Colloquium Biblicum Lovaniense 2004 — The Septuagint and Messianism

Strongly related to the ongoing project presented in the former posting below, this summer there will be arranged an interesting conference in Leuven, Belgium, July 27-29, on The septuagint and Messianism. The picture and following is snipped from the webpage mentioned above:Speakers:‘The Septuagint and Messianism’ forms the theme of the fifty-third Colloquium Biblicum Lovaniense that will be held under the Presidency of Professor Michael Knibb (King’s College London) in Leuven from 27 to 29 July 2004. In addition to the Presidential address, main papers will be given by Professors A. Aejmelaeus (Göttingen/Helsinki), P. Bogaert (Leuven), J. J. Collins (Yale), H.-J. Fabry (Bonn),W. Horbury (Cambridge), J. Lust (Leuven), O. Munnich (Paris-Sorbonne), A. Pietersma (Toronto), and A. Schenker (Fribourg). During the Colloquium four seminars will also be held, and these will be led by E. Bons (Strasbourg), M. Menken (Utrecht), M. Roesel (Rostock), and R. Sollamo (Helsinki).
Theme
A number of scholars, including the late Professor J. Coppens (one of the co-founders of the Colloquium Biblicum Lovaniense), have claimed that, in comparison with the Hebrew Bible, the Septuagint provides evidence of the gradual emergence of messianism and prepared the way for the messianic interpretation of the Old Testament in the New. This claim has recently again found expression in a number of publications, but has by no means won universal acceptance amongst scholars, and it has seemed therefore an appropriate moment to examine the whole question of whether the Septuagint does provide evidence for the gradual emergence of messianism.The Colloquium will end immediately after lunch on 29 July, and the IOSCS meeting begins on the following day in Leiden.