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"Who is Sitting on which Beast?" Interpretative Issues in the Book of Revelation
The John Cardinal Cody Chair of Theology will be sponsoring a conference titled “Who is Sitting on Which Beast: Interpretive Issues in the Book of Revelation” on March 30 – 31 in the Information Commons 4th Floor Lecture Hall. The conference is co-sponsored by the Department of Theology, the College of Arts And Sciences, Italcultura, the Italian Cultural Institute, and the Consulate General of Italy.
Session I, Thursday, March 30, 2:00 - 6:00 P.M.
Introductory Remarks:
Thomas Regan, S.J., Loyola University Chicago
Presiding:
Edmondo Lupieri, Loyola University Chicago
Panelists:
Louis Painchaud, Université Laval:
"The Temple, the Beast, and Its Number"
Andrei Orlov, Marquette University
"Antagonists and Protagonists in the Book of Revelation: Their Symmetric Priestly Attributes and Yom Kippur Traditions"
Iain Provan, Regent College
“Jerusalem, Babylon, and Rome: A Tale of Three Cities”
Stéphanie Audet, Université Laval
“The Sinful City and its Corrupted Authorities”
Session II, Friday, March 31, 9:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.
Presiding:
Louis Painchaud
Panelists:
Robert Di Vito, Loyola University Chicago
“Samaria, Jerusalem, and Other Prostitutes”
Daniele Tripaldi, Bologna University
“Ierusalem (olim) regina: Jerusalem’s ‘Kingship’ in Some Hellenistic Jewish Writers”
Luca Arcari, Naples University
“Of Women and Beasts: Progressive Histories, Tales, or What Else?”
Edmondo Lupieri, Loyola University Chicago
“The Woman as a Permanent Image”