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2008 ANNUAL MEETINGSESSION GUIDE

Boston21–25 November 2008

The new SBL Session Guide for the 2008 Annual Meeting gives a glimpse of the several improve-ments we are making for Annual Meeting attendees and members. The Session Guide will en-able you to make your travel plans early to get the most competitive airfares, to arrange your land transportation if not flying, and to set your schedule for the meeting. It provides information on all SBL and program affiliate sessions for the 2008 Boston Annual Meeting. Since we have the complete program information, we thought you would like it now rather than in August.

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Table of Contents

SessionsThursday, November 20 .................................................................................................................3Friday, November 21 ......................................................................................................................3Saturday, November 22 ..................................................................................................................5Sunday, November 23 ...................................................................................................................33Monday, November 24 .................................................................................................................71Tuesday, November 25 .............................................................................................................. 103

Indexes

Participant Index ........................................................................................................................ 108

Session Index .............................................................................................................................. 118Special Sessions ................................................................................................................... 118New Program Units ............................................................................................................ 118Joint Sessions ....................................................................................................................... 119Sections ................................................................................................................................. 119Groups .................................................................................................................................. 122Seminars ............................................................................................................................... 123Consultations ....................................................................................................................... 123Workshop ............................................................................................................................. 123Career Development ........................................................................................................... 123New Program Unit Formation .......................................................................................... 123SBL Receptions .................................................................................................................... 124SBL Business Meetings ....................................................................................................... 124SBL Program Affiliates ....................................................................................................... 124

Advertiser Index......................................................................................................................... 127

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20 November, Thursday

AH20-101 Academy of Homiletics7:00 PM–9:�0 PM

ASRS20-102 Adventist Society for Reli-gious Studies7:00 PM–8:15 PM

Registration and ReceptionFor additional information regarding this session and other ASRS sessions, contact Ernest Furness at P.O. Box 8050, Riverside, CA 92515 or [email protected].

ASRS20-10� Adventist Society for Reli-gious Studies8:15 PM–9:00 PM

Presidential Address: Re-envisioning Adventism

John Webster, La Sierra University Towards a More Radically “Adventist” Adventism

Thursday through Saturday the Adventist Society for Religious Studies will address the topic “Re-envisioning Adventism.”

ASRS20-104 Adventist Society for Reli-gious Studies9:00 PM–10:00 PM

Business Session

21 November, Friday

ASRS21-1 Adventist Society for Reli-gious Studies8:�0 AM–11:�0 AM

AH21-2 Academy of Homiletics9:00 AM–11:�0 AM

SBL21-� New Testament Mysticism Project Seminar9:00 AM–12:00 PM

Working Group Discussion of Commentary Entries

This is a “working” session for authors involved in the New Testament Mysticism Project. Commentary passages are subject to change, depending on progress made during

the year. Passages will be distributed and discussed between members of the NTMP. Auditors are cordially invited to attend. For details, see www.newtestamentmysticism.

SBL21-4 Rhetoric of Religious Antiq-uity Seminar9:00 AM–12:00 PMMembers of the Rhetoric of Religious An-tiquity working group will present updates on the various projects with which they are engaged.

SBL21-5 Status of Women in the Profes-sion Committee9:00 AM–5:00 PMRisa Levitt Kohn, San Diego State Univer-

sity, Presiding

SBL21-51 Development Committee1:00 PM–2:00 PMDonald Dale Walker, University of Wyo-

ming, Presiding

SBL21-52 Regional Coordinators Com-mittee1:00 PM–5:00 PMJohn Strong, Missouri State University,

Presiding

SBL21-5� Underrepresented Racial and Ethnic Minorities in the Profession Committee1:00 PM–5:00 PMJeffrey Kuan, Pacific School of Religion,

Presiding

WC21-54 Wabash Center for Teaching and Learning in Theology and Religion1:00 PM–8:�0 PM

Theme: Teaching the Hebrew and Christian Scriptures as Introductory

Courses in Religion

By Invitation Only

SBL21-55 Writer’s Workshop1:00 PM–5:00 PMPreregistration prior to the meeting is required. Please see SBL registration website to register.

AH21-56 Academy of Homiletics1:�0 PM–2:�0 PM

ASRS21-57 Adventist Society for Reli-gious Studies1:�0 PM–9:00 PM

AABS21-58 Anglican Association of Biblical Scholars1:�0 PM–5:�0 PM

Theme: The Bible in the Public Square, The Bible at Lambeth

Business Meeting (60 min)Panel Discussion (90 min)Panelists:Cynthia Kittredge, Episcopal Theological

Seminary of the SouthwestNeil Elliott, Metropolitan State UniversityBusiness Meeting (60 min)Break (30 min)Please note that this program is off-site. For more information about the program and the AABS, please see our web site at www.aabs.org.

SBL21-59 Rhetoric of Religious Antiq-uity Seminar1:�0 PM–5:00 PMThe focal topic for discussion will be tracing out the trajectories suggested in the final chapter of Vernon Robbins’s forthcoming Invention of Christian Discourse, Volume 1.

SBL21-60 Finance Committee2:00 PM–4:00 PMHarold W. Attridge, Yale University, Presid-

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SBL21-61 New Testament Mysticism Project Seminar2:00 PM–5:00 PM

Discussion of Commentary Entries Continued

This is a “working” session for authors involved in the New Testament Mysticism Project. Commentary passages are subject to change, depending on progress made during the year. Passages will be distributed and discussed between members of the NTMP. Auditors are cordially invited to attend. See www.newtestamentmysticism.com for details.


Workshop: History of Preaching

Joey Jeter, Brite Divinity School, PresidingRobert Hoch, University of Dubuque

Theological Seminary Theologizing from the Sweat House: Re-membering Kinship, Spirituality, Liturgy, and Land

Joey Jeter, Brite Divinity School Oxymoronic Preaching: Execution Ser-mons in New England

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Kathering Paisley, Vanderbilt University Violence for God’s Sake? Puritan Imagery of Destruction, Hell, and Other Forms of Violence

Michael Pasquarello, Asbury Theological Seminary Overcoming the Great Divide: Thomas Aquinas and the Nonviolent Trinity

Raewyne Whiteley, Swedesboro, NJ Complicit: Preaching Violence When You’re Involved in It

AH21-6� Academy of Homiletics2:45 PM–5:�0 PM

Workgroup: Rhetoric

Robert Reid, University of Dubuque, Presid-ing

Robert Stephen Reid, University of DubuqueImagine if We Preached Jesus: Suggestions for Preaching a Gospel Rather Than a Biographical Jesus

André Resner Jr., Hood Theological SeminaryOn Why Persuasion May (Not) Be a Dirty Word: The Discipline of Homiletics

Tim Sensing, Abilene Christian UniversityA Is for Abductive: A Critique of Emer-gent Preaching’s Use of Pierce


Workgroup: Biblical Studies and Hermeneutics

Lincoln Galloway, Claremont School of Theology, Presiding

James Nieman, Hartford Seminary, Presid-ing

Andre Resner Jr., Hood Theological Seminary Reading the Bible for Preaching the Gospel


Workgroup: Justice, Ethics, and the Preaching Task

Christine Smith, United Theological Semi-nary, Presiding

Kay Lynn Northcutt, Phillips Theological Seminary Preaching Nonviolence in a Violent Time: The Community of Hope


Workgroup: Narrative and Imagination


Workgroup: Pedagogy


Workgroup: Performance Studies


Workgroup: Preaching and Worship

Craig Satterlee, Lutheran School of Theol-ogy at Chicago, Presiding

Thomas Troeger, Yale Divinity School Preaching in an Age of Religious Violence and Spiritual Hunger


Workgroup: Theology and Preaching

Gregory Heille, Aquinas Institute of Theol-ogy, Presiding

Matthew Flemming, Harrisville, PA Shaping Monet’s Eyes: Theological Vision and the Formation of Prophetic Preachers

Gregory Heille, Aquinas Institute of Theology Prisoners and Preachers: Pauline Perspectives

Joseph M. Webb, Gardner-Webb University The Preacher and the Sociological Roots of Religious Violence

KBSNA21-101 Karl Barth Society of North America4:00 PM–6:�0 PMGeorge Hunsinger, Princeton Theological

Seminary, PresidingMichael Dempsey, St. John’s University

“The Path of Total Surrender”: Karl Barth and the Spiritual Nature of Theology (75 min)

Joseph Mangina, Wycliffe CollegeEcumenical Ecclesiology with Reference to Karl Barth (75 min)

SBL21-102 Semeia Studies Editorial Board4:00 PM–5:00 PM

AABS21-10� Anglican Association of Biblical Scholars5:�0 PM–9:�0 PM

After Lambeth 2008Holy Eucharist (60 minutes) Reception (30 minutes) Dinner (90 min) Speaker and Discussion: Report from Lam-beth (60 min) Please note that this program is off-site and that reservations and payment are required for dinner. For more details about this program, dinner, and the AABS in general, please see our website at www.aabs.org.

SBL21-104 Regional Coordinators Committee Dinner6:00 PM–8:00 PM

Honoring the 2008 Regional Scholars

SBL21-105 Career Center Orientation7:00 PM–8:00 PM

SARTS21-106 Concert: “Broader Than the Measure of the Mind”: An Evening of Sacred Music by Calvin Hamptom7:�0 PM–9:�0 PMCalvin Hampton (1938–1984) is among the most important contemporary composers of sacred music. A prodigious composer whose life was cut short by the AIDS virus, his compositions of choral, instrumental and electronic music magnify the language of Scripture and illuminate its texts in pro-vocative ways. A theologian in sound and musical poet without borders, his music challenges and inspires, inviting us to “break open the word” in fresh ways.This concert, featuring the Choir of Old South Church, together with soloists, instrumentalists, and electronic music, and directed by Harry Huff, Minister of Music at Old South Church, is sponsored by Old South Church and the Society for the Arts in Religious and Theological Studies (meeting in conjunction with the SBL). It is open to the public; a donation for the church’s mis-sion will be gladly received. Old South Church is located on Copley Square (www.oldsouth.org), a short walk from the Hyde Convention Center and adjacent to the “Copley Square T Station” on the Green Line. For more information, kindly call the church at: (617) 536-1970. The sanctuary is fully accessible.

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22 November, Saturday

SBL22-1 Council Meeting8:�0 AM–10:�0 AMJohn T. Fitzgerald, University of Miami,

Presiding

SBL22-2 Academic Teaching and Biblical Studies Section9:00 AM–1:00 PMBook Review of Karla G. Bohmbach, Sandra L. Gravett, F. Volker Greif-enhagen, and Donald C.

Polaski, An Introduction to the Hebrew Bible: A Thematic Approach (Westminster John Knox)

Adam Porter, Illinois College, PresidingPanelists:Linda M. Day, Catholic Biblical Quarterly

(20 min)Kenneth Hoglund, Wake Forest University

(20 min)Tod Linafelt, Georgetown University (20

min)Frank Yamada, McCormick Theological

Seminary (20 min)Respondents:Karla Bohmbach, Susquehanna UniversitySandra Gravett, Appalachian State UniversityF. Volker Greifenhagen, Luther College,

University of ReginaDonald Polaski, College of William and

MaryReviews will be followed by response by the authors and a discussion of how the text can be taught in a variety of classroom settings.

AH22-� Academy of Homiletics9:00 AM–12:00 PM

ASRS22-4 Adventist Society for Reli-gious Studies9:00 AM–12:00 PM

SBL22-5 Annual Meeting Orientation9:00 AM–10:00 AMPresented by the SBL’s Student Advisory Group.Kari Pellegrino, Columbia Theological

Seminary, PresidingPanelists:Diane Curtis, Kennesaw State UniversityEllen White, University of St. Michael’s

CollegeArthur Carter, Brite Divinity School

SBL22-6 Bible and Visual Art Section9:00 AM–11:�0 AM

Theme: Biblical Art in Boston Museums and Galleries

Heidi J. Hornik, Baylor University, PresidingMary Joan Winn Leith, Stonehill College

Re-viewing the Levite’s Concubine (40 min)

Ela Nutu, University of SheffieldLovis Corinth’s Salomé, at the Boston Museum of Fine Arts (40 min)

Gary A. Phillips, Wabash College and Danna Nolan Fewell, Drew UniversityArresting Children: Biblical Allusion, Modern Iconography, and the Witness of Samuel Bak (40 min)

Discussion (30 min)

SBL22-7 Biblical Criticism and Literary Criticism Section9:00 AM–11:�0 AM

Theme: Paul: Between Theology and Theory

James Smith, Cincinnati Christian Univer-sity, Presiding

Minna Shkul, University of HelsinkiDifficult Readings and Dialogue: Readers between Theology and Theory (20 min)

Andrew Wilson, Mount Allison UniversityStrange Poetry: Considering the Influence of Lady Wisdom within the Philippians Christ-Hymn (20 min)

Gillian Townsley, University of OtagoThe Straight Mind in Corinth: Rereading 1 Corinthians 11:2–16 (20 min)

Sandra Hack Polaski, Baptist Theological Seminary at RichmondCircumcision, Feminism, and Paul’s View of the Law (20 min)

R. Barry Matlock, University of SheffieldThe Apostle Paul and the War on Terror (20 min)

Discussion (50 min)

SBL22-8 Christian Theology and the Bible Section9:00 AM–11:�0 AM

Theme: Reading the Old Testament as Christian Scripture

Russell Reno, Creighton University, Presid-ing (15 min)

Panelists:Stephen Fowl, Loyola College in Maryland

(15 min)Kavin Rowe, Duke University (15 min)Robert Barron, University of Saint Mary of

the Lake-Mundelein Seminary (15 min)

Peter Leithart, New St. Andrews College (15 min)

Christopher Seitz, University of Toronto (15 min)

Corrine Carvalho, University of Saint Thomas (15 min)

Discussion (45 min)

SBL22-9 Computer Assisted Research Section9:00 AM–11:�0 AM

Theme: Tools for Analysis

Keith Reeves, Azusa Pacific University, Presiding

Patrick Durusau, ConsultantRealizing the Benefits of Semantic Integra-tion (30 min)

James Libby, McMaster Divinity CollegeDemonstrating an Advanced Computa-tional Linguistics Software Tool Applied to the Text of the Greek New Testament (30 min)

Gerald Donker, Macquarie University-SydneyThe Apostolos of Athanasius: A Model for Multivariate Textual Analysis in the Greek Fathers (30 min)

Twyla Gibson, University of TorontoThe Fisherman: The Use of Text Analysis Research (TAPoR) for Identifying Identi-cal Patterns in Platonic and Biblical Nar-ratives (30 min)

Kirk E. Lowery, Westminster Theological SeminaryImplementing a Hebrew Syntax Database Using the Emdros Query Engine (30 min)

SBL22-10 Contextual Biblical Interpre-tation Group9:00 AM–11:�0 AM

Theme: Gospel of Mark: Preparing a Volume for the Texts@Contexts

Series (Fortress)

Nicole Duran, Villanova University, Presid-ing (10 min)

Round-Table Discussion:Jin Young Choi, Vanderbilt University (10

min)Sejong Chun, Vanderbilt University (10 min)Israel Kamudzandu, Texas Christian Uni-

versity (10 min)Hisako Kinukawa, Center for Feminist The-

ology and Ministry in Japan (10 min)Raj Nadella, Adrian College (10 min)Daniel Patte, Vanderbilt University (10 min)Osvaldo Vena, Garrett-Evangelical Theo-

logical Seminary (10 min)Discussion (70 min)Papers available from 1 October 2008 at

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SBL22-11 Cross, Resurrection, and Diversity in Earliest Christianity Con-sultation New Program Units 9:00 AM–11:�0 AM

Theme: Concord and Conflict in Earliest Christianity

James Ware, University of Evansville, Pre-siding

Jerry L. Sumney, Lexington Theological Seminary Paul as a Source for his Contemporaries (30 min)

Jennifer Knust, Boston University, Respon-dent (15 min)

Jeffrey Peterson, Austin Graduate School Of Theology Haggadic Concord and Halakhic Conflict in the First Christian Generation (30 min)

Markus Bockmuehl, University of Oxford, Respondent (15 min)

Discussion (60 min)

SBL22-12 Early Jewish-Christian Relations Sec-tion9:00 AM–11:�0 AM Review of Edward Kessler and Neil Wenborn, eds., A Dictionary of Jewish-Chris-tian Relations (Cambridge University Press)

Andrew Jacobs, University of California, Riverside, Presiding

Panelists:Lynn Cohick, Wheaton College (20 min)Leonard Greenspoon, Creighton University

(20 min)Lawrence Lahey, Tulane University (20 min)Annette Reed, University of Pennsylvania

(20 min)Stephen Wilson, Carleton University (20

min)Edward Kessler, University of Cambridge

(20 min)

SBL22-1� Formation of the Book of Isaiah Group9:00 AM–11:�0 AMTheme: The Place and Function of Chapters 40–55 in the Scroll of Isa-iah: A New Look at H. G. M. Williamson, The Book

Called Isaiah (Oxford University Press)

A. Joseph Everson, California Lutheran University, Presiding

J. J. M. Roberts, Princeton Theological SeminaryCritical Reflections on the Book Called Isaiah with Particular Attention to the Second Exodus Theme (Isaiah 11:11–16) (30 min)

Ulrich Berges, University of MünsterThe Growth of the Book of Isaiah: Con-tinuation or Combination? (30 min)

Hanne Loland, MF Norwegian School of TheologyDoes It Make Any Difference for the Reader? A Response to Williamson (30 min)

H. G. M. Williamson, University of OxfordWhat Survives after Fifteen Years? Re-sponse and Reflections (30 min)

Discussion (30 min)

SBL22-14 Future of the Past: Biblical and Cognate Studies for the Twenty-First Century Group9:00 AM–11:�0 AM

Theme: What Biblical Scholars Should Know about Judas Iscariot

Linden Youngquist, Iowa Wesleyan College, Presiding

Bart D. Ehrman, University of North Carolina at Chapel HillThe Historical Figure of Judas (30 min)

Marvin Meyer, Chapman UniversityThree Figures of Judas (after Borges) (30 min)

April D. DeConick, Rice UniversityWhat Can the Gospel of Judas Tell Us about Judas and Why Is This Important? (30 min)

Dennis R. MacDonald, Claremont School of TheologyMark’s Creation of Judas “Into-the-City” and Pseudo-Histories of Pseudo-Judas (30 min)

Discussion (30 min)

SBL22-15 Hebrew Bible, History, and Archaeology Section9:00 AM–12:00 PM

Theme: The Edom Lowlands Project: New Methods and Insights for the

Iron Age History

Thomas Levy, University of California, San Diego, Presiding (5 min)

Thomas Levy, University of California, San DiegoModeling Iron Age Social Organization in the Faynan Region, Jordan: New Insights from Archaeology, Radiocarbon Dating, and Biblical Texts (15 min)

Discussion (10 min)Erez Ben-Yosef, University of California,

San Diego, and Thomas E. Levy, University of California, San DiegoMetal Production and Social Complexity in Iron Age Edom: Preliminary Results from Excavations in Faynan, Jordan (20 min)

Discussion (10 min)Neil G. Smith, University of California, San

DiegoTribes and Secondary States: Anthropo-logical Perspectives on Southern Levantine Iron Age State Formation (20 min)

Discussion (10 min)Kyle Knabb, University of California, San

DiegoAn Ancient Metallurgy Landscape in Iron Age Edom: New Data from the Wadi al-Jariyeh, Faynan (20 min)

Discussion (10 min)Adolfo Muniz, University of California, San

DiegoFoods and Forts: Zooarchaeology Perspec-tives from the Edom Lowland in Southern Jordan (20 min)

Discussion (10 min)Marc A. Beherec, University of California,

San DiegoSerpent City, Copper City: Rethinking Glueck’s Identification of Khirbat en- Nahas (20 min)

Discussion (10 min)

SBL22-16 Intertextuality in the New Testament Consultation9:00 AM–11:�0 AM

Theme: Reconfiguring Houses and Family Households

Don Garlington, Tyndale University College and SeminaryThe Royal House of David: Romans 1:1–5 and “the Holy Scriptures” (25 min)


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Charles A. Wanamaker, University of Cape TownRenovating Ancient Households: Evoking Authority and Power in 1 Corinthians 4:13–21 (25 min)

Discussion (10 min)Break (5 min)Kenneth L. Schenck, Indiana Wesleyan

UniversityHeaven as the True House of God: Inter-textual Soundings in Hebrews (25 min)

Nathan Schmiedicke, Saint Charles Borromeo SeminaryGreater Than Our Father Jacob: The Polemic with Vision-Mysticism as Seen in the Meeting of Jesus and Nathanael (John 1:45–51) (25 min)

Discussion (10 min)There will be a very brief meeting for steering committee members and those who may be interested in this Consultation after the session.

SBL22-17 Jesus Traditions, Gospels, and Negotiating the Roman Imperial World Section9:00 AM–11:�0 AMTheme: Negotiating Rome’s World: Gospel

of Thomas and Jesus Traditions

Warren Carter, Brite Divinity School, Pre-siding

Stephen J. Patterson, Eden Theological SeminaryThe Gospel of Thomas: Negotiating Rome? (30 min)

Elaine Pagels, Princeton University, Respon-dent (15 min)

Discussion (30 min)Stephan Witetschek, University of

CambridgeA Gold Coin for Caesar? A Close Look at Gospel of Thomas 100 (25 min)

Rachel McGuire, Institute for Christian StudiesImperial Power Structures, the Particular Predicament of Middle Agents, and the Jesus Movement (25 min)

Nicholas Perrin, Wheaton CollegeCovenantal Consciousness in Jesus’ Last Week and the Fall of Empire (25 min)

KBSNA22-18 Karl Barth Society of North America9:00 AM–11:�0 AMDiscussion of Lewis Ayres, Nicaea and Its Legacy (Ox-ford University Press)

George Hunsinger, Princeton Theological Seminary, Presiding

Panelists:Paul Molnar, Saint John’s UniversityWillie Jennings, Duke UniversityKatherine Sonderegger, Virginia Theological

SeminaryLewis Ayres, Emory University

SBL22-19 Lament in Sacred Texts and Cultures Group9:00 AM–11:�0 AMAmy Cottrill, Birmingham-Southern Col-

lege, PresidingHeath Thomas, Southeastern Baptist

Theological SeminaryReading Lamentations with Daniel Ber-rigan, S.J. (30 min)

Fiona C. Black, Mount Allison UniversityFormless but Not Void: Some Reflections on the Psalmist-Subject from Clay-Level (30 min)

Angela Standhartinger, Philipps Universität-MarburgWomen’s Lament in the New Testament (30 min)

W. Derek Suderman, University of WaterlooAre Individual Complaint Psalms Prayers? Prospects and Problems (30 min)

We will have a short business meeting after the session.

SBL22-20 Letters of James, Peter, and Jude Section9:00 AM–11:�0 AM

Theme: Readings in 1 Peter

Robert Webb, McMaster University, Presid-ing

Kelly Liebengood, University of St. Andrews-ScotlandMessianic Woes in 1 Peter? Whoa! (25 min)

Discussion (5 min)Chad T. Pierce, Calvin College

Reexamining Christ’s Proclamation to 1 Peter’s Imprisoned Spirits (25 min)

Discussion (5 min)Break (5 min)Judith Anne Jones, Wartburg College

Insubordinate Metaphors: Complex Co-herence and 1 Peter (25 min)

Discussion (5 min)Laura Anderson, Graduate Theological

UnionRunning Half-Naked through the House(hold Code): A Feminist Decon-struction of 1 Peter 3:1–6 (25 min)

Discussion (30 min)

SBL22-21 LGBT/Queer Hermeneutics Consultation / Bible and Cultural Stud-ies Section9:00 AM–11:�0 AMTheme: Intersections of Sexuality, Gender,

and Empire in Biblical Interpretation

Holly Toensing, PresidingPanelists:Michael Brown, Emory University (30 min)Margaret Oget, Interdenominational Theo-

logical Center (30 min)Stephen D. Moore, Drew University (30

min)Respondents:Diana Swancutt, Yale University (15 min)Kwok Pui Lan, Episcopal Divinity School

(15 min)Discussion (30 min)

SBL22-22 Mark Group9:00 AM–11:�0 AMBook Review: Adela Yarbro Collins, Mark: A Commentary (Hermeneia; Augsburg Fortress)

James W. Voelz, Concordia Seminary, Presiding

Panelists:Tom Shepherd, Andrews University (20

min)Rikki Watts, Regent College (20 min)J. Keith Elliott, Leeds University (20 min)Response:Adela Yarbro Collins, Yale University (30

min)Discussion (60 min)

SBL22-2� New Testament Textual Criti-cism Section9:00 AM–11:�0 AM

Theme: New Testament Manuscripts

Gordon Fee, Regent College, PresidingPeter M. Head, Tyndale House

Nomina Sacra in P66 (20 min)

Discussion (10 min)Claire Clivaz, University of Lausanne

Reconsidering P75 in the Frame of a Vari-ous Egyptian Tradition (20 min)


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This keyword-in-context concordance contains a new and consistent linguistic analysis of all the words found in the Dead Sea Scrolls. All keywords have an English translation and they will be listed in alphabetical order rather than by verbal root, which makes the concordance easy to consult for the non-specialist.

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The Gospel of Judas in ContextProceedings of the First International Conference on the Gospel of Judas. Paris, Sorbonne, October 27th-28th 2006

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1�● Annual Meeting Session Guide ●

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DAY

Discussion (10 min)Geoffrey Smith, Harvard University

1 Peter 5:14b in P72: The Relationship between Physical Codex and “Sacred” Text (20 min)

Discussion (10 min)Philip B. Payne, Fuller Theological

Seminary“Umlauts” Matching the Original Ink of Codex Vaticanus: Do They Mark the Location of Textual Variants? (20 min)

Discussion (10 min)Michael Theophilos, University of Oxford

A New Fragment of James from Oxyrhyn-chus (20 min)

Discussion (10 min)

SBL22-24 Pentateuch Section9:00 AM–11:�0 AM

Theme: Genesis 1–11

Konrad Schmid, University of Zurich, Presiding

Jean Louis Ska, Pontifical Biblical InstituteThe Integrity of the Garden of Eden (Gen-esis 2–3) (25 min)

Discussion (5 min)Jan Christian Gertz, University of

HeidelbergAnti-Babylonian Polemic in the Primeval History? (25 min)

Discussion (5 min)David L. Petersen, Emory University

The Nature of “P” in the Primeval History (25 min)

Discussion (5 min)Andreas Schuele, Union Seminary

RichmondThe Angel Marriages (Genesis 6:1–4) and the Greek Framing of the Primeval His-tory (25 min)

Discussion (5 min)Albert de Pury, University of Geneva

The Undoing of P (25 min)

Discussion (5 min)

SBL22-25 Psychology and Biblical Studies Section9:00 AM–11:�0 AM Review of Wayne G. Rol-lins and D. Andrew Kille, eds., Psychological Insight into the Bible: Texts and Readings (Eerdmans)

Barbara Leung Lai, Tyndale Seminary, Pre-siding (5 min)

Panelists:Pheme Perkins, Boston College (20 min)Andre Lacocque, Chicago Theological

Seminary (20 min)Respondents:Wayne Rollins, Hartford Seminary (10 min)D. Andrew Kille, Bible Workbench (10 min)Discussion (10 min)Panelists:Paul Anderson, George Fox University (20

min)Jill McNish, Swedesboro, NJ (20 min)Respondents:Wayne Rollins, Hartford Seminary (10 min)D. Andrew Kille, Bible Workbench (10 min)Discussion (15 min)

SBL22-26 Recovering Female Interpret-ers of the Bible Consultation9:00 AM–12:00 PM

Theme: Proto-Feminist Interpreters on Texts of Terror

Gale A. Yee, Episcopal Divinity School, Presiding

Amanda Benckhuysen, University of Du-Buque Theological SeminaryFinding Ourselves in Hagar’s Story (30 min)

Robert Knetsch, Wycliffe CollegeElizabeth Hands and the Rape of Tamar (30 min)

Cheryl Exum, University of Sheffield, Respondent (15 min)

Joy A. Schroeder, Trinity Lutheran Seminary and Capital UniversityEnvying Jephthah’s Daughter: Judges 11 in the Thought of Arcangela Tarabotti (1604–1652) (30 min)

Marion Taylor, Wycliffe CollegeReading the Story of Jephthah’s Daughter with Our Foremothers (30 min)

Christiana de Groot, Calvin CollegeNineteenth-Century Feminist Responses to Laws in the Pentateuch (30 min)

Esther Fuchs, University of Arizona, Respondent (15 min)

SBL22-27 Redescribing Early Christianity Group9:00 AM–11:�0 AM

Theme: The Second Century’s Invention of the First

Christopher Matthews, Weston Jesuit School of Theology, Presiding (5 min)

Christine M. Thomas, University of California, Santa BarbaraMontanist Ecstasy: The Passive Body, Agency, and Christian Identity Construc-tion in the Second Century (30 min)

William Arnal, University of Regina, Respondent (10 min)

Discussion (20 min)Todd C. Penner, Austin College

Redescribing Early Christian Redescrip-tion: Methods, Taxonomies, and Moder-nity (30 min)

Ron Cameron, Wesleyan University, Respondent (10 min)

Discussion (20 min)

SBL22-28 Religious Experience in Early Judaism and Early Christianity Section9:00 AM–11:�0 AMTheme: Theory and Method and the Study

of Religious Experience in Antiquity

Colleen Shantz, St. Michael’s College, Toronto School of TheologyWhat Are We Looking for and How Would We Know if We Found It? (25 min)

Discussion (5 min)Troels Engberg-Pedersen, Copenhagen

UniversityDoes Bourdieu Show Us How to Find Ref-erences to Religious Experience in Ancient Texts? (25 min)

Discussion (5 min)Break (5 min)István Czachesz, Helsinki Collegium for

Advanced StudiesReligious Experience and the Cognitive Science of Religion (25 min)

Discussion (5 min)Carol A. Newsom, Emory University

Shaping Experience in Worship and Prayer Texts at Qumran (25 min)

Discussion (5 min)Robert Jewett, University of Heidelberg,

Respondent (25 min)Business Meeting


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SBL22-29 Romans through History and Cultures Group9:00 AM–11:�0 AM

Theme: Reading Romans with the Greek Fathers

William S. Campbell, University of Wales Lampeter, Presiding (5 min)

Matthew W. Bates, University of Notre DameProsopographic Exegesis and Narra-tive Logic: Psalm 69:22–23 in Romans 11:9–10, Origen, and Theodoret of Cyrus (20 min)

Steven DiMattei, University of Houston“Adam, an Image of the Future Economy”: Romans 5:14 in the Context of Irenaeus’s Christological Exegesis of Genesis 1:26 (20 min)

George Kalantzis, Wheaton College“The Voice So Dear to Me”: The Epistle to the Romans in the Antiochene Tradition (20 min)

William Campbell, University of Wales, Respondent (10 min)

Martin Meiser, University of Erlangen, Respondent (10 min)

Vahan Hovhanessian, St. Nersess Armenian Seminary, Respondent (10 min)

Troy Martin, Saint Xavier University, Respondent (10 min)

Discussion (45 min)Papers will be be summarized, not read in full. They will be available from 1 October 2008 at www.vanderbilt.edu/AnS/religious_studies/Romans.htm.

SBL22-�0 SBL Forum9:00 AM–11:�0 AMTheme: Evil and Theodicy in the Bible and

Popular Culture

G. Andrew Tooze, Pfeiffer University“I Believe Job Was Right-Handed”: Theo-dicy in Springfield and South Park (30 min)

Charles William Miller, University of North Dakota“The Burden of Their Songs”: Music and Suffering in the Popular Imagination (30 min)

Terry Ray Clark, University of Colorado at Colorado SpringsA Contract with God: On Whose Terms? (30 min)

Rachel Wagner, Ithaca CollegeXBox Apocalypse: Video Games, Interac-tivity, and Revelatory Literature (30 min)

Greg Garrett, Baylor UniversityOriginal Sin: Meditations on Evil in Re-cent Hollywood Film (30 min)

SBL22-�1 Second Corinthians: Pauline Theology in the Making Seminar9:00 AM–11:�0 AM

Theme: 2 Corinthians 8–13

Dominika Kurek-Chomycz, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Presiding

James R. Harrison, Wesley InstituteThe Brothers as the “Glory of Christ” (2 Corinthians 8:23): Paul’s Doxa Terminol-ogy in Its Ancient Benefaction Context (20 min)

Laurence L. Welborn, Fordham UniversityChristou einai: An Early Debate over the Meaning of Christian Identity (20 min)

James Wallace, Emory UniversityEyes in Heaven, Body on Earth: Rethink-ing the Significance of Paul’s Journey to Paradise (2 Corinthians 12:1–10) (20 min)

Discussion (20 min)Break (10 min)Kathy Ehrensperger, University of Wales,

LampeterEmbodied Theology: Vulnerability and Limitation in Paul’s Perception of Leader-ship (20 min)

Gregory Tatum, École BibliqueThe Rhetorical Differences between 2 Cor-inthians 10–13 and 1–9 (20 min)

Discussion (20 min)Papers will be available in advance of the meeting.

SBL22-�2 Service-Learning and Biblical Studies Workshop9:00 AM–11:�0 AMTheme: Service-Learning: What Is It, What

Has Been Done, What Can Be Done?

Robert Duke, Azusa Pacific University, Presiding

Robert R. Duke, Azusa Pacific UniversityService-Learning: History and Theory (10 min)

Michael M. Homan, Xavier University of LouisianaBiblical Studies and Service Learning: A Match Made in Heaven (20 min)

Joseph Favazza, Stonehill CollegeService-Learning Pedagogy: What Can Be Learned from Religious Studies? (20 min)

Discussion (30 min)

David G. Garber Jr., McAfee School of Theology, Mercer UniversityService Learning and Hebrew Bible Inter-pretation (20 min)

Robert Williamson Jr., Hendrix CollegeReading Job from the Margins: Dialogical Pedagogy and the Book of Job (20 min)

Business Meeting (30 min)

SBL22-�� Social Scientific Criticism of the New Testament Section9:00 AM–11:�0 AM

Theme: Women and Honor: Honor and Shame Revisited

Dietmar Neufeld, University of British Columbia, Presiding (5 min)

Alicia Batten, Pacific Lutheran UniversityNeither Gold Nor Braided Hair: Adorn-ment and Honor in Antiquity and in Early Christian Texts (30 min)

Pieter J. J. Botha, University of South AfricaReexamining Honor-Shame in New Testament Scholarship: Texts, Contexts, Language and Interpretive Anthropology (30 min)

Zeba A. Crook, Carleton UniversityRenovating the House That Bruce Built: Remodeling Ascribed and Acquired Honor (30 min)

Margaret MacDonald, St. Francis Xavier University, Respondent (20 min)

Ritva Williams, Augustana College, Respon-dent (20 min)

Discussion (15 min)

SARTS22-�4 Society for the Arts in Religious and Theological Studies9:00 AM–11:�0 AMDon Saliers, Emory University

Synaesthesia (45 min)

Panel Discussion

SKS22-�5 Søren Kierkegaard Society9:00 AM–11:�0 AM

Theme: Kierkegaard’s Use of Scripture: Some Examples

Lee Barrett, Lancaster Theological Semi-nary, Presiding

Timothy Dalrymple, Harvard UniversityKierkegaard and Abraham (30 min)

Paul Martens, Baylor UniversityMoses, More Christian Than Abraham? (30 min)

Timothy Polk, Hamline UniversityKierkegaard and the Tax Collector (30 min)

Kyle Roberts, Bethany SeminaryKierkegaard and Peter (30 min)


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SBL22-�6 Ugaritic Studies and Northwest Semitic Epigraphy Section9:00 AM–11:�0 AMRobert Deutsch, Tel Aviv University

Hebrew Fiscal Bullae from the Time of Hezekiah (30 min)

Robert D. Holmstedt, University of TorontoThe Syntax and Pragmatics of Pronouns in Northwest Semitic Texts (30 min)

Charles R. Krahmalkov, University of Michigan-Ann ArborMoses: The Real Man and His Native Language (30 min)

Anson F. Rainey, Tel Aviv UniversityThe Levantine Literary Reservoir in Judean Poetic Writing (30 min)

Aaron Schade, Brigham Young University Hawaii CampusModal Prefixed Verb Forms in Phoeni-cian: Pragmatic and Syntactic Consider-ations (30 min)

SBL22-�7 Use, Influence, and Impact of the Bible Section9:00 AM–11:�0 AM

Theme: Nachleben of Biblical Characters

Jonathan Henry, Calvary Baptist Theologi-cal Seminary, Presiding

Rebecca Raphael, Texas State University-San MarcosDissembling Weakness: Biblical Languages of Embodiment in the John Donne’s Lyrics (30 min)

Eric S. Christianson, University of ChesterEmpathy with Qoheleth: An Insight from Film Theory for the Reception History of the Bible (30 min)

Margaret E. Ramey, University of St. Andrews-ScotlandA Testament That Supplants Testimony: The Use and Subversion of the Gospels in Modern Jesus Novels (30 min)

Christine Joynes, University of OxfordWombs and Tombs: The Reception History of Mark 16:1–20 (30 min)

Helen Leneman, University of AmsterdamSaul’s Tragedy Retold through Drama and Music (30 min)

SBL22-�8 Wisdom and Apocalypticism in Early Judaism and Early Christianity Section9:00 AM–11:�0 AMTheme: Conflicted Boundaries and Sapien-

tial Modalities?

Robert Doran, Amherst College, Presiding (5 min)

Benjamin G. Wright III, Lehigh UniversityThe Role of the Sage: Ben Sira at the Boundary (30 min)

Lawrence M. Wills, Episcopal Divinity SchoolWisdom of Solomon at the Crossroads (30 min)

David M. Carr, Union Theological Semi-nary, Respondent (20 min)

Matthew Goff, Florida State University, Respondent (20 min)

Discussion (45 min)

SBL22-�9 SBL Women Student Mem-bers’ Coffee and Orientation11:00 AM–12:00 PM

Hosted by the Status of Women in the Profession Committee

Molly Zahn, University of Notre Dame, Presiding

Student women members of all levels are invited to participate in an hour of informal conversation focused on navigating the transition from student to scholar. Whether this is your first time at the Annual Meeting or your twentieth, come meet other women students and share your experiences, ques-tions, and advice.

SBL22-40 Program Committee11:�0 AM–1:00 PMFrancisco Lozada, Brite Divinity School,

Presiding

SBL22-51 Joint Session: African-Ameri-can Biblical Hermeneutics Section / Paul and Politics Group1:00 PM–�:�0 PM

Theme: African American Hermeneutics on Paul’s Political Impact on Race,

Gender, Power, and Culture

Neil Elliott, Metropolitan State University, Presiding

S. Scott Bartchy, University of California, Los AngelesPaul Did Not Teach “Stay in Slavery”: The Mistranslation of klh=sij in 1 Corinthians (20 min)

Monya A. Stubbs, Austin Presbyterian Theological SeminaryIndebted Love: Paul and the Politics of Poverty and Human Flourishing (20 min)

Discussion (30 min)Mitzi J. Smith, Ashland Theological

Seminary“Not from Humans”: Paul’s Politics of Origins and African American Women’s Call to Preach (20 min)

Kenneth L. Waters, Azusa Pacific UniversityPolitics and Polemic: Hidden Strategy in Paul’s Rhetoric of Empire (20 min)

SBL22-52 Bakhtin and the Biblical Imagination Section1:00 PM–�:�0 PMKeith Bodner, Atlantic Baptist University,

PresidingAustin Busch, State University of New York

College at BrockportResurrection in Mark, or Not (15 min)

Paul S. Evans, Ambrose University CollegeThe Chronicler’s Ahaz Account in Bakhtinian Perspective: A Rejoinder to Both the Deuteronomist and Isaiah (15 min)

Barbara Green, Dominican School of Philosophy and TheologyMarriage Counseling in Jeremiah 2–9: Human and Divine Spouses, Prophetic Therapist, Reading Interns (15 min)

Ela Lazarewicz-Wyrzykowska, University of ManchesterMikhail Bakhtin’s Logic of Form and the Logic of the Exodus in the Book of Amos (15 min)

Jennifer Pfenniger, University of TorontoBakhtin Reads the Song of Songs (15 min)

Discussion (45 min)Papers will be summarized only. For copies of papers, please visit the Bakhtin website after 1 November 2008.

SBL22-5� Bible and American Popular Culture Section1:00 PM–�:�0 PMValarie Ziegler, DePauw University, Presid-

ingHugh S. Pyper, University of Sheffield

Beyond Outrage: World Wrestling Enter-tainment, the Bible, and the Benoit Mur-ders (30 min)

Michelle Krejci, University of SheffieldVirtuous Consumption: The Bible and the Material Chastity Culture (30 min)

Cameron S. McKenzie, Providence CollegeFrom the Gothic to the Garden: The Visu-al Transformation of the Bible in Popular Children’s Culture (30 min)

Robert Paul Seesengood, University of North Carolina at Pembroke“Do Not Forsake Me”: Biblical Motifs in Zinneman’s High Noon (30 min)

Karl Jacobson, Augsburg CollegeThrough the Pistol Smoke Dimly: Psalm 23 in Contemporary Film and Song (30 min)

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SBL22-54 Bible in the Eastern and Ori-ental Orthodox Traditions Section1:00 PM–�:00 PM

Theme: The Old Testament as Authorita-tive Scripture in the Early Churches of

the East

Vahan Hovhanessian, St. Nersess Armenian Seminary, Presiding

Nicolae Roddy, Creighton UniversityDoes the Orthodox Lectionary Subvert the Gospel? The Parable of the Wicked Hus-bandmen in the Orthodox Liturgical Cycle (15 min)

Edith M. Humphrey, Pittsburgh Theological SeminaryGrand Entrance: Entrance into Worship as Rhetorical Invitation and Liturgical Prec-edent in the Old Testament (15 min)

Timothy Clark, Emory University“Examine This Vine”: Psalms and Struc-ture in the Liturgical Worship of the Ancient Eastern Church (15 min)

Discussion (10 min)Break (5 min)Eugen J. Pentiuc, Hellenic College-Holy

Cross Greek Orthodox School of TheologyThe Anaginoskomena: “Custom,” “Prac-tice,” or “Conciliar Statements”? (15 min)

Anoushavan Tanielian, Armenian Apostolic Church of AmericaWisdom of Solomon in the Old Testament of the Armenian Church (15 min)

R. Boaz Johnson, North Park University Theological SeminaryThe Use of the Old Testament in the Syr-ian Christian Traditions of India (15 min)

Discussion (10 min)

SBL22-55 Biblical Criticism and Liter-ary Criticism Section1:00 PM–�:�0 PMAndrew Wilson, Mount Allison University,

PresidingKelly Iverson, University of St. Andrews

Rethinking Mark’s Parable of the Wicked Tenants: A Narrative Reading of the Anonymous “Others” (30 min)

James Harding, University of OtagoTextual Ambiguity and the Nachleben of David and Jonathan (30 min)

Helena Bolle, Macquarie University-Sydney“The Travailing Woman”: Childbirth Im-agery in the Hebrew Texts (30 min)

Robert B. Robinson, Lutheran Theological Seminary at PhiladelphiaReading Genesis 1 as Poetry (30 min)

Grenville Kent, University of ManchesterBetween the Scenes: The Anointing and Un-Anointing Meals of Saul (30 min)

SBL22-56 Biblical Greek Language and Linguistics Section1:00 PM–�:�0 PMRandall Tan, Kentucky Christian University,

PresidingMark Beatty, Hawaii Theological Seminary

Colwell’s Rule Is No Longer Needed: Word Order and Deictics in the Johannine Cor-pus (30 min)

James D. Dvorak, Oklahoma Christian UniversityPaul’s Letter to Philemon: Persuasion or Manipulation? (30 min)

James Libby, McMaster Divinity CollegeComparing the Position and Clustering of the Texts of the Greek New Testament Us-ing Differing Layers or Ranks of Linguistic Structure (30 min)

Ronald Dean Peters, Great Lakes Christian CollegeAdvancing the Doctrine of the Greek Article (30 min)

Steven E. Runge, Logos Bible SoftwareThe Discourse Function of Pendens Con-structions and Their Contribution to Information Structure (30 min)

SBL22-57 Biblical Lands and Peoples in Archaeology and Text Section1:00 PM–�:�0 PM

Theme: Samaria and the Samaritans

Ann Killebrew, Pennsylvania State Univer-sity, Presiding

Deborah Cantrell, Vanderbilt UniversityThe Samarian Chariotry (25 min)

Discussion (5 min)Norma Franklin, Tel Aviv University

The Proto-Aeolic Capitals from Samaria and Gerizim: A Different Perspective (25 min)

Discussion (5 min)Oded Lipschits, Tel Aviv University

The Origin of the Volute-Capitals from Judah, Moab, and Ammon (25 min)

Discussion (5 min)Christopher A. Rollston, Emmanuel School

of ReligionThe Reisner Samaria Ostraca and the Joint Expedition Inscriptions (25 min)

Discussion (5 min)

Gary A. Rendsburg, Rutgers UniversityIsraelian Hebrew, Inscriptions from the North of Israel, and Samaritan Hebrew: A Complex of Northern Dialects (25 min)

Discussion (5 min)

SBL22-58 Christianity in Egypt: Scrip-ture, Tradition, and Reception Consulta-tion1:00 PM–�:�0 PM

Theme: Healing in Early Egyptian Christianity

Lois Farag, Luther Seminary, PresidingCaroline T. Schroeder, University of the

PacificFrom Triage to Trauma: Stories of Chil-dren Healed and Harmed in Monastic Texts (30 min)

Andrew Crislip, University of Hawaii at ManoaShenoute of Atripe on Christ the Physi-cian: Healing and Theology in an Ancient Coptic Monastery (30 min)

Bernadette McNary-Zak, Rhodes CollegeHealing Troubled Souls: The Efforts of Bishop Serapion of Thmuis (30 min)

Lillian I. Larsen, University of RedlandsHoliness and Healing in the Apophtheg-mata Patrum (30 min)

Discussion (30 min)

SBL22-59 Gender, Sexuality, and the Bible Group1:00 PM–�:�0 PMDenise Kimber Buell, Williams College,

PresidingMarianne Bjelland Kartzow, University of

OsloNegotiating Aseneth: Constructing a Proper Wife for Joseph (30 min)

Sharon Jacob, Drew UniversitySurrogacy as a Performance of Violent Love: Reading Luke’s Mary alongside Low Caste Surrogate Women in India (30 min)

Anna Rebecca Solevag, University of OsloGendered Implications of Salvation in the Pastoral Epistles (30 min)

Taylor Petrey, Harvard Divinity SchoolThe Usefulness of the Sexual Organs in Pseudo-Justin Martyr’s On the Resurrec-tion (30 min)

Discussion (20 min)

SBL22-60 Greco-Roman Religions Sec-tion1:00 PM–�:�0 PMTheme: Hybridization and Creolization in

the Greek and Roman Worlds

Nancy Evans, Wheaton College, Presiding



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Barbette Stanley Spaeth, College of William and MaryReligious Belief, Practice, and Ethnicity at Upper Peirene in Roman Corinth (25 min)

Shannon L. Grimes, Meredith CollegeUnder a Star-Spangled Banner: The Politi-cization of Astral Religion in the Roman Empire (25 min)

Giovanni Battista Bazzana, University of MilanDressing the Priestly Clothes of Saturn: Traditional Cults and Romanization in Africa (25 min)

Patricia Ahearne-Kroll, Ohio Wesleyan UniversityRitualization, Hybridity, and the Canopus Decree: Social and Political Strategies of Cultic Practice in Ptolemaic Egypt (25 min)

Elizabeth Ann Pollard, San Diego State UniversityGreco-Roman Magical Gumbo: Mixing Spices, Rituals, and Gods (25 min)

Discussion (20 min)Business Meeting (5 min)

SBL22-61 Greek Bible Section1:00 PM–�:�0 PMTheme: Interpretive Intertextuality in the

Greek Scriptures

Cameron Boyd-Taylor, University of Cam-bridge, Presiding

Larry Perkins, Northwest Baptist SeminaryTranslator Influencing Translator: Did the Greek Exodus Translator’s Emphasis on Yahweh’s Glory Influence the Greek Isaiah’s Use of This Motif? (30 min)

Rodrigo de Sousa, Universidade Federal de GoiásOn the Use of the Greek Pentateuch by the Translator of LXX Isaiah (30 min)

Mirjam van der Vorm-Croughs, Leiden UniversityThe Greek Pentateuch and the Septuagint of Isaiah (30 min)

Myrto Theocharous, University of CambridgeInnerbiblical Echoes in the Septuagint of Hosea and Amos (30 min)

Leonard J. Greenspoon, Creighton UniversityFrom Genesis to Joshua: LXX Joshua’s Dependence on—and Independence from—the Greek Pentateuch (30 min)

SBL22-62 Homiletics and Biblical Studies Section1:00 PM–�:�0 PM

Theme: Hearing the Voices of Others: Collaborative and Contextual

Approaches to Preaching

J. Dwayne Howell, Campbellsville Univer-sity, Presiding (5 min)

Panelists:John S. McClure, Vanderbilt University (15

min)Daniel Patte, Vanderbilt University (15 min)Valerie Bridgeman-Davis, Memphis Theo-

logical Seminary (15 min)David Cortes-Fuentes, San Francisco Theo-

logical Seminary (15 min)Nora Tubbs Tisdale, Yale Divinity School


SBL22-6� Ideology, Culture, and Trans-lation Group1:00 PM–�:�0 PM

Theme: Exploring the Intersection of Translation Studies and Critical Theory

in Biblical Studies

Donna Laird, Drew University, PresidingRoland Boer, Monash University

The Dynamic Equivalence Caper (25 min)

Jason Coker, Drew UniversityTranslating from This Place: Social Loca-tion and Translation (25 min)

Christina Petterson, Macquarie University-SydneyMarketing a Bible Translation in a Secu-lar Society: Reflections on the New Danish Bible (25 min)

Scott S. Elliott, American Bible SocietyTranslation, Narratology, and Reading the Bible (25 min)

Raj Nadella, Adrian CollegePostcolonialism, Colonial Mimicry, and Translation (25 min)

George Aichele, Adrian College, Respon-dent (25 min)

SBL22-64 Intertextuality in the New Testament Consultation1:00 PM–2:�0 PM

Theme: Exploring the Pauline Letters

Kristofer Atkinson, Asbury Theological SeminaryThe Language of Benefaction in Ephesians 2:4–22 (25 min)

Discussion (5 min)James Carlson, Fuller Theological Seminary

The Juxtaposition of Deuteronomy 27:26

and Leviticus 18:5 in Galatians 3:10–13 (25 min)

Discussion (5 min)Todd Pokrifka, Azusa Pacific University

The Glory of God, Moses, and Jesus Christ: An Intertextual and Theological Study of the Allusions to Exodus 33–34 in 2 Corinthians 3:7–18 and in John 1:14–18 (25 min)

Discussion (5 min)

SBL22-65 Israelite Prophetic Literature Section1:00 PM–�:�0 PM

Theme: Postcolonial Readings of the Prophets

Mignon R. Jacobs, Fuller Theological Semi-nary, Presiding

Steed Vernyl Davidson, Pacific Lutheran Theological SeminaryExploring Compatibilities: Prophetic Books and Postcolonial Theory (35 min)

Daniel Timmer, FAREL, Faculté de théologie réforméeThe Intertextual Israelite Jonah face à l’empire: The Postcolonial Significance of the Book’s Contexts and Purported Neo-Assyrian Context (35 min)

Göran Eidevall, University of UppsalaThe Role of Anonymous Enemies in the Book of Isaiah (35 min)

Uriah Kim, Hartford Seminary, Respondent (25 min)

Discussion (20 min)

SBL22-66 John, Jesus, and History Group1:00 PM–�:�0 PM

Theme: Glimpses of Jesus through the Johannine Passion Narrative

Paul Anderson, George Fox University, Presiding (5 min)

Donald Senior, Catholic Theological Union“It Is Better for You That One Man Should Die Instead of the People!”: History and Theology in the Johannine Portrayal of the Passion of Jesus (25 min)

Warren Carter, Brite Divinity School, Texas Christian UniversityJesus and Pilate (John 18:28–19:16) (25 min)

Esther A. de Boer, Protestant Theological University KampenJesus and His Mother (John 19:25–27) (25 min)

Jean Zumstein, University of ZurichStory, Plot, and History in the Johannine Passion Narrative (25 min)

Discussion (45 min)


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SBL22-67 Nag Hammadi and Gnosti-cism Section1:00 PM–�:�0 PMBook Review: The Thunder: Perfect Mind:

A New Translation and Book-Length Commentary in English (Polebridge)

Nicola Denzey, Harvard University, Presid-ing

Panelists:Hal Taussig, Union Theological SeminaryJared Calaway, Columbia University in the

City of New YorkMaia Kotrosits, Union Theological Semi-

naryJustin Lasser, Union Theological SeminaryCelene Lillie, Union Theological SeminaryResponse:Anne McGuire, Haverford College

NAASR22-68 North American Associa-tion for the Study of Religion1:00 PM–�:�0 PMTomoko Masuzawa, University of Michigan,

PresidingPanelists:Jonathan Z. Smith, University of ChicagoHent de Vries, Johns Hopkins UniversityRussell McCutcheon, University of AlabamaElizabeth Clark, Duke UniversityYvonne Sherwood, University of GlasgowWinnifred Fallers Sullivan, SUNY Buffalo

SBL22-69 Papyrology and Early Chris-tian Backgrounds Group1:00 PM–�:00 PMLincoln Blumell, University of Toronto

Is P.Oxy. 3057 the Earliest Christian Let-ter? (30 min)

Peter M. Head, Tyndale HouseA Letter from Tryphon to Asklepiades (BGU 1208 from 27–26 BCE) and the New Testament (30 min)

Joel A. Weaver, Baylor UniversityHouse Ownership in Ancient Egypt: Evidence of Partial Ownership from the Census Declarations (30 min)

Don Barker, Macquarie University-SydneyThe Treatment of Numerals in the Early New Testament Papyri (30 min)

SBL22-70 Pauline Epistles Section1:00 PM–�:�0 PMAlexandra Brown, Washington and Lee

University, PresidingDavid Charles Aune, Ashland University

Fearing Rightly: Paul’s Treatment of Fear in Romans (25 min)

Discussion (10 min)Kyle Wells, Durham University

The Vindication of the Divine and Human Agent in Paul’s Reading of Deuteronomy 30:1–10 (25 min)

Discussion (10 min)Jason A. Staples, University of North

Carolina at Chapel HillAll Israel—What Do the Gentiles Have to Do with It? A Fresh Look at Romans 11:25–27 (25 min)

Discussion (10 min)George H. van Kooten, University of

GroningenPaul among the Stoic Martyrs: Romans 13 in the Context of Contemporary Philosophical Views on the Divinity of the Emperor (25 min)

Discussion (20 min)

SBL22-71 Q Section1:00 PM–�:�0 PM

Theme: Compositional Issues in Q

Paul Foster, University of Edinburgh, Pre-siding (5 min)

Alan Kirk, James Madison UniversityMemory, Ancient Media, and the Problem of Order in Matthew’s Q Tradition (25 min)

Peter J. Judge, Winthrop UniversityQ 7:1–10 and Matthew’s Redaction (25 min)

Discussion (20 min)Break (5 min)Harry Fleddermann, Alverno College

The Doublets in Luke (25 min)

Delbert Burkett, Louisiana State UniversityQ Material Unique to Luke (25 min)

Discussion (20 min)

SBL22-72 Reading, Theory and the Bible Section1:00 PM–�:�0 PM

Theme: Reading, Space and Imagined Geographies

Jennifer L. Koosed, Albright College, Pre-siding

Keith W. Whitelam, University of SheffieldThe Land and the Book: Biblical Studies and Imaginative Geographies of Palestine (30 min)

John M. Vonder Bruegge, Northwestern College-Orange CityLuke’s “Imaginative Geography”: Revisit-ing Edward Said’s Orientalism and Its Implications for Luke’s Galilee (30 min)

James Crossley, University of SheffieldWhen Is the Ancient Mediterranean Not the Ancient Mediterranean? When It’s the Contemporary Middle East! (Re-)con-structing “the Middle East” in New Testa-ment Studies (30 min)

Melanie Johnson-DeBaufre, Drew UniversityHeavenly Flying, Cloud-Riding, and Other Cosmic Journeys: When Early Christians Take the Bird’s Eye View (30 min)

Jorunn Økland, University of Oslo“Would It Be the Same if I Saw You in Heaven?”: Technologies of Space Travel in 2 Corinthians 12 (30 min)

SBL22-7� Recovering Female Interpret-ers of the Bible Consultation1:00 PM–�:�0 PMTheme: Proto-Feminist Interpretations of

Gendered Texts in Pauline Literature

Mary Ann Beavis, St. Thomas More College, Presiding

Beth Bidlack, University of ChicagoAntoinette Brown Blackwell: Pioneering Exegete and Congregational Minister (30 min)

Pamela Walker, Carleton UniversityCatherine Booth and “Women’s Right” to Preach (30 min)

Sandra Hack Polaski, Baptist Theological Seminary at Richmond, Respondent (10 min)

J. Ramsey Michaels, Missouri State UniversityA Washington Bible Class: Gail Hamilton on Biblical Inspiration and Paul’s View of Women (30 min)

Ben Witherington, Asbury Theological Seminary, Respondent (10 min)

Hilary Elder, Durham UniversityOpposing Paul with Feminine Virtues: Aemilia Lanyer’s Salve Deus Rex Judaeo-rum (30 min)

Nancy Calvert-Koyzis, McMaster Univer-sity, Respondent (10 min)

SPS22-74 Society for Pentecostal Studies1:00 PM–�:�0 PM

Panel Discussion of Lee Roy Martin, The Unheard Voice of God: A Pentecostal Hear-

ing of the Book of Judges (JPTSup; Deo)

John Thomas, Church of God Theological Seminary, Presiding


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cal Seminary (20 min)Rickie Moore, Lee University (20 min)Robert Pope, University of Wales (20 min)Lee Roy Martin, Church of God Theological

Seminary (20 min)Discussion (70 min)

SBL22-75 Survivor SBL: More Than a Woman: Racial/Ethnic Minority Women in the Academy 1:00 PM–�:�0 PMPresented by the SBL’s Status of Women in the Profession CommitteeIn a follow-up to last year’s successful ses-sion, the CSWP invites you to our second session of Survivor SBL. The world of academe is a perilous place for women and even more so for women who are regarded as an Other. Come and hear three women members of SBL testify! They will share how they survived various “isms” and perhaps made the academic world a little safer for those who follow. Panelists:Margaret Oget, Interdenominational Theo-

logical CenterWilda Gafney, Lutheran Theological Semi-

nary at PhiladelphiaGale A. Yee, Episcopal Divinity School

SBL22-76 Teaching Scriptures and Religion in Secondary Public Education1:00 PM–�:�0 PMShawna Dolansky, Northeastern University,

PresidingReligious Literacy in Public Schools:

World Religions Approaches

Shabbir Mansuri, Institute on Religion and Civic ValuesA Review of Approaches to Teaching the World Religions in Public Schools

Robert Spivey, Society for Values in Higher EducationWhat Didn’t Work in the 70s, What Can Work in the 21st Century

Teaching the Scriptures

Kent Harold Richards, Society of Biblical Literature Four Things to Consider Before Teaching Scriptures to High School Students

Munir Shaikh, Institute on Religion and Civic Values and Robert Spivey, Society for Values in Higher EducationPossible Models for Teaching Religions Through the Scriptures

Response:Sally Vance-Tremblath, Santa Clara Univer-

sityDiscussion

SBL22-77 Theological Hermeneutics of Christian Scripture Group1:00 PM–�:�0 PM

Theme: Learning Theological Interpreta-tion from Premodern Exegetes

Michael Gorman, Saint Mary’s Seminary and University, Presiding

John Behr, St. Vladimir’s Orthodox Theological SeminaryRevisiting Antiochene Theoria and Histo-ria (30 min)

Discussion (15 min)David Steinmetz, Duke Divinity School

The Superiority of Precritical Exegesis Revisited (30 min)

Discussion (15 min)Robert Wilken, University of Virginia

Interpreting the Bible as Bible (30 min)

Discussion (15 min)

SBL22-78 Ugaritic Studies and North-west Semitic Epigraphy Section1:00 PM–�:�0 PMSteve Wiggins, Gorgias Press, PresidingWilliam D. Barker, University of Cambridge

“And Thus You Brightened the Heav-ens…”: A New Translation of KTU 1.5 i 4 and Its Significance for Ugaritic and Biblical Studies (25 min)

Daniel Belnap, Brigham Young University“Invite Me, Baal”: A Look at Ritual Fail-ure in the Baal and Kirta Texts (25 min)

Daniel A. Frese, University of California, San DiegoProdigal Sons and Estate Clearance at Ugarit: Another Look at RS 16.129 (25 min)

James R. Getz Jr., Brandeis UniversityMine Eyes Have Seen the Glory: Seeing Gods in CAT 1.90, 1.164, and 1.168 (25 min)

Stephen Sang-Bae Kim, University of PennsylvaniaIlu’s Epithet Thoru in the Ugaritic Litera-ture (25 min)

Hugh Rowland Page Jr., University of Notre DameAnat’s Palatial Battle: A Reconsideration of CAT 1.3.ii.17–41 in Light of Research on Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) (25 min)

SBL22-79 Use, Influence, and Impact of the Bible Section1:00 PM–�:�0 PM Book Review: Richard A. Burridge, Imitating Jesus: An Inclusive Approach to New Testament Ethics (Eerdmans)

Kenneth Newport, Liverpool Hope Univer-sity, Presiding

Panelists:Jonathan A. Draper, University of KwaZulu-

Natal (20 min)Jan G. van der Watt, University of Pretoria

(20 min)Richard B. Hays, Duke University (20 min)Francis Watson, Durham University (20

min)Ian S. Markham, Virginia Theological

Seminary (20 min)Response:Richard A. Burridge, King’s College-Lon-

don, Respondent (20 min)Discussion (30 min)

SBL22-80 Virtual Codex Sinaiticus: Studying and Experiencing an Ancient Codex1:00 PM–2:�0 PMDavid Parker, University of Birmingham,

PresidingJuan Garces, British Library

SBL22-81 Wisdom and Apocalypticism in Early Judaism and Early Christianity Section1:00 PM–�:�0 PM

Theme: Conflicted Boundaries and Apocalyptic Modalities?

Lawrence Wills, Episcopal Divinity School, Presiding (5 min)

Frances Flannery, James Madison UniversitySecret Wisdom and Rituals in 4 Ezra: The Struggle against Rabbinic Wisdom (30 min)

Matthias Henze, Rice UniversityThe Other Synoptic Problem: 2 Baruch and 4 Ezra (30 min)



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Ellen Bradshaw Aitken, McGill UniversitySinging in a Heavenly Vision: Scriptural Practices in the Songs of Revelation (30 min)

George W. E. Nickelsburg, University of Iowa, Respondent (15 min)

Patrick Tiller, Respondent (15 min)Discussion (25 min)

SBL22-82 Wisdom in Israelite and Cog-nate Traditions Section1:00 PM–�:�0 PM

Theme: Character Formation and Community Ethics in Ancient

Near Eastern Wisdom Literature

Knut M. Heim, Queens Foundation, Presid-ing

Richard S. Hess, Denver SeminaryCharacter Formation and Community Ethics in Canaanite Literature (30 min)

Discussion (10 min)Nili Shupak, University of Haifa

Positive and Negative Human Types in the Egyptian Wisdom Lliterature (30 min)

Discussion (10 min)Alan R. Millard, University of Liverpool

Character Formation and Community Ethics in Mesopotamian Wisdom Litera-ture (30 min)

Discussion (10 min)

SBL22-8� ICI Advisory Board�:�0 PM–4:�0 PM

SBL22-101 African Biblical Hermeneu-tics Section4:00 PM–6:�0 PM

Theme: The Interplay between the Bible, the Body, and Power: Women and Men

in Conversation

Jeremy Punt, University of StellenboschPauline Bodies and South African Bodies: Body, Power, and Biblical Hermeneutics (30 min)

Stephanie Feder, Westfaelische Wilhelms-Universitaet MuensterCrossing Male and Female Bodies: Body-Concepts in the Book of Ruth (30 min)

J. Ayodeji Adewuya, Church of God Theological SeminaryAfrican Paul? An Alternative Interpreta-tive Grid for the Understanding of Paul’s Letters (30 min)

Grant LeMarquand, Trinity Episcopal School for Ministry“Prophesy! Who Struck You?” (Mark 14:65): The Messiah Who Smells (30 min)

Elelwani B. Farisani, University of Kwazulu-NatalAesthetics and African Biblical Herme-neutics (30 min)

SBL22-102 Archaeology of Religion in the Roman World Section4:00 PM–6:�0 PM

Theme: Material Culture and Christian Origins: Reports from the 2008 Crisler

Library Seminar

Daniel Schowalter, Carthage College, Pre-siding (5 min)

Christine M. Thomas, University of California, Santa BarbaraThe Urban Context of Pauline Christian-ity: New Archaeological Work at Ephesos

The papers are based on research projects from the New Testament and Material Culture Seminar, held 19–28 June 2008. The seminar was sponsored by the Crisler Library in Ephesos and the Institute for the Study of Antiquity and Christian Origins (University of Texas at Austin).

SBL22-10� Bible in Ancient and Mod-ern Media Section4:00 PM–6:�0 PM

Theme: Bible in Ancient and Modern Media Section after Twenty-Five Years

Richard Swanson, Augustana College, Presiding

Panelists:Thomas Boomershine, United Theological

Seminary (30 min)Holly Hearon, Christian Theological Semi-

nary (15 min)Joanna Dewey, Episcopal Divinity School

(15 min)Arthur Dewey, Xavier University (15 min)Break (15 min)Robert Fowler, Baldwin-Wallace College (15

min)David Rhoads, Lutheran School of Theology

at Chicago (15 min)Discussion (30 min)

SBL22-104 Biblical Greek Language and Linguistics Section4:00 PM–6:�0 PM

Theme: The Pragmatic Effict of Word Order in Biblical Greek

Cynthia Westfall, McMaster Divinity Col-lege, Presiding

Stanley E. Porter, McMaster Divinity CollegeGreek Word Order: Is It Still an Unex-plored Area? (30 min)

Randall K. J. Tan, Kentucky Christian UniversityMultiple Approaches to Corpus Linguistic Study of Greek Word Order (30 min)

Andrew W. Pitts, McMaster Divinity CollegeWord Order and Clause Structure in the Language of the New Testament (30 min)

David H. K. Hoe, Dallas Theological SeminaryWord Order and Prominence in 2 Peter (30 min)

Discussion (30 min)

SBL22-105 Children in the Biblical World Section4:00 PM–6:�0 PM

Theme: Recent Works on Children and the Bible

Julie Faith Parker, Yale University, Presiding

The Children of Israel: Reading the Bible for the Sake of Our Children (Abingdon)

Review: Danna Nolan Fewell, Drew Univer-sity (15 min)

Response: Francis Landy, University of Alberta (15 min)

Discussion (15 min)

Let the Children Come to Me: Childhood and Children in Early Christianity (Catholic University of America Press)

Review: John Martens, University of St. Thomas (15 min)

Response: Judith M. Gundry, Yale Divinity School (15 min)

Discussion (15 min)

The Child in the Bible (Eerdmans)Review: Marcia J. Bunge, Valparaiso Univer-

sity (20 min)Response: Hugh Scott Pyper, University of

Sheffield (15 min)Discussion (15 min)Panel Discussion (10 min)

SBL22-106 Christian Apocrypha Sec-tion4:00 PM–6:�0 PM

Theme: So Many Acts, So Little Time

Dennis MacDonald, Claremont School of Theology, Presiding

François Bovon, Harvard UniversityFrom the State of Vermont to Cyprus: A New Witness to the Acts of Philip (20 min)

Discussion (10 min)

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Discussion (10 min)Outi Lehtipuu, University of Helsinki

The “Distorters of the Resurrection” in Apocryphal Acts and Other Early Chris-tian Texts: The Threat of Deviance (20 min)

Discussion (10 min)Mariko Yakiyama, Tokyo Union Theological

SeminaryTo Become a Sister to Her Husband: Celi-bacy in the Apocryphal Acts of Apostles (20 min)

Discussion (10 min)Kasper Bro Larsen, University of Aarhus

“Character Bending” in Fan Fiction and New Testament Apocrypha (20 min)

Discussion (10 min)

SBL22-107 Christian Theology and the Bible Section4:00 PM–6:�0 PM

Theme: Why Is Patristic Exegesis Important?

Gary Anderson, University of Notre Dame, Presiding

Panelists:Brian Daley, University of Notre Dame (15

min)Lewis Ayres, Emory University (15 min)Judith Kovacs, University of Virginia (15

min)Christopher Beeley, Yale Divinity School

(15 min)Claire Mathews McGinnis, Loyola College

in Maryland (15 min)Discussion (60 min)

SBL22-108 Cross, Resurrection, and Diversity in Earliest Christianity Con-sultation 4:00 PM–6:�0 PM

Theme: Sources and Methods in Early Christian History

Jeffrey Peterson, Austin Graduate School of Theology, Presiding

Simon Gathercole, University of Cambridge The Gospel of Thomas as a Source for Early Christian History (30 min)

Stephen Patterson, Eden Theological Semi-nary, Respondent (15 min)

Mark Goodacre, Duke University Dating the Crucial Sources for Early Christianity (30 min)

April DeConick, Rice University, Respon-dent (15 min)

Discussion (60 min)

SBL22-109 Early Christianity and the Ancient Economy Consultation4:00 PM–6:�0 PM

Theme: Galilee and the Economy

James F. Strange, University of South Florida, Presiding

David A. Fiensy, Kentucky Christian UniversityThe Nature of the Galilean Economy in the Late Second Temple Period: The Socio-logical-Archaeological Debate (30 min)

Mordechai Aviam, University of MiamiEconomy and Social Structure in First-Century Galilee: Evidence from the Ground—Yodefat and Gamla (30 min)

Agnes Choi, Wycliffe College, University of TorontoSticks and Stones: The Economy of Roman Galilee in Its Physical Environment (30 min)

Morten Hørning Jensen, University of AarhusRural Galilee and Rapid Changes (30 min)

Discussion (30 min)

SBL22-110 Early Jewish and Christian Mysticism Section4:00 PM–6:�0 PMTheme: Possible Provenances for Merkavah

Mysticism: Enoch Literature

Silviu Bunta, University of Dayton, Presid-ing

Kelley N. Coblentz Bautch, St. Edward’s UniversityThe Enthroned Entourage: Exploring the Origins of a Motif (30 min)

Grant Macaskill, University of St Andrews, ScotlandCreation and Ethics in 2 Enoch (30 min)

Break (10 min)Loren Stuckenbruck, Durham University

Enoch as Seer and Sage in the Early Eno-chic Tradition (30 min)

Daphna Arbel, University of British ColumbiaOn Enoch-Metatron of 3 Enoch (30 min)

Discussion (20 min)

SBL22-111 Ethics and Biblical Interpretation Consultation4:00 PM–6:�0 PM

Theme: The Bible, Ethics, and the Environment

Timothy Beach-Verhey, Davidson College, Presiding

Terence E. Fretheim, Luther SeminaryGod Created the World Good, Not Perfect (30 min)

William P. Brown, Columbia Theological SeminaryImage of God and Ground: Humanity’s Place(s) in Creation (30 min)

Sylvia C. Keesmaat, Institute for Christian StudiesA Gospel for Every Creature under Heaven? Creation in the New Testament (30 min)

William French, Loyola University Chicago, Respondent (25 min)

Discussion (35 min)

SBL22-112 Formation of the Book of Isaiah Group4:00 PM–6:�0 PMChris Franke, College of Saint Catherine,

PresidingRichard Schultz, Wheaton College

In Search of an Intertextualist Called “Deutero-Isaiah”: Hugh Williamson, Verbal Parallels, and Reading the Book of Isaiah (30 min)

Annemarieke van der Woude, Radboud University NijmegenWho Are “We”? On the Shaping of Iden-tity in Isaiah 53 (30 min)

Mark Gignilliat, Beeson Divinity School, Samford UniversityReversing Fortunes: Isaiah 61’s Intertex-tual Convergence and Divergence with Isaiah’s Call in Isaiah 6 (30 min)

Paul M. Cook, University of Oxford“A Sign and a Portent”: The Redactional Formation of Isaiah 18–20 (30 min)

Preston Kavanagh, United Church of ChristCoding Helps to Date Isaiah Chapters (30 min)

SBL22-11� Greek Bible Section4:00 PM–6:�0 PMKaren H. Jobes, Wheaton College, PresidingDirk Buchner, Trinity Western University

Some Remarks on the Reception of LXX Vocabulary Subsequent to the Translation of the Pentateuch (30 min)

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David P. Moessner, University of Dubuque“Abraham Saw My Day!”: Making Sense of John 8:48–59 from the LXX Genesis 22 (30 min)

Kelly Liebengood, University of St. Andrews-Scotland1 Peter’s Fiery Trials and Zechariah 9–14’s Pierced Shepherd-King (30 min)

Beth M. Sheppard, Garrett-Evangelical Theological SeminaryThey Are (Still) Not Gods: The Letter of Jeremiah Read in a Second-Century CE Context (30 min)

SBL22-114 Hebrew Scriptures and Cog-nate Literature Section4:00 PM–6:�0 PMMark S. Smith, New York University,

PresidingErasmus Gass, University of Tübingen

Newly Found Moabite Inscriptions: Lin-guistic and Historical Implications (30 min)

Lisbeth S. Fried, University of Michigan-Ann ArborWho Was a Jew? Perceptions of Ethnic Identity at Elephantine (30 min)

Lauren A. S. Monroe, Cornell University“And They Behaved Even Worse Than Their Fathers”: Reconsidering the Deuter-onomistic Origin of Judges 2:11–19 (30 min)

Erik Eynikel, Radboud Universiteit NijmegenSamson in the Islamic Tradition and in the Old Testament (30 min)

Stephen C. Russell, New York UniversityThe Mythological and Military Back-ground of the Verb ‘BR in Exodus 15:16 (30 min)

SBL22-115 Hebrews Group4:00 PM–6:�0 PM

Theme: Emerging Studies in the Book of Hebrews

Gabriella Gelardini, University of Basel, Presiding

David M. Moffitt, Duke UniversityBut We See … Jesus? Hebrews 2:9 in Light of Jewish Traditions about the Ascension of Moses (22 min)

Discussion (6 min)

Ronald Cox, Pepperdine UniversityHebrews 5:11–6:12 as “Frank Criticism” (Parresia) (22 min)

Discussion (6 min)Bert Jan Lietaert Peerbolte, Protestant

Theological University, The NetherlandsMelchizedek: An Allegorical Reading in Hebrews 7 (22 min)

Discussion (6 min)Break (10 min)Mark A. Jennings, Marquette University

The Priestly Robes of the Incarnation: The Meaning of dia tou katapetasmatos, tout estin tes sarkos autou and the Inaugura-tion of the Eschatological Temple in He-brews 10:19–20 (22 min)

Discussion (6 min)Ira Jolivet Jr., Pepperdine University

Faith (Pistis) in Hebrews in Light of the Stoic Concept of the Acquisition of Scien-tific Knowledge (Episteme) (22 min)

Discussion (6 min)

SBL22-116 Homiletics and Biblical Studies Section4:00 PM–6:�0 PM

Theme: Perspectives in Preaching from Paul

David Jacobsen, Waterloo Lutheran Semi-nary, Presiding (5 min)

Panelists:James Dunn, Durham University (15 min)Paul Scott Wilson, Emmanuel College, Uni-

veristy of Toronto (15 min)Virginia Wiles, New Brunswick Theological

Seminary (15 min)Nancy Lammers Gross, Princeton Theologi-

cal Seminary (15 min)Michael Knowles, McMaster Divinity Col-

lege (15 min)Discussion (70 min)

SBL22-117 Index of Christian Art4:00 PM–5:00 PMColum P. Hourihane, Princeton University,

PresidingThe Index of Christian Art was founded in 1917 by Charles Rufus Morey and is the largest archive in existence for the study of medieval art. Based in Princeton University, it provides access to hundreds of thousands of works of art from early apostolic times to the middle of the sixteenth century, using a series of subject headings. Beginning with Alpha and Omega, the researcher is able to proceed through the entire catalogue of themes and subjects represented in medi-eval art as found in sixteen different media ranging from enamels to manuscripts to paintings.

SBL22-118 Johannine Literature Section4:00 PM–6:�0 PMGeorge Parsenios, Princeton Theological

Seminary, PresidingJudith Hartenstein, Philipps Universität-

MarburgThomas’s Confession (John 20:28) and the Christology of the Gospel of John (30 min)

Dorothy Ann Lee, Trinity College Theological SchoolDivine Absence and the Fourth Gospel (30 min)

Edward Klink, Talbot School of TheologyJohannine Dramatics: A Study of Past Methods and a Proposal for the Future (30 min)

Ingrid Rosa Kitzberger, Muenster, GermanyJourneying, Tenting, Home-Coming: Re-reading Johannine Characters from Exile (30 min)

Matthew E. Gordley, Regent UniversityThe Johannine Prologue and Hymnic Reviews of History (30 min)

SBL22-119 Letters of James, Peter, and Jude Section4:00 PM–6:�0 PMDuane Watson, Malone College, PresidingErin Vearncombe, University of Toronto

Ill-Skilled Postmen and the Addressees of James: The Socio-rhetorical Function of the Prescript of James (25 min)

Discussion (5 min)Christopher N. Chandler, University of St.

Andrews-ScotlandJesus and James on Justice in the Courts: A Reconsideration of the Ward/Allison Proposal (25 min)

Discussion (5 min)Break (5 min)David G. Horrell, University of Exeter

The Themes of 1 Peter: Insights from the Earliest Manuscripts (25 min)

Discussion (5 min)Edward Adams, King’s College London

The “Wandering Stars” of Jude 13: A Ret-rograde Interpretation (25 min)

Discussion (30 min)


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SBL22-120 Joint Session: LGBT/Queer Hermeneutics Consultation / Gender, Sexuality, and the Bible Group4:00 PM–6:�0 PMHolly Toensing, PresidingJason von Ehrenkrook, University of

Michigan-Ann ArborMonsters in Drag: Effeminizing Tyranny in Josephus Bellum Judaicum and Greco-Roman Political Invective (30 min)

Joseph A. Marchal, Grinnell CollegeFoucault at the Foot of Philemon: The Sexual Use of Slaves and Scholarly Eva-sion (30 min)

Mary R. D’Angelo, University of Notre DameImperial Sexual Politics, Christian Po-lemic, and Same-Sex Commitments in Christian Origins: Rereading the Letter to the Romans (30 min)

John G. Rumple, University of EdinburghA Paragon of Discrimination: The Ethio-pian Eunuch in Modern GLBTQ Biblical Interpretation (30 min)

Lynn Huber, Elon UniversityRevealing a Queer Hermeneutic: Or, How Gazing at the Whore Made Me a Better Biblical Interpreter (30 min)

SBL22-121 Literature and History of the Persian Period Group4:00 PM–7:00 PM

Theme: The Wall of Jerusalem in the Persian Period: Archaeology and

Historiography

Oded Lipschits, Tel Aviv University, Presid-ing

Alon de Groot, Israel Antiquities AuthorityJerusalem in the Persian Period: The Archaeological Evidence (25 min)

Ronny Reich, University of HaifaArchaeological Remains in Jerusalem of the Persian and Early Hellenistic Periods: A Short Inventory and Subsequent Con-clusions (25 min)

Wolfgang Zwickel, Johannes Gutenberg University of MainzJerusalem at the Time of Nehemiah: Con-siderations about the Size and the Impor-tance of Nehemiah’s Wall (25 min)

Break (10 min)Israel Finkelstein, Tel Aviv University

Jerusalem in the Persian Period and the Wall of Nehemiah (25 min)

Nadav Na’aman, Tel Aviv UniversityNehemiah’s Wall in the Archaeological Research: An Outlook from the Amarna Letters (25 min)

Manfred Oeming, University of Heidelberg“To Them I Will Give in My House and within My Walls a Memorial and a Name” (Isaiah 56:5): Theological Ideas Surrounding Nehemiah’s Wall (25 min)

Discussion (20 min)

SBL22-122 Mapping Memory: Tradi-tion, Texts, and Identity Group4:00 PM–6:�0 PM

Theme: Memory, the Past, and Identity

Alan Kirk, James Madison University, Presiding

Ovidiu Creanga, King’s College LondonMemory of the Conquest or the Conquest of Memory? The “Conquest Tradition” of Joshua in the Book of Psalms—A Social Memory Reading (25 min)

Anthony Le Donne, Durham UniversityCharting Memory Cycles in the Gospels: A Case for Historical Triangulation (25 min)

Finn Damgaard, University of CopenhagenThe Memory of Moses and the Israelites in Paul’s Appeal to Reconciliation in 1 Cor-inthians (25 min)

Minna Shkul, University of HelsinkiMnemonic Socialisation in Ephesians: Tradition, Ideology, and Otherness in the Communal Remembering (25 min)

Break (5 min)Werner Kelber, Rice University, Respondent


SBL22-12� Meals in the Greco-Roman World Seminar4:00 PM–6:�0 PM

Theme: Slavery and Meals

Janet Walton, Union Theological Seminary, NY, Presiding

Carolyn Osiek, Brite Divinity School Slavery and Household Meals

Nancy A. Evans, Wheaton College, Norton, Massacusetts Did Slaves Ever Recline at Meals?

Carly Daniel-Hughes, Concordia University-Montreal The Sex-Trade and Slavery at Meals

Angela Standhartinger, Philipps Universität-Marburg The Saturnalia in Greco-Roman Culture

Lillian I. Larsen, University of Redlands Early Christian Meals and Slavery

Jennifer Glancy, Le Moyne College, Respon-dent

Focus papers have been distributed in advance to seminar members and will be summarized at the beginning of the session. We will reserve time at the end of the session for questions from the floor.

SBL22-124 New Testament Textual Criticism Section4:00 PM–6:�0 PM

Theme: Versions and Fathers

Wayne Kannaday, Newberry College, Pre-siding

Carl P. Cosaert, Walla Walla UniversityThe Text of the Gospels in Clement of Alexandria (20 min)

Discussion (10 min)Christian Askeland, University of

CambridgeHas the Coptic Tradition Been Properly Used in New Testament Textual Criti-cism? (20 min)

Discussion (10 min)Hans-Gebhard Bethge, Humboldt-

Universität zu BerlinNew Testament Texts in Recently Pub-lished or Discovered Coptic Manuscripts (20 min)

Discussion (10 min)Juan Hernández Jr., Bethel College

A Forgotten Early Byzantine Textual Critic: Andrew of Caesarea on the Apoca-lypse (20 min)

Discussion (10 min)Jennifer Knust, Boston University and

Tommy Wasserman, Orebro Theological SeminaryEarth Accuses Earth: Tracing Jesus’ Writ-ing on the Ground (20 min)

Discussion (10 min)

NIBS22-125 Nida Institute for Bibli-cal Scholarship at the American Bible Society4:00 PM–5:00 PM

Theme: Translation Theory and Practice: Communicative versus

Hermeneutic Models

Robert Hodgson, American Bible Society, Presiding

Larry Venuti, Temple UniversityTranslation Theory and Practice: Com-municative versus Hermeneutic Models (45 min)

Discussion (15 min)


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SBL22-126 Paul and Scripture Seminar4:00 PM–6:�0 PM

Theme: Paul and His Jewish Contemporaries

Christopher Stanley, St. Bonaventure Uni-versity, Presiding

Bruce N. Fisk, Westmont CollegeA Hebrew of Hebrews: Paul’s Use of Scrip-ture in Light of Contemporary Jewish Interpretation (15 min)

Francis Watson, Durham University, Respondent (10 min)

James Aageson, Concordia College-Moor-head, Respondent (10 min)

Discussion (45 min)Break (10 min)Discussion (60 min)Papers will be summarized, not read. Cop-ies of the papers are available in advance at the seminar’s website: paulandscripture.blogspot.com.

SBL22-127 Pentateuch Section4:00 PM–6:�0 PM

Theme: The Pentateuch and the Former Prophets

Thomas Dozeman, United Theological Seminary, Presiding

Reinhard Achenbach, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität, MünsterThe King and the Priestly Torah (Deuter-onomy 17:14–20) (25 min)

Discussion (5 min)Christoph Levin, University of Munich

On Redactional Coherence and Book Division within the Enneateuch (25 min)

Discussion (5 min)Daniel Fleming, New York University

Bits of Bethel Cult behind the Golden Calf Complaint (25 min)

Discussion (5 min)Ed Noort, University of Groningen

An Altar at the Border: Joshua 22 and the Pentateuch (25 min)

Discussion (5 min)Michael Konkel, University of Bonn

Exodus 32–34 and the Quest for a Post-Priestly Enneateuch (25 min)

Discussion (5 min)

SBL22-128 Psychology and Biblical Studies Section4:00 PM–6:�0 PM

Theme: Abuse and Healing in Biblical Texts

J. Harold Ellens, University of Michigan-Ann Arbor, Presiding

Adrien J. Bledstein, Chicago, ILAbuse and Recovery: Telling the Story (25 min)

Robin Gallaher Branch, Crichton CollegeA Case of Spousal Abuse: A Study of the Marriage of Jeroboam I (1 Kings 14:1–18) (25 min)

Wayne Rollins, Hartford Seminary, Respon-dent (15 min)

Kamila Blessing, Blessing Transitions ConsultantThaumatgurgical Psychology: Jesus as Type versus Antitype of the Human Ca-pacity for “Wonder Works” (25 min)

Vincent Mudd, John Carroll UniversityThe Parable of the Good Samaritan: Challenging Relationships and Redefining Goodness (25 min)

Wayne Rollins, Hartford Seminary, Respon-dent (15 min)

Discussion (20 min)

SBL22-129 Publishing4:00 PM–5:00 PMPresented by SBL’s Student Advisory Group in Conjunction with SBL’s Publications ProgramDavid Creech, Loyola University of Chi-

cago, PresidingPanelists:Steven McKenzie, Rhodes CollegeHenry Carrigan, Northwestern University

PressKeith Bodner, Atlantic Baptist University

SBL22-1�0 Reading the Signs of the Times: A Session in Honor of Richard A. Horsley4:00 PM–6:00 PM

In conjunction with the publication of Cynthia Briggs Kittredge, Ellen Bradshaw Aitken, and Jonathan A. Draper, eds., The Bible in the Public Square: Reading the Signs of the Times (Fortress)

Cynthia Briggs Kittredge, Episcopal Theological Seminary of the Southwest, Presiding (10 min)

Abraham Smith, Perkins School of Theology, Southern Methodist University“Nobody Tasted Blood in It”: Public Intel-lectuals Interrogating Myths of Innocence in Biblical Studies (20 min)

Ellen Bradshaw Aitken, McGill UniversityFinding Words for the Suffering of the World (20 min)

Norman Gottwald, Pacific School of ReligionDo Not Fear What They Fear: The Bible and 9/11 (20 min)

Sze-kar Wan, Perkins School of Theology, Southern Methodist UniversityPublic and Hidden Scripts in Romans 13:1–7 (20 min)

Barbara Rossing, Lutheran School of Theology at ChicagoHastening the Day When the Earth Will Burn: Global Warming, 2 Peter, and the Book of Revelation (20 min)

Richard A. Horsley, University of Massachu-setts Boston, Respondent (10 min)

SBL22-1�1 Redescribing Early Christi-anity Group4:00 PM–6:�0 PM

Theme: The Second Century’s Invention of the First

Judith Perkins, Saint Joseph College, Presid-ing (5 min)

Stephen G. Wilson, Carleton UniversityMarcion’s (Re)description of Apostolic Christianity (25 min)

Jason BeDuhn, Northern Arizona UniversityThe Myth of Marcion as Redactor: The Evidence of “Marcion’s” Gospel (25 min)

Harry Maier, Vancouver School of Theology, Respondent (15 min)

Discussion (15 min)Break (5 min)Emma Wasserman, Reed College

Beliefs Are Not at All Like Doctrines: The Case of Paul’s Apocalyptic Cosmology (25 min)

Barry Crawford, Washburn University of Topeka, Respondent (10 min)

Discussion (15 min)

SBL22-1�2 Religious Experience in Early Judaism and Early Christianity Section4:00 PM–6:�0 PM

Theme: Case Studies in Religious Experience

Jutta Jokiranta, University of HelsinkiRitual in the Qumran Movement: What Do We Explain? (20 min)

Discussion (10 min)Samuel Thomas, California Lutheran

UniversityVision, Interpretation, Mediation: Textu-ality and Experience in Qumran Litera-ture (20 min)

Discussion (10 min)

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Catherine Playoust, Jesuit Theological College, MelbourneBeholding the Teachings of Wisdom: Allegorical Scriptural Interpretation as Religious Experience in Philo’s De vita contemplativa (20 min)

Discussion (10 min)Ljubica Jovanovic, Vanderbilt University

“Aseneth Bent Down to the Water in the Basin, and Her Face Was Like the Sun, and Her Eyes Like the Rising Morning Star” (20 min)

Discussion (10 min)Celia Deutsch, Barnard College

The Interpreter as Intertext: Origen’s First Homily on the Canticle of Canticles (20 min)

Discussion (10 min)

SBL22-1�� Rethinking the Concept and Categories of “Bible” in Antiquity Con-sultation4:00 PM–6:�0 PM

Theme: The Future of “Biblical Terminology”

Whitney Shiner, George Mason UniversitySibyllines from the East: The Curious Oracles of the Judean National Cult (30 min)

Elsie R. Stern, Reconstructionist Rabbinical CollegeHebrew Text as Ancient Version: Rethink-ing the Status of the Masoretic Text in Biblical Studies (30 min)

Tammie R. Wanta, University of North Carolina at CharlotteReflections on Concepts and Categories (30 min)

James E. Bowley, Millsaps CollegeThe Future of a Field and Our Unit (60 min)

The conclusion of the session will be devoted to open reflections and planning the future of this unit.

SBL22-1�4 Rhetoric of Religious Antiq-uity Seminar4:00 PM–7:00 PM

Theme: Critical Spatiality Theory within Sociorhetorical Interpretation

L. Gregory Bloomquist, Saint Paul Univer-sity, Presiding

Vernon K. Robbins, Emory UniversitySociorhetorical Spaces, Situations, Dis-courses, and Belief Systems (30 min)

Greg Carey, Lancaster Theological SeminaryFourth Ezra in Space and Time (30 min)

Gerhard van den Heever, University of South AfricaThird Johannine Space: Reimagined Sa-cred Space in/as the Gospel of John (30 min)

Priscilla Geisterfer, Saint Paul UniversityArticulating a Wisdom Rhetorical Dis-course for Ancient Israel (30 min)

Claudia Camp, Texas Christian University, Respondent (15 min)

Jon Berquist, Westminster John Knox, Respondent (15 min)

Mark George, Iliff School of Theology, Respondent (15 min)

Discussion (15 min)

SBL22-1�5 Semiotics and Exegesis Section4:00 PM–6:�0 PM

Theme: Celebrating the Work of George Aichele

The Semiotics and Exegesis Section will honor George Aichele’s contribution to bibli-cal scholarship on the occasion of his recent retirement from Adrian College. Aichele has participated in the Semiotics and Exegesis Section for over two decades, including serving as progam chair of the Section from 1995 to 2001.David Odell-Scott, Kent State University,

PresidingPanelists:Gary Phillips, Wabash College (30 min)Elizabeth Castelli, Barnard College (30 min)David Jobling, St. Andrew’s College-Saska-

toon (30 min)Richard Walsh, Methodist College (30 min)Discussion (30 min)

SBL22-1�6 Social Sciences and the Interpretation of the Hebrew Scriptures Section4:00 PM–6:�0 PM

Theme: Interpreting the Rise of David Narrative (1 Samuel 16–2 Samuel 5)

Carol Meyers, Duke University, PresidingGary Stansell, Saint Olaf College

Did David Have Any Friends? (35 min)

Heather A. McKay, Edge Hill UniversitySamuel, Saul, and David: A “Fox” Over-sees the Transfer of Power from One “Lion” to Another (35 min)

David Chalcraft, University of DerbyTechnologies of Power and David’s Rise: Using Foucault to Interpret 1 Samuel 16– 2 Samuel 5 Sociologically (35 min)

Patrick J. Russell, Sacred Heart School of TheologyFostering an Ideology of Subservience: The Ironic Social Function of 1 Samuel 16– 2 Samuel 5 (35 min)

Discussion (10 min)A business meeting with follow this session.

SBL22-1�7 Space, Place, and Lived Experience in Antiquity Section4:00 PM–6:�0 PMJorunn Okland, University of Sheffield,

PresidingVictor H. Matthews, Missouri State

UniversityJeremiah, Baruch, and Linked Zones of Communication (30 min)

Jenn Cianca, University of TorontoPlacing Ritual: The Roman House as Early Christian Meeting Place (30 min)

Cecilia Wassen, Umeå UniversityConstruction of Sacred Space in Paul’s Writings and the Dead Sea Scrolls (30 min)

Juhana Markus Saukkonen, University College LondonThe Social in the Spatial: Space Syntax Analysis of Khirbet Qumran (30 min)

Christine Shepardson, University of Tennessee, KnoxvilleSimply Orthodox: Exploiting the Urban/Rural Divide in Fourth-Century Antioch (30 min)

SBL22-1�8 Synoptic Gospels Section4:00 PM–6:�0 PMJang Ryul Lee, University of Edinburgh

Reading the Markan Shema (12:29) in Light of the “Exaltation of the Messiah” (12:36) (30 min)

Jeffrey B. Gibson, Harry S. Truman CollegeIs the Synagogue Liturgy the Matrix of the Lord’s Prayer? (30 min)

J. R. C. Cousland, University of British ColumbiaSalvation History in Matthew? (30 min)

James F. McGrath, Butler UniversityMark’s Missing Ending: Clues from the Gospel of John and the Gospel of Peter (30 min)

R. Steven Notley, Nyack College NYCNon-Septuagintal Hebraisms in the Third Gospel and the Development of the Synop-tic Tradition (30 min)

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SBL22-1�9 Teacher Experiences with the Bible and World Religions in the High School Classroom4:00 PM–6:�0 PMCarleen Mandolfo, Colby College, PresidingDiane Moore, Program in Religion and

Secondary Education, Harvard Divinity SchoolIntegrating Religion into Teacher Certifi-cation and Training: Past Experiences and Future Vision

Teacher Case Studies: Examples, Challenges, and Models

Jim Norton, Language Arts Teacher, Public School, Teaching a Specific Biblical Text in a Public High School Classroom

Stephanie McAllister, Setting the Histori-cal Context of Some Aspects of Biblical Narrative

Tom Rooney, Addressing Religious Beliefs as They Emerge in the Classroom or Community Context

Elizabeth Struthers Malbon, Virginia Poly-technic and State University, Respondent

Discussion with High School Teachers, SBL Taskforce, and Audience Based on Teacher Experiences and the SBL Guide

SBL22-140 Theology of the Hebrew Scriptures Section4:00 PM–6:�0 PM

Theme: Disability, Healthcare, and the Body

Patrick D. Miller, Princeton Theological Seminary, Presiding (5 min)

Rolf Jacobson, Luther SeminaryThe Experience of Disability and the Theological Witness of the Psalter (30 min)

J. Blake Couey, Princeton Theological SeminaryThe Disabled Body Politic in Isaiah 3:1, 8 (30 min)

Sarah J. Melcher, Xavier UniversityA God of Justice: Can the Prophetic Books Aid in the Construction of a Disability Liberation Ethic? (30 min)

Song-Mi Suzie Park, Harvard UniversitySickness of King and Country: Theological Implications of Hezekiah’s Illness (30 min)

Dennis Olson, Princeton Theological Semi-nary, Respondent (25 min)

WC22-141 Wabash Center for Teaching and Learning in Theology and Religion4:00 PM–6:�0 PM

Theme: Should We Be Teaching the Historical-Critical Method?

A panel and “fishbowl conversation” with Dale Martin about the issues he raises in his new book, The Pedagogy of the Bible (West-minster John Knox). Martin explores the ways that theological schools actually teach the historical-critical method and analyzes the pedagogical difficulties resulting from these methodological assumptions. He argues for a new approach to teaching the Bible, constructed within a context of critical hermeneutical theory, which would interpret scripture within the context of church history and church’s theology. The session will begin with a brief two-person panel presentation describing the significance of the book and raising key questions. Follow-ing this, the room will be reconfigured as a “fishbowl,” and Martin will be joined by five others for an open-ended discussion about the implications of the book for teaching. Audience members will then be invited to join in the discussion.Thomas Pearson, Wabash Center for

Teaching and Learning in Theology and Religion, Presiding

Panelists:Dale Martin, Yale UniversityAlice Hunt, Chicago Theological SeminaryJean-Pierre Ruiz, Saint John’s UniversityRichard Ascough, Queens UniversityA. K. M. Adam, Duke UniversitySeung-Ai Yang, Chicago Theological

SeminaryEdward Wimberly, Interdenominational

Theological CenterSandra Gravett, Appalachian State Univer-

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SBL22-142 Women in the Biblical World Section1:00 PM–�:�0 PM

Theme: Biblical Women in Film, Music and Other Media

Teresa Hornsby, Drury University, PresidingJennifer L. Koosed, Albright College

The Gleaners and Ruth (25 min)

Discussion (5 min)Caroline Vander Stichele, University of

AmsterdamSalome Goes South (25 min)

Discussion (5 min)Helen Leneman, University of Amsterdam

The Songs of Deborah … Jael … and Sisera’s Mother: Musical Settings of Judges 4–5 (25 min)

Discussion (5 min)Sheila Shiki-y-Michaels, Columbia

UniversityTeraphim in Biblical Women’s Ritual Life (25 min)

Discussion (5 min)Nancy C. Lee, Elmhurst College

Prophetic Bat-‘ammî Answers Jeremiah (25 min)

Discussion (5 min)

SBL22-14� SBL Presidential Address7:00 PM–8:00 PMDavid J. A. Clines, University of Sheffield,

PresidingJonathan Z. Smith, University of Chicago

Religion and the Bible (45 min)

SBL22-144 SBL Members’ Reception8:�0 PM–10:00 PM

2� November, Sunday

NAPH2�-1 National Association of Pro-fessors of Hebrew7:00 AM–9:00 AM

Annual Breakfast and Business Meeting

Gilead Morahg, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Presiding (120 min)

SBL2�-2 SBL Annual Business Meeting7:�0 AM–8:�0 AM

SBL2�-� Academic Teaching and Bibli-cal Studies Section9:00 AM–11:�0 AM

Theme: The Future of Education in Biblical Studies

This round-table discussion will focus on how various biblical-studies programs prepare graduate students and attract undergraduates into the field. The panelists will discuss, among other issues, what their institutional curriculum emphasizes, where they think it should focus, how biblical studies reflects disciplinary trends, and the relationship between biblical studies and religious studies. Audience discussion and participation is encouraged.Sandra Gravett, Appalachian State Univer-

sity, PresidingPanelists:Marc Brettler, Brandeis UniversityDale Martin, Yale UniversityCarol Meyers, Duke UniversityFernando Segovia, Vanderbilt University

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