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 | James K. Aitken (University of Cambridge) Standard Language and the Place of the Septuagint within Koine |
| 17.30 | 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 | John A. L. Lee (Macquarie University) Back to the Question of Greek Idiom |
| 10.00 | Raija Sollamo (University of Helsinki) The Usage of the Article with Nouns Defined by a Nominal or Pronominal Genitive |
| 11.00 | Refreshments |
| Short Papers – Chair: Seppo Sipilä | |
| 11.30 | William A. Ross (University of Cambridge) The Semantics of ‘Youth’ Vocabulary in the Septuagint |
| 12.00 | Christian Seppänen (University of Helsinki) Renderings of the Preposition min in the Greek Pentateuch |
| 12.30 | Miika Tucker (University of Helsinki) The Infinitive in Septuagint Jeremiah |
| 13.00 | Lunch (Restaurant Frans et Amélie, Helsinki, Kluuvikatu 8) |
| Keynote Session – Chair: Seppo Sipilä | |
| 14.30 | Theo van der Louw (SIL International) The Mechanics of Segmentation in the Greek Pentateuch |
| 15.30 | Anssi Voitila (University of Eastern Finland) Middle Voice as Depiction of Subject’s Dominion in the Greek Pentateuch |
| 16.30 | Refreshments |
| Short Papers – Chair Anssi Voitila | |
| 17.00 | Philippe Le Moigne Une tournure syntaxique fréquente en Ésaïe-LXX : substantif abstrait + λήμψεται + complément d’objet direct |
| 17.30 | Introduction of Doctoral Candidates Present |
| 18.00 | Free evening |
Saturday 3rd June
University Main building, Unioninkatu 34, 3rd floor, Auditorio (Auditorium) XIII
| Keynote Session – Chair: Anssi Voitila | |
| 9.00 | 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 | Anneli Aejmelaeus (University of Helsinki) Translation Technique and the Recensions |
| 11.00 | Refreshments |
| Short Papers – Chair: Anneli Aejmelaeus | |
| 11.30 | José Manuel Cañas Reíllo (Departamento de Filología Griega y Latina CCHS – CSICC) Recensions, textual groups, and vocabulary differentiation in LXX-Judges |
| 12.00 | Patrick Pouchelle (Centre Sèvres) Did the Greek Translators Know the Pi’el Stem, and How Did They Render it? |
| 12.30 | Srecko Koralija (University of Cambridge) Notions of Paradise, Enjoyment and Heaven in LXX |
| 13.00 | Lunch (Salad Buffet on the University premises) |
| Keynote Session – Chair Raija Sollamo | |
| 14.30 | Jan Joosten (University of Oxford) Grammar and Style in the Septuagint: On Some Remarkable Uses of Preverbs |
| 15.30 | Concluding Discussion on the Septuagint Syntax |
| 16.30 | 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 |