Thinking Towards New Horizons: Collected Communications to the XlXth Congress of the International Organization for the Study of the Old Testament, Ljubljana 2007

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by  Matthias Augustin, Hermann Michael Niemann

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BEITRÄGE ZUR ERFORSCHUNG
DES ALTEN TESTAMENTS
UND DES ANTIKEN JUDENTU
Matthias Augustin
Hermann Michael Niemann
ThinkingTowards
New Horizons
Collected Communie
to the XlXth Congress
of the International Organization
for the Study of the Old Testament,
Ljubljana 2007
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Thinking Towards New Horizons
BEITRAGE ZUR ERFORSCHUNG
DES ALTEN TESTAMENTS
UND DES ANTIKEN JUDENTUMS
Herausgegeben von Matthias Augustin und H. Michael Niemann
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ThinkingTowards
New Horizons
Collected Communications
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of the International Organization
for the Study of the Old Testa ment,
Ljubljana 2007
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Vorw ort
Die International Organization for the Study of the Old Testament betrat mit
dem XIX. Kongress, der vom 12. bis 20, Juli 2007 stattfand, historisches Neu­
land. Zum ersten Mal fand dieser bedeutendste Alttestamentlerkongress in ei­
nem Land statt, das bis 1989 zu Jugoslawien gehörte und dadurch mit den
Staaten des Warschauer Paktes assoziiert war. Als erste der Teilrepubliken in
Jugoslawien konnte Slowenien seine politische Selbständigkeit erringen, als
erste am 1. Mai 2004 der Europäischen Union beitreten. Seit dem 1. Januar
2008 hat es den Euro eingeführt. Die rasante politische und wirtschaftliche Ent­
wicklung Sloweniens ist den Teilnehmerinnen und Teilnehmern dieses Kon­
gresses ebenso vor Augen geführt worden wie die warmherzige Gastfreund­
schaft eines Volkes, das wie kaum ein anderes die kulturelle Klammer zwischen
Mitteleuropa und dem Balkan darstellt.
In diesen Rahmen waren die Vorlesungen und Vorträge des Kongresses einge­
bettet, die den aktuellen Stand und die künftigen Perspektiven der alttestament-
lichen Wissenschaft widerspiegelten. Wissenschaftlerinnen und Wissenschaftler
aus der ganzen Welt kamen in Ljubljana zusammen, um hierüber zu diskutieren
und ihre Forschungsergebnisse zu präsentieren.
Wir freuen uns, mit diesem Band - der Tradition der sechs Kongresse in Jerusa­
lem (1986), Leuven (1989), Paris (1992), Cambridge (1995), Basel (2001) und
Leiden (2004) folgend - eine repräsentative Auswahl der anregenden Kurzvor­
träge in Buchform vorzulegen. Die Ergebnisse werden damit nicht nur für die
Teilnehmerinnen und Teilnehmer des Kongresses nachlesbar, sondern auch
denjenigen angeboten, die nicht teil nehmen konnten.
Dipl.-Theol. Ina Piatkowski (Rostock) hat wie auch bei dem vorhergehenden
Band einen entscheidenden Beitrag zur technischen Gestaltung des Manuskripts
geliefert. Dafür sei ihr herzlich gedankt. Besonderer Dank aber gebührt dem
Präsidenten dieses Kongresses, Herrn Prof. Dr. Joze Krasovec, der uns zu die­
sem Band ermutigt, uns jederzeit tatkräftig unterstützt und das Geleitwort dieses
Bandes geschrieben hat.
Rostock, im August 2008
Matthias Augustin und Hermann Michael Niemann

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Forew ord
The International Organization for the Study of the Old Testament has entered
uncharted territory with the XIX Congress from 12-20 of July, 2007. For the
first time, the most significant congress of Old Testament studies took place in a
country that has been part of Yugoslavia until 1989 and thus it has been associ­
ated with the countries of the Warsaw Pact. As the first constituent republic of
Yugoslavia, Slovenia was able to gain political independence and could join the
European Union on the 1st of May 2004 as the first one. Since the Ist of January,
2008 the Euro is the valid currency. The attendees were as well able to see the
rapid political and economical development of Slovenia as well as the warm
hearted hospitality of a nation, which represents like almost no other the cultural
brace between Central Europe and the Balkan.
In the course of this matter, the lectures and short communications of the con­
gress have been hold, to reflect the up-to-date status and the future perspectives
of the sciences of the Old Testament. Scientists from all over the world have
come together in Ljubljana to discuss about this case and to present their re­
search results.
We are very happy to submit with this volume - following the tradition of the
six congresses in Jerusalem (1986), Leuven (1989), Paris (1992), Cambridge
(1995), Basel (2001), and Leiden (2004) - a representative selection of inspiring
lectures in form of a book. Thereby, the results will not only be available for re­
flection to the attendees, but also for those who were not able to participate.
Also in this volume Mrs Dipl.-Theol. Ina Piatkowski (Rostock) has made a huge
contribution to the technical composition. Sincere thanks are given to her for
that. Special thanks belong to the president of this congress, Mr. Prof. Dr. Joze
Krasovec who has encouraged and supported us at all times and who has written
the endorsement to this volume.
Rostock, August 2008
Matthias Augustin and Hermann Michael Niemann

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Geleitw ort / Preface
H o rizo n s o f th e X IX th C o n g ress o f IOSOT
H eld in L ju b lja n a
Various Western organizations for biblical studies, including the Society for Old
Testament Study (SOTS), the International Organization for the Study of the
Old Testament (IOSOT), the International Organization for Targumic Studies
(IOTS), the International Organization for Septuagint and Cognate Studies
(IOSCS), the International Organization for Qumran Studies (IOQS), the Inter­
national Organization for Masoretic Studies (IOMS), the Society of Biblical Lit­
erature (SBL), Societas Novi Testament! Studiorum (SNTS), World Union of
Jewish Studies (WUJS), and other international and national biblical organisa­
tions have contributed greatly to our knowledge of the history of the Bible text,
of the philology and semantics of biblical languages, of exegetical methods, of
historical and archaeological problems, and of comparative religion. The mod­
ern globalization movement requires of us that we pay special attention to the
predominant areas of interest and to a more intensive exchange between repre­
sentatives of the exegetical traditions of the West, the East and the world at
large, without giving up well-proven linguistic, literary, hermeneutical and his­
torical methods.
The IOSOT was founded in 1950 in Leiden, the Netherlands. Since then, IOSOT
Congresses have been held in the following cities: Copenhagen, Denmark (1953);
Strasbourg, France (1956); Oxford, Great Britain (1959); Bonn, Germany
(1962); Geneva, Switzerland (1965); Rome, Italy (1968); Uppsala, Sweden
(1971); Edinburgh, Great Britain (1974); Göttingen, Germany (1977); Vienna,
Austria (1980); Salamanca, Spain (1983); Jerusalem, Israel (1986); Leuven/
Louvain, Belgium (1989); Paris, France (1992); Cambridge, Great Britain
(1995); Oslo, Norway (1998); Basle, Switzerland (2001); Leiden, the Nether­
lands (2004). The XIXth IOSOT Congress and related specialist organizations
convening in Ljubljana for a joint meeting from 12th to 20th July 2007 aimed to
show the commitment of the West towards the East and the world in general.
My personal decision was also to invite scholars from the Orthodox world and
those around the world who are capably dealing with Orthodox biblical herme­
neutics in general or with various aspects of the Orthodox religious and cultural
traditions. Unfortunately, they were never before directly invited to join IOSOT
congresses. It is thus all the more understandable that our decision and initia­
tives w'ere accepted with enthusiasm worldwide. The Programme Book contains
the programmes and abstracts of all five congresses (IOSOT, IOMS, IOQS,
IOSCS, IOTS), including two seminars and a welcome addition symbolizing the
importance of ancient Eastern traditions: International Syriac Language Project
(ISLP), associated with the University of Melbourne, Australia, and the Bible of