Katharina Heyden
Biographic Data
| ID | 1116882 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Katharina Heyden |
| GIVEN NAMES | Katharina |
| FAMILY NAME | Heyden |
| SIGNATURE | HEYDEN K |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Bern |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-5478-1613 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 12 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 10 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 2 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2009 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Interaction, Entanglement, and Co-production between PremodernJudaism, Christianity, and Islam
Open access – no commercial reuse
Weaving and Wearing Joseph Tunics in Early Islamic Egypt
This article explores the phenomenon of »Joseph tunics« - linen and wool garments adorned with scenes from the biblical and Qur'anic story of Joseph, which became popular in Egypt during the first three centuries of Islamic rule. It challenges traditional interpretations that assign these tunics to a single religious community (Coptic Christians) and proposes a framework of »religious co-production.« This framework emphasizes the exchange and mut…
Unterscheiden ohne zu trennen
Wie lassen sich Gegensätze zusammenhalten, ohne ihre Gegensätzlichkeit aufzuheben? Katharina Heyden entwickelt diese Kunst der Unterscheidung als Grundfigur christlichen Weltverstehens im Dialog mit Quellen aus dem fünften Jahrhundert. Die Konzilsakten von Chalcedon spiegeln das Ringen um die Unterscheidung von göttlicher und menschlicher Natur in der Person Jesus Christus. Anekdotische Aussprüche von Wüstenmönchen zeigen, wie die widerstrebenden…
Co-produced Religions
The intersections of Islam, Christianity, and Judaism are well known, but scholars tend to treat each as largely independent from the others, at least after some initial point of origin. We seek rather to emphasize their ongoing inter-dependence and demonstrate the implications for both historical and theological work. Christianity, Islam, and Judaism have continuously formed, re-formed, and transformed themselves by interacting with or thinking …
Religion as a Catalyst for the Historical Imagination
Article Religion as a Catalyst for the Historical Imagination was published on October 1, 2023 in the journal Zeitschrift für Antikes Christentum / Journal of Ancient Christianity (volume 27, issue 2)
Gottesbild und Gottbegehren, dämonische Einbildungen und tierische Begierden. Motive einer praktischen Anthropologie in den Apophthegmata Patrum
Gottesbild und Gottbegehren, dämonische Einbildungen und tierische Begierden. Motive einer praktischen Anthropologie in den Apophthegmata Patrum was published in Der Mensch als Bild des unergründlichen Gottes on page 195
Dialogue as a Means of Religious Co-Production
What does interreligious dialogue look like from different religious perspectives? What does it do? One way of answering these questions is by examining historical examples of "religious dialogue". These illustrate first-hand the rhetoric of interreligious dialogue. This article examines three case studies: (1) from 2nd-century Rome, Justin Martyr's Dialogue with Trypho; (2) from 12th-century Spain, the Kuzari by Judah Halevi the Jew alongside th…
Jerusalem II: Jerusalem in Roman-Byzantine Times
The present volume gives insights into the shape, life and claims of Jerusalem in Roman-Byzantine Times (2nd to 7th century). Regarding the history of religions and its impact on urbanistic issues, the city of Jerusalem is of special and paradigmatic interest. The coexistence and sometimes rivalry of Jewish, Hellenistic, Roman, Christian and later Islamic cults had an impact on urban planning. The city's importance as a centre of international pi…
Coping with religious conflicts
This article presents conceptual results from the Interfaculty Research Cooperation “Religious Conflicts and Coping Strategies” at the University of Bern. Since 2018, researchers from various academic disciplines—theology, psychology, law, religious studies, social anthropology, jewish studies, islamic studies, political sciences, history, communication studies, philosophy, gender studies and german studies—have been comparatively investigating p…
Construction, Performance, and Interpretation of a Shared Holy Place
Multi-religious places of worship are a continuous phenomenon in the history of religions from Antiquity to the present day, despite all concrete differences. Analysing a very well-documented example from late Antiquity, Mamre (today Rāmat al-Khalīl) in Palestine (Hebron/al-Khalīl), this article discusses and refines the theoretical concept of “spiritual convergence” developed by Benjamin Z. Kedar. By applying differentiated analysis criteria rec…
Übertragungen heiliger Texte in Judentum, Christentum und Islam
Die kanonischen Grundtexte in Judentum, Christentum und Islam zeichnen sich - in unterschiedlichem Maße - durch einen Anspruch auf Unveränderlichkeit aus, bedürfen jedoch der aktualisierenden Exegese. Nicht zuletzt deshalb werden sie in andere Sprachen oder Medien übertragen. Die Analyse der religiösen und gesellschaftlichen Normen, die bei solchen Übertragungen wirksam werden, eröffnet einen Zugang zur jeweiligen Vorstellung vom heiligen Text. D…
Die »Erzählung des Aphroditian«
Die »Erzählung des Aphroditian« berichtet in einer phantasievollen Ausgestaltung der Magierperikope (Mt 2,1-12) von der wundervollen Offenbarung der Geburt Christi durch heidnische Götter im persischen Heratempel und der dadurch ausgelösten Reise der Magier nach Juda. Während die Erzählung im Westen weitestgehend unbekannt ist, erfreute sie sich in der byzantinischen und slavischen Welt größter Beliebtheit. Katharina Heyden widmet sich erstmalig …
Dialogue as a Means of Religious Co-Production
What does interreligious dialogue look like from different religious perspectives? What does it do? One way of answering these questions is by examining historical examples of "religious dialogue". These illustrate first-hand the rhetoric of interreligious dialogue. This article examines three case studies: (1) from 2nd-century Rome, Justin Martyr's Dialogue with Trypho; (2) from 12th-century Spain, the Kuzari by Judah Halevi the Jew alongside th…
Die »Erzählung des Aphroditian«
Die »Erzählung des Aphroditian« berichtet in einer phantasievollen Ausgestaltung der Magierperikope (Mt 2,1-12) von der wundervollen Offenbarung der Geburt Christi durch heidnische Götter im persischen Heratempel und der dadurch ausgelösten Reise der Magier nach Juda. Während die Erzählung im Westen weitestgehend unbekannt ist, erfreute sie sich in der byzantinischen und slavischen Welt größter Beliebtheit. Katharina Heyden widmet sich erstmalig …
Übertragungen heiliger Texte in Judentum, Christentum und Islam
Die kanonischen Grundtexte in Judentum, Christentum und Islam zeichnen sich - in unterschiedlichem Maße - durch einen Anspruch auf Unveränderlichkeit aus, bedürfen jedoch der aktualisierenden Exegese. Nicht zuletzt deshalb werden sie in andere Sprachen oder Medien übertragen. Die Analyse der religiösen und gesellschaftlichen Normen, die bei solchen Übertragungen wirksam werden, eröffnet einen Zugang zur jeweiligen Vorstellung vom heiligen Text. D…
Construction, Performance, and Interpretation of a Shared Holy Place
Multi-religious places of worship are a continuous phenomenon in the history of religions from Antiquity to the present day, despite all concrete differences. Analysing a very well-documented example from late Antiquity, Mamre (today Rāmat al-Khalīl) in Palestine (Hebron/al-Khalīl), this article discusses and refines the theoretical concept of “spiritual convergence” developed by Benjamin Z. Kedar. By applying differentiated analysis criteria rec…
Jerusalem II: Jerusalem in Roman-Byzantine Times
The present volume gives insights into the shape, life and claims of Jerusalem in Roman-Byzantine Times (2nd to 7th century). Regarding the history of religions and its impact on urbanistic issues, the city of Jerusalem is of special and paradigmatic interest. The coexistence and sometimes rivalry of Jewish, Hellenistic, Roman, Christian and later Islamic cults had an impact on urban planning. The city's importance as a centre of international pi…
Coping with religious conflicts
This article presents conceptual results from the Interfaculty Research Cooperation “Religious Conflicts and Coping Strategies” at the University of Bern. Since 2018, researchers from various academic disciplines—theology, psychology, law, religious studies, social anthropology, jewish studies, islamic studies, political sciences, history, communication studies, philosophy, gender studies and german studies—have been comparatively investigating p…
Dialogue as a Means of Religious Co-Production
What does interreligious dialogue look like from different religious perspectives? What does it do? One way of answering these questions is by examining historical examples of "religious dialogue". These illustrate first-hand the rhetoric of interreligious dialogue. This article examines three case studies: (1) from 2nd-century Rome, Justin Martyr's Dialogue with Trypho; (2) from 12th-century Spain, the Kuzari by Judah Halevi the Jew alongside th…
Religion as a Catalyst for the Historical Imagination
Article Religion as a Catalyst for the Historical Imagination was published on October 1, 2023 in the journal Zeitschrift für Antikes Christentum / Journal of Ancient Christianity (volume 27, issue 2)
Gottesbild und Gottbegehren, dämonische Einbildungen und tierische Begierden. Motive einer praktischen Anthropologie in den Apophthegmata Patrum
Gottesbild und Gottbegehren, dämonische Einbildungen und tierische Begierden. Motive einer praktischen Anthropologie in den Apophthegmata Patrum was published in Der Mensch als Bild des unergründlichen Gottes on page 195
Unterscheiden ohne zu trennen
Wie lassen sich Gegensätze zusammenhalten, ohne ihre Gegensätzlichkeit aufzuheben? Katharina Heyden entwickelt diese Kunst der Unterscheidung als Grundfigur christlichen Weltverstehens im Dialog mit Quellen aus dem fünften Jahrhundert. Die Konzilsakten von Chalcedon spiegeln das Ringen um die Unterscheidung von göttlicher und menschlicher Natur in der Person Jesus Christus. Anekdotische Aussprüche von Wüstenmönchen zeigen, wie die widerstrebenden…
Co-produced Religions
The intersections of Islam, Christianity, and Judaism are well known, but scholars tend to treat each as largely independent from the others, at least after some initial point of origin. We seek rather to emphasize their ongoing inter-dependence and demonstrate the implications for both historical and theological work. Christianity, Islam, and Judaism have continuously formed, re-formed, and transformed themselves by interacting with or thinking …
Interaction, Entanglement, and Co-production between PremodernJudaism, Christianity, and Islam
Open access – no commercial reuse
Weaving and Wearing Joseph Tunics in Early Islamic Egypt
This article explores the phenomenon of »Joseph tunics« - linen and wool garments adorned with scenes from the biblical and Qur'anic story of Joseph, which became popular in Egypt during the first three centuries of Islamic rule. It challenges traditional interpretations that assign these tunics to a single religious community (Coptic Christians) and proposes a framework of »religious co-production.« This framework emphasizes the exchange and mut…
Art (5 works) · Islam (5 works) · Philosophy (5 works) · Theology (5 works) · History (4 works) · Sociology (4 works) · Aesthetics (3 works) · Archaeology and Historical Studies (3 works) · Church History (3 works) · Epistemology (3 works)