ReCERBiT
Research Center for the Early Reception of Biblical Texts
The Research Center for the Early Reception of Biblical Texts is dedicated to the study of the interpretation of biblical texts, beginning in the Hellenistic period and continuing through two formative periods: that of rabbinic Judaism and that of the early centuries of the Christian Church. Particular attention is paid to the interpretation of biblical texts within their earliest language versions, especially the Septuagint, the Targums, and the Vulgate.
Head of ReCERBiT
Doc. Adam Mackerle, Th.D. (Old Testament / Hebrew Bible, Vulgate)
Researchers of ReCERBiT
Viktor Ber, Ph.D. (Old Testament / Hebrew Bible, Targumim)
Július Pavelčík, Th.D. (New Testament, Septuagint)
PhD Students
Mgr. Barbora Landová (Philo of Alexandria)
Affiliated Researchers
Professor Eberhard Bons (Septuagint)
Dr. Beatrice Perego (Septuagint)
Centrum pro ranou recepci biblických textů
Výzkumné centrum pro ranou recepci biblických textů (ReCERBiT) se věnuje studiu interpretace biblických textů v helénistickém období a v následujících dvou formativních obdobích: v období rabínského judaismu a v raných staletích křesťanské církve. Zvláštní pozornost je věnována interpretaci biblických textů v jejich nejstarších jazykových verzích, zejména Septuagintě, Targumům a Vulgátě.
Vedoucí ReCERBiT
Doc. Adam Mackerle, Th.D. (Starý zákon / Hebrejská Bible, Vulgáta)
Výzkumní pracovníci ReCERBiT
Viktor Ber, Ph.D. (Starý zákon / Hebrejská Bible, Targumy)
Július Pavelčík, Th.D. (Nový zákon, Septuaginta)
Doktorandi
Mgr. Barbora Landová (Filón Alexandrijský)
Přidružení spolupracovníci
Profesor Eberhard Bons (Septuagint)
Dr. Beatrice Perego (Septuagint)
Current Projects / Aktuálně řešené projekty
Czech Science Foundation: project GA ČR 23-05637S “Capital offences in the Deuteronomic Code, and their early linguistic recontextualization”. / Grantová agentura České republiky: grant GA ČR 23-05637S „Hrdelní zločiny v Deuteronomickém zákoníku a jejich raná jazyková rekontextualizace“.
Published works / Publikace
- Bons, Eberhard. „‘Parents shall not be put to death for their children, nor children for parents’ – Deuteronomy 24:16 and the Ideas of Individual Responsibility and Vicarious Punishment in Philo and Josephus“. KS Studies, 1/1 (2024), pp. 15-25. DOI 10.32725/kss.2024.003.
- Pavelčík, Július. Deuteronomy 21:1–9 LXX: a Synchronic Interpretation. KS Studies 1/1 (2024), pp. 39-53. DOI 10.32725/kss.2024.001.
- Ber, Viktor – Mackerle, Adam – Pavelčík, Julius. „The Law Concerning Witnesses in Deut 19:15–21. Comparing the Septuagint, Masoretic Text, Targum Onqelos and Vulgate“. In Panczová, Helena (ed.). The Septuagint: Multilateral Focus on the Text: Proceedings of the Conference Held in Bratislava, 22–23 April 2022, Turnhout: Brepols 2024, pp. 79–94. DOI 10.1484/m.sept-eb.5.136782.
- Ber, Viktor. „God in the Book of Numbers: Rationality and the Power to Forgive“. In Nico Riemersma, Klaas Spronk, Gerben Westra, and Piet van Midden (eds.). Van God gesproken: Opstellen over bijbelse theologie aangeboden aan Joep Dubbink. Amsterdam: Societas Hebraica Amstelodamensis, 2023, pp. 81-91
Further activities / Další aktivity
- Ber, Viktor. Sexual Offences in Deuteronomy According to the Targumim. SBL International Conference, Amsterdam July 29 – August 1, 2024, Amsterdam: Society of Biblical Literature & International Organization for Targumic Studies, July 30, 2024.
- Ber, Viktor. King Solomon in Midrash Ruth Rabbah. Theophanie: XXXI. Colloquium biblicum, Prag, April 3.-6., 2024, Prague: Charles University, Protestant Theological Faculty, April 2024.
- February 26–28, 2024: International symposium The Bible, the Language, and the Context: Recontextualization of the Hebrew Bible in Antiquity, hosted at the Faculty of Theology, University of South Bohemia in České Budějovice (Czech Republic).
- Mackerle, Adam. „How Jerome Interpreted while Translating: The Case of the False Witness (Deuteronomy 19:15–21) in Vulgate“. A contribution at the EABS Annual Conference, Siracusa (Italy), July 10–13, 2023.
- Ber, Viktor. Laws Against Apostasy (Deut 13) in the Targum. EABS Annual Conference, Siracusa July 10– 13, 2023 Siracusa: European Association of Biblical Studies, July 13, 2023.
- Ber, Viktor. Targumic Variations in the Theophany Report in Deuteronomy 5. Theophanie: XXX. Colloquium biblicum, Prag, 12. – 15. April 2023, Prague: Charles University, Protestant Theological Faculty, April 13, 2023.
Contacts / Kontakty
| Position | Head of ReCERBiT |
| mackerle@tf.jcu.cz | |
| Phone number | +420 389 033 515
+420 734 269 060 |
| Room | 4.47 |
| Office hours | By appointment |
| Publications | See the webpage of the Faculty |
| Position | member of ReCERBiT |
| vber@tf.jcu.cz | |
| Phone number | +420 389 033 518
+420 730 538 693 |
| Room | 4.48 |
| Office hours | By appointment |
| Publications | See the webpage of the Faculty |
| Position | member of ReCERBiT |
| pavelcik@tf.jcu.cz | |
| Phone number | +420 389 033 515 |
| Room | 4.47 |
| Office hours | By appointment |
| Publications | See the webpage of the Faculty |