Society Report November 2009 From the Executive Director

November 10, 2009

Dear Colleagues and Friends, Looking back over my years of SBL involvement and ahead to my retirement from the SBL staff in July 2010, I am struck by many feelings and thoughts, but one overshadows all the rest; you have been my strength over these years of being a volunteer and an SBL staff member. Peter Drucker says, “Developing yourself begins by serving, by striving toward an idea outside yourself—not by leading.” You have in so many ways helped me serve by bringing ideas forward that we could develop together. We have responded by making sure that we had a publication program that was not only sound from an intellectual perspective but firmly grounded in an economic model that would sustain itself. We have responded to the need to develop an annual meeting that was not only deep but also broad. After all, biblical studies resides in a wide humanistic environment of give and take. We have built an international presence with our annual international meeting and not only served our existing international membership but brought in new voices. We have restored programs for the professional development of members, including the offering of seminars to help scholars not only write but also get published. We have begun to address the needs of the wider public by specific programs that reach public school audiences. Our publications in partnership with HarperCollins and many others have opened up an enormous resource for all who are interested in sound, creative biblical scholarship. We have with renewed vigor focused on the next generation of scholars who can continue to build our mission. The call for an individual or an organization is not to be perfect or infallible. It is to match need and opportunity on the outside with competence and strength on the inside (Drucker). We need to do better what we do well. However, we can never forget that small steps make a big step possible. The discernment to know when to forget, as it were, about improving and to focus on change is critical. Fortunately, we have been able to change in the midst of success rather than when we were in trouble. I am grateful for your leadership over all of these years of service. Best wishes,

Kent Harold Richards Executive Director Professor of Old Testament Inside Service to Members The Year in Review...... 2 The Society of Biblical Literature has had a long run of successes, as Publications...... 2 evidenced by our growing membership, our expanding congresses, Journal of Biblical Literature...... 2 our adoption of innovative publication strategies, and our reaffir- Tmation of our efforts to address the professional needs of members. All of Review of Biblical Literature ...... 2 this is done in a context of remembering that the bottom line is, in the end, ICI...... 2 service to members. New and Recent Titles ...... 3 There are financial bottom lines as well. Adapting to new global economies, Congresses...... 4 including those whose voices have been unheard or even silenced, requires a commitment to careful financial investment and expenditures. Resources Boston...... 4 are always limited, so devising alternatives for decision making and building Rome...... 4 in options to deal with mistakes is essential. Thankfully, we have made few 2009 SBL Regional Meetings...... 4 mistakes. We have been guided by the ability to adapt, to anticipate, and to 2009 Travel Grant Recipients...... 5 emphasize agreement rather than disagreement. These characteristics as Professions...... 5 well as our core values have guided our service to members. In these difficult Regional Scholars Program...... 5 economic times, this has led us to respond in two ways. First, we have reviewed every expenditure and cut nearly $100,000 from our budget even SBL Fonts...... 5 as prices for supplies and services continue to rise. For example, we have Public Initiatives...... 6 cut the organization’s contribution to the TIAA/CREF retirement of each NEH Grant...... 6 employee from 10 to 8 percent. Second, we have also decided to institute a modest increase in member dues. Together these two measures will enable Bible Electives in Public Schools..... 6 us to continue serving members as effectively as possible. Social Media...... 6 You can also help by bringing a new member into SBL. If you reside Membership Demographics...... 7 outside the U.S., consider giving a membership to a young colleague in your own country or someplace where salaries for a year amount to what you People...... 8 make in a month. We can provide names of people in those countries, if Administration ...... 8 you are interested. If you reside in the U.S., we ask that you make a tax- Editors and Editorial Boards...... 9 deductible contribution. Remember, your dues account for less than a third of the revenues needed to run all of the SBL-sponsored programs. Annual Meeting Program Unit Chairs. 10 Service to members is a focus that we all must have as we present a paper, International Meeting Program Unit argue a position, exemplify strong teaching, or participate on a committee. Chairs...... 16 Service is communication, and even dissent can be a means of developing respect and better communication. If you tell us what you need, we can Staff...... 17 together review the alternatives and devise strategies needed to respond to Finances...... 18 the desired goal. We can continue to build successes if we serve each other SBL International Memberships...... 19 as we launch into our 130th year of service. 2009 Donors...... 20  SocietyThe Year Report in Review

board, JBL anticipates ongoing growth and excellence in the Publications months and years to come.

Review of Biblical Literature Since the 2008 Annual Meeting, the SBL has published The Review of Biblical Literature (www.bookreviews.org) twenty-seven new volumes, along with two Brown Judaic continues to foster biblical scholarship as the SBL’s most Studies volumes and seven paperback reprints of original Brill widely distributed print or online publication—as well as the titles (see the list below). Among many high points during premier source of biblical studies book reviews in the world. the past year, several deserve special mention. First, the three Each and every day, 1,360 different visitors access one or series established just last year each published one or more more pages at RBL, which adds up to nearly half a million volumes: Ramsay MacMullen, The Second Church: Popular unique visits each year. In addition, RBL’s weekly newsletters Christianity A.D. 200–400 (WGRWSup); Mark K. George, are distributed to over 9,300 SBL members and nonmember Israel’s Tabernacle as Social Space (AIL); A. Joseph Everson subscribers around the globe. Since the beginning of 2009, and Hyun Chul Paul Kim, eds., The Desert Will Bloom: Poetic these newsletters have announced over 530 new reviews of Visions of Isaiah (AIL); Scott B. Noegel and Gary A. Rends- books across the breadth of biblical studies and its cognate burg, Solomon’s Vineyard: Literary and Linguistic Studies in disciplines. This year also saw the creation of a new RBL the Song of Songs (AIL); David A. Bernat, Sign of the Cov- feature, the RBL blog (rblnewsletter.blogspot.com), where enant: Circumcision in the Priestly Traditions (AIL); Delbert all RBL reviews are announced (and can be forwarded to Burkett, Rethinking the Gospel Sources, Volume 2: The Unity RSS readers) and authors, reviewers, and other interested and Plurality of Q (ECL); and Paul N. Anderson, Felix Just, parties are invited to comment on individual books or S.J., and Tom Thatcher, eds.,John, Jesus, and History, Volume reviews. Finally, RBL is pleased to offer volume 11 of its 2: The Dehistoricization of John and Aspects of Historicity in annual print edition, which makes available in print form the Fourth Gospel (ECL). Second, in the face of a challenging the 162 most important reviews published between May economic situation, book sales remained healthy. Although 2008 and May 2009. With 5,533 reviews published and freely SBL book sales revenue was down .25 percent from fiscal available online and many more to come, RBL looks forward year 2008, this compares quite favorably with comparable ac- to its continued role as a key contributor to biblical studies ademic presses, which experienced an average decline of 10 scholarship around the world. percent. Third, publications staff, working with various SBL members, initiated work on a number of cooperative proj- International Cooperation Initiative ects, including the creation of an online Bible dictionary, the In just two short years, the International Cooperation development of a multivolume companion to the Bible, and a Initiative has already accomplished many of its original goals. thorough revision of the HarperCollins Bible Dictionary. The Online Book program, which provides PDF files of SBL and BJS volumes to students and scholars in countries with Journal of Biblical Literature low GDPs, now numbers close to two hundred. In addition, During 2009, JBL offered 800+ pages of biblical scholar- SBL works independently with the Theological Book Network ship, spread across four issues distributed both in print and to distribute overstocks to libraries in underresourced online. Specifically, JBL published fifty-one full-length arti- countries. Open access, online publishing has become a cles and critical notes, an increase of seven articles and notes reality through the Ancient Near East Monographs series, over 2008’s record output. Articles engaged a variety of topics and a second online series, International Voices in Biblical across and beyond the biblical canon from varying ideologi- Studies, will have its web portal up and running early in 2010. cal and methodological perspectives. That JBL continues to The series editors have acquired manuscripts by conventional be regarded as the flagship journal of the field is demonstrat- means and hope to have publications online soon after the ed not only by its stable and strong subscription numbers web portal is operational. Further, the number of scholars but also by the interest it generates among potential authors. participating in the ICI Teaching Collaboration is growing For example, JBL received 190 submissions during the last steadily. This initiative provides a means for conversation, twelve months, a 35 percent increase over the prior year’s teaching, and mentoring between scholars and students submissions figure. Under the leadership of Editor James worldwide. SBL also offers reduced membership dues for C. VanderKam and the thirty-four members of the editorial those in ICI-qualifying countries, which has led to noteworthy

 SBL 2009 growth in SBL membership in those areas. Communication Philonica Annual: Studies in Hellenistic Judaism, Volume among those interested in the ICI is of prime importance, XXI (StPhilA) since this is a global effort. Monthly e-newsletters are sent ◆ David A. Bernat, Sign of the Covenant: Circumcison in to those wishing to join the listserv, face-to-face meetings the Priestly Traditions (AIL) take place whenever possible, and the SBL website carries ◆ John M. Dillon and Wolfgang Polleichtner, Iamblichus: an ICI page that has links to the various projects sponsored Letters (WGRW) through the initiative. Becoming involved in ICI is easy to ◆ Jan G. van der Watt, ed., Review of Biblical Literature, do and is facilitated by information on the website. As ICI 2009 (RBL) becomes recognized as a part of the SBL culture, we hope ◆ Scott B. Noegel and Gary A. Rendsburg, Solomon’s that more members will designate their gifts to the Society Vineyard: Literary and Linguistic Studies in the Song of Fund for advancing these initiatives. Such gifts help fund the Songs (AIL) Online Books project as well as sponsor SBL memberships ◆ Paul N. Anderson, Felix Just, S.J., and Tom Thatcher, eds., for those in countries with a low GDP. Thanks are offered to John, Jesus, and History, Volume 2: The Dehistoricization the many SBL members who have donated their time, talent, of John and Aspects of Historicity in the Fourth Gospel and resources to make the ICI successful. (ECL) ◆ Henning Graf Reventlow, History of Biblical Interpretation New and Recent Titles from SBL Publications 1: From the Old Testament to Origen (RBS) ◆ Randall C. Bailey, Tat-Siong Benny Liew, Fernando F. ◆ Henning Graf Reventlow, History of Biblical Interpretation Segovia, eds., They Were All Together in One Place? Toward 2: From Late Antiquity to the End of the Middle Ages Minority Biblical Criticism (SemeiaSt) (RBS) ◆ Mark Andrew Brighton, The Sicarii in Josephus’s Judean ◆ Joel M. LeMon and Kent Harold Richards, eds., Method War: Rhetorical Analysis and Historical Observations (EJL) Matters: Essays on the Interpretation of the Hebrew Bible ◆ Ramsay MacMullen, The Second Church: Popular in Honor of David L. Petersen (RBS) Christianity A.D. 200–400 (WGRWSup) ◆ W. Benjamin Henry, Philodemus, On Death (WGRW) ◆ Harry A. Hoffner Jr., Letters from the Hittite Kingdom ◆ Samuel Thomas, The Mysteries of Qumran: Secrecy and (WAW) Esoteric Knowledge in Second Temple Judaism and in the ◆ David G. Rice and John E. Stambaugh, Sources for the Dead Sea Scrolls (EJL) Study of Greek Religion, corrected edition (RBS) ◆ Cheryl Kirk-Duggan and Tina Pippin, Mother Goose, ◆ Delbert Burkett, Rethinking the Gospel Sources, Volume 2: Mother Jones, Mommy Dearest (SemeiaSt) The Unity and Plurality of Q (ECL) ◆ Nancy Calvert-Koyzis and Heather Weir, eds., Strangely ◆ Mark K. George, Israel’s Tabernacle as Social Space (AIL) Familiar: ProtoFminist Interpretations of Patriarchal ◆ Jerome Murphy-O’Connor, Becoming Human Together: Biblical Texts The Pastoral Anthropology of St. Paul (3rd ed.) ◆ John T. Fitzgerald, Fika J. Van Rensburg, Herrie F. Van Brown Judaic Studies Rooy, eds., Animosity, The Bible, and Us: Some European, ◆ Jonathan Zvi Kaplan, Between the Devil and the Deep Blue North American, and South African Perspectives (GPBS) Sea? French Jewry and the Problem of Church and State ◆ David G. Burke, ed., Translation That Openeth the ◆ Michele Levine, Nahmanides on Genesis: The Art of Window: Reflections on the History and Legacy of the King Biblical Portraiture James Bible (BSNA) ◆ A. Joseph Everson and Hyun Chul Paul Kim, eds., The Brill Reprints Desert Will Bloom: Poetic Visions of Isaiah (AIL) ◆ Hennie J. Marsman, Women in Ugarit and Israel: Their ◆ Ilaria Ramelli; David Konstan, trans., Hierocles the Stoic: Social and Religious Position in the Context of the Ancient Elements of Ethics, Fragments, and Excerpts (WGRW) Near East ◆ Alejandro F. Botta and Pablo R. Andiñach, eds., The Bible ◆ Hindy Najman, Seconding Sinai: The Development of and the Hermeneutics of Liberation (SemeiaSt) Mosaic Discourse in Second Temple Judaism ◆ Robert K. Ritner, The Libyan Anarchy: Inscriptions from ◆ Maxine L. Grossman, Reading for History in the Damascus Egypt’s Third Intermediate Period (WAW) Document: A Methodological Study ◆ David T. Runia and Gregory E. Sterling, eds., The Studia ◆ Stanley E. Porter, ed., The Pauline Canon

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◆ Stanley E. Porter, ed., Paul and His Opponents Rome – June 30-July 4, 2009 ◆ Emanuel Tov, Scribal Practices and Approaches Reflected The 2009 International Meeting in Rome, Italy was also a in the Texts Found in the Judean Desert notable success with 515 participants and over 750 attend- ◆ E. Earle Ellis, The Making of the New Testament Documents ees. Participants from forty-six countries shared and debated in appreciable collegial fashion, as the meeting marked the centenary celebration of the Pontifical Biblical Institute, our Congresses host. Rome was a fantastic meeting city and one that attend- ees were glad to see. Two special items added to our program were a lecture tour provided The Society’s meetings bring together scholars from by the Bible and Visual Cul- around the world to foster biblical scholarship by showcasing ture program unit of Early the latest in biblical/religious/theological research, fostering Christian sarcophagi in the collegial contacts, advancing research, and highlighting a Museo Pio Cristiano and a wide range of professional issues. Here are highlights of our day trip to Ostia Antica Ar- most recent Annual and International Meetings. chaeological Park. Both of these tours had overwhelm- Boston – November 21-25, 2008 ing responses and received Our first independent Annual Meeting in Boston was an fantastic feedback from the overwhelming success. All registration categories exceeded participants. The history and expectations, and there were more papers and sessions in splendor of this ancient city Boston than we have ever scheduled. Boston had 15 percent certainly provided a unique more papers and 22 percent more sessions than San Diego, forum for international figures that mark a 72 percent increase in number of papers scholars to gather and grow. on the program and a 93 percent growth in number of ses- sions since 2004. Twenty-one Affiliates organized sessions 2010 SBL Regional Meetings in Boston, and eighty-five Exhibitors offered their books, Central States – March 21–22, St. Louis Marriott West, St. digital, and other resources for biblical studies and benefited Louis, Missouri from the high draw of attendees to our Exhibit Hall. Feed- back from our exhibitors showed that a majority of them be- Eastern Great Lakes – April 8–9, TBD, near Akron, Ohio lieved that the exposure and sales from Boston were as good Mid Atlantic – March 10–11, Hyatt Regency Hotel, New if not better than they had been in the past. Brunswick, New Jersey Such statistics confirm the feedback from attendees: the Midwest – February 12–14, Valparaiso University, Valparaiso, SBL Annual Meeting is highly-esteemed and continues to Indiana advance critical scholarship. Indeed, the program is growing New England – April 16, Andover-Newton Theological in depth and breadth in a range of disciplines, including ar- School, Newton Centre, Massachusetts chaeology, classics, com- parative studies, ethics, Pacific Coast – March 13–15, Arizona State University, Tem- pe, Arizona history of interpretation, and theology. Recent Pacific Northwest – May 7–9, University of Victoria, Victo- program unit additions ria, British Columbia focus on cognitive lin- Rocky Mountains-Great Plains – April 9–10, Creighton guistics, political theory, University, Omaha, Nebraska myth theory, interdisci- Southeastern – March 5–7, Atlanta Marriott Century Center, plinary work on ancient Atlanta, Georgia economies, and service- Southwestern – March 12–14, Marriott Hotel DFW, North learning. The Society’s Dallas, Texas mission to “foster bibli- cal scholarship” remains Upper Midwest – April 9–10, Luther Seminary, St. Paul, Min- enduringly relevant. nesota

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Travel Grants for 2009 Annual Meeting – in the Deuteronomistic History, using concepts and mod- New Orleans els from anthropological, sociological, and philosophical The SBL Committee on the Status of Women in the Pro- thought. It is currently in preparation for publication in the fession is pleased to announce the 2009 Travel Grant award BZAW series. Hutton’s research interests include the symbol- recipient: ic geography of Transjordan and the Jordan River in the Old Akintunde Dorcas Olubanke (Ph.D.) and New Testaments, Israelite prophets and the institution teaches New Testament Studies/Gen- of prophecy, anthropological and sociological approaches in der Studies in the Department of Re- biblical interpretation, and the formation and structure of ligious Studies, University of Ibadan, the Deuteronomistic History, especially the books of Samuel. Nigeria, with research interest in bibli- He teaches courses in Biblical Hebrew, prophetic literature, cal studies, gender, and HIV and AIDS the exegesis of Amos and the Minor Prophets, and historical in Africa. She was the Anglophone Co- Hebrew grammar. ordinator of the Circle of Concerned William M. Wright IV is a biblical African Women Theologians between scholar and theologian. His area of 2002 and 2005. She is currently on a specialization is the New Testament project team researching Primal Religion as the Substructure and the Gospel according to John in of Christianity headed by Prof. Andrew Walls and, until his particular. His research interests in- death, the late Prof. Kwame Bediako. clude the use of Greco-Roman com- positional rhetoric in the Gospel literature, the reception of the Old Testament in the New, and the his- Professions tory of interpretation as a resource for contemporary exegesis and the- Regions ology in light of Catholic Ressourcement theology. He is the Throughout the academic year, the regions coordinate author of Rhetoric and Theology: Figural Reading of John 9 lectures and conferences that keep the regions active and (de Gruyter, 2009) and the co-author (with Fr. Francis Mar- up-to-date in the latest biblical research and teaching. These tin) of The Gospel of John volume in the Catholic Commentary meetings provide an intimate setting for scholarly exchange. on Sacred Scripture Series (Baker Academic, forthcoming). His articles have appeared in Catholic Biblical Quarterly, The Regional Scholars Program Thomist, and Nova et Vetera. The eleven regions identify exemplary new scholars, particularly women and underrepresented minorities, for consideration and selection as one of the Society’s Regional SBL Fonts Scholars. A maximum of six regional scholars are selected each year and given stipends to cover a portion of the cost of The year 2009 has seen a number of important develop- attending the Annual Meeting. This year’s regional scholars ments in the SBL Font series. The SBL Hebrew font, which are Jeremy M. Hutton and William M. Wright IV. has now been available for several years, has received a num- Jeremy M. Hutton is assistant professor of Old Testament ber of minor updates and continues to be a popular down- at Princeton Theological Seminary. He received his A.M. and load from the SBL website. In March, SBL released the sec- Ph.D. degrees from Harvard Univer- ond font in the series, SBL Greek, designed by John Hudson sity and his B.A. from the University of Tiro Typeworks. SBL Greek is a brand new, fully-featured of Notre Dame. His doctoral disser- Unicode font that has been greeted with great enthusiasm tation, “The Transjordanian Palimp- and has already seen wide-spread adoption. SBL Fonts has sest: The Overwritten Texts of Per- not been limited, however, to the distribution of the font files. sonal Exile in the Deuteronomistic SBL provides support to members seeking assistance install- History,” took an interdisciplinary ing and using the fonts via email. Beyond email support, the approach to the symbolic geography SBL Font Forum, now being graciously hosted by FontLab, of Transjordan and the Jordan River is a vibrant community where those with an interest in fonts

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have the ability to connect with each other, SBL staff, and The SBL taskforce on Bible electives will meet in Novem- the fonts’ designer. Of course, all of these developments have ber to discuss the next steps, including future teacher train- been made possible partly by the support of the members of ings and classroom resource development. the SBL Font Foundation. The Font Foundation has grown This year we also launched a monthly, online e-pub called this year, and the latest list of Foundation members is avail- Teaching the Bible, for high school teachers of Bible electives able on the SBL website. All interested in further information and their students. See a sample issue at http://www.sbl-site. about SBL Fonts are encouraged to visit the Biblical Fonts org/assets/media/TBv1_i3.htm. section of the SBL website, as this is the best place to receive the most up-to-date information about all matters related to SBL Fonts. Social Media

As new technologies continue to emerge from social net- Public Initiatives for 2009–2010 working (Facebook, Twitter, and more community-based technologies) to virtualization and Cloud computing, SBL’s NEH Grant technology department finds itself presented with many In September of 2009 SBL received a $40,000 planning opportunities. We want to identify which technologies we grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities to should engage in and at the same time make choices that have develop a website for the general public titled “The World of minimal impact on the budget. Recently, the SBL technology the Bible: Exploring People, Places, and Passages.” The NEH department has been researching social media tools to deter- review panel was enthusiastic about the project. We will have mine what benefits these technologies may provide to SBL our first advisory board meeting at the 2009 annual meeting members. We have looked at LISTSERV, Forums, LinkedIn, in New Orleans, where we will discuss the general frame- Second Life, YouTube, iTunes University, MySpace, Face- work of the site and select key topics from which to develop a book, Wikis, Twitter, Blogs, and Google Wave. The technol- prototype. SBL will apply for an implementation grant from ogy staff wants to identify which of these technologies can NEH in August 2010, and will seek additional funding. help improve communication within the Society. In addi- tion, we are looking at how social networking can help us Bible Electives in Public Schools promote SBL resources, increase our branding, reinforce our In June and August of 2009 SBL offered two four-day partnerships, introduce SBL to potential donors and expand training workshops for high school teachers on teaching the our reach. Bible. The first took place at Emory University’s Michael C. One recent result of our review of these technologies was Carlos Museum in Atlanta. The second took place at the Uni- to recognize the Bibliobloggers, an informal group of over versity of Texas in Austin. three hundred people who blog about the Bible, as an affili- SBL members Joel LeMon and Brent Strawn taught the ate. We look forward to many discussions on electronic tools course at Emory. In Texas, Steve Friesen organized the work- and how they impact research, publishing, and scholarship shop, which was taught by Mike White and Kent Richards. in general. About twenty-five public and private school teachers attend- In the coming months we will be surveying the member- ed each session. The response overall has been positive. ship in an attempt to find out which of these technologies, if any, our members are already using as a way to connect with colleagues, as aids in their research, and as enhancements to teaching.

Future Annual Meetings Future International Meetings

2010 ◆ Atlanta, GA, Nov 19–23 2010 ◆ Tartu, Estonia 2011 ◆ San Francisco, CA, Nov 18–22 2011 ◆ London, England

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Membership Demographics and Totals Member Quotes

In an effort better to understand our membership and the General field of biblical studies, we have begun collecting demographic “It is our prayer that the SBL will continue to be a positive and other data from our members. So far, nearly 50 percent of force for promoting and enriching the world wide study and our members have provided this information by filling out the understanding of the Biblical texts.” - member in Kenya Optional Profile on the website; these numbers represent the “SBL has been an important part of my professional and data collected thus far. We hope this demographic information personal life for many years.” will be useful to our members. The greater the participation in providing the data, the greater value there is in the results. If “It is my privilege to be a member of the Society of Biblical you are a member and have not yet filled in this information, Literature.” - member in Croatia we urge you to do so. “Thank you all for all your hard work!” After reaching an all-time high in 2008, our membership numbers have returned to the levels reported in 2007. The RBL economy has forced many to make tough decisions and we, “I really appreciate the weekly book reviews.” like many other organizations, have seen a decline in member- ships and revenue across the board. Yet our current member- ICI ship of 8500 remains among the largest the Society has ever “I wholeheartedly agree with SBL’s efforts to open the soci- had. We are continuing to focus our energies on providing ety in the widest possible way.” strong programs, meetings, publications, and services for our members. We trust that our membership will reflect the integ- “I applaud these efforts [ICI membership rates], together rity and strength of these endeavors. with what you are doing for easier access to scholarship on the internet.” “Thank you for this good news [ICI membership rates]. This is, indeed, a great help for many scholars in these parts of the world. And this will enable many more memberships from this part of the world.” - member in Romania “I’m grateful to the Society for this offer as well as the open access publication of Society monographs. Money is extremely tight here, so anything that the Society does to facilitate schol- arship is very much appreciated.” - member in India “I believe such initiatives will really help scholars from South Asia to be part of SBL.” “I wrote some months back from India expressing our ap- preciation for the international cooperative initiative. The availability of reputable works in the field of biblical studies for those studying in places like India is quite a blessing and we are thankful. . . . Once again, my appreciation for what you all are doing for those of us in other parts of the world.” - from India “We are so grateful for all your kindness and the supplies of the books and thank you so so much.” - from Kenya

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➤ Pamela Eisenbaum which the Society speaks to and about Administration ➤ Tom Gillespie women through its various activities. ➤ David Tiede ➤ Jennifer Bird ➤ The work of the Society is guided by its Donald Dale Walker ➤ Barbara E. Bowe ➤ Council and is administered through L. Michael White ➤ Nancy R. Bowen SBL’s professional staff and key volun- ➤ Claudia V. Camp teers who serve on various commit- The Finance Committee advises the ➤ Deborah A. Green teees. Executive Director in preparing the ➤ Nyasha Junior annual budget for recommendation to ➤ Risa Levitt Kohn The Council consists of fourteen mem- the Council and oversees the societal ➤ Molly Zahn bers of the Society and the Executive investments. Director. This board approves general ➤ Harold W. Attridge The Underrepresented Racial and Eth- policies. ➤ Brian Blount nic Minorities in the Profession Com- ➤ ➤ Loveday C. A. Alexander Joel B. Green mittee encourages the participation of ➤ ➤ Cheryl B. Anderson Katharine Doob Sakenfeld minorities in all areas of biblical stud- ➤ Bruce C. Birch ies through mentoring, networking, ➤ David J. A. Clines The Program Committee approves and other forms of support. ➤ Kristin De Troyer program units and program unit ➤ Cheryl B. Anderson ➤ Joel B. Green chairs, evaluates the Annual Meeting ➤ Michael Joseph Brown ➤ Jeffrey K. Kuan program, and recommends strategic ➤ Gay L. Byron ➤ Francisco Lozada directions for the growth and im- ➤ Mary F. Foskett ➤ Kathleen M. O’Connor provement of the program. ➤ Leticia Aída Guardiola-Sáenz ➤ Adele Reinhartz ➤ Robin Jensen ➤ Jeffrey K. Kuan ➤ Kent Harold Richards, ex officio ➤ Jeffrey K. Kuan ➤ Fernando F. Segovia ➤ Francisco Lozada Jr. The Regional Coordinators Commit- ➤ John Strong ➤ Jodi Magness tee consists of liaisons from the eleven ➤ L. Michael White ➤ Halvor Moxnes regions in North America (Central ➤ Vincent L. Wimbush ➤ Laura Nasrallah States; Eastern Great Lakes; Mid At- ➤ Kathleen M. O’Connor lantic; Midwest; New England; Pa- The Nominating Committee nomi- cific Coast; Pacific Northwest; Rocky nates the President, Vice-President, The Research and Publications Com- Mountains-Great Plains; Southeast- and Council members for election by mittee works with the Editorial Di- ern; Southwestern; Upper Midwest). the Society, and members of standing rector, reviews publishing activities, Coordinators oversee regional ac- committees and other representatives recommends policies, and approves tivities and award Regional Scholar for election by Council. editors and editorial boards. grants. ➤ J. Cheryl Exum ➤ Ellen B. Aitken ➤ Alicia Batten ➤ Fernando F. Segovia ➤ Kristin De Troyer ➤ Jeannine Brown ➤ John Strong ➤ James Nogalski ➤ J. Bradley Chance ➤ James C. Walters ➤ Adele Reinhartz ➤ P. Richard Choi ➤ James C. VanderKam ➤ Shawn Lisa Dolansky The Development Committee reviews ➤ Benjamin G. Wright III ➤ Mark George and supports fundraising activities for ➤ Mark Hamilton the Society. Most recently this com- The Status of Women in the Profession ➤ Mignon R. Jacobs mittee led the SBL’s highly successful Committee works in areas of mentor- ➤ Sheila E. McGinn 125th Anniversary Campaign. The ing and networking, opening the Soci- ➤ Vicki Phillips Society Fund, the annual campaign, is ety to greater participation by women ➤ Jeremy Schipper an essential part of the revenue stream and calling attention to the ways in ➤ John T. Strong for all programs.

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The Career Center Advisory Group Brian M. Britt SBL Forum supports career services initiatives for Michael Joseph Brown Leonard Greenspoon, General Editor all members. Jaime Clark-Soles James Charlesworth ➤ Brian P. Irwin Sidnie White Crawford Dan Clanton ➤ John Kutsko Thomas B. Dozeman John Dart ➤ Sara Myers John C. Endres Mark Goodacre ➤ Margaret Aymer Oget Carole Fontaine John Kutsko ➤ Rebecca Raphael Michael V. Fox Amy-Jill Levine Steven D. Fraade Marketta Liljestrom The NEH Planning Grant Advisory Steven J. Friesen Mark Roncace Board advises on the direction and Jennifer A. Glancy Susanne Scholz development of an interactive web- Matthias Henze Yak-Hwee Tan site, The World of the Bible, that will Robert D. Holmstedt Ancient Israel and its Literature improve public understanding of the Archie Chi-Chung Lee Steven L. McKenzie, Editor Bible and its contexts. Margaret Y. MacDonald Shelly Matthews Editorial Board: ➤ John Dart Stephen D. Moore Suzanne Boorer ➤ Nicola Denzey Catherine M. Murphy Victor H. Matthews ➤ Tamara Eskenazi Richard D. Nelson Thomas C. Römer ➤ Mark Goodacre Martti Nissinen Benjamin D. Sommer ➤ Steve Mason Eugene Eung-Chun Park Nili Wazana ➤ Carol Meyers David L. Petersen ➤ Jonathan Reed Emerson B. Powery Ancient Near East Monographs ➤ Neil Asher Silberman Mark Reasoner Ehud Ben Zvi and Roxana Flammini, ➤ Brent Strawn Adele Reinhartz Editors ➤ Kristin Swenson Turid Karlsen Seim Yvonne Sherwood Archaeology & Biblical Studies The Teaching the Bible in Public Ed- Benjamin D. Sommer Tammi J. Schneider, Editor ucation Task Force consists of SBL Elizabeth Struthers Malbon members who are engaged with the Commentary on the Septuagint Loren Stuckenbruck pedagogical and legal issues around Robert Hiebert and Benjamin Wright, Louis Stulman teaching Bible electives at the second- Editors Patricia K. Tull ary level in public education. ➤ Early Christianity and its Literature Moira Bucciarelli Review of Biblical Literature ➤ Gail R. O’Day, Editor Mark A. Chancey James van der Watt, Editor ➤ Editorial Board: Steve Friesen Bob Buller, Managing Editor ➤ Warren Carter Richard Layton Athalya Brenner ➤ Beverly Roberts Gaventa David Levenson Yair Hoffman ➤ Judith M. Lieu Carleen R. Mandolfo James Alfred Loader Joseph Verheyden William R.G. Loader Sze-kar Wan Ed Noort Mandfred Oeming Editors and Editorial Boards Early Judaism & its Literature Stephen J. Patterson Judith H. Newman, Editor Angela Standhartinger ournal of Biblical Literature Editorial Board: J Joseph Verheyden James C. VanderKam, Editor Mark J. Boda Jürgen K. Zangenberg Ellen B. Aitken George J. Brooke David L. Barr Esther G. Chazon Steven D. Fraade

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Martha Himmelfarb Writings from the Greco-Roman Aramaic Studies Section James S. McLaren World Christian Brady, Pennsylvania State Jacques van Ruiten David Konstan and Johan C. Thom, University-University Park Editors Archaeological Excavations and History of Biblical Studies Editorial Board: Discoveries: Illuminating the Biblical Leo G. Perdue, Editor (Old Testament) David Armstrong World Section Lawrence Welborn, Editor (New Elizabeth Asmis Milton Moreland, Rhodes College Testament) Brian E. Daley Elizabeth Bloch-Smith, Saint International Voices in Biblical Studies David G. Hunter Joseph’s University Louis Jonker and Monica Melanchton, Wendy Meyer Editors Margaret M. Mitchell Archaeology of Religion in the Roman Michael J. Roberts World Section New Testament in the Greek Fathers James C. VanderKam Steven Friesen, University of Texas Michael W. Holmes, Editor at Austin James Walters, Boston University Resources for Biblical Study Annual Meeting Art and Religions of Antiquity Section Susan Ackerman, Editor (Old Program Unit Chairs David Balch, Pacific Lutheran Testament/Hebrew Bible) Theological Seminary Tom Thatcher, Editor (New Testament) Robin Jensen, Vanderbilt University Academic Teaching and Biblical Studies Semeia Studies Section Asian and Asian-American Hermeneutics Group Gale A. Yee, Editor Adam Porter, Illinois College Henry Rietz, Grinnell College Editorial Board: Adventist Society for Religious Studies Seung-Ai Yang, Chicago Jione Havea Affiliate Theological Seminary Jennifer L. Koosed Ernest Furness, Riverside, CA Tat-Siong Benny Liew Assyriology and the Bible Section Jeremy Punt African Association for the Study of Steven Holloway, American Erin Runions Religion Affiliate Theological Library Association Ken Stone Kathleen Wicker, Scripps College African Biblical Hermeneutics Bakhtin and the Biblical Imagination Caroline Vander Stichele Section Elaine M. Wainwright Section Dora Mbuwayesango, Hood Keith Bodner, Atlantic Baptist University Septuagint & Cognate Studies Theological Seminary Melvin Peters, Editor Musa Dube, University of Botswana Best Practices in Teaching Workshop Valerie Bridgeman, Lancaster N. Croy, Trinity Lutheran Seminary Theological Seminary Text-critical Studies Bible and American Popular Culture Rodney Sadler, Union-PSCE at Sidnie White Crawford, Editor Section Charlotte Linda Schearing, Gonzaga Writings from the Ancient World Ancient Fiction and Early Christian University Theodore J. Lewis, Editor and Jewish Narrative Section Bible and Cultural Studies Section Editorial Board: Jo-Ann Brant, Goshen College Erin Runions, Pomona College Edward Bleiberg Ruben Dupertuis, Trinity University Billie Jean Collins Bible and Film Consultation Anglican Association of Biblical F. W. Dobbs-Allsopp Jeffrey Staley, Seattle University Scholars Affiliate Daniel Fleming Vicki Phillips, West Virginia Bible and Pastoral Theology Martti Nissinen Wesleyan College Consultation Mark S. Smith Henrietta Wiley, College of Notre Denise Dombkowski Hopkins, Terry Wilfong Dame of Maryland Wesley Theological Seminary

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Michael Koppel, Wesley Theological Biblical Law Section Computer Assisted Research Section Seminary Richard Averbeck, Trinity Evangelical Keith Reeves, Azusa Pacific Div School University Bible and Visual Art Section Elizabeth Malbon, Virginia Biblical Lexicography Section Construction of Christian Identities Polytechnic Institute and State James Aitken, University of Section University Cambridge Edmondo Lupieri, Loyola University Heidi Hornik, Baylor University Regine Hunziker-Rodewald, of Chicago Bible in Ancient and Modern Media University of Strasbourg, France Mauro Pesce, University of Bologna Section Book of Acts Section Contextual Biblical Interpretation Group Holly Hearon, Christian Theological Loveday Alexander, University of Daniel Patte, Vanderbilt University Seminary Sheffield Corpus Hellenisticum Novi Testamenti Richard Swanson, Augustana College Pamela Hedrick, High Point Section University Bible in the Eastern and Oriental Christopher Mount, DePaul Orthodox Traditions Section Book of Psalms Section University Vahan Hovhanessian, St. Nersess Rolf Jacobson, Luther Seminary Paul Holloway, Sewanee: The Armenian Seminary W. Bellinger, Baylor University University of the South Clare Rothschild, Lewis University Bible Translation Section Book of the Twelve Prophets Section Marlon Winedt, United Bible Barry Jones, Campbell University Cross, Resurrection, and Diversity in Societies Earliest Christianity Consultation Children in the Biblical World Section James Ware, University of Evansville Bible, Myth, and Myth Theory Section Julie Faith Parker, Yale University Jeffrey Peterson, Austin Graduate Dexter Callender, University of Danna Fewell, Drew University Miami School Of Theology Christian Apocrypha Section Robert Kawashima, University of Deuteronomistic History Section Ann Graham Brock, Iliff School of Florida Raymond Person, Ohio Northern Theology Biblical Criticism and Literary Criticism University Christian Theological Research Fellowship Section Development of Early Trinitarian Affiliate Fiona Black, Mount Allison Theology Consultation A. K. M. Adam, University of University Mark Weedman, Crossroads College Glasgow Biblical Greek Language and Linguistics Joy Moore, Duke University Didache in Context Section Section Jonathan Draper, University of Cynthia Westfall, McMaster Divinity Christian Theology and the Bible Section KwaZulu-Natal College Kathryn Greene-McCreight, St John’s Randall Tan, Asia Bible Society Episcopal Church, New Haven, CT Disability Studies and Healthcare in the Bible and Near East Section Biblical Hebrew Poetry Section Christianity in Egypt: Scripture, Jeremy Schipper, Temple University Carol Dempsey, University of Tradition, and Reception Consultation Sarah Melcher, Xavier University Portland Lois Farag, Luther Seminary LeAnn Snow Flesher, American Disputed Paulines Section Chronicles-Ezra-Nehemiah Section Baptist Seminary of the West & Jerry Sumney, Lexington Theological Christine Mitchell, St. Andrew’s Graduate Theological Union Seminary College-Saskatoon Biblical Lands and Peoples in Archaeology Early Christianity and the Ancient Cognitive Linguistics in Biblical and Text Section Economy Consultation Interpretation Section Ann Killebrew, Pennsylvania State John Fitzgerald, University of Miami Bonnie Howe, Dominican University University-University Park Fika van Rensburg, North-West of California Tammi Schneider, Claremont University (South Africa) Graduate University

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Early Jewish and Christian Mysticism A. Everson, California Lutheran Harold Attridge, Yale University Section University Hellenistic Judaism Section Kevin Sullivan, Illinois Wesleyan Formation of Luke-Acts Section Zuleika Rodgers, Trinity College University Paul Elbert, Church of God - Dublin Silviu Bunta, University of Dayton Theological Seminary Annette Reed, University of Early Jewish Christian Relations Section Mikael Winninge, Umea University Pennsylvania Judy Siker, San Francisco Theological Function of Apocryphal and Hellenistic Moral Philosophy and Early Seminary Pseudepigraphal Writings in Early Christianity Section Ecological Hermeneutics Section Judaism and Early Christianity Johan Thom, University of Norman Habel, Flinders University Consultation Stellenbosch Peter Trudinger, Parkin-Wesley James Charlesworth, Princeton Historical Jesus Section College Theological Seminary Gregory Sterling, University of Notre Lee McDonald, Acadia Divinity Egyptology and Ancient Israel Section Dame College, Emeritus John Gee, Brigham Young University History and Literature of Early Rabbinic Sharon Keller, Jewish Theological Future of the Past: Biblical and Cognate Judaism Section Seminary of America Studies for the Twenty-First Century Yaron Eliav, University of Michigan- Group Ethics and Biblical Interpretation Ann Arbor Dennis MacDonald, Claremont Consultation Richard Kalmin, Jewish Theological School of Theology Mark Douglas, Columbia Theological Seminary of America Seminary Gender, Sexuality, and the Bible Group History of Interpretation Section Jacqueline Lapsley, Princeton Joseph Marchal, Ball State University Carol Bakhos, University of Theological Seminary GOCN Forum on Missional California-Los Angeles Eusebius and the Construction of a Hermeneutics Affiliate Homiletics and Biblical Studies Section Christian Culture Consultation Michael Barram, Saint Mary’s College J. Dwayne Howell, Campbellsville Aaron Johnson, University of Chicago of California University Sabrina Inowlocki-Meister, Université Greco-Roman Religions Section de Lausanne Iconography and the Hebrew Bible James Hanges, Miami University Consultation Exile (Forced Migrations) in Biblical Greek Bible Section Izaak Jozias de Hulster, Georg-August Literature Consultation Cameron Boyd-Taylor, University of Universitaet-Goettingen John Ahn, Austin Presbyterian Cambridge Joel LeMon, Emory University Theological Seminary Jill Middlemas, University of Aarhus Hebrew Bible and Political Theory Section Ideological Criticism Section Steven Grosby, Clemson University Janet Ross, McMaster University Feminist Hermeneutics of the Bible Joshua Berman, Bar Ilan University Randall Reed, Appalachian State Section University Joseph Kozar, University of Dayton Hebrew Bible, History, and Archaeology Ideology, Culture, and Translation Angela Bauer-Levesque, Episcopal Section Group Divinity School Aaron Burke, University of Scott Elliott, Adrian College California-Los Angeles First Esdras Consultation Institute for Biblical Research Affiliate Lisbeth Fried, University of Hebrew Scriptures and Cognate Literature L. Daniel Hawk, Ashland Theological Michigan-Ann Arbor Section Seminary Daniel Fleming, New York University Formation of Isaiah Group Kent Yinger, George Fox University Hyun Chul Kim, Methodist Hebrews Group Theological School in Ohio Gabriella Gelardini, University of Basel

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Institute for Religion and Civic Values Lynn Huber, Elon University Latter-day Saints and the Bible Section Affiliate John Welch, Brigham Young John, Jesus, and History Group Shabbir Mansuri, Institute on University Paul Anderson, George Fox Religion and Civic Values University Letters of James, Peter, and Jude Section International Greek New Testament Jaime Clark-Soles, Perkins School of Robert Webb, McMaster University Project Affiliate Theology Levites and Priests in History and David Parker, University of Josephus Group Tradition Consultation Birmingham James McLaren, Australian Catholic Mark Leuchter, Temple University Kim Haines-Eitzen, Cornell University Jeremy Hutton, Princeton Theological University Paul Spilsbury, Ambrose University Seminary International Organization for Septuagint College LGBT/Queer Hermeneutics Section and Cognate Studies Affiliate Joshua-Judges Consultation David Stewart, California State Leonard Greenspoon, Creighton Trent Butler, Chalice Press University, Long Beach University Ralph Hawkins, Kentucky Christian Lynn Huber, Elon University Intertextuality in the New Testament University Linguistics and Biblical Hebrew Section Consultation Journal of Feminist Studies in Religion W. Garr, University of California- B. J. Oropeza, Azusa Pacific Affiliate Santa Barbara University Melanie Johnson-DeBaufre, Drew Literature and History of the Persian Israelite Prophetic Literature Section University Period Group Mignon Jacobs, Fuller Theological Elisabeth Schüssler Fiorenza, Harvard David Vanderhooft, Boston College Seminary University Oded Lipschits, Tel Aviv University Israelite Religion in its West Asian Karl Barth Society of North America Mark Leuchter, Temple University Environment Section Affiliate Anselm Hagedorn, Humboldt Beth Nakhai, University of Arizona George Hunsinger, Princeton Universitaet zu Berlin Theological Seminary Jesus Traditions, Gospels, and Negotiating Mapping Memory: Tradition, Texts, and the Roman Imperial World Section Korean Biblical Colloquium Affiliate Identity Group Warren Carter, Brite Divinity School Hyun Chul Kim, Methodist Alan Kirk, James Madison University Texas Christian University Theological School in Ohio Thomas Thatcher, Cincinnati William Herzog,Andover Newton John Ahn, Austin Presbyterian Christian University Theological School Theological Seminary Mark Group Seyoon Kim, Fuller Theological Jewish Christianity / Christian Judaism Rikki Watts, Regent College Seminary Section Masoretic Studies (Affiliated with IOMS) Matt Jackson-McCabe, Cleveland Lament in Sacred Texts and Cultures Affiliate State University Group Daniel Mynatt, Anderson University Petri Luomanen, University of Nancy Lee, Elmhurst College (SC) Helsinki William Morrow, Queen’s Theological Harold Scanlin, Allentown, PA College Johannine Literature Section Matthew Section Colleen Conway, Seton Hall Latino/a and Latin American Biblical Dorothy Jean Weaver, Eastern University Interpretation Consultation Mennonite Seminary Kyle Keefer, Converse College Francisco Lozada, Brite Divinity Joel Willitts, North Park University School John’s Apocalypse and Cultural Contexts Fernando Segovia, Vanderbilt Meals in the Greco-Roman World Ancient and Modern Section University Seminar Jean-Pierre Ruiz, Saint John’s Dennis Smith, Phillips Theological University Seminary

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Hal Taussig, Union Theological Paul and Scripture Seminar Maxine Grossman, University of Seminary Christopher Stanley, St. Bonaventure Maryland College Park University Midrash Section Quran and Biblical Literature Section Rivka Ulmer, Bucknell University Pauline Epistles Section Kathryn Kueny, Fordham University Lieve Teugels, Hedel, The Netherlands Alexandra Brown, Washington and Reading, Theory and the Bible Section W. Nelson, Brite Divinity School Lee University Jennifer Koosed, Albright College - Texas Christian University Mark Reasoner, Bethel University Recovering Female Interpreters of the Nag Hammadi and Gnosticism Section Pauline Soteriology Group Bible Section Nicola Denzey, Harvard University Susan Eastman, Duke University Nancy Calvert-Koyzis, McMaster J. Wagner, Princeton Theological National Association of Professors of University Seminary Hebrew Affiliate Redescribing Early Christianity Group Zev Garber, Los Angeles Valley Pentateuch Section Christopher Matthews, Boston College Konrad Schmid, University of Zurich College School of Theology and New Testament Mysticism Project Performance Criticism of Biblical and Ministry Seminar Other Ancient Texts Consultation Barry Crawford, Washburn April Deconick, Rice University Glenn Holland, Allegheny College University of Topeka Andrei Orlov, Marquette University Philo of Alexandria Group Religious Experience in Early Judaism New Testament Textual Criticism Section Sarah Pearce, University of and Early Christianity Section AnneMarie Luijendijk, Princeton Southampton Frances Flannery, James Madison University Ellen Birnbaum, Cambridge, MA University Colleen Shantz, Toronto School of Nida Institute for Biblical Scholarship at Poster Session Theology the American Bible Society Affiliate Audrey West, Lutheran School of Steven Berneking, Nida Institute Theology at Chicago Religious World of Late Antiquity Group for Biblical Scholarship at the Robin Branch, Crichton College David Frankfurter, University of New American Bible Society Hampshire Prophetic Texts and Their Ancient Philip Towner, American Bible Charlotte Fonrobert, Stanford Contexts Group Society University Martti Nissinen, University of Scott Elliott, Adrian College Helsinki Rhetoric and the New Testament Section Orality, Textuality, and the Formation of Lester Grabbe, University of Hull Greg Carey, Lancaster Theological the Hebrew Bible Section Seminary Pseudepigrapha Section David Carr, Union Theological John Levison, Seattle Pacific Rhetoric of Religious Antiquity Seminar Seminary University David deSilva, Ashland Theological Paleographical Studies in the Ancient Hindy Najman, University of Toronto Seminary Near East Section Judith Newman, University of Ritual in the Biblical World Consultation Christopher Rollston, Emmanuel Toronto Gerald Klingbeil, Andrews University School of Religion Psychology and Biblical Studies Section Jonathan Schwiebert, Lenoir-Rhyne Papyrology and Early Christian D. Kille, Bible Workbench University Backgrounds Group Q Section Romans through History and Cultures Malcolm Choat, Macquarie Joseph Verheyden, Katholieke Group University Universiteit Leuven Kathy Ehrensperger, University of Paul and Politics Group Paul Foster, University of Edinburgh Wales Lampeter Pamela Eisenbaum, Iliff School of Qumran Section Theology Moshe Bernstein, Yeshiva University

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Sabbath in Text, Tradition, and Society for Pentecostal Studies Affiliate University of New Jersey, New Theology Consultation Blaine Charette, Northwest Brunswick Campus Tom Shepherd, Andrews University University Use, Influence, and Impact of the Bible Michael Chernick, HUC-JIR Space, Place, and Lived Experience in Section Sacrifice, Cult, and Atonement Antiquity Section Kenneth Newport, Liverpool Hope Consultation Mark George, Iliff School of University Christian Eberhart, Lutheran Theology Violence and Representations of Theological Seminary Synoptic Gospels Section Violence among Jews and Christians SBL Forum SBL Committees Mark Matson, Milligan College Section Dan Clanton, Doane College Laura Nasrallah, Harvard Syriac Literature and Interpretations of University Scripture in Early Judaism and Sacred Texts Consultation Chris Frilingos, Michigan State Christianity Section Cornelia Horn, Saint Louis University Esther Menn, Lutheran School of University Theology at Chicago Warfare in Ancient Israel Section Teaching Biblical Literature in an Brad Kelle, Point Loma Nazarene Second Corinthians: Pauline Theology Undergraduate Liberal Arts Context University in the Making Seminar Section Reimund Bieringer, Catholic Jane Webster, Barton College Wisdom and Apocalypticism in Early University of Leuven-Belgium Judaism and Early Christianity Section Textual Criticism of Samuel – Kings Edith Humphrey, Pittsburgh Ellen Aitken, McGill University Workshop Theological Seminary Lawrence Wills, Episcopal Divinity Anneli Aejmelaeus, University of Thomas Schmeller, Goethe- School Helsinki Universität Frankfurt a.M. Wisdom in Israelite and Cognate Textual Criticism of the Hebrew Bible Semiotics and Exegesis Section Traditions Section Section David Odell-Scott, Kent State Knut Heim, The Queen’s Stephen Delamarter, George Fox University Main Campus Foundation; The Methodist University Service-Learning and Biblical Church Brent Strawn, Emory University Studies Workshop Women in the Biblical World Section Robert Duke, Azusa Pacific Theological Hermeneutics of Christian Mary Shields, Pathways to Healing University Scripture Group & Wisdom Joel Green, Fuller Theological Social History of Formative Christianity Mary Beavis, St Thomas More Seminary and Judaism Section College Cynthia Baker, Bates College Theological Perspectives on the Book of Writing / Reading Jeremiah Group Ezekiel Section Social Sciences and the Interpretation of Else Holt, University of Aarhus Paul Joyce, University of Oxford the Hebrew Scriptures Section Carolyn Sharp, Yale Divinity School Dalit Rom-Shiloni, Tel Aviv Ronald Simkins, Creighton University University Patricia Dutcher-Walls, Vancouver Theology of the Hebrew Scriptures School of Theology Section Juliana Claassens, Wesley Social Scientific Criticism of the New Theological Seminary Testament Section Esther Hamori, Union Theological Dietmar Neufeld, University of Seminary British Columbia Richard DeMaris, Valparaiso Ugaritic Studies and Northwest Semitic University Epigraphy Section Steve Wiggins, Rutgers, The State

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Biblical Characters in the Three Expressions of Religion in Israel Section International Meeting Traditions Seminar Mark Christian, Middle Tennessee Program Unit Chairs Mishael Caspi, Bates College State University Biblical Interpretation in Early Genesis 18–19 Section Apocalyptic Literature Section Christianity Section Diana Lipton, King’s College Greg Carey, Lancaster Theological D. Jeffrey Bingham, Dallas London Seminary Theological Seminary Greco-Roman World Section Apocrypha and Pseudepigrapha Section Biblical Scholarship and Disabilities Michael Brown, Emory University Kelley Coblentz Bautch, St. Section Hellenistic Greek Language and Edward’s University Johanna H.W. Dorman, University Linguistics Section of Groningen Archaeology Section Albert Lukaszewski, Saint Andrews, F. Rachel Magdalene, Universitaet Margreet Steiner, Leiden, The United Kingdom Leipzig und Humboldt- Netherlands Paul Danove, Villanova University Universitaet zu Berlin Ann Killebrew, Pennsylvania State Historical Books (Hebrew Bible) Section University-University Park Biblical Studies and Technology Section Alice Hunt, Chicago Theological Michael Heiser, Logos Research Bethsaida Excavations Project Affiliate Seminary Systems Rami Arav, University of Nebraska Ideology, Culture, and Translation at Omaha Biblical Theology Section Section Harold Bennett, Atlanta, GA Bible and Its Influence: History and Scott Elliott, Adrian College Impact Section Concept Analysis and the Hebrew Bible George Aichele, Retired Kenneth Newport, Liverpool Hope Section Raj Nadella, Adrian College University Won Lee, Calvin College Steven Berneking, Nida Institute Mary Mills, Liverpool hope for Biblical Scholarship at the Critical Theory and Biblical University American Bible Society Interpretation Section Christina Petterson, Macquarie Bible and Music Section Fernando Segovia, Vanderbilt University-Sydney William Lyons, University of Bristol University Jason Coker, Drew University James Crossley, University of Jeremia Punt, University of Roland Boer, University of Sheffield Stellenbosch Newcastle - Australia Bible and Visual Culture Section Early Christianity and the Ancient Johannine Literature Section Cheryl Exum, University of Economy Section Francisco Lozada,Brite Divinity Sheffield John Fitzgerald, University of School Martin O’Kane, University of Wales Miami Fika van Rensburg, North-West Judaica Section Bible in Eastern and Oriental Orthodox University (South Africa) Rivka Ulmer, Bucknell University Traditions Section Vahan Hovhanessian, St. Nersess Ecological Hermeneutics Section Language and Linguistics Section Armenian Seminary Norman Habel, Flinders University Meir Lubetski, City University of New York Bernard M. Baruch Biblical and Ancient Near Eastern Law Epigraphical and Paleological Studies College Section Pertaining to the Biblical World Section Gary Knoppers, Pennsylvania State Meir Lubetski, City University of Methods in Hebrew Bible Studies University-University Park New York Bernard M. Baruch Section Reinhard Achenbach, Westfälische College F. Rachel Magdalene, Universitaet Wilhelms-Universität, Münster Leipzig und Humboldt- (Germany) Universitaet zu Berlin

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Methods in New Testament Studies Prophets Section Section Joachim Schaper, University of SBL Staff Matthew S. Collins, Society of Biblical Aberdeen - Scotland Literature Psychological Hermeneutics of Biblical Leigh Andersen, Managing Editor Mind, Society, and Tradition Section Themes and Texts Section Crystal Anderson, Congresses Intern Risto Uro, University of Helsinki J. Ellens, University of Michigan-Ann Brennan Breed, Student Intern Arbor Moira Bucciarelli, Public Initiatives Mind, Society, and Tradition Section Coordinator Istvan Czachesz, Helsinki Collegium Qumran and the Dead Sea Scrolls Section Bob Buller, Editorial Director for Advanced Studies and Armin Lange, University of Vienna Michael Chan, Student Intern University of Heidelberg Kristin De Troyer, University of St Missy Colee, Director of Technology Andrews Nag Hammadi and Gnosticism Section Services Nicola Denzey, Harvard University Relevance Theory and Biblical Billie Jean Collins, Acquisitions Interpretation Section Palestine and Babylon: Two Jewish Late Editor Gene Green, Wheaton College Antique Cultures and Their Interrelation Charles G. Haws, Manager of Pro- Ronald Sim, Nairobi Evangelical Section grams Graduate School of Theology Ronit Nikolsky, Rijksuniversiteit Christopher Hooker, Font Coordina- Groningen Status of Women in the Profession tor Committee SBL Committees Sharon Johnson, Web Site Manager Pastoral and Catholic Epistles Section Claudia Camp, Texas Christian Kathie Klein, Marketing Manager Marianne Kartzow, University of Oslo University Gayle Knight, Meeting Coordinator Paul and Pauline Literature Section Rannfrid Thelle, Wichita, Kansas Trista Krock, Manager of Congresses Jerry Sumney, Lexington Theological Lindsay Lingo, Editorial Assistant Synoptic Gospels Section Seminary Susan Madara, Director of Account- Glenna Jackson, Otterbein College ing Pentateuch (Torah) Section Text Criticism Workshop on Samuel and Chris O’Connor, Software Developer Alan Hauser, Appalachian State Kings Workshop Pam Polhemus, Bookkeeper University Anneli Aejmelaeus, University of Kent Harold Richards, Executive Pericope: Scripture as Written and Read Helsinki Director in Antiquity Seminar Josey Snyder, Customer Service Whence and Whither?: Methodology and Raymond de Hoop, Spijkenisse, The Coordinator the Future of Biblical Studies Section Netherlands Samantha Spitzner, Student Intern Todd Penner, Austin College Stanley Porter, McMaster Divinity Sandra Stewart-Kruger, Development Caroline Vander Stichele, University College Officer of Amsterdam Phillip Stokes, Publications Intern Place, Space, and Identity in the Ancient Wisdom Literature Section Theresa Stowe, Manager of Registra- Mediterranean World Consultation Tova Forti, Ben Gurion University of tion and Housing Gert Prinsloo, University of Pretoria the Negev Doug Watson, RBL Publisher Liaison Christl Maier, Philipps Universität- Marburg Working with Biblical Manuscripts (Textual Criticism) Section Poster Session Tommy Wasserman, Lund University Dexter Callender, University of David Trobisch, Branson, Missouri Miami J. L. H. Krans, Universiteit Utrecht Professional Issues Section Writings (including Psalms) Section Heather McKay, Edge Hill University Donald Vance, Oral Roberts Martin Ehrensvard, University of University Aarhus

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STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL POSITION 2008–2009 FY2009 2009 2008

ASSETS The summarized financial information Cash and cash equivalents $ 906,455 $ 1,052,820 Marketable securities 680,924 949,724 at left was derived from the Society’s au- Accounts receivable 64,722 58,716 dited financial statements. The indepen- Pledges receivable, net 400 8,175 Prepaid expenses and other assets 27,691 41,752 dent auditors’ report by Smith & Howard Book inventories, net of valuation reserve 40,265 48,955 PC, dated August 21, 2009 expressed an Furniture and equipment, unqualified (clean) opinion on those fi- net of accumulated depreciation 42,277 14,099 Net share of Luce Center assets 1,986,856 2,078,951 nancial statements.

Total Assets $ 3,749,590 $ 4,253,192

LIABILITIES AND NET ASSETS Liabilities Accounts payable $ 205,597 $ 200,728 Deferred revenue Memberships and subscriptions 419,955 404,338 Annual meetings 596,353 622,181 International meeting 88,145 56,208 Other 31,000 - Total Liabilities 1,341,050 ,283,455 Net Assets Unrestricted net assets 2,001,937 2,529,803 Temporarily restricted net assets 123,453 89,934 Permanently restricted net assets 283,150 250,000 Total Net Assets 2,408,540 2,969,737

Total Liabilities and Net Assets $ 3,749,590 $ 4,253,192

STATEMENT OF ACTIVITIES

Changes in Unrestricted Net Assets Revenues and gains Congresses $ 980,035 $ 990,500 Membership and fee income 464,720 456,532 Book sales 396,836 384,754 Subscriptions 375,304 385,342 Investment income ($318,845) 46,086 Marketing 131,708 81,587 Royalties 77,979 73,449 Contributions 97,711 85,213 Other 2,381 4,575 Rental income (loss), net (1,534) (2,200) Career center 33,868 83,945 Loss on disposal of property & equipment (13,013) - Total Revenues and Gains 2,227,150 2,689,783 Expenses Program expenses Publications 934,881 889,420 Congresses 1,001,092 ,167,674 Membership 132,095 9,924 Professions 261,518 44,739 Regions 87,160 64,693 Research and technology 121,418 208,877 Total Program Expenses 2,538,164 2,595,327 Development and fundraising 116,74 53,151 General and administration 133,442 161,423 Total Expenses 2,788,347 2,909,901 Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets (561,197) (220,118)

Net Assets at Beginning of the Year 2,969,737 3,189,855 Net Assets at End of the Year $ 2,408,540 $ 2,969,737

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2009–2010 Budget SBL Membership Increases Internationally

Revenues Ever since the first SBL gathering in New York in 1880, the Draw Down $ 45,000 majority of SBL’s members have resided in the United States; Administration 45,000 even today, 70 percent of our members list a U.S. address as Congresses 1,001,700 their primary place of residence. In recent years, however, we Development 65,000 have seen steady growth in SBL’s international membership, Membership 606,000 with the total number of non-U.S. members increasing by Professions 38,000 more than 50 percent since 2005. Publications 938,163 Some of the increase in SBL’s international membership Regions 0 can be attributed to the location of international meetings. For Technology 0 example, the 2008 meeting in New Zealand contributed to a Total Revenue $ 2,738,863 nearly 60 percent increase in the number of members from

Expenses the Pacific region between the years 2007 and 2008. We an- Exec Dir Search $ 25,000 ticipate (and hope for) continued growth in SBL’s membership Administration 125,164 worldwide. Congresses 855,450 Development 135,868 Membership 170,039 Professions 193,068 Publications 958,439 Regions 80,738 Technology 165,097 Font Expense 30,000 Total Expense $ 2,738,863 International Cooperation Initiative In an attempt to respond to the needs of scholars in devel- Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets 0 oping countries who struggle to pay SBL’s membership rates, in July 2008, we began offering reduced membership rates through the International Cooperation Initiative. Through this initiative, residents in countries with a GDP that is signifi- cantly lower than the U.S. or European Union may join SBL The 2009–2010 operating budget reflects careful for $15 ($10 for students). Since the inception of these reduced analysis of the downturn in the economy and how it prices, we have seen a 20 percent growth in membership levels might impact the Society’s cash flow. Staff salaries were from qualifying countries, with the most significant increases not increased, employer contributions to the employee in the regions of Eastern Europe (51 percent) and Africa (30 retirement plan were cut by 2 percent, and careful analysis percent). of expenses related to program areas was followed by a Those members from qualifying countries who can afford paring down of related expenses to help insure the Society to pay SBL’s regular membership rates have continued to do remains fiscally sound in these challenging financial times. so; in fact, of our current members who qualify, more than 80 Point of interest: please note that last year’s budget listed percent have chosen to pay the regular membership rates. a one-time font expense of $60,000 of which we have so Since July 2008, ninety-four scholars have benefited from far incurred $30,000; $30,000 is remaining and shown on these reduced rates; of this number, thirty-four had never this year’s budget. We are all hopeful that the economy been a member of SBL and eleven had not been a member will turn around and we will be able to go back to business for several years. It is our goal to increase the visibility of this as usual in fiscal 2010–2011. initiative as a whole and the reduced membership rates in par- ticular so that more scholars from developing countries will have the opportunity to join SBL.

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Stephen L. Cook • Alan Cooper • Wendy Cotter • Margaret P. 2009 Donors Cowan • Steven L. Cox • Toni Craven • Barry Crawford • Sidnie White Crawford • Randy Crawley, Jr. • N. Clayton Croy • R. Alan Gifts to the Society of Biblical Literature support a greater Culpepper • Hailey Cunningham • Douglas John Dalrymple • outreach to our members and the wider public. Now more than Frederick W. Danker • Daniel S. Dapaah • Daniel K. Darko • John A. Darr • Katheryn Pfisterer Darr • John Dart • Lucy Davey ever, our programs expand the reach of scholarship and our • Steed Vernyl Davidson • Christopher A. Davis • Donald Mark ability to engage colleagues around the world. Support to the Davis • Elizabeth M. Davis • Linda Day • Esther A. de Boer • M. International Cooperation Initiative has increased the number C. De Boer • Kindalee Pfremmer De Long • Kristin De Troyer • of online books available to scholars in developing countries. Willem Jan De Wit • The Dean and Ellen Forbes Fund, an advised Our international colleagues now have the opportunity to study fund of Silicon Valley Community Foundation • April D. and mentor through the Teaching Collaboration Program. Our Deconick • Elizabeth Berne DeGear • Steve Delamarter • Charles Teaching the Bible in Public Education Initiative gives public C. Dickinson • Fred W. Dobbs-Allsopp • Terence L. Donaldson • school teachers the tools needed when making decisions about Thomas Dozeman • Eric Dubuis • Michael W. Duggan • James appropriate curriculum. Your gifts also encourage creativity D. G. Dunn • Keith Dyer • Susan Gove Eastman • Dennis R. and excellence in biblical studies through the Paul J. Achtemeier Edwards • Erick R. Egertson • Pamela Eisenbaum • J. Harold Award Scholarship Fund and the David Noel Freedman Award Ellens • Mark Warwick Elliott • Scott S. Elliott • E. Earle Ellis • Scholarship Fund. We sincerely appreciate your commitment Thomas O. 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