Symposium

Aramaic – The Language of Jesus

27 September – 3 October 2004

Istanbul – Tur Abdin

 

Organized by the University of Uppsala and the University of Gothenburg in cooperation with the Consulate General of Sweden in Istanbul and the Swedish Research Institute in Istanbul

 
Programme

List of Participants

Pictures


 

Programme

 

Sunday 26.9

 

19.00

Reception at the Consulate General of Sweden, Istiklal Caddesi 497, Beyoglu, Istanbul (50 m from Hotel Richmond)

 

 Monday 27.9 

 

08.45

Coffee

 

Session I: Chair person Ingmar Karlsson

 

09.00

Ingmar Karlsson

Introduction to the Symposium

 

09.10

Practical information

 

09.20

Mats Eskhult

The language of Jesus in 17th – 19th  century scholarly discussion

 

10.00

Witold Witakowski

The language of Jesus: A survey of the problem

 

10.40

Coffee

 

Session II: Chair person Martin Tamcke

 

11.00

Jan Retsö

The Language of Jesus: A Survey of the Debate

 

11.40

Bo Isaksson

The Genesis Apocryphon as a textual witness of the Aramaic of Jesus – a re-reading of the latest textual evidence

 

12.30

Lunch at Richmond hotel

 

Session III: Chair person David G. K. Taylor

 

14.00

Otto Jastrow

The position of Turoyo within Neo-Aramaic

 

14.40

Shabo Talay

East and West of the Tigris: Shared Features in Turoyo and NENA

 

15.20

Aziz Tezel

The Turkish Lexical influence on Turoyo

 

16.00

Coffee

 

Session IV: Chair person Elie Wardini

 

16.20

Geoffrey Khan

The Neo-Aramaic Dialects of Iraq

 

17.00

Maciej Tomal

Some Remarks on the Tense System in Modern Aramaic

 

17.40

Werner Arnold

The Aramaeans of Malula and their language

 

18.20

Elif Keser

The Ecclesiastical Architecture of the Syrian Orthodox in Tur Abdin

 

19.30

Departure from the Richmond lobby. Dinner at a fish restaurant by the Bosporous

 

Tuesday 28.9

 

09.00

Departure from the hotel. Excursion: Hagia Sophia and Kariye

 

12.00

Lunch at Asitane restaurant near Kariye

 

Session V: Chair person Bo Isaksson

 

14.00

Bo Holmberg

The legacy of the Syriac language in Christian Arabic literature

 

14.40

Elie Wardini

Aramaic as Attested in Lebanese Place-names

 

  15.20

 Abdulmassih Saadi

The Aramaic (Syriac) Bible in the Syriac Christianity

 

16.00

Joseph Saouk

Quo Vadis Turoyo? A description of the situation and the
needs of Turoyo

 

16.40

Coffee

 

Session VI: Chair person Otto Jastrow

 

17.00

Samuel Rubenson

The Holy Man in Syriac Literature

 

17.40

David G.K. Taylor

Ahiqar the Aramaic Sage

 

18.20

Alison Salvesen

Jacob of Edessa, Syriac and Scripture

 

20.00

Dinner at restaurant Yakub 2

 

Wednesday 29.9

 

Session VII: Chair person Jan Retsö

 

09.00

Andrea Schmidt

The Syriac Tradition and Language of Gregory of Nazianzus

 

09.40

Harald Suermann

Bêt(h) Petros, which one of the many schisms of Bêt(h) Eutyches and Severos

 

10.20

Martin Tamcke

The Monastery of Abraham of Kashkar as the Spiritual Center of the East-Syriac Monasticism

 

11.00

Coffee

 

Session VIII: Chair person Alison Salvesen

 

11.20

Ewa Balicka-Witakowska

The Syrian Story of the Magi and its pictorial versions

 

 12.00

 Maja Kominko

Syrian in Alexandria: Reflection of East Syrian Exegesis in the Miniatures of the “Christian Topography” of Cosmas Indicopleustes

 

12.40

Lunch at Richmond hotel

 

Session IX: Chair person Witold Witakowski

 

14.00

Pavlos Politis

The preservation and promotion of the Syriac Cultural Heritage centred at Tur Abdin

 

14.40

Naures Atto

Perceptions of identity among Suryoye in European diaspora

 

16.00

Departure from Hotel Richmond

 

17.00

Dinner at Istanbul Airport

 

19.20

Departure from Istanbul

 

21.10

Arrival in Diyarbakir and accommodation: Kervansaray

 

Thursday 30.9

 

09.00

Diyarbakir (on foot) Mardin gate, Meriyem Ana Kilisesi, Rev. Yusuf Akbulut, Ulu Camii (Mar Toma)

 

12.00

Lunch Diyarbakir (Kervansaray)

 

13.30

Departure from Diyarbakir

 

15.30

Mardin. Visit to Kirklar Kilisesi. Rev. P. Gabriyel Akyüz

 

18.00

Deyrulzafaran. His Eminence Archbishop Filüksinos Saliba Özmen. Presentation and dinner

 

 

Accommodation: Deyrulzafaran and Büyük Mardin Hotel

 

 

Friday 1.10

 

06.15

Departure from Büyük Mardin Hotel

 

06.40

Morning mass at Deyrulzafaran. Breakfast.

 

 am

 Visit to to Mor Yakub (Nusaybin)

 

12.00

Lunch at Nusaybin (Kartal Tesislerinde)

 

pm

Visit to Kafro and Mor Malke

 

17.00

Mor Gabriel. His Eminence Archbishop Timotheos Samuel Aktaş. Presentation and dinner

 

 

Accommodation: Büyük Mardin Hotel

 

                     

Saturday 2.10

 

08.00

Departure from Büyük Mardin Hotel

 

am

Visit to Meriyem Ana Kilisesi, Hah

 

12.00

Lunch at Midyat

 

16.00

Check-in at Mardin airport

 

17.00

Departure from Mardin

 

20.20

Arrival at Istanbul (via Ankara)

 


 
List of Participants

 

Aktaş Samuel Archbishop

Mor Gabriel Monastery

P.K. No:4, 47510 Midyat

Telephone:

Telefax:

e-mail: turabdin@superonline.com

 

Akyüz Gariyel Reverend

Kırklar Kilisesi, Mardin

Postal address: 

Telephone:

Telefax:

e-mail:

 

Arnold Werner Professor

University of Heidelberg

Postal address: Schulgasse 2, 691 17 Heidelberg, Germany

Telephone: 49-6221381361

Telefax: 49-6221543401

e-mail: arnold@uni-hd.de

 

Atto Naures PhD student

Leiden University

Postal address: Faculty of Theology, P.O. box 9515, 2300 RA Leiden, The Netherlands

Telephone: 31-206407572

Telefax: 31-715272571

e-mail: n.atto@let.leidenuniv.nl

 

Balicka-Witakowska Ewa Associate professor

Uppsala University

Postal address: Department of Linguistic and Philology, P.O.B. 635, 751 26 Uppsala, Sweden

Telephone: 46-184716846, 46-859089213

e-mail: Ewa.Balicka-witakowska@lingfil.uu.se

 

Çetin Yusuf Archbishop of Istanbul and Ankara

Istanbul

Postal address: Tarlabaşı, Karakurum Sokak 20, Beyoğlu 800 70 Istanbul, Turkey

Telephone: 90-2122501606

Telefax: 90-2122505827

e-mail: info@suryanikadim.org

 

Eskhult Mats Associate professor

Uppsala University,

Postal address: Department of Linguistic and Philology, P.O.B. 635, 751 20 Uppsala, Sweden

Telephone: 46-184717379

Telefax: 46-184711094

e-mail: mats.eskhult@lingfil.uu.se

 

Hermann Rainer Dr.

Correspondent for Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (F.A.Z.)

Postal address: Zergerdan Sok. No.25, TR-344 67 Emirgan-Istanbul, Turkey

Telephone: 90-2122298572

Telefax:90-2122298572

e-mail: r.hermann@faz.de

 

Holmberg Bo Professor

Lund University

Postal address: Department of Classics and Semitics,Sölvegatan 6, 223 62 Lund, Sweden

Telephone: 46 -462229358

e-mail: Bo.Holmberg@mellost.lu.se

 

Isaksson Bo Professor

Uppsala University

Postal address: Department of Linguistic and Philology, P.O.B. 635, 751 26 Uppsala, Sweden

Telephone: 46-4711002

e-mail: bo.isaksson@lingfil.uu.se

 

Jastrow Otto Professor

University of Nürnberg-Erlangen

Postal address: Lehrstul Orientalische Philologie, Institut für Aussereuropäische Sprachen und Kulturen, Bismarckstr. 1, 910 54 Erlangen, Germany

Telephone: 49-91318522443

e-mail: oojastro@phil.uni-erlangen.de

 

Karlsson Ingmar DD (hon)

Consul General of Sweden in Istanbul

Consulate General of Sweden

Postal addres: Istiklal Caddesi 497, PK 125, 80072 Beyoğlu, Istanbul

Telephone: 90-2122435770

Telefax: 90-2122524114

e-mail: ingmar.karlsson@foreign.ministy.se

 

Keser Elif  

Postal address:

Telephone:

Telefax:

e-mail: elif_keser@yahoo.com

 

Khan Geoffrey Professor

University of Cambridge, UK

Postal address: Faculty of Oriental Studies, Sidgwick Avenue, Cambridge CB3 9DA, England

Telephone: 44-1223-335114

Telefax: 44-1223-335110

e-mail: gk101@cam.ac.uk

 

Kominko Maja Graduate (D.Phil.) student

Oxford University

Postal address: Exeter College, Ox1 3DP, Oxford, United Kingdom

Mobile telephone: 44-7966952489

e-mail: maja.kominko@exeter.ox.ac.uk

 

Lahdo Ablahad Dr.

Uppsala University

Postal address: Department of Linguistic and Philology, P.O.B. 635, 751 26 Uppsala, Sweden

Telephone: 46-4717015

e-mail: ablahad.lahdo@lingfil.uu.se

 

Politis Pavlos Director

Restaurateurs Sans Frontières

Postal address:

Telephone: 90-2122448795

Mobile telephone: 90-5366460787

e-mail: pavlos@rsfturkey.org

 

Retsö Jan Professor

Göteborg University

Postal address: Dept. of Oriental and African Languages, Box 200, SE-405 30 Göteborg, Sweden

Telephone:46-317734619

Telefax:46-317735270

e-mail: Jan.Retso@arab.gu.se

 

Rubenson Samuel Professor

Centre for Theology and Religious Studies

Postal address: Allhelgona kyrkogata 8, S-223 62 Lund, Sweden

Telephon: 46-462229031

Telefax: 46-462224426

e-mail: Samuel.Rubenson@teol.lu.se

 

Saadi Abdul Massih Dr.

University of Notre Dame / Indiana

Postal address: 304 O’Shaughnessy Hall, Notre Dame, IN 631-8419 USA

Telephone: 547-6318419

Telefax: 547-6314268

e-mail: Asaadi@nd.edu

 

Salvesen Alison Dr, University Research Lecturer

Oxford University

Postal address: Oriental Institute, Pusey Lane, Oxford, OX1 2LE, United Kingdom

Telephone: 44-1865278192

Telefax: 44-1865278190

e-mail: alison.salvesen@orinst.ox.ac.uk

 

Saouk Joseph Doctoral Candidate

Stockholm University

Postal address: Dept. of. Oriental Languages, Stockholm Univesity, SE-106 91 Stockholm, Sweden

Telephone: 46-8164358

Mobile telephone: 46-704411308

Telefax: 46-8161589

e-mail: Joseph.Saouk@orient.su.se

 

Sauma Assad Dr.

Postal adress: Tensta Allé 20, 163 64 Spċnga, Sweden

Phone:46-87958489

e-mail: aram.stockholm@chello.se

 

Schmidt Andrea Professor

Université catholique de Louvain

Postal address: Institut Orientaliste, Place Beaise Pascal 1, 1348 Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium

e-mail: schmidt@ori.ucl.ac.be

 

Suermann Harald Professor

University of Bonn

Postal address: Preyestr. 89, D-522 49, Germany

Telephone: 49-240354947

Telefax: 49-2403839022

e-mail: harald.suermann@uni-bonn.de

 

Svahnström Annika Consul

Consulate General of Sweden

Postal addres: Istiklal Caddesi 497, PK 125, 80072 Beyoğlu, Istanbul

Telephone: 90-2122523431

Telefax: 90-2122524114

e-mail: annika.svahnstom@foreign.ministy.se

 

Talay Shabo Associate professor

University of Nürnberg-Erlangen

Postal address: Lehrstul Orientalische Philologie, Institut für Aussereuropäische Sprachen und Kulturen, Bismarckstr. 1, 910 54 Erlangen, Germany

Telephone: 49-1318522447, 49-91318522447

e-mail: ShTalay@gmx.de

 

Tamcke Martin Professor

University of Göttingen

Postal address: Institut für Ökumenische Theologie, Theologicum, Platz der Göttinger Sieben 2, 370 73 Göttingen, Germany

Telephone: 49-551399588

Telefax: 49-551397488

e-mail: mtamcke@gwdg.de

 

Taylor David G.K Dr, University Lecturer

Oxford University

Postal address: The Oriental Institute, Pusey Lane, Oxford, OX1 2LE, United Kingdom

Telephone: 44-1865278195

Home telephone: 33-142013506

e-mail: david.taylor@orinst.ox.ac.uk

 

Tezel Aziz Ph. Dr

Uppsala University

Postal address: Smyckengatan 89, 426 51 Västra Frölunda, Sweden

Telephone: 46-31471248

Telefax: 46-31471248

e-mail: aziz.tezel@comhem.se

 

Tomal Maciej Professor

Postal address: Institute for Oriental Studies, Department of Hebrew Language, Krakowskie Prewlnie.. 261 28, Warsow

Telephone:48-225520

Telefax:

e-mail: maciej.tomal@wp.pl

 

Wardini Elie Professor, Head of Department

Stockholm University

Postal address: Department of Middle Eastern Studies, Stockholm University, Kräftriket 1, SE-106 91 Stockholm, Sweden

Telephone: 46-8162323

Mobile telephone: 46-702438161

Telefax: 46-8161589

e-mail: elie.wardini@orient.su.se

 

Witakowski Witold Associate professor

Uppsala University

Postal address: Department of Linguistic and Philology, P.O.B. 635, 751 26 Uppsala, Sweden

Telephone: 46-184711093, 46-859089213

e-mail: wwitakowski@hotmail.com

 

Ċdahl Karin Associate professor in art history

Ditector of the Swedish Research Institute in Istanbul

Postal addres: Istiklal Caddesi 497, PK 125, 80072 Beyoğlu, Istanbul

Telephone: 90-2122524119

Telefax: 90-2122497967

e-mail: sri@kilim.com.tr

 

Özmen Saliba Archbishop

Deyrulzafaran Monastery

Postal address: P.O. Box 6, 471 00 Mardin, Turkey

Telephone: 90-4822193082

Telefax: 90-4822193085

e-mail:

 

     

 


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