3 - 4 pm (CET)

Venue:

Einstein Center Chronoi

Otto-von-Simson-Straße 7, 14195 Berlin

Prof. Dr. Menahem Ben Sasson

The talk discusses four medieval apocalyptic visions of Daniel: Jewish, Christian, and Muslim, and the mutual relations between them through examination of canonical elements of time.

Apocalyptic visions purport to foresee the future, and they utilize canonical time marks from the past and present to accumulate authority in addition to the divine inspiration of the vision. Additional authority is conferred upon these visions when they employ patterns and embed verses and motives from earlier authoritative visions that have achieved canonic sanctity, such as visions of the Bibles, Quran, and Hadith.

The visions will be discussed in their common use of temporal building blocks, some canonical and some exclusive to these visions, igniting the apocalyptic writing, as well as their exclusive peculiarities reflecting the directions of influence and contact between one and another.

These visions enable analyzing interfaces of Jewish, Christian, and Muslim theological realms, especially in those parts devoted to the temporal order. The visions are true to the legacy of tradition both in the behavior they expect from their believers and in the conceptions of time they propose.

In their view, the persecutions, crises, and pressures faced by the people are part of a larger image of the world that assures ultimate redemption, irrespective of repentance. Miracles—direct divine intervention in wars, the ingathering of exiles, the resurrection of death, and the end of death—occur only at the end of the redemptive timeline process.

Participants can join the online Chronoi Talk by clicking on the following link:

https://fu-berlin.webex.com/fu-berlin-en/j.php?MTID=m3c4c121c5a816b171f7385a429243caa

The conference room can be accessed using the following methods:

• Joining directly in your browser; simply click the link above, and look for a button with this option near the bottom of the webpage.

• Downloading the program to your computer (instructions can be found by following the meeting link)

• Using the smartphone app called "Cisco Webex Meetings."

You are welcome to enter the online conference room up to 15 minutes in advance of the start time.