Workshop: Migration in the Old Testament
Programme:
13.15-14.45: Welcome and papers
Elisa Uusimäki, University of Aarhus:
“Mind the Migrant: The Ethics of Intergroup Encounter in the Old Testament and the Odyssey”
Casey Strine, University of Sheffield:
“The Famine in the Land was Severe: Environmentally Induced Involuntary Migration and the Joseph Narrative (Gen 37–50)”
Kristin Joachimsen, MF Norwegian School of Theology, Religion and Society (Oslo):
“Reframing the Exodus Story: A More Complex Understanding of Individual and Collective Forced Mobility, and Relationships between Host and Migrant”
14.45-15.00: Break with coffee and cake
15.00-16.00: Plenary discussion
Everyone is welcome to attend – no registration needed.