Studies in Josephus and His Contra Apionem

Thursday 14. desember 2006 10.15am
there is a public disputatio at the MF Norwegian School of Theology where the PhD candidate will defend his dr. thesis

‘Beyond Philosophy:
Studies in Josephus and His Contra Apionem’

The dissertation “Beyond Philosophy: Studies in Josephus and His Contra Apionem” is a collection of essays. Four previously published essays appear in the dissertation in their original form. In addition, an introduction and two lengthy essays were composed during the final stages of the project. All the essays share a common focus: Josephus’ Roman context.

Abstracts of the thesis are given here in Norwegian and English

Opponents are prof dr. John M. G. Barclay, Durham (1) and prof dr. theol. Per Bilde, Aarhus (2). Prof dr. theol. Hans Kvalbein, Oslo-MF, was the third member of the evaluation committee.

This is the first dissertation on Josephus ever written by a Norwegian.
Congratulations to Gunnar Haaland!

His probevorlesungen/test lectures were given wednesday, and were as follows:

Given topic:
’ Luke-Acts and Josephus: How does the presentation of the Jesus movement in
Luke-Acts compare to Josephus' presentation of Judaism in Contra Apionem?’

Topic chosen by the candidate:
’Deconstructing Donkeys: Matthew 21:2-7 and Rabbinic Midrash’