The Law of Moses and Its Reception

Description

The Law of Moses or Torah is the constitutive text for early Judaism and stays central in rabbinical and modern Judaism. Naturally, the same corpus was important in Christianity, which originally emerged as a minority inside Judaism, later became a minority religion in the Roman empire, and, further, became the majority in power in the Christianized Rome in the West but remained as a minority in the Sassanid Persia and Muslim dynasties in the East. All this time, the question of the Law of Moses, and the common heritage between Judaism and Christianity remained important point of discussion and confrontation.

This seminar day, organized by Minority Research Profile and Polin Institute, asks how the Christians received and interpreted the role of the Law of Moses, including the legal (halakic), theological, and narrative (haggadic) components, in different contexts and positions in dialogue and confrontation with Judaism and/or texts constitutive also in Judaism. An additional perspective to the question is given as the reception of the Law of Moses is discussed in the Christendom and post-Christendom contexts of 18th Century Sweden and 21th Century video games. The speakers are experts from different disciplines, including exegetical studies, early Jewish and Christian studies, Classical Studies, Patristics, Syriac Studies, Church History and Game Studies.

The seminar is held in English with optional usage of Swedish.

Period	23 Sept 2025
Event type	Seminar
Location	Turku, FinlandShow on map
Degree of Recognition	International