The international Soisalon-Soininen Symposium on the Septuagint focuses on the Greek language of the Septuagint and is organized in memory of Ilmari Soisalon-Soininen and in celebration of his 100th birthday on June 4, 2017. The symposium is organized by the Centre of Excellence “Changes in Sacred Texts and Traditions,” Faculty of Theology, University of Helsinki.
Ilmari Soisalon-Soininen (1917–2002) was Professor of the Faculty of Theology 1964–84 and the “founding father” of Septuagint studies in Finland. He did pioneering research on the Greek syntax of the Septuagint, especially by applying to it his translation-technical methodology, which is still the hall-mark of the “Helsinki School” of Septuagint studies.
The international keynote speakers include John A.L. Lee (Macquarie University, Sydney), Silvia Luraghi (University of Pavia), Jan Joosten (University of Oxford), James K. Aitken (University of Cambridge), and Theo van der Louw (SIL International), and the former students of Soisalon-Soininen Raija Sollamo, Anneli Aejmelaeus, Anssi Voitila and Seppo Sipilä. More information can be found here: https://blogs.helsinki.fi/soisalon-soininen-centennial/
Registration
Participation is free for all, but the organizers kindly request you to register even for partial participation, especially to be informed of the participation at the coffee breaks and meals.
https://elomake.helsinki.fi/lomakkeet/80085/lomake.html
Programme
Thursday 1st June
University Main building, Fabianinkatu 33, 2nd floor, Runebergsali (Runeberg Hall)
15.45 Registration/refreshments
16.00 Raija Sollamo & Anneli Aejmelaeus: Opening speech
Keynote Session – Chair: Raija Sollamo
16.30-17.30 James K. Aitken (University of Cambridge): Standard Language and the Place of the Septuagint within Koine
17.30-18.30 Seppo Sipilä (Finnish Bible Society): Soisalon-Soininen Meets Grice: The Cooperational Principle and the Septuagint Syntax
18.30 Discussion
19.00 Reception by the Rector of the University
Friday 2nd June
University Main building, Fabianinkatu 33, 3rd floor, Sali (Room) 5
Keynote Session – Chair: Anneli Aejmelaeus
9.00-10.00 John A. L. Lee (Macquarie University): Back to the Question of Greek Idiom
10.00-11.00 Raija Sollamo (University of Helsinki): The Usage of the Article with Nouns Defined by a Nominal or Pronominal Genitive
11.00-11.30 Refreshments
Short Papers – Chair: Seppo Sipilä
11.30-12.00 William A. Ross (University of Cambridge): The Semantics of ‘Youth’ Vocabulary in the Septuagint
12.00-12.30 Christian Seppänen (University of Helsinki): Renderings of the Preposition min in the Greek Pentateuch
12.30-13.00 Miika Tucker (University of Helsinki): The Infinitive in Septuagint Jeremiah
13.00-14.30 Lunch (Restaurant Frans et Amélie, Helsinki, Kluuvikatu 8)
Keynote Session – Chair: Seppo Sipilä
14.30-15.30 Theo van der Louw (SIL International): The Mechanics of Segmentation in the Greek Pentateuch
15.30-16.30 Anssi Voitila (University of Eastern Finland): Middle Voice as Depiction of Subject’s Dominion in the Greek Pentateuch
16.30-17.00 Refreshments
Short Papers – Chair Anssi Voitila
17.00-17.30 Philippe Lemoigne: Une tournure syntaxique fréquente en Ésaïe-LXX : substantif abstrait + λήμψεται + complément d’objet direct
17.30-18.00 Srecko Koralija (University of Cambridge): Notions of Paradise, Enjoyment and Heaven in LXX
Free evening
Saturday 3rd June
University Main building, Unioninkatu 34, 3rd floor, Auditorio (Auditorium) XIII
Keynote Session – Chair: Anssi Voitila
9.00-10.00 Silvia Luraghi (University of Pavia) & Chiara Zanchi (University of Pavia/University of Bergamo): New meanings and constructions of prepositions in the Septuagint: A comparison with Classical and New Testament Greek
10.00-11.00 Anneli Aejmelaeus (University of Helsinki): Translation Technique and the Recensions
11.00-11.30 Refreshments
Short Papers – Chair: Anneli Aejmelaeus
11.30-12.00 José Manuel Cañas Reíllo (Departamento de Filología Griega y Latina CCHS – CSICC):Recensions, textual groups, and vocabulary differentiation in LXX- Judges
12.00-12.30 Patrick Pouchelle (Centre Sèvres): Did the Greek Translators Know the Pi’el Stem, and How Did They Render it?
12.30-13.00 TBA
13.00-14.30 Lunch (Salad Buffet on the University premises)
Keynote Session – Chair Raija Sollamo
14.30-15.30 Jan Joosten (University of Oxford): Grammar and Style in the Septuagint: On Some Remarkable Uses of Preverbs
15.30-16.30 Concluding Discussion on the Septuagint Syntax
16.30-19.00 Free time
19.00 Symposium Dinner (Ravintola Sunn, Aleksanterinkatu 26, 2nd floor)
Sunday 4th June
10.00 A Walking Tour in Helsinki starting at Hotel Töölö Towers, address: Pohjoinen Hesperiankatu 23 A. The programme includes bringing flowers to the Grave of Prof. Soisalon-Soininen
12.00 Birthday-coffee, invitation by Prof. Eljas Soisalon-Soininen