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Stellenbosch-Rostock Septuagint Congress on the Theology of the Septuagint
Start: 30/09/2022, 17:00
End: 02/10/2022, 18:00
Contact:Prof. Johann Cook -
Location: Department of Ancient Studies, Stellenbosch University / Departement Antieke Studie, Universiteit Stellenbosch

​​​​​​​​​​The Stellenbosch-Rostock Septuagint Congress on the Theology of the Septuagint will take place in the weekend of 30 September to 2 October 2022. The venue for this meeting is the Department of Ancient Studies of Stellenbosch University (SU). This congress is a follow-up meeting of a similar congress that took place in the same venue in August 2018. The conference theme of the 2018 meeting was “Toward a Theology of the Septuagint”. There the question of whether a theology of the Septuagint is necessary and viable was posed and answered in the affirmative. The conference theme of the 2022 congress is “Theology and the Theological Reception of the Septuagint”. The conference is a truly international one. It is organized by three colleagues, two from Germany, Prof. Martin Rösel from Rostock University (and visiting Professor of the theological faculty at the SU) and Prof. Wolfgang Kraus from Saarland, as well as Prof. Johann Cook, emeritus from Stellenbosch University. Twenty-two scholars from all over the world will participate in the conference. Seven scholars will be participating by using Zoom facilities. Moreover, 40 post​graduate students of the Faculty of Theology of Stellenbosch University​ will attend the conference via Zoom.