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"Who is Sitting on which Beast?" Interpretative Issues in the Book of Revelation

"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”