Wisdom: Reflections on Ben Sira 24
Sermons
- Jonathan Magonet
Shabbat Sermon - Jo Beckers
Sunday Sermon
2016: Psalms 107 to 118
“From the rising of the sun to its setting” (Ps 113:3)
24 to 31 July 2016 / 18 to 25 Tammuz 5776
Introduction
- Jonathan Magonet
Psalms 107 to 118
Lectures
- Jeremy Schonfield
Psalms 113 to 118: Qualified Praise? - Egbert Ballhorn
The Psalter as a House of Voices. Or: On the Possibility of a Christian Reading of the Psalms - Bettina Strübel
The Frankfurt Tehillim-Psalms-Project
Texts in Dialogue
- Sybil Sheridan
John 4:1-26 – Jesus and the Samaritan Woman - Uta Blohm
A Sermon on John 4:1-26
Sermons
- Jonathan Magonet
Shabbat Sermon - Cord Hasselblatt
Sunday Sermon
2015: Kohelet – The Book of Ecclesiastes
“To everything there is a season.” (Koh 3:1)
2 to 9 August 2015 / 17 to 24 Av 5775
Introduction
- Jonathan Magonet
Kohelet – The Book of Ecclesiastes
Lectures
- Joanna Weinberg
Ecclesiastes 3:15 and a Homily on Persecution - Elisabeth Birnbaum
Christian Interpretation of Kohelet [Ecclesiastes] – Three Examples from History and the Present - John Jarick
The Threefold Cord of Ecclesiastes
Texts in Dialogue
- Howard Cooper
Reflections on Reading Matthew 6:19-34
Sermons
- Jonathan Magonet
Shabbat Sermon - Ursula Silber
Sunday Sermon
2014: Psalms 90 to 106
“Teach us to number our days to gain a heart of wisdom.” (Ps 90:12)
3 to 10 August 2014 / 7 to 14 Av 5774
Introduction
- Jonathan Magonet
Psalms 90 to 106
Lectures
- Annette Boeckler
Moses’ Prophecy or the Primordial Song of Humanity? Psalm 92 and the Liturgical Reading of Psalms in Judaism
Slide presentation - Susan Gillingham
Psalms 90-106: Book Four of a Five-Part Drama - Benjamin Williams
The First Printed Books of Midrash and their Jewish and Christian Readers
Article related to the Fringe Series
- Mark Solomon
Christ Through Jewish Eyes
Texts in Dialogue
- Georg Steins
“Prepare the Way of the Lord”; Isaiah 40:1-26
Sermons
- Jonathan Magonet
Shabbat Sermon - Yoichi Kobayashi
Sunday Sermon
2013: The Book of Esther
“That night, sleep deserted the king” (Esth. 6:1)
28 July to 4 August 2013 / 21 to 28 Av 5773
Introduction
- Jonathan Magonet
The Book of Esther
Lectures
- Jonathan Magonet
The God who hides. Some Jewish responses to the Book of Esther - Veronika Bachmann
The Esther Narratives as Reminders – for Jews and for Christians - Alinda Damsma
The Targums to Esther
Sermons
- Jonathan Magonet
Shabbat Sermon - Sr Elisabeth Busbach OSB
Sunday Sermon
2012: Psalms 73 to 89
“Even the sparrow has found a home,
and the swallow a nest for herself.” (Ps 84:4)
5 to 12 August 2012 / 17 to 24 Av 5772
Introduction
- Jonathan Magonet
Psalms – Book three
Lectures
- Moshe Lavee
Intertextuality and the Origins of Midrash: Psalms 73-89 and the Hermeneutic Quality of Liturgy - Eva-Martina Kindl
When God Becomes The Enemy… Psalm 88 – Beyond Theodicy - Ariane Cordes
The Septuagint Psalter: Interpretation and Actualization of Sacred Scripture
Lectio
Sermons
- Jonathan Magonet
Shabbat Sermon - Anne-Marie Visser
Sunday Sermon
2011: The Song of Songs
“The flashes of love are flashes of fire,
the very flame of the Eternal One.” (Song 8:6)
24 to 31 July 2011 / 22 to 29 Tammuz 5771
Introduction
- Jonathan Magonet
The Song of Songs
Lectures
- Jan Fokkelmann
The Song of Songs: A Mercurial Wonder - Norman Solomon
Song of Songs: Introductory Notes - Edmée Kingsmill
The Song of Songs 1:1-4: A Biblical Reading
Sermons
- Jonathan Magonet
Shabbat Sermon - Erik Koren
Sunday Sermon
Memories
2010: Psalms 58 to 72
“Hide not your face ...; make haste to answer me.” (Ps. 69:18)
25 July to 1 August 2010 / 14 to 21 Av 5770
Introduction
- Jonathan Magonet
Psalms 58 to 72
Haikus
Lectures
- Mark Solomon
The Praise of Silence - Ursula Silber
The Problematic Nature of the “Enemy Psalms” in Christian Reception - Admiel Kosman
Psalms Chapter 58: From the Mole to the Male in the Talmudic Story
Sermons
- Jonathan Magonet
Shabbat Sermon - Wolfgang Raupach-Rudnick
Sunday Sermon
2009: The Book of Lamentations – Eichah
“Take us back, Eternal One, to Yourself, and let us come back.” (Lam. 5:21)
26 July to 2 August 2009 / 5 to 12 Av 5769
Introduction
- Jonathan Magonet
Eichah – the Book of Lamentations
Lectures
- Deborah Kahn-Harris
Who Are We: An Exploration of Voice in Lam 5:19-22 - Klaus Wengst
The Biblical Book of Lamentations: a Text of the Church - Victor Seidler
“Their hearts melted and became as water.” – Lamentations: Ethics After Auschwitz
Sermons
- Jonathan Magonet
Shabbat Sermon - Fr Anselm Brumwell, OSB
Sunday Sermon
2008: The Book of Leviticus
“You shall love your neighbour as yourself.” (Lev 19:18)
27 July to 3 August 2008 / 24 Tammuz to 2 Av 5768
Introduction
- Jonathan Magonet
The Book of Leviticus
Lectures
- Erich Zenger
The Book of Leviticus – an Important Book in Jewish-Christian Dialogue - Marc Saperstein
Jewish Preaching on Leviticus - Christiane Thiel
The Book of Leviticus – What Are This Book’s Implications for Today’s (Political) Thinking
Sermons
- Jonathan Magonet
Shabbat Sermon - Eva Hadem
Sunday Sermon
40th Anniversary of the International Jewish-Christian Bible Week, 31 August 2008
Invitation
Programme
- Jonathan Magonet
Welcome
- Hans Hermann Henrix
Lecture: Israel’s Bible – The Basis for Jewish-Christian Dialogue
2007: Psalms 42 to 57
“O Lord, open my lips, and my mouth will declare your praise.” (Ps 51:17)
29 July to 5 August 2007 / 14 to 21 Av 5767
Lectures
- Gregor Brazerol
Psalm 110 as an Example of the Christian Understanding of the Psalms - Asher Amir
Faith Crisis and its Resolution in the Bible - Robert Murray
Psalm 51: Some interpretations examined
Sermons
- Howard Cooper
Shabbat Sermon - Andreas Laqueur
Sunday Sermon
2006: The Book of Ruth
“I went away full, and the Lord has brought me back empty.” (Ruth 1:21)
23 to 30 July 2006 / 27 Tammuz to 5 Av 5766
Lectures
- Irmtraud Fischer
The Book of Ruth as Exegetical Literature - Jonathan Magonet
Rabbinic Readings of Ruth - Ora Dresner
Mourning and Loss and the Life Cycle in the Book of Ruth
Sermons
- Jonathan Magonet
Shabbat Sermon - Georg Steins
Sunday Sermon