30/06/2026 14:30
- 17:30
HALL: Parenzo - A3
Contact:
Settembrini M.
Chair:
Pevarello D.,
Scaiola D.,
Settembrini M.
This panel welcomes contributions in the field of biblical reception research that engage with scriptural passages perceived as troubling or "unfair" by contemporary Western European readers. It seeks to explore how issues of inequality—pertaining to gender, ethnicity, social status, or family relations—have been received, reinterpreted, or redeemed across the centuries. Participants are invited to draw on insights from ancient, medieval, modern, and contemporary exegetical traditions, tracing how challenging texts may yield fresh resources for reflection today. Contributions may also examine legal norms, social practices, and moral discourses—such as those governing gender, sexuality, family, and status— in order to illuminate shared assumptions, tensions, and divergences in ancient constructions of inequality. Bringing together Biblical Studies, Classics, and Ancient History within an interdisciplinary framework, the panel seeks to analyze how multiple and overlapping forms of inequality—based on gender, economy, class, ethnicity, legal status, and disability—were articulated, negotiated, and contested in ancient texts and institutions.
