Conference on Song of Songs
The Section of Biblistics of the CSWU Faculty of Theology in Warsaw and the Department of Exegesis and Biblical Theology of the MKU Faculty of Theology in Toruń are inviting to the conference
Interpretation of Holy Scripture: Song of Songs - Message, Interpretation, and Reception
21 May 2008, new building of CSWU, Dewajtis 5, the John Paul II Assembly Hall
Programme
10:00 Opening - Rector Fr Prof dr Ryszard Rumianek
10:10 - 10:20 Song of Songs - between literality and alegory - Fr Prof dr Waldemar CHROSTOWSKI (CSWU and MKU)
11:00 - 11:20 Love is as poweful as death: 'The Power of Love' (8,5-7) as an interpretive key to Song of Songs - Fr dr Janusz KRĘCIDŁO (CSWU)
11:20 - 12:00 In search of 'missing' bridegroom - Song of Songs and the Gospel of St. John - Fr dr Dariusz IWAŃSKI (MKU in Toruń)
12:00 - 12:30 Coffee break
12:30 - 12:50 Song of Songs in St. John's apocalypse? Literary allusion vs word convergence in intertextual research - Fr dr Waldemar LINKE (CSWU)
12:50 - 13:10 Symbolic interpretation of Pnp in Christian and Jewish tradition - Fr dr Krzysztof BARDSKI (CSWU)
13:10 - 13:30 Song of Songs in feminist interpretation - dr Anna KUŚMIREK (CSWU)
13:30 - 13:45 Song of Songs in arts - multimedia presentation - prepared by the Scientific Student Club of the CSWU Biblistics under the guidance of dr Anna KUŚMIREK (CSWU)
13:45 - 14:15 Discussion
14:15 Closing of the Conference
The conference will be accompanied by the exhibition 'Song of Songs in the Countryside of Israel' prepared by the Scientific Student Club of the CSWU Biblistics.
