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New Feature: Interviews with CSTT members

Starting this week there will be a new section on our website, which is called ‘interviews’. Every two to three weeks, we will post a short interview in Finnish (they perhaps will be also translated into English later) with one of our researchers within the CSTT. As our centre’s principal objectives are broad and interdisciplinary in character, the individual projects of our research members cover a great variety of themes, methods and sources. Through this section we would like to provide you with a look ‘behind the scenes’ of the CSTT and to meet one of the c. 45 people currently in our centre who on a daily basis contribute to CSTT’s larger research objectives.

The first interview, which will be published tomorrow, is with Elisa Uusimäki, one of the postdoctoral researchers in our centre.

Näin Raamattua on muutettu – huippuyksikön tiiminjohtajan artikkeli Tiede-lehdessä

Uusimmassa Tiede-lehdessä (4/2015) julkaistiin huippuyksikömme kolmostiimin johtajan, Juha Pakkalan kirjoitus ”Raamatun sana on niin kuin luetaan”. Kirjoituksessaan Pakkala käy läpi Vanhan ja Uuden testamentin tekstihistoriassa tapahtuneita muutoksia säilyneen käsikirjoitusevidenssin valossa.  Continue reading Näin Raamattua on muutettu – huippuyksikön tiiminjohtajan artikkeli Tiede-lehdessä

How Ancient Scribes Inserted Larger Passages into Older Texts? Editorial Techniques in Light of Empirical Evidence

by Juha Pakkala

In cooperation with the Faculty of Protestant Theology at the University of Münster (Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster), team three of the CSTT organized a workshop on Editorial Techniques in Light of Empirical Evidence. The workshop was held at Agora, a conference center by the Aasee (Lake Aa), in Münster on March 17-19, 2015.  Continue reading How Ancient Scribes Inserted Larger Passages into Older Texts? Editorial Techniques in Light of Empirical Evidence

Finnish Qumran Studies Featured in Popular University Magazine

The science magazine of the University of Helsinki published in its most recent issue (3/15) an interview with Academy Research Fellow Jutta Jokiranta, the leader of team four in our Centre of Excellence. In the article, Jokiranta sheds light on the significance of the most important archaeological find of the 20th century. In the spotlight of the article is the Qumran community, its relationship with Second-Temple Judaism and the significance of the texts discovered from the caves.  Continue reading Finnish Qumran Studies Featured in Popular University Magazine

Research Stay in Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen

by Marika Pulkkinen

I have spent the academic year 2014/2015 in Tübingen, which is a small medieval academically-oriented town in Baden-Württemberg, Southern Germany. I chose Tübingen for several reasons. Firstly, I was fascinated by its traditional status: the university is founded in 1477 and thus it is one of the oldest universities in Europe. Tübingen has been historically central to theologians.  Continue reading Research Stay in Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen

Ruukunpalasista älypuhelimiin – tutkimusta lukiolaisille

Vihdin lukion opiskelijat vierailivat 12. maaliskuuta yliopistolla tutustumassa huippuyksikön työhön. Vierailu oli osa lukion omaa soveltavaa kurssia Lähi-idän historia, uskonnot ja kulttuurit. ”Kurssi on historian ja uskonnon yhteiskurssi, jonka tavoitteena on eheyttää Lähi-itään liittyviä, moniin eri kursseihin sirpaloituneita asiakokonaisuuksia. Pyrkimyksenä on ymmärtää Lähi-idän kulttuurisia juuria ja alueen nykypäivän monimutkaista poliittista tilannetta”, kertoo kurssin opettaja Lauri Laine.  Continue reading Ruukunpalasista älypuhelimiin – tutkimusta lukiolaisille

Mini-conference: “What Is ‘Ethnicity’ and Who Belongs to a ‘Minority’ in the Fertile Crescent?” (Helsinki, April 21)

Migration is an age-old phenomenon. Also the Fertile Crescent got its demography and cultures shaped by migration, whether by so-called ‘forced migration’ (deportation) or so-called ‘barbarian invasions’ (mass migration of nations) or by other migration phenomena. Such diversifications, especially when seen over several generations, lead to questions about belonging and calls for reflection on the definition of terminology, in particular ‘ethnicity’ and ‘minority’. These issues are addressed with a focus on the first millennium BCE in a conference, entitled: “What Is ‘Ethnicity’ and Who Belongs to a ‘Minority’ in the Fertile Crescent?”  Continue reading Mini-conference: “What Is ‘Ethnicity’ and Who Belongs to a ‘Minority’ in the Fertile Crescent?” (Helsinki, April 21)