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Inaugural lecture by Prof Dr Markus Lau
Exegetical observations on group-related metaphor networks in New Testament texts
Temple, house, boat, family or even planting are just some of the New Testament linguistic images that serve to metaphorically characterise the early Jesus communities. These images are by no means chosen at random. They serve argumentative purposes and are generally highly persuasive in the context of ancient everyday culture. They are powerful images that tend to produce metaphor networks. For anyone who understands a community as a family or a house is also quick to speak of a community father as the head of the household and his children, to name just one example. Such congregational metaphors have a certain seductive power - all the more so because the reception of such metaphors sometimes leads people to forget that they are actually linguistic images. The inaugural lecture examines such metaphor networks in New Testament texts and also explores the potential of the Lucan congregational metaphor of the way, which has only recently been increasingly used in the history of reception.
Speaker:
Prof Dr Markus Lau has held the Chair of New Testament Studies at Chur Adventist University since October 2023. He qualified at the universities of Münster, Fribourg and Mainz and most recently worked at the Biblical Department of the University of Fribourg. He has held professorships at the Goethe University in Frankfurt and the LMU in Munich. He has held several guest professorships in the Jerusalem Theological Year. His academic interests lie in the fields of Gospel exegesis, the Acts of the Apostles and ancient culture in its many facets. The communication of exegetical knowledge to an interested public is of great concern to him.
Time:
Thursday, 29 February 2024, 18.00h
Place:
Aula - Theological University of Chur
Language:
German
Registration:
Please register under the following link: https://forms.office.com/e/J1QBXfUj68