Society Report November 2006 SBL celebrates 125 Years of JBL Editors ñ ó
1880–1883 Frederic Gardiner 1943–1947 Robert H. Pfeiffer 1883–1889 Hinckley G. Mitchell 1948–1950 J. Philip Hyatt 1889–1894 George Foot Moore 1951–1954 Robert C. Dentan 1894–1900 David G. Lyon 1955–1959 David Noel Freedman 1901–1904 Lewis B. Paton 1960–1969 Morton S. Enslin 1905–1906 James Hardy Ropes 1970 John Reumann 1907 Benjamin W. Bacon 1971–1976 Joseph A. Fitzmyer 1908–1909 Julius A. Bewer 1977–1982 John H. Hayes 1910–1913 James A. Montgomery 1983–1988 Victor Paul Furnish 1914–1921 Max L. Margolis 1989–1994 John J. Collins 1922–1929 George Dahl 1995–1999 Jouette M. Bassler 1930–1933 Carl H. Kraeling 2000–2005 Gail R. O’Day 1934 George Dahl 2006– James C. VanderKam 1935–1942 Erwin R. Goodenough Features 125 Years of SBL Publications
The Year in Review ...... 2 ttentive readers will no doubt notice that this edition of the SBL Three New Book Series ...... 2 Society Report focuses on SBL Publications more than has been Journal of Biblical Literature ...... 3 the case in years past. The reason for this is simple: 2006 marks Athe 125th year of the Society’s publishing program, which gives us cause Review of Biblical Literature ...... 3 The SBL Forum ...... 3 not only to celebrate but also to reflect about all that our many authors, Marketing SBL Books ...... 4 editors, members, and staff have achieved since the first issue of the New and Recent Titles ...... 5 Journal of Biblical Literature was published in 1881. Edinburgh Retrospective ...... 7 Although the SBL’s early leaders no doubt entertained high hopes for Regional Scholars ...... 8 both the Society and its journal, few could have imagined the growth or College and University Partnerships .. 9 the phenomenal success set in motion by that first 72-page issue of JBL. Clean Audit and Financial Strength . 10 For example, since its inception JBL has published 397 separate issues comprising over 53,000 pages. Further, nearly 2,000 different authors From the Executive Director ...... 11 have published over 3,200 articles or critical notes within the pages SBL Anniversary Campaign Donors .... 12 of JBL—not to mention the over 5,200 published book reviews. Add the hundreds of articles published by various authors in the 88 issues From the Membership ...... 15 of Semeia (1974–2002), and one begins to appreciate the remarkable Future Directions ...... 16 contribution that the Society’s journal publications have made to the Programs and Initiatives ...... 16 shape and direction of the field. But this is merely the tip of the iceberg. Student Advisory Group ...... 17 Since publishing C. C. Torrey’s Lives of the Prophets as its first SBL Continues to Grow ...... 17 monograph in 1946, the Society has also released over 600 individual New AM Sessions in 2006 ...... 18 titles in 21 different book series—well over 100,000 pages of the finest of United Bible Societies Workshop ... 18 biblical scholarship. By publishing vital classroom resources, important Bible and Religious Leadership ...... 19 collections of ancient texts, exemplary dissertations from emerging New Online Initiatives ...... 20 scholars, the mature reflections of seasoned academics, and jointly Budget for 2006–2007 ...... 21 authored works on a wide variety of topics, SBL Publications has not only played a formative role in the development of biblical studies as People ...... 22 a discipline but has also provided a forum for scholars from diverse Administrative Committees ...... 22 settings and locations to share the fruits of their labors with colleagues Editors and Editorial Boards ...... 23 around the world. But the story does not end even here. Annual Meeting Program Unit Chairs . 24 In recent years SBL Publications has broken free from the confines SBL Staff ...... 28 of paper and ink and joined the world of online publishing. Leading the way was the Review of Biblical Literature, which to date has published
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reviews of nearly 3,300 different books—all available for Bible) and Laurence L. Welborn (New Testament), SBLHBS will free online viewing by members and nonmembers alike. make available in English translation seminal biblical-studies SBL Forum has also taken its place as a vital component resources from the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries of the SBL’s online publications program. Each month SBL that have never before appeared in English in spite of their past Forum offers a number of timely, informed, and thought- and ongoing significance for biblical scholarship. However, the series will also consider the publication of monographs devoted provoking articles on a wide variety of topics, such as to a history of biblical scholarship and may, in some circum- biblical studies in the arts, the classroom, the public stances, publish translations of more recent works important sphere, popular culture, and the profession. Finally, SBL for the history of biblical studies. Publications has just welcomed two new additions to its The first two volumes that will appear in the series have program: TC: A Journal of Biblical Textual Criticism and the already been commissioned: (1) Julius Wellhausen, Israelitische Online Critical Pseudepigrapha. Together with the SBL’s und jüdische Geschichte (6th ed.; Berlin: de Gruyter, 1921); and other print and online publications, these resources are (2) a combined volume containing Albert Eichhorn, Das Abend- certain to shape and inform biblical studies significantly mahl im Neuen Testament (Leipzig: Mohr Siebeck, 1898), and in the years to come. Hugo Greßmann, Albert Eichhorn und die religionsgeschichtliche In addition to publishing its own journals, books, and Schule (Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 1914). online resources, SBL Publications also has formed fruitful alliances with various partners, all with a view to fostering Studia Philonica The SBL has also welcomed the Studia Philonica Annual biblical scholarship (see page 4). For example, every SBL and the Studia Philonica Monograph Series into its publication book is co-published by Brill Academic Publishers, and a program. The Studia Philonica Annual is a scholarly jour- growing number of Brill titles are available as SBL paperback nal devoted to advancing the study of Hellenistic Judaism, in editions. Further, the SBL distributes titles published in particular of the writings and thought of the great Hellenistic- the Brown Judaic Studies series and now serves as the Jewish writer Philo of Alexandria (ca. 15 b.c.e.–ca. 50 c.e.). The North American distributor for Sheffield Phoenix Press. first SBL edition of the Studia Philonica Annual appears at this Last but certainly not least, the SBL has partnered with year’s Annual Meeting with a striking new cover design. The HarperCollins in years past to produce a number of Society also looks forward to publishing the new Studia Philon- indispensable reference volumes, including the recently ica Monograph Series in the near future. released revised edition of the HarperCollins Study Bible. In short, through its own publications and its many Society of Biblical Literature Commentary on the partnerships (see page 4), the SBL has set itself apart from Septuagint In conjunction with the International Organization for other learned societies by maintaining a vital, vigorous Septuagint and Cognate Studies (IOSCS), the SBL will pub- publications program for 125 years. We invite you to lish a new series of commentaries on the Septuagint based on join our celebration as we reflect on past achievements, the Greek text as articulated in the New English Translation of especially as we honor and give thanks for the contributions the Septuagint (NETS). The SBLCS will differ from other Sep- of our various authors, editors, and volunteer leaders, and tuagint commentary series by focusing on the translation at its as we dare to imagine what exciting, discipline-shaping point of origin. That is, the SBLCS will take the Septuagint seri- developments lie just over the horizon. ously as a translation in order to attempt to determine what the translator was doing when he was translating. To that end, commentaries in the SBLCS will adhere Three New Book Series to five guiding principles: the original text as the basis for interpretation; the original meaning of the text as the goal of interpretation; the parent text as the pri- Three new series have been added to mary context for interpretation; the text the SBL lineup within the last fifteen itself as the only source for determin- months. Longest serving JBL ing a translator’s intent; and the wider editor = Morton S. Enslin, History of Biblical Studies Greek-language corpus as the sole basis for identifying normal (and abnormal) Under the leadership of editors 1960–1969 Greek constructions. In keeping with Leo G. Perdue (Old Testament/Hebrew
2 SBL 2006 these five principles, each SBLCS volume will, in addition to editors, authors, and readers for enabling us to foster biblical addressing standard introductory issues, offer a detailed com- scholarship by publishing the leading journal in the field. mentary on individual pericopes, including a summary of a pericope’s contents, discussion of interpretive questions per- taining to the entire passage, bibliography, a critical edition Review of Biblical Literature of the Greek text, a Hebrew text, the NETS translation, and a verse-by-verse commentary on the pericope. The Review of Biblical Literature (RBL) remains not only the SBL’s most widely distributed online publication but also the premier source of biblical studies book reviews in the world. Journal of Biblical Literature Since the 2005 Annual Meeting, RBL has published 475 new reviews of recently published books and electronic resources, Under the leadership of editors Gail R. O’Day (2000–2005) a feat unmatched in terms of quantity and timeliness by any and James C. VanderKam (2006–), as well as members of the other biblical studies resource. In addition, RBL maintains its SBL Publications staff, JBL experienced its most exciting year commitment to being international in focus, serving approxi- ever. The 125th year of JBL publication began with the unveil- mately 7,200 subscribers from around the globe; reviewing ing of a beautiful new cover: gone are the days of the flat cream English, French, German, Spanish, and Italian works as well cover; now JBL sports a blue and white glossy cover that gives as publishing reviews in those same languages; and operating JBL the up-to-date look that its contents deserve (see page 1). under the guidance of an editorial board representing ten dif- In addition, JBL marked its 125th year of publication with sev- ferent countries from nearly every continent. During a typical eral retrospective pieces about the key developments that JBL month, RBL records roughly 200,000 hits to its website as our has undergone, including fascinating reminiscenses from a many readers survey the most recently published reviews or number of former editors. use our search engine to locate a review of an older volume of JBL also “celebrated” its 125th year of publication by making interest. Finally, the print edition of RBL, which includes nearly the flagship journal of the field far more accessible than ever 200 of the best reviews published electronically during the year, before. For example, in January 2006 the SBL gave members offers users a more traditional source of book reviews and thus free online access to every available past issue of JBL (vols. offers many librarians a reliable resource for their new acqui- 1–121) via the JSTOR Arts and Sciences archive. As a result, sitions. Comprehensive, international, and timely, RBL plays a members from around the world have nearly 52,000 pages of crucial role in the Society’s mission of fostering biblical schol- classic JBL articles arship. For all our successes, we thank our editors, our many at their finger- reviewers, and our thousands of dedicated readers. tips with the click of a mouse. In addition, Publica- The SBL Forum tions staff recently announced that JBL The Forum Romanum was the social, religious, and intellectual will soon become heart of ancient Rome. In a similar way, The SBL Forum pro- both a print and an vides a focal point for SBL members; a meeting place where online publication. biblical scholars can share information and experiences and, Beginning in 2007, conversely, where they can go to learn about the latest advances the SBL will offer in teaching technology and classroom instruction, hear about online subscrip- the most recent discoveries or Bible translations, or engage in tions to JBL through an exchange about the Bible in popular culture. The heir to MetaPress, the world’s largest scholarly content host and home Religious Studies News, SBL Edition, The SBL Forum is much to nearly 3,500 journals from 67 different publishers. Online more than a newsletter. Since 2000, more than six hundred fea- access will be offered free to all SBL members and by subscrip- ture articles, reviews, news items, and letters on a wide range tion to nonmembers and institutions such as libraries. of topics have appeared. We are committed to providing qual- With pride in all that we have achieved in the past 125 years ity articles on topics of interest to our members, with more and eager anticipation of the exciting developments that await articles, for example, that provide expert insight into Bible- in the future, the Society offers its profound thanks to our many related discoveries making the news. Toward this end, note
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the recent articles by Stefan C. Reif, University of Cambridge, “A Google Book Search Fresh Set of Genizah Texts” (Oct. 2006) and Martin McNamara, SBL Publications also joined Google Books, an online Milltown Institute of Theology and Philosophy, Dublin, Ireland, marketing program designed to help publishers and authors “A Recently Discovered Irish Book of Psalms in its Setting” (Sept. promote their books by making available a limited number 2006). Occasionally we have devoted an issue to a single theme: the of sample pages for free online viewing. Using Google Book March 2005 issue focused on forgeries and the antiquities market, Search, users can search for specific words, phrases, or topics a topic that engendered a lively dialog among members. Is it any in all books, then view sample pages from the books collected wonder that the articles published in Forum drive more visitors to in the search results or even search further within one of the SBL’s website than any other feature? In the coming year, The SBL books identified in the search. The SBL expects to have 72 books Forum will be receiving a facelift. We trust that added to the program, which will not only the planned enhancements will meet with increase sales (a potential buyer is the approval of our members. more likely to purchase a book if he or she can first browse it) but also provide scholars and students Marketing SBL Books around the world with greater access to and information about SBL titles. During the past year, SBL Pub- lications staff have taken Amazon U.S. a number of steps to During the past make it easier for our twelve months SBL readers and buyers Publications has to have easy and enhanced sig- inexpensive n i f i c a n t l y access to all its pres- our titles. ence on the A m a z o n . Expanded com web- European site. For Service example, To im- we are prove the now an availability of A m a z o n . SBL titles in com Ad- t he Unite d v a n t a g e Kingdom and m e m b e r , the European which trans- continent, the SBL lates into better added approximately prices (in many 275 frontlist and backlist cases, a 30 percent titles to LightningSource U.K., discount) and faster ship- the leading “on-demand” printer in ping to Amazon customers. In that region. This arrangement ensures addition, a number of SBL titles to that all SBL titles are entered into Nielsen BookData (the have been added to Amazon’s “Search U.K.’s premier supplier of book data to wholesalers and retail- inside the Book” program, a useful means of allowing ers), so that both wholesalers and retailers have quick and easy potential buyers to view a select portion of a book prior to pur- access to the greater part of our lineup. For example, AmazonU. chase and thus stimulate sales. Both of these developments are K. buyers no longer have to wait three weeks or more for books expected not only to increase the visibility of SBL Publications purchased to arrive or pay overseas shipping charges but can in the broader world of academic publishing but also to result expect prompt and reasonably priced shipping for these books. in increased sales, which benefits the Society and our authors.
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E-books The SBL has also recently signed contracts with Ebrary and SBL’s Top Ten Best-Selling Titles of All Time NetLibrary to make a number of our recent works available in e-book format. Both organizations are leaders in the developing 1 David Rice and John E. Stambaugh, Sources for field of e-book delivery, so the SBL is happy to join the ranks the Study of Greek Religion of publishers such as Oxford University Press, Brill, Harvard 2 Martha T. Roth, Law Collections from University Press, and Princeton University Press (to name just Mesopotamia and Asia Minor a few) offering titles via this new medium. Ebrary offers 30,000 3 George M. Landes, Building Your Biblical Hebrew titles in its Academic Complete collection, while NetLibrary pro- Vocabulary vides nearly 14,000 customers access to an astounding 110,000 4 Robert E. Van Voorst, Building Your New titles. Testament Greek Vocabulary Libraries subscribing to individual titles or entire collections 5 Harry A. Hoffner Jr., Hittite Myths, 2nd ed. through either company are able to offer all their authorized users online access to full texts of these titles. Not only does this elimi- 6 Oded Borowski, Daily Life in Biblical Times nate the irritation of waiting on a desperately needed book to be 7 Odil Hannes Steck, Old Testament Exegesis returned, but users can search the text of e-books to find exactly 8 Simon Parker, Ugaritic Narrative Poetry what they are looking for. SBL Publications encourages members 9 Frederick E. Greenspahn, An Introduction to to recommend subscriptions to either or both of these services. Aramaic Not only will this make our titles more readily accessible to fac- 10 Douglas A. Knight and Gene M. Tucker, eds., ulty and students alike, but the SBL will benefit financially with The Hebrew Bible and Its Modern Interpreters each subscription.
◆ New and Recent Titles from SBL Publications Mark S. Smith, The Rituals and Myths of the Feast of the Goodly Gods of KTU/CAT 1.23: Royal Constructions of Oppo- sition, Intersection, Integration, and Domination (SBLRBS ◆ Wolfgang Kraus and R. Glenn Wooden, eds., Septuagint 51) Research: Issues and Challenges in the Study of the Greek ◆ David L. Barr, ed., The Reality of Apocalypse: Rhetoric and Jewish Scriptures (SBLSCS 53) Politics in the Book of Revelation (SBLSymS 39) ◆ Robert C. Hill, Theodore of Mopsuestia: Commentary on ◆ Fiona C. Black, ed., The Recycled Bible: Autobiography, Cul- Psalms 1–81 (SBLWGRW 5) ture, and the Space Between (SemeiaSt 51) ◆ Robert C. Hill, Theodoret of Cyrus: Commentary on Daniel ◆ Joseph A. Marchal, Hierarchy, Unity, and Imitation: A Femi- (SBLWGRW 7) nist Rhetorical Analysis of Power Dynamics in Paul’s Letter to ◆ Thomas B. Dozeman and Konrad Schmid, eds., A Farewell the Philippians (SBLAcBib 24) to the Yahwist? The Composition of the Pentateuch in Recent ◆ Harold W. Attridge and James C. VanderKam, eds., Presiden- European Interpretation (SBLSymS 34P) tial Voices: The Society of Biblical Literature in the Twentieth ◆ Claire Mathews McGinnis and Patricia K. Tull, eds., “As Century (SBLBSNA 22) Those Who Are Taught”: The Interpretation of Isaiah from the ◆ Mark J. Boda, Daniel K. Falk, Rodney A. Werline, eds., Seek- LXX to the SBL (SBLSymS 27) ing the Favor of God, Volume 1: The Origins of Penitential Prayer in Second Temple Judaism (SBLEJL 21) ◆ Byron G. Curtis, Up the Steep and Stony Road: The Book of Zechariah in Social-Location Trajectory Analysis (SBLAcBib 25) ◆ April D. DeConick, ed., Paradise Now: Essays on Early Jewish and Christian Mysticism (SBLSymS 11) ◆ Christine Helmer, ed. with the assistance of Charlene T. Higbe, The Multivalence of Biblical Texts and Theological Meanings (SBLSymS 37)
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◆ Richard Horsley, ed., Oral Performance, Popular Tradition, ◆ E. Earle Ellis, History and Interpretation in New Testament and Hidden Transcript in Q (SemeiaSt 60) Perspective ◆ Larry W. Hurtado, ed. The Freer Biblical Manuscripts: Fresh ◆ Dietz Otto Edzard, Sumerian Grammar Studies of an American Treasure Trove (SBLTCS 6) ◆ Louis H. Feldman, Studies in Josephus’ Rewritten Bible ◆ Douglas A. Knight, Rediscovering the Traditions of Israel, 3rd ◆ John T. Fitzgerald, Thomas H. Olbricht, and L. Michael White, ed. (SBLSBL 16) eds., Early Christianity and Classical Culture: Comparative ◆ Melody D. Knowles, Centrality Practiced: Jerusalem in the Studies in Honor of Abraham J. Malherbe Religious Practice of Yehud and the Diaspora in the Persian ◆ Charlotte Hempel, The Laws of the Damascus Document: Period (SBLABS 16) Sources, Tradition, and Redaction ◆ Jonathan D. Lawrence, Washing in Water: Trajectories of ◆ Pieter Willem van der Horst, Philo’s Flaccus: The First Ritual Bathing in the Hebrew Bible and Second Temple Litera- Pogrom ture (SBLAcBib 23) ◆ Alison Lo, Job 28 as Rhetoric: An Analysis of Job 28 in the ◆ Francisco Lozada Jr. and Tom Thatcher, Context of Job 22–31 eds., New Currents through John: A ◆ Johannes C. de Moor, ed., The Elusive Global Perspective (SBLRBS 54) Number of new SBL titles Prophet ◆ Melvin K. H. Peters, ed., XII Con- ◆ Rolf Rendtorff and Robert A. Kugler, gress of the International Organization published in the last eds., The Book of Leviticus: Composition for Septuagint and Cognate Studies, five years = 120 and Reception Leiden, 2004 (SBLSCS 54) ◆ David T. Runia, On the Creation of ◆ David T. Runia, Gregory E. Sterling, the Cosmos according to Moses and Hindy Najman, eds., Studia ◆ Gregory E. Sterling, Historiography and Self-Definition: Philonica Annual, XVIII, 2006 (Studia Philonica Annual 18) Josephos, Luke-Acts and Apologetic Historiography ◆ Jan van der Watt, ed., RBL 8 (2006 edition) ◆ Emanuel Tov, The Greek and Hebrew Bible: Collected Essays on the Septuagint Brown Judaic Studies ◆ Jeffrey C. Geoghegan, The Time, Place, and Purpose of the SBL has also begun to reprint out-of-print works from other Deuteronomistic History: The Evidence of “Until This Day” publishers: (BJS 347) ◆ Rainer Albertz, Persönliche Frömmig-keit und offizielle Religion: ◆ Gary Beckman and Theodore J. Lewis, eds., Text, Artifact, Religionsinterner Pluralismus in Israel und Babylon and Image: Revealing Ancient Israelite Religion (BJS 346) ◆ Patrick D. Miller Jr., The Divine Warrior in Early Israel ◆ Roy Melugin and Marvin Sweeney, eds., New Visions of Reprint Initiative Isaiah Wthin the past year we have brought nearly every SBL ◆ George J. Brooke, Exegesis at Qumran: 4Q Florilegium in Its Monograph Series title back into print; approximately twenty Jewish Context volumes priced so that they are affordable for everyone. SBL has ◆ also reprinted a number of other formerly out-of-print titles in Roland Boer, Novel Histories: The Fiction of Biblical our other series, such as SBLDS, SBLEJL, SBLSCS. Criticism SBL has contracted to publish paperback editions of select Brill titles and currently has fourteen Brill titles available in paperback: ◆ Albert I. Baumgarten, The Flourishing of Jewish Sects in the Maccabean Era: An Interpretation ◆ Pancratius C. Beentjes, The Book of Ben Sira in Hebrew: A Text Edition of All Extant Hebrew Manuscripts and a Synopsis of All Parallel Hebrew Ben Sira Texts ◆ Peder Borgen, Philo of Alexandria, An Exegete for His Time ◆ R. Alan Culpepper, ed., Critical Readings of John 6
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This year’s International Meeting in Edinburgh Scotland featured 109 sessions with 423 program participants. These compare with 95 sessions and 390 program participants in 2004 (the last European meeting in Groningen), and repre- sent increases of 14.7 percent and 8.5 percent respectively. Four new seminars were added to the program. More than fifty percent of those registered attended sessions on Mon- day and Tuesday. Registrations totalled 571, a 15-percent increase over the 2003 meeting in Cambridge, our previous high. Registra- tions from the United States more than doubled from those of 2005 and 2004 and thirty-five countries were represent- ed. Registrations over the web continue to outnumber other methods by over sixty percent. Twenty-four publishers exhibited in Edinburgh. This number has increased by 20 percent since 2004, while the number of tables sold has increased by 27 percent. The six plenary lectures by distinguished colleagues were extremely well received with excellent attendance (150 or more at each ses- Above: A view from inside Roslyn Chapel, made famous by The DaVinci Code. The chapel was a sion). The paper by Rolf Rendtorff, tourist destination for participants in the Edinburgh international meeting. Below: A record number of vendors turned out for the book exhibit in Edinburgh, which was located in Teviot House at Edin- “What happened to the ‘Yahwist’? Re- burgh University. SBL Publications saw vigorous sales, with Ann E. Killebrew’s book, Biblical Peoples flections after Thirty Years” appeared and Ethnicity topping the list in sales. in The SBL Forum’s summer issue along with the response by David Clines (and a letter to the editor from John van Seters). This exchange will be used in least one future program unit as well. The paper by Patrick Miller in the session “Truth or Consequences” and that of Adele Berlin (“Sex and the Single Girl in Deuteronomy 22”) have been referred to in publications such as the Christian Century. John Dart published a piece entitled “Tak- ing God to the Mat” on Hugh Pyper’s paper “Wrestling the Bible” in the re- cent Christian Century (September 19, 2006).
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John A. Cook, Midwest Region SBL Regional Scholars John A. Cook is an editor at Eisenbrauns, Inc., a publisher and bookseller specializing in ancient Near Eastern and biblical studies. He holds a Ph.D. in Hebrew and Semitic languages from John Byron, Eastern Great Lakes Region the University of Wisconsin and has taught Semitic languages John Byron is assistant professor of New Testament at Ashland and Jewish studies at the University of Wisconsin in Madison Theological Seminary in Ashland, Ohio. He completed his un- and Milwaukee, at Trinity In- dergraduate studies at Elim ternational University in Illi- Bible Institute in NY, his M.A. nois, and at Asian Theological at Regent University in VA Seminary in the Philippines. and his Ph.D. at the University John’s research interests lie in of Durham, UK. He also com- the application of linguistic pleted one year of postgradu- theory and data to the study ate studies in Second Temple of Biblical Hebrew and North- history and literature at Jeru- west Semitic languages. His salem University College in Is- dissertation focused on the se- rael. Previously he has taught mantics of the Biblical Hebrew at the University of Durham. verbal system in the context of He is the author of Slavery the development of the West Metaphors in Early Judaism Semitic verbal systems, and it and Pauline Christianity (WUNT II: 162; Mohr Siebeck: 2003) is currently being revised for publication in Eisenbrauns’ se- and several articles. His research interests include the New Tes- ries Linguistic Studies in Ancient West Semitic. John’s paper, tament and Christian origins, slavery, Cain and Abel traditions “Generic Distinctions, Verbal Forms, and the Interpretation of in late antiquity, and the use of death type-scenes in ancient Biblical Proverbs,” was delivered at the 2005 Society of Biblical historiography. He is currently working on a new translation of Literature’s Midwest Regional Meeting. This paper was a based Judith and Ben Sira for the Fairhaven Septuagint Project. His on research for an article that appeared under the title “Gener- paper, “Living in the Shadow of Cain: Echoes of a Developing icity, Tense, and Verbal Patterns in the Sentence Literature of Tradition in James 5:1–6” was presented at the 2004 AAR/SBL Proverbs” in Seeking Out the Wisdom of the Ancients: Essays Of- annual meeting in San Antonio and at the 2005 meeting of the fered to Honor Michael V. Fox on the Occasion of His Sixty-Fifth Society of Biblical Literature’s Eastern Great Lakes Region. Birthday (ed. R. L. Troxel, K. G. Friebel and D. R. Magary. Wi- nona Lake, IN: Eisenbrauns, 2005) 117–33. Kelley Coblentz Bautch, Southwest Region Kelley Coblentz Bautch is an assistant professor of Religious Paul Evans, Upper Midwest Region Studies at St. Edward’s University, Austin, Texas and teaches in Paul Evans is a Ph.D. candidate (Old Testament Studies) at the area of Judaism and Chris- Wycliffe College at the Toronto School of Theology. He is also tianity in Antiquity. Coblentz an adjunct faculty at Tyndale University College, in Toronto, Bautch holds degrees from the teaching Biblical Hebrew and also serves as a part-time pastor University of Notre Dame (Ph. at a church in Mississauga, Ontario. He earned a Bachelor of D.), Harvard Divinity School Christian Studies at Taylor University College, in Edmonton, (M.T.S.), and Indiana Univer- AB and a Masters in Theologi- sity (B.A.). She is the author cal Studies at Wycliffe College of A Study of the Geography of at the Toronto School of The- 1 Enoch 17–19 (Brill, 2003) ology. He was awarded the and her research interests in- Society of Biblical Literature clude apocalyptic literature, Regional Scholar Award (Up- pseudepigrapha, and gender per Midwest) for his paper and religion. Her paper, “What entitled “The Scripture Con- Becomes of the Angels’ ‘Wives’? sciousness of the Chronicler,” A Text Critical Study of 1 En. 19:2,” was delivered at the 2005 given at the 2005 meeting of meeting of the Society of Biblical Literature’s Southwest Region. the Society of Biblical Litera- ture’s Upper Midwest Region.
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C. Kavin Rowe, Southeastern Region C. Kavin Rowe is Assistant Professor of New Testament at Duke University Divinity School. His first monograph, entitled Early College and University Partnerships Narrative Christology: The Lord in the Gospel of Luke, was To increase cooperation among universities and colleges recently published by Walter and support faculty in a wider range of higher education de Gruyter in the BZNW se- institutions, SBL has become an affiliate of several ries. His next book will focus organizations. on some of the theological implications of the intersec- ◆ Council of Independent Colleges (CIC) tion between the Acts of the ◆ Association of American Colleges and Universities Apostles and ancient culture. (AAC&U) In addition to these larger ◆ American College Personnel Association (ACPA) projects, Rowe has published ◆ American Association of University Professors articles that deal with a variety (AAUP) of topics such as the Roman ◆ Coalition of Adjunct Workforce (CAW) Imperial cult, Pauline inter- These relationships give us access to the programs and con- pretation, Graeco-Roman iconography, reception history of the ferences that are organized and held by these institutions. NT, and the relationship between biblical studies and systematic We will be completing a study of the number of our mem- theology. bers who are associated with the higher-education institu- tions in these groups. The initial result of the study shows a significant number of our members are at the institutions in these organizations.
2007 SBL Regional Meetings
Pacific Northwest Region Upper Midwest Region New England Region May 4–6 April 13–14 April 20 (tentative) University of Lethbridge, Luther Seminary, St. Paul, MN Andover Newton Theological Alberta, Canada Seminary
Rocky Mountains – Great Plains Region Eastern Great Lakes Region March 23–24 April 12–13 Hosted by Creighton University, Omaha Deer Creek Resort and Conference Center, Mt. Sterling, Ohio
Pacific Coast Region Midwest Region Mid Atlantic Region March 24–26 February 16–18 March 1–2 Graduate Theological Union The Weber Center, Olivet Nazarene Radisson Hotel at Cross Keys, University, Bourbonnais, IL Baltimore
Southwestern Region Southeastern Region March 3–4 March 16–18 The Westin, Dallas Fort Worth Airport Sheraton Nashville Downtown Hotel
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STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL POSITION 2006 2005 Clean Audit and Financial Strength ASSETS Cash and cash equivalents $ 911,936 $ 611,554 FY2005–2006 Marketable securities 951,262 1,172,855 Accounts receivable 61,038 79,445 Pledges receivable, net 31,598 53,725 The audit for fiscal year 2005–2006 (July Prepaid expenses and other assets 119,792 52,391 1–June 30) was completed and presented to the Book inventories, net of valuation reserve 43,804 43,128 Finance/Audit Committee and SBL Council in Books in production 8,178 396 Furniture and equipment, October. As every previous year the external net of accumulated depreciation 21,278 15,195 audit done by Cherry, Bekaert & Holland, LLP, Net share of Luce Center assets 2,165,066 2,181,250 gave the opinion that our financial statements TOTAL ASSETS $ 4,313,952 $ 4,209,939 were presented fairly and in conformity with LIABILITIES AND NET ASSETS Liabilities accepted accounting principles. SBL’s financial Accounts payable $ 153,757 $ 136,233 position continues to be solid as is evidenced by Deferred revenue the Statement of Financial Position where our Memberships and subscriptions 398,078 352,651 total liabilities and net assets increased from Annual meetings 468,650 415,137 International meeting 83,380 - $4,209,939 to $4,313,952. Our total liabilities of Other 2,557 2,854 $1,106,422 are far under our total net assets of Total Liabilities 1,106,422 906,875 $3,207,530. Net Assets The Statement of Activities shows some Unrestricted net assets 2,784,176 2,867,988 Temporarily restricted net assets 173,354 185,076 variations between 2005 and 2006. We had an Permanently restricted net assets 250,000 250,000 operating deficit. However, in the first quarter Total Net Assets 3,207,530 3,303,064 of 2006–2007 we are operating in the black and TOTAL LIABILITIES AND NET ASSETS $ 4,313,952 $ 4,209,939 believe that we have made some positive correc- STATEMENT OF ACTIVITIES tions. In the first quarter book sales were up 18 Changes in Unrestricted Net Assets percent, membership revenues by 11 percent, Revenues and gains and subscriptions by 7 percent. From 1 July to Congresses $ 767,160 $ 784,360 30 September 2006 we have decreased member- Membership and fee income 385,459 399,826 Book sales 357,067 338,514 ship expenses by 34 percent in part because of Subscriptions 334,107 333,422 increased efficiency owing to memberships be- Investment income 143,512 308,424 ing handled inhouse. Publications expenses are Marketing 172,583 176,792 up 12 percent but with the 18 percent increase Royalties 91,545 99,461 Contributions 52,248 90,472 in sales we are still in the black. Administration Other 7,319 57,093 and development costs are up 10 percent in the Grant income 48,750 38,750 current quarter, so we will keep a watchful eye. Rental income, net 33,571 34,414 We remind members that dues cover less Openings 43,982 18,283 Net assets released from restriction 36,758 - than 30 percent of our operating budget. This is Total Unrestricted Revenues and Gains 2,474,061 2,679,811 typical of organizations in the American Coun- Expenses cil of Learned Societies, our most comparable Program expenses group of organizations. We will increase full Publications 778,769 715,096 Congresses 962,082 913,564 and associate member dues in 2007. All of the Membership 154,195 149,831 discounts for JBL and our meetings will con- Professions 71,427 47,624 tinue. We have been adding a number of digital Regions 57,989 42,582 resources for members as well as other services. Research and technology 223,881 310,922 Total Program Expenses 2,248,343 2,179,619 We want to give more support to our students, Development and fundraising 127,616 123,413 the next generation who are coming forward to General and administration 181,914 179,420 lead. Full member dues will be $65 and associ- Total Expenses 2,557,873 2,482,452 ate member dues $45. We will also discontinue Increase (Decrease) in Unrestricted Net Assets (83,812) 197,359 Changes in Temporarily Restricted Net Assets joint membership category. To encourage more Investment income and change in market value 2 5,036 23,204 student membership we are reducing student Contributions - 53,725 dues to $25. In part the additional subsidy of Net assets released from restrictions (36,758) - these student member rates will come from the Increase (Decrease) Temp. Restricted Net Assets (11,722) 76,929 Change in Net Assets (95,534) 274,288 slightly increased full and associate member Net Assets at Beginning of the Year 3,303,064 3,028,776 dues. Thank you for your financial support to Net Assets at End of the Year $ 3,207,530 $ 3,303,064 foster biblical scholarship.
10 From the Executive SBLDirector 2006
13 November 2006
Colleagues and friends, Humanities Advocacy Day, Thanks to the nearly 1,000 individuals and institutions that have supported the 2007 125th Anniversary Campaign, we have surpassed our goal of $250,000. In fact, as of this writing we are above $275,000. The exact amount will be announced ò ô at the Annual Meeting reception and then reported in early January 2007.
The SBL and AAR are sending Establishing regular patterns of giving is essential for learned societies, since on average the dues of organizations such as the SBL produce less than 30 one hundred members to Capi- percent of the revenues needed to operate the organizations. Our 2007 Soci- tol Hill during the annual meet- ety Fund will continue to use tax-deductible contributions for four integrally ing to meet with congressional related areas: staff. Their goal is to encourage support for federal funding of • Inclusion of new and diverse voices humanities programs, such as • Support for advancing publications the National Endowment for the • Enhancements to the Annual Meeting • Initiatives in technology Humanities and the Fulbright program. To ensure that our current momentum is not lost, we need to increase the number of members who give annually. If you have not given in the past, The advocacy efforts continue start in 2007 with whatever you can give. Remember that every time you give in the spring, when SBL mem- a tax-deductible contribution equal to what you pay for dues, we can give a bers will join with scholars from complimentary membership to a colleague from a country whose monthly, or even annual, salary may be little more than the total amount of your dues and other humanistic disciplines on the tax-deductible gift. March 26–27 to lobby congress during Humanities Advocacy Your gifts of money and time support the core values of SBL. These values Day 2007. The event is orga- continue to drive the organization during its second century. nized by the National Humani- ties Alliance, of which SBL is an Responsiveness to change Communication Efficiency Scholarly integrity active member. Anyone inter- Inclusiveness Tolerance ested in joining the delegation Collegiality Leadership to Washington in March should Commitment Collaboration contact [email protected]. Productivity Accountability
Thank you for your support of time, energy, and money.
Cordially,
Kent Harold Richards Executive Director Professor of Old Testament
11 SocietySBL Anniversary Report Campaign Donors
David Aaron • Valerie Abrahamsen • Reinhard Achenbach • Alan Culpepper • Leslie Cunningham • Diane Curtis • Bruce Paul Achtemeier • Andrew Adam • Simon Adnams • Ellen Dahlberg • Frederick Danker • Katheryn Darr • John Dart • Aitken • Randy Akers • Jane Alder • Loveday Alexander • Peter Davids • Edith Davidson • Kristin De Troyer • Robin Pauline Allsop • Frank Ames • Leigh Andersen • Paulette Deich Ottoson • Roy Delamotte • Jerome Dempsey • LaMoine Anderson • Carl Anderson • Jason Anderson • Cheryl Anderson DeVries • Joanna Dewey • Kenneth Diable • A. Genevive Dibley • Allan Andrews • Kathleen Arai • James Armstrong • Lionel • Charles Dickinson • Damian Dietlein • Chip Dobbs-Allsopp • Arond • Harold Attridge • David Aune • Iosefa Autele • Solomon Michael Domeracki • John Donahue • Terence Donaldson • Avotri • James Ayars • Ann Marie Bahr • Wilma Bailey • William Louis Dorn • Thomas Dorsey • Bea Dorsey • Darrell Doughty • Baird • George Baker • David Balch • Samuel Balentine • Klaus Sharyn Dowd • Thomas Doyle • Thomas Dozeman • Alfred Baltzer • Barry Bandstra • Jay Barnes • Claudia Barnes • David Drake • Drew University • Paul Duff • John Duge • Michael Barr • Karen Barta • Scott Bartchy • David Bartlett • Kofi Bart- Duggan • Dennis Duling • Bruce Duncan • David Dungan • Martin • Kenneth Bass • Alicia Batten • Bernard Batto • David James Dunn • Matthew Dunn • Patrick Durusau • Keith Dyer • Bauer • Angela Bauer-Levesque • Baylor University • Alvord Susan Eastman • Amos Edelheit • Erick Egertson • Carl Ehrlich Beardslee • Robert Beck • Astrid Beck • Ehud Ben Zvi • Gisele • Pamela Eisenbaum • Harold Ellens • Susan Elliott • John Ben-Dor • R. Bennett • Harold Bennett • John Benson • Dianne Endres • Eldon Epp • Florence Ervin • Tamara Eskenazi • Philip Benton • Pierre Bernheim • Barbara Bernstengel • Jon Berquist Esler • Carl Evans • Craig Evans • Joseph Everson • Gordon Fee • John Betlyon • Per Bilde • Bruce Birch • Phyllis Bird • Sheila • Judy Fentress-Williams • Lowell Ferris • Ada Feyerick • Weston Bishop • Clifton Black • Adrien Bledstein • Joseph Blenkinsopp Fields • Bruce Fields • Thomas Finn • Fernand Fisel • John • Brian Blount • Wade Blount • Roland Boer • Thomas Bonacci Fitzgerald • Joseph Fitzmyer • Frances Flannery-Dailey • Paul • Irvin Borowsky • Johanna Bos • Walter Bouzard • Francois Flesher • Henry Fliegel • Peter Flint • Clyde Ford • Josephine Bovon • Barbara Bowe • Nancy Bowen • James Bowley • Andrew Massyngbaerde Ford • Jack Forrest • Nwachukwu Fortunatus • Bowling • Jo-Ann Brant • Robert Brawley • Susan Brayford • Mary Foskett • Julia A. Foster • Robert Fowler • Nili Fox • Paul Bretscher • Valerie Bridgeman-Davis • Jacques Briend • Beatrice Franco • Chris Franke • David Noel Freedman • Terence Therese Brink • Ann Graham Brock • Leila Bronner • Bernadette Fretheim • Steven Friesen • Jerome Frumento • Victor Furnish • Brooten • Karl Brower • Colin Brown • Shaun Brown • Walter Armand Gagne • Francisco Garcia-Treto • Elizabeth Gardner • Brueggemann • Christopher Bryan • Christina Bucher • Thomas Alma Gardner • Stephen Garfinkel • Beverly Gaventa • Peter Buckley • Jorunn Buckley • David Buehler • Albert Buelow • Gentry • Timothy Geoffrion • Mark George • Larry George • Bob Buller • Christoph Bultmann • David Burke • Aggie Burke Lawrence Geraty • Gary Gilbert • Gregory Glover • Lionel Goh • John Burns • Ernest Bursey • William Burton • Bruce Buttler • Yeh Cheng • Dale Goldsmith • Deirdre Good • Peter Gosnell • Gay Byron • Michael Calderon • Mary Callaway • William Claire Gottlieb • Robert Gould • Thomas Graber • Colin Grace Campbell • Timothy Cargal • William Carlsen • Samuel Carmack • Fritz Graf • Pat Graham • John Gram • Joel Green • Phyllis • Susanna Caroselli • Rhoda Carpenter • Philippa Carter • Raul Green • Randall Greene • Richard Greene • Kathryn Greene- Castillo • Denise Castle • Fernando Castro • Robert Cauffman • Mccreight • Leonard Greenspoon • Michael Greenwald • Johnny Chan • Mark Chancey • Young-Ihl Chang • Stephen Katherine Grieb • Patrick Griffin • Gretchen Grimshaw • Steven Chapman • Harley Chapman • Atmatzidis Charalabos • James Grosby • Leticia Guardiola-Saenz • Corinna Guerrero • Roland Charlesworth • Esther Chazon • Samuel Cheon • Dean Chiasson Guilbault • Jo Ann Hackett • Herbert Hain • Kevin Haley • • Victor Chisnell • Abraham Chiu • Dolores Christie • John Robert Hall • Karen Hamilton • Pedro Iwao Hanaoka • Lowell Clabeaux • Douglas Clark • Richard Clifford • Pamela Clift • Handy • Jacqueline Hankins • G. Walter Hansen • Muhammad Kelley Coblentz Bautch • Hirsch Cohen • Missy Colee • Gillis Haq • Richard Harley • Walter Harrelson • Dan Harrington • Coleman • Matthieu Collin • Matthew Collins • Adela Collins • Joseph Harris • Robert Harris • Betty Harwick • R. W. Haskin • John Collins • Francis Connolly-Weinert • Thomas Conran • Thomas Haverly • David Hay • Kenneth Haydock • Katherine John Conroy • Steve Cook • John G. Cook • Richard Cook • Hayes • Richard Hays • Holly Hearon • Charles Hedrick • Marius Stephen Cook • Jeremy Corley • Kevin Corrigan • Wendy Cotter Heemstra • Nancy Heisey • Petra Heldt • Roy Heller • Matthias • Charles Cousar • Margaret Cowan • Fred Craddock • Toni Henze • Jens Herzer • James Hester • Todd Hibbard • Carolyn Craven • Sidnie White Crawford • Barry Crawford • John Higginbotham • Bryan Hillis • Lorelei Hillman • R. J. Himes- Dominic Crossan • Loren Crow • Clayton Croy • Elliott Cuff • Madero • Martha Himmelfarb • Ray Hobbs • Susan Hollis •
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William Holwager • Teresa Hood • William Hook Rachel McRae • Joseph Meda • Wayne Meeks • • Gail Hopkins • Elizabeth Hopp-Peters • Maurya James Megivern • Bertram Melbourne • Roy Horgan • Richard Horsley • Natalie Houghtby- Melugin • John Merrill • Bruce Metzger • Carol & Haddon • David Howard • Bonnie Howe • David Eric Meyers • Alan Meyers • Sheila Michaels • Howell • Robert Hubbard • Herbert Huffmon • Carol Miles • John Miles • Merrill Miller • Charles Alice Hunt • Larry Hurtado • Uri Hurwitz • Roger Miller • Patrick Miller • Margaret Mitchell • Huston • Margaret Hutaff • Christopher Hutson • James Mitchell • Gregory Mobley • David Susan Hylen • Sheldon Isenberg • Edna Israeli • Moessner • Douglas Mohrmann • Cynthia Moore Jason Jackson • Mignon Jacobs • David Jacobsen • Diane • Anne Moore • Terri Moore • Anne Moore • Raymond Moreland Jacobson • Yahan Jawaratnam • Robin Jensen • Richard Jeske • • Gregg Morrison • William Morrow • MaryKate Morse • Donald Johns • Beth Johnson • Luke Johnson • Steven Johnson Gertrude Morse • Gertrude Morse • Lionel Moses • Halvor • Earl Johnson • Sharon Johnson • Clarence Johnson • Raymond Moxnes • James Mueller • Lenore Mullican • Patrick Muntazir • Johnson • Earl Johnson • Brian Johnson • Willa Johnson • Susan Myers • Nobuhiro Nakamura • Mary Kaye Nealen • Celeste Anne Johnson • Ann Johnston • Robert Johnston • Paul Antonio Negrini • Dietmar Neufeld • Klaus Neumann • Gordon Joseph • Amy Justice • Barbara Kaiser • Walter Kaiser • Joel Newby • Judith Newman • Carol Newsom • George Nickelsburg Kaminsky • John Kampen • Christos Karakolis • Lynn Kauppi • • Kirsten Nielsen • Ralph Nielsen • Brian Niskala • Fabien Noboru Kawamura • Leander Keck • Paul Keim • Edgar Nobilio • James Nogalski • Brian Nolan • John Nordin • Chris Kellenberger • Gerald Kendrick • Kennemore Consulting • Key Norman • Daniel O’Bannon • Dana O’Brien • Peter Ochs • Foundation • Ann Killebrew • Young Jin Kim • Wonil Kim • Michael O’Connor • Kathleen O’Connor • Jim O’Connor • Chris Paul Kim • Heerak Kim • Reuven Kimelman • Stephen Kimpel O’Connor • Gail O’Day • Josef Oesch • Claude D. Oliver • • Philip King • Karen King • Deon King • Jeffrey Kisner • Hans- Dennis Olson • Antonio Orazzo • Christopher Osgood • Minoru Josef Klauck • Kathie Klein • Jacob Klein • Karen Kletter • Rolf Oshiro • Carolyn Osiek • Benjamin Owens • Joon Park • Simon Knierim • Sara Knoll • Melody Knowles • Nobuo Kobayashi • Parker • Julie Faith Parker • Ralph Parris • Douglas Parrott • Paul Kobelski • John Koenig • Helmut Koester • David Konstan Mikeal Parsons • Jacqueline Pastis • Daniel Patte • Stephen • Kelly Koonce • Judith Kovacs • Betty Krafft • Robert Kraft • Patterson • Jon Paulien • Todd Payne • David Peabody • Timothy Jože Krašovec • Trista Krock • Thomas Krueger • Jeffrey Kuan • Peace • Marijan Peklaj • James Pendleton • Josue Perez • Judith Robert Kugler • Christopher Kujawski • Michihiko Kuyama • Perkins • Pheme Perkins • Raymond Person • David Petersen • Kristen Kvam • Robert Kysar • Lynn Labs • Joseph Lachowski • Christopher Petersen • Norman Petersen • Kay Joe Petzold • Andre Lacocque • Carol Lahurd • Stephen Lampe • Jane Regina Pfeiffer • Vicki Phillips • David Phillips • Judith Phillips Lancaster Patterson • George Landes • Francis Landy • John • Tina Pippin • Mark Plaushin • Albert Plotkin • Sun Po-Ling • Langfitt • Christopher Langton • Hayim Lapin • Jacqueline R. Ferdinand Poswick • Potter-Holden and Company • Mark Lapsley • Thomas Leclerc • Kyung Sook Lee • Soo Ann Lee • Joel Powell • Emerson Powery • Curtis Poyer • Jan Quesada • William LeMon • Theresa Lesnik • David Levenson • Amy-Jill Levine • Rader • John Rains • Ilaria Ramelli • Robert Randle • Robert Baruch Levine • John Lewis • Blake Leyerle • Betty Lillie • Rapa • William Reader • Paul Redditt • David Reed • Stephen Thomas Lindeman • Renato Lings • William Loader • John Breck Reid • Barbara Reid • Fred Reiner • Rolf Rendtorff • John Lodge • Logos Bible Software • Richard Lowery • Francisco Reumann • Luis Reyes • Erroll Rhodes • Carrie Rhodes • Kent Lozada • Meir Lubetski • Dennis MacDonald • Peter Machinist Richards • Rod Rinell • Sharon Ringe • Frederick Rivers • • Jennifer Maclean • Catriona MacLeod • Susan Madara • Frank Vernon Robbins • Kathryn Roberts • Guenter Roehser • Lois Madsen • F. Rachel Magdalene • Ruth Majercik • Jean Malfroy • Roets • Thomas Romer • Jonathan Rosenbaum • Jerome Ross • Frances Mansen • W. Eugene March • Susan Marks • Peter Janet Ross • Clare Rothschild • John Ruffin • Erin Runions • Marshall • Robert Marshall • Elmer Martens • Alan Martin • John Sailhamer • Katharine Sakenfeld • J.Paul Sampley • Emily Thomas Martin • Christopher Matthews • Shelly Matthews • Sampson • James Sanders • Judith Sanderson • Leo Sandgren • Victor Matthews • James Mays • Edward Mazich • Dora David Sandmel • Richard Sarason • Kei Sasaki • Migaku Sato • Mbuwayesango • R. W. McCandless • Clint McCann • Kyle Stanley Saunders • Richard Schaefer • Linda Schearing • McCarter • Andrew McCoy • Lee McDonald • Russell McDougall Timothy Schehr • Richard Scheuer • Lawrence Schiffman • • Steven McKenzie • Edward McMahon • Elizabeth McNamer • Philip Schmitz • Tammi Schneider • Bernardin Schneider •
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Daniel Schowalter • Rene’ Schreiner • Elisabeth Schuessler Fiorenza • Mark Schuler • Eileen Schuller • Jonathan Schuster • Julius Scott • Andrew Scrimgeour • Horst Seebass • Alan Segal • Fernando Segovia • Philip Sellew • Donald Senior • Leong Seow ò ô • Hershel Shanks • Elisabeth Shewmon • Woochul Shin • Futoshi Shingaki • Judy Siker • Ronald Simkins • Michael Simone • Gary SBL is pleased to announce that it has Simpson • Thomas Slater • Jonathan Smith • Moody Smith • Abraham Smith • Dennis Smith • Ronald Smith • Edgar Smith • exceeded its Anniversary Campaign Justin Smith • Dries Somers • Ktziah Spanier • David Sperling • George Spink • Deborah Spink • Robert Spivey • Angela goal of $250,000! Our sincere thanks Standhartinger • Christopher Stanley • Scott Starbuck • Rodney Stark • Wolfgang Stegemann • Krister Stendahl • Charles to all of our members who contributed Stephenson • Gregory Sterling • Marti Steussy • Gerald Stevens • David Stewart • Arnold Stiglmair • Robert Stoeckig • Ken so generously. Stone • Virginia Stopfel • Steven Stopke • Diane Stothard • Herbert Strange • Robert Straub • Gail Streete • John Strong • ò ô Jerry Sumney • Yoshihide Suzuki • Theodore Swanson • Marvin Sweeney • Dennis Sylva • Linda Taggart • Richard Taliaferro • Anthony Tambasco • Sarah Tanzer • Barbara Taylor • Terry Terman • Mark Thalacker • Tom Thatcher • Pamela Thimmes • Edward Thomas • Alexandra Thompson • Frank Thompson • Ellis Tiffany • Ray Timmermans • Thomas Tobin • Holly Gifts to the Society Were Received . . . Toensing • Mary Ann Tolbert • Emanuel Tov • John Townsend • Theodore Townsend • Daniel Treier • Ramon Trevijano • Phyllis In Memory Of Trible • Ghislain Tshikendwa Matadi • Gene M. and Charlyne Elizabeth Achtemeier Tucker • Patricia Tull • Darla Dee Turlington • John Turner • William F. Albright James Turner • Aaron Uitti • Eugene Ulrich • Don Upton • Raymond E. Brown Robert W. Funk William Urbrock • Nasili Vaka’uta • Arie van der Kooij • Bas van Carl B. Hoch, Jr. Os • Mark Vander Hart • Ken Vandergriff • David Vanderhooft Robert W. Lyon • James VanderKam • Andrew Vaughn • Terezija Vecko • Joseph Dale Moody Verheyden • Burton Visotzky • Stephen Von Wyrick • William James Muilenburg Voyce • Wesley Wachob • Herman Waetjen • Herman Waetjen • Hal Rast Ross Wagner • Elaine Wainwright • L. Wakit • Dale Walker • Samuel Sandmel William Walker • Howard Wallace • Neal Walls • Richard Walsh • James Walters • Virgil Warren • Lorian Warrilow • Gregg In Honor Of Watson • Virginia Wayland • Dorothy Weaver • Jann Weaver • Donald Burgo Robert Webb • Randall Webber • Jane Webster • James Weimer Frank Moore Cross • Wendell Weir • Steven Weitzman • John Welch • Roy Wells • Ronald M. Hals Lorrie Wenzel • Audrey West • David West • Cynthia Westfall • Beverly R. Gaventa Matt Whayland • Ellen White • Mike White • Pete Wilbanks • J. L. Martyn Abraham Malherbe Jacqueline Williams • Donald Williford • Robert Wilson • David L. Petersen Vincent Wimbush • Carol Wimmer • Carlton Winbery • Gerald Kent Harold Richards Winslow • Ronald Witherup • Glenn Wooden • Ed Wright • E. P. Sanders Miroslaw Wrobel • Aldo Yannon • Larry Yarbrough • Elizabeth Yates • Gale Yee • Christine Yoder • Gosnell Yorke • Franklin The society encourages gifts of any amount in honor Young • K. Lawson Younger • Samuel Yun • Konstantinos Zarras or memory of friends and colleagues. • Ziony Zevit • Merlin Zook
14 From the MembershipSBL 2006
Celebrating 100 Years — Paul Minear Member Comments
The Society of Biblical Literature takes Thank you very much for the time and effort you gave to get my great joy in letting all members know original SBL Member ID reinstated. I am very appreciative of your work in that Paul S. Minear, Winkley Professor of “fulfilling this request. Biblical Theology, emeritus, at Yale Divin- ity School, celebrated his one-hundreth Thanks so much!” I didn’t expect any reply at all, much less a form birthday on February 17, 2006. tailored according to my suggestions! Truly a work of supererogation. Having received his Ph.D. at Yale in 1932, he began his remarkable career “ as a teacher of New Testament (Garrett, ” Thank you, that is very kind of you. And kind to let me know. I am not 19341944; Andover Newton, 1944– concerned about the delay, I am just happy my set will be complete. 1956; Yale Divinity School, 1956–1971). He is a prolific author (more than twen- “ ty-five books and nearly 150 articles), I want to tell you how very special Theresa Lesnik is as a counselor” translator (NRSV Committee, 1967–1988), and ecumenical leader (FAITH and with SBL. Through the mail she has guided me through registration for 2005, ORDER Commission of the World Council of Churches, cofounder with Theo- “housing, and even a donation because of her good work. dore Hesburgh of the Ecumenical Institute for Advanced Theological Study at I am 86, been all over the world with SBL, but more recently have had trouble with so many forms and use of internet. I e-mailed and Theresa Tantur). In 1964–1965 he was President of SNTS. In 2002 Abingdon Press immediately answered. published a collection of his essays, The Bible and the Historian. In 2005, She recalled my meeting her at 2004 Conference at San Antonio which Westminster John Knox republished two of his well-known books, The King- made me feel very good. She had guided me through 2005 Conference step dom and the Power and Images of the Church in the New Testa- by step – I have enjoyed the Conference mainly because of her care and ment (which includes a biographical essay by L. E. Keck). He still lives in his kindness to me. own home in Guilford, Connecticut together with his wife Gladys, whom he married 75 years ago. Dear Friends,” I have never pressed the reply button [on an RBL email notice] to From a Victim of Hurricane Katrina thank you for your work. This time I did it. Let me say again, this is very “helpful as I decide what books to buy, to place in the library, and to After Hurricane Katrina, the Society offered complimentary mem- assign to the classes. berships to those members affected for 2006. In September of this year, we extended the offer for 2007, and one member replied as ” Dear Matthew [Collins], follows: I just thought to write to let you know that I received the [regional scholar] check from the SBL. Thank you very much! I am honored by the Dear SBL, “award and also appreciate the generosity of the SBL in offsetting conference Thank you for your e-mail and the expression of concern. Our home is expenses. “practically back to normal. I also have full employment as before. Since the I appreciate also, Matthew, your assistance along the way. I think the SBL hurricane situation looks hopeful for the Gulf coast this season, I do not is an outstanding professional society which I am very happy to support. I anticipate any further losses. We were among the less fortunate persons am grateful that the SBL gives junior scholars like myself encouragement to who received no help from FEMA or Red Cross. However, we did get some develop our work, to participate and aim high. compensation from our insurance. Right now we do not feel it is appropriate to request any further help from SBL as there may be many other members ” in the south who might have fared worse off than we did. So thank you very much, and we certainly appreciate the offer. Basil Davis, Notre Dame Seminary ” 15 SocietyFuture DirectionsReport
The mission of the Society of Biblical Literature, to foster biblical scholarship, is accomplished through seven strategic goals, as follows: ◆ Offer members opportunities for mutual support, intellectual growth, and professional development as teachers and scholars ◆ Organize congresses for scholarly exchange ◆ Facilitate broad and open discussion from a variety of perspectives ◆ Encourage study of biblical literature and its cultural contexts ◆ Collaborate with educational institutions and other appropriate organizations to support biblical scholarship and teaching ◆ Develop resources for diverse audiences, including students, religious communities and the general public. ◆ Publish biblical scholarship
The Profession SBL Programs and Initiatives The Committee on the Status of Women in the Profession encourages the participation of women in all areas of biblical Annual Meeting studies. In pursuit of this mandate, the committee continues its The North American Annual Meeting is the largest internation- efforts in the areas of mentoring, networking, and opening bib- al gathering of biblical scholars in the world. Each meeting lical studies to greater participation by women. Funding is given ◆ showcases the latest in biblical research for a limited number of non-North American women to attend ◆ fosters collegial contacts congresses. ◆ advances research The Committee on Underrepresented Racial and Ethnic Minorities in the Profession has long supported the recruit- ◆ highlights a wide range of professional issues ment and mentoring of racial and ethnic minority students The world’s largest exhibit of books and digital resources for from among the African American, Asian, Hispanic, and Native biblical studies is on display at this congress. Members benefit American populations. from the meetings of other organizations that meet at the same Employment Information Services (EIS) encompasses time. Openings and an employment center at the Annual Meeting. Openings: Employment Opportunities for Scholars of Religion is International Meeting published electronically each month and is available through The International Meeting is held annually outside North the SBL website at no cost to members. The EIS Center operates America. It provides a unique forum for scholarly discourse each year at the Annual Meeting and offers a central location for across continents and invites attention to the regional interests job candidates and institutions to meet, along with other helpful of biblical scholarship. The meeting usually takes place between events such as panel reviews of pertinent topics that focus on the beginning of July and the middle of August. the “how to” of the application and job interview process. Publications and Technology Regions The print and digital publication program includes works for Throughout the academic year, the regions coordinate lec- specialists and those interested in biblical and religious studies. tures and conferences that keep the regions active and up-to- Monographic publications include major reference works, com- date in the latest biblical research and teaching. These meetings mentaries, text editions and translations, scholarly monographs, provide an intimate setting for scholarly exchange. collections of essays, doctoral dissertations, and tools for teach- ing and research. The Journal of Biblical Literature is one of the Regional Scholars Program oldest and most distinguished journals in biblical scholarship. The eleven regions identify exemplary new scholars, particu- TheReview of Biblical Literature is the most comprehensive and larly women and underrepresented minorities. Regional scholars up-to-date review of publications in biblical studies and is up- are given stipends to cover a portion of the cost of attending the dated weekly online and publishes a print collection of reviews Annual Meeting, and senior scholars are designated as mentors to annually. assist the award recipients with their paper presentations. The Society continues to provide leadership for font devel- opment, markup standards, and digitization of primary sources through partnerships with museums and related institutions.
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Student Advisory Group Future Annual Meetings
Current Status 2007 ◆ San Diego, CA, Nov 17–20 Over the past nine months, the Student Advisory Group 2008 ◆ Boston, MA, Nov 22–25 (SAG) has enjoyed a successful launch. There are currently 2009 ◆ New Orleans, LA, Nov 21–24 seven committee members working with Diane E. Curtis, SAG 2010 ◆ Atlanta, GA, Nov 20–23 Coordinator and SBL staff member, under the direction of Mat- ◆ thew Collins, Director of Congresses and Professions. Currently 2011 San Francisco, CA, Nov 19–22 there are forty-nine On-campus Student Representatives (OSR) 2012 ◆ Chicago, IL, Nov 17–20 serving at institutions in eleven foreign countries and in eigh- 2013 ◆ Baltimore, MD, Nov 23–26 teen states. In April, we went live with the Discussion Groups including the Student Advisory Group forum. There are cur- rently 317 registered members/users of the Discussion Groups. International Meetings
Future Direction 2007 ◆ Vienna, Austria, July 22–26 The SAG Coordinator recently launched an OSR recruiting 2008 ◆ Auckland, July 6–10 campaign, which will reach faculty members at 1,676 institu- tions in the United States, 138 institutions in Canada, and 177 in the United Kingdom and Northern Europe. Phase II will in- the other Mid-Atlantic states (Ohio, Pennsylvania, New York, volve Mexico, South America, and Western Europe. Please see and New Jersey) that were in Ellen’s territory. supplemental materials for the letter being sent to faculty mem- A system of naming successors for both SAG committee bers asking for OSR recommendations. To date about a third of members and OSR’s was included in the Mandate, and build- the institutions in the United States have been contacted, several ing upon, and learning from, our recent experiences we antici- faculty members have responded, and two new OSR’s have been pate smooth transitions through the mentoring of succeeding brought onboard. SAG Members and OSR’s. This is in keeping with the spirit of establishing a friendly, supportive, and collegial atmosphere for Sustainability and Transitions SBL student members, with our eyes ever focused on the goal of SAG has already experienced several changes in OSR and retaining them as full members and active volunteers in the So- SAG member assignments, and the transitions have been han- ciety. Because our student members are quite literally the future dled well with little fanfare or upheaval. In July we lost Susan of SBL, we can say with confidence that the future looks bright. Haver, a valuable and much loved member of our team. A suc- cessor for her has not yet been named, but her OSR’s were well- informed and have been able to continue their work in a self- SBL Continues to Grow directed manner. We have approached one of her OSR’s with an offer to take over as the SAG member overseeing Canada, and he is working on finding an OSR to replace him at McGill Uni- Membership versity along with the assistance of a faculty member there. SBL Memberships have consistently been on the increase Recently a larger US territory was divided among three peo- over the past two years. Overall current individual membership ple as the responsibilities in that territory grew. Ellen White, who as of November 14, 2006 was 7,814 compared to 7,092 twelve originally oversaw New England, parts of the Mid-Atlantic and months ago; an increase of 9 percent. SBL’s efforts to increase the Midwest will now be the SAG member for the Midwest and its membership, begun when the membership and subscription Upper Midwest as she has had tremendous success motivating management were brought in-house, are clearly beginning to and mobilizing the student members in those regions, and has pay off. The strategies to increase membership began in earnest established a strong student presence at the Midwest and Upper in mid-2005 with the targeting of specific groups. First, we have Midwest Regional Meetings. David Eastman, formerly the OSR obtained membership lists from related organizations (CBA is for Yale University, has been approved as a new SAG Member to one example) and offered membership to those who are not SBL oversee New England. Erin Vearncombe, the SAG Member who members; this practice continues with modest success. We have oversees the Central States and part of the Mid-Atlantic took on also collected the names of individuals whose membership in
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SBL have lapsed with a view to inviting them back. Beyond this, under consideration. The total number of sessions has increased our initiatives have focused on three groups of people. First, we from approximate two hundred to four hundred. New units for are targeting groups like the translation leaders of the United 2006 are as follows: Bible Society (see report below) and those that have met un- der the rubrick “additional meetings” at the Annual Meeting. Bible and American Popular Culture Section Second, the Student Advisory Group [SAG] is working to in- Program Unit Chair: Linda Schearing, Gonzaga University crease SBL’s visibility on America’s campuses (see report below). Bible, Myth, and Myth Theory Consultation Third, explicit programming and publications directed at re- Program Unit Chairs: Dexter Callender, University of Mi- ligious leaders and the wider public has contributed to the in- ami, and Neal Walls, Wake Forest University crease in membership. While we are reviewing the increases in Europe and the Mediterranean in Late Antiquity Group all membership categories, we have noted a sizeable increase in Program Unit Chairs: David Frankfurter, University of New Associate Memberships (nearly 25 percent over the past twelve Hampshire months). In concert with our efforts to increase memberships, Hebrew Bible and Political Theory Consultation SBL’s technology staff is working on a project, partially funded Program Unit Chairs: Steven Grosby, Clemson University, by the Louisville Institute, that will permit us to retain informa- and Joshua Berman, Bar-Ilan University tion in our database about the demographics of our member- LGBT/Queer Hermeneutics Consultation ship. In addition to obtaining data on gender and ethnicity, we Program Unit Chair: Holly Toensing, Xavier University will be better informed about the types and level of employment New Testament Mysticism Project Seminar of our members (e.g., the types of institutions in which they Program Unit Chairs: April DeConick, Illinois Wesleyan serve). This project will help us to develop programs and initia- University, and Andrei Orlov, Marquette University tives that will better serve our constituency. Orality, Textuality, and the Formation of the Hebrew Bible Program Unit Chairs: David McLain Carr, Union Theological Annual Meeting Seminary (NY), and Susan Niditch, Amherst College As of November 6 we have 10,093 total registrations for the Recovering Female Interpreters of the Bible Consultation Annual Meeting in Washington, DC. This represents na increase Program Unit Chair: Nancy Calvert-Koyzis, McMaster in attendence from last year’s meeting in Philadelphia and thus University a second consecutive year of record attendance numbers. Meet- Rethinking the Concept and Categories of “Bible” in Antiquity ings management is adding hotels to the room blocks even at Consultation this point. Program Unit Chair: James Bowley, Millsaps College Looking beyond 2008 when the SBL and AAR meeting will Scripture as Artifact Consultation no longer be held in conjunction with one another, we are in the Unit Chair: Brian Malley, University of Michigan process of developing registration software that will interface Teaching Biblical Literature in an Undergraduate Liberal Arts with our new membership database. We estimate that the new Context streamlined system will mean a savings over a three- to five-year Program Unit Chair: Jane Webster, Barton College period of approximately one million dollars. The system will be Use of Cognitive Linguistics in Biblical Interpretation employed for the first time at the 2007 International Meeting in Consultation Vienna. Program Unit Chair: Bonnie Howe, Dominican University of California Web Redesign The first steps have been taken to totally redesign and up- grade the SBL website. Those steps have included an analysis of United Bible Societies needs and wants within each of the areas (publications, profes- Triennial Translation Workshop sions, congresses, membership, and development). It is antici- pated that a redesign can be concluded by mid-2007. Mombasa, Kenya, 13–22 June The executive director was asked to participate in the UBS New Annual Meeting Sessions in 2006 translation workshop that brings together approximately 135 UBS translation leaders from virtually every continent. These leaders work with around 4,000 translators in many parts of the Since 2003 fifty-two new Program Units have been added to the world. Annual Meeting program. Nine additional Units are currently
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One of the major goals of attendance was to urge greater SBL participation from this large constituency. Almost half of Announcement for “Engaging the Bible on Marriage” the leaders are not members of SBL, although a group of about twenty are actively engaged in SBL and have formed at least one How do we use the Bible to assist our congregations in bet- program unit. Another dozen of the translation leaders were at ter discerning the biblical perspectives on marriage? How do one point SBL members. Discussions are underway to begin those perspectives illuminate the political issues before us today even more translation program units, and UBS is entertaining regarding the rights of gay and lesbian couples? Can the Bible the idea of having the triennial meeting done in proximity to the only serve to divide people or can it serve a positive role in civil SBL International Meeting. discourse? The Society of Biblical Literature is partnering with We have offered complimentary memberships to those who Christian Theological Seminary in a two day event to discuss have never been SBL members, while those who have been the resources the Bible brings to one of the contentious debates SBL members were urged to renew. We have had an excellent in America life today. Funded in part with a grant from the Lou- response and will continue to follow up. Several have written isville Institute and by the Society for Biblical Literature. emails of appreciation for the membership. One who is moving The event begins with a “Public Panel with Biblical Schol- from Taiwan to Vancouver was grateful for our contact and ex- ars on the Bible and the Marriage Debate, Sunday, February 11, pressed a hope to attend the San Diego Annual Meeting. 2007, 5–7 pm, Shelton Auditorium, CTS. The panelists are Vic- tor Furnish, Kent Richards, and Marti Steussy. Four biblical seminars will take place the following day, Feb- The Bible and Religious Leadership in the ruary 12, 2007, from 9.00 AM to 3.00 PM. The $50 egistrationr Twenty-First Century fee includes lunch and complementary membership in SBL. Religious leaders, ordained and lay, are invited to register for The Louisville Institute has made a grant to SBL to convene two of the four biblical seminars. A concluding plenary will give conferences to gather religious leaders to study and reflect on everyone an opportunity to share reflections. the Bible and its use in their professional, congregational, and Preaching on Marriage, Ronald J. Allen intellectual lives. Each session will introduce the latest tech- A consideration of issues related to preaching on marriage niques, publications (print and digital), and other resources fo- including the selection of biblical texts, theological consider- cusing on the most effective use of these resources for personal ations, and seasons in the Christian year. Developing qualities enrichment and professional responsibilities such as writing, of sermons that will engage the congregation in ways that are preaching, teaching, participating in the public arena, and reaf- thoughtful, critical and respectful will be considered. firming the importance of biblical values. The sessions will employ lecture, panel, and workshop tech- Marriage and the Bible in Faith Communities, Gregory L. Glover niques to address the various learning styles of those convened. The pastor is expected to preach and teach about God’s view of Each gathering will include at least one public lecture. Attendees marriage, counsel couples who have already decided to marry, will be required to register for the workshops but the public lecture and troubled teens who sometimes rush toward marriage. So will be open to the wider public. These events will serve as pilots for what is the Bible’s role in these varied pastoral conversations? a continuing SBL program. And how can the pastor lead the congregation into a creative encounter with the Bible about the gift of marriage and the per- 11–12 February 2007 ils of the human condition? Christian Theological Seminary, Indianapolis Engaging the Bible on Marriage (see below) New Testament Resources on Marriage, Victor Furnish Understanding marriage as portrayed in the New Testament and the 25–26 February 2007 way these ancient texts relate to the 21st century require thought- Wesley Theological Seminary, Washington, DC ful perspectives. Is there a definition of marriage in the New Testa- The Use of Scripture in Politics ment? Is it stated or implied? What are the values at work? 2–3 April 2007 Old Testament Resources on Marriage, Marti Steussy Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University, Atlanta, GA Understanding marriage as portrayed in the Old Testament and the Through the Museum with the Bible way these ancient texts relate to the 21st century require thoughtful perspectives. Is there a definition of marriage in the Old Testament? Is it stated or implied? What are the values at work?
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guage) document; (3) prepare additional resources, including a New Online Initiatives description of the document’s textual history, a bibliography of scholarship on the document, and a list of other online resources relevant to the study of the document; and, in some cases, (4) Online Critical Pseudepigraphia prepare a new eclectic text for the document. The job is not fin- The SBL is delighted to welcome a dynamic and significant ished even then, however, since each document is examined by online resource into its Publications program: the Online Criti- a member of the project review board and carefully proofread cal Pseudepigrapha (http://www.purl.org/net/ocp). The OCP against the print edition of the standard text being reproduced. offers free access to electronic critical texts of the Old Testament Helpful “Text Status” descriptions with each pseudepigraphal pseudepigrapha and related literature. In addition to providing text allow users to monitor the progress of each document and multilingual texts of select works, allowing users to view the ensure that they are using completely reliable texts. evidence in all the extant languages simultaneously and side The SBL applauds the initiative and devotion of all those by side, the OCP presents textual variants through a dynamic involved with making the OCP the best online resource for interface that allows readers not only to view the textual vari- critical pseudepigraphal texts and takes great pride in adopting ants for any section of text but also to view the running text of a the OCP as an electronic publication of the Society. We invite given manuscript. The OCP also provides annotated listings of members and nonmembers alike to visit the OCP website in the the textual witnesses to and printed editions of the pseudepig- very near future and to welcome this resource as an important raphal texts included on the site. part of the SBL Publications program. For further information, The OCP was conceived in 2004 under the leadership of please contact Ian W. Scott
20 SBL 2006 articles discussing the relationship between textual criticism and other disciplines.” In addition, the TC editorial board and 2006–2007 Budget SBL Publications staff plan to collaborate so that together we can provide additional resources, such as links to other resources of Revenues interest to biblical textual critics, including text-critical projects, Book Sales $ 415,000 original language texts, and interactive interfaces to offer infor- Contributions/grants $ 135,000 mation about sigla used in different editions. Membership fees $ 410,000 Given our belief in textual criticism as an important sub- Subscriptions $ 399,000 discipline of biblical studies (see the SBL’s Text-Critical Stud- Congresses $ 860,000 ies book series), the SBL gladly welcomes TC and the following Rental Income $ 110,000 members of its internationally esteemed editorial board into the Royalties $ 95,000 SBL Publications program: Openings $ 50,000 James R. Adair, Religion and Technology Center, Editor Fee Income $ 25,750 • Tobias Nicklas, Radboud University of Nijmegen, Book Re- Investment Income $ 72,000 view Editor • Johann Cook, University of Stellenbosch • Claude Marketing $ 215,000 E. Cox, McMaster Divinity College • Sidnie White Crawford, Other $ 5,000 University of Nebraska • Bart D. Ehrman, University of North Total Revenues $ 2,791,750 Carolina at Chapel Hill • Leonard J. Greenspoon, Creighton University • Michael W. Holmes, Bethel College • L. W. Hurta- Expenses do, University of Edinburgh • Arie van der Kooij, Leiden Uni- Administration $ 145,000 versity • Johan Lust, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven • Melvin K. Luce Center $ 100,000 H. Peters, Duke University • William L. Petersen, Pennsylvania Congresses $ 1,000,000 State University • Klaus Wachtel, Institut für neutestamentliche Development $ 130,000 Textforschung Membership $ 125,000 We encourage readers to visit TC in the very near future and Professions $ 80,000 to welcome TC as an important part of the ever-growing SBL Publications $ 810,000 Publications program. For further information about TC, please Regions $ 50,000 contact Jimmy Adair
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Epp, Case Western Reserve University (Emeritus) • Joel B. Green, Administrative Committees Asbury Theological Seminary
Council Program Committee The Council consists of fourteen members of the Society and the The Program Committee approves program units and program Executive Director. This board approves general policies and pro- unit chairs, evaluates the Annual Meeting program, and recom- gram initiatives. mends strategic directions for the growth and improvement of the program. Robert A. Kraft, University of Pennsylvania, President • Katha- rine Doob Sakenfeld, Princeton Theological Seminary, Vice Pres- Brian K. Blount, Princeton Theological Seminary, Chair • Karen ident • Loveday C.A. Alexander, University of Sheffield • Bruce C. L. King, Harvard University • Francisco Lozada Jr., University of Birch, Wesley Theological Seminary • Brian K. Blount, Princeton the Incarnate Word • Carol Meyers, Duke University • Marga- Theological Seminary • Kristin De Troyer, Claremont School of ret S. Odell, St. Olaf College • Gregory E. Sterling, University of Theology • Pamela Eisenbaum, Iliff School of Theology • John T. Notre Dame Fitzgerald, University of Miami • Jo Ann Hackett, Harvard Uni- versity • Kathleen M. O’Connor, Columbia Theological Seminary Research and Publications Committee • Kent Harold Richards, Society of Biblical Literature • Fernando The Research and Publications Committee works with the Edito- F. Segovia, Vanderbilt University • James C. VanderKam, Uni- rial Director, reviews publishing activities, recommends policies, versity of Notre Dame • L. Michael White, University of Texas and approves editors and editorial boards. at Austin Benjamin G. Wright, Lehigh University, Chair • Ellen Aitken, McGill University • Kristin De Troyer, Claremont School of The- Nominating Committee ology • Steven L. McKenzie, Rhodes College • Adele Reinhartz, The Nominating Committee nominates the President, Vice- University of Ottawa • James VanderKam, University of Notre President, and Council members for election by the Society, and Dame members of standing committees and other representatives for election by Council. Committee on the Status of Women in the Profession Bruce C. Birch, Wesley Theological Seminary • Carolyn Osiek, The Committee on the Status of Women in the Profession works Texas Christian University • Mikeal C. Parsons, Baylor Univer- in areas of mentoring and networking, opening the Society to sity greater participation by women, and calling attention to the ways in which the Society speaks to and about women through its vari- Development Committee ous activities. The 125th Anniversary Campaign is the major activity of the De- Risa Levitt Kohn, San Diego State University, Chair • Barbara velopment Committee. It also reviews and recommends fund- E. Bowe, Catholic Theological Union • Nyasha Junior, Princeton raising activities for the Society. Theological Seminary• • Heather A. McKay, Edge Hill College • Jane S. Webster, Barton College Donald Dale Walker, University of Wyoming, Chair • Harold W. Attridge, Yale University • Pamela Eisenbaum, Iliff School of The- Committee on Underrepresented Racial and Ethnic ology • Robert A. Kraft, University of Pennsylvania • Andrew G. Vaughn, Gustavus Adolphus College • L. Michael White, Univer- Minorities in the Profession The Committee on Underrepresented Racial and Ethnic Minori- sity of Texas at Austin ties encourages the participation of minorities in all areas of bibli- cal studies through mentoring, networking, and other forms of Finance Committee support. The Finance Committee advises the Executive Director in pre- paring the annual budget for recommendation to the Council Jeffrey Kuan, Pacific School of Religion, Chair • Cheryl B. Ander- and oversees the societal investments. son, Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary • Gay Byron, Col- gate Rochester Crozer Divinity School • Mary F. Foskett, Wake Harold W. Attridge, Yale University, Chair • Paul J. Achtemeier, Forest University • Leticia Guardiola-Sáenz, Drew University • Union Theological Seminary, Richmond (Emeritus) • Eldon Jay Joseph F. Scrivner, Samford University
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Conference of Regional Coordinators • Benjamin D. Sommer, Northwestern University • Richard C. The Conference of Regional Coordinators consists of liaisons Steiner, Yeshiva University • Loren T. Stuckenbruck, University from the eleven regions in North America. Coordinators oversee of Durham • Patricia K. Tull, Louisville Presbyterian Theological regional activities and award Regional Scholar grants. Seminary • Sze-kar Wan, Andover Newton Theological School • Vincent L. Wimbush, Claremont Graduate University Linda Schearing, Gonzaga University, Chair • Karen A. Barta, Se- attle University - Pacific Northwest Region • Stephen L. Cook, Review of Biblical Literature Virginia Theological Seminary - Mid Atlantic Region • Tammi J. Jan G. van der Watt, University of Pretoria, Editor Schneider, Claremont Graduate University - Pacific Coast Region Bob Buller, Society of Biblical Literature, Managing Editor • Mark T. Schuler, Concordia University - Upper Midwest Region • Ronald A. Simkins, Creighton University - Rocky Mountains- Yair Hoffman, Tel Aviv University • Wayne Horowitz, Hebrew Great Plains Region • John T. Strong, Missouri State University University of Jerusalem • Archie Chi-chung Lee, Chinese Uni- - Central States Region • James W. Thompson, Abilene Christian versity of Hong Kong • James Alfred Loader, University of University - Southwestern Region • Holly Toensing, Xavier Uni- Vienna • William R. G. Loader, Murdoch University • Daniel versity - Eastern Great Lakes Region • Mark Whitters, Detroit, MI Marguerat, University of Lausanne • Ed Noort, University of - Midwest Region • B. Diane Wudel, University of North Caro- Groningen • Manfred Oeming, University of Heidelberg • Te- lina, Chapel Hill - Southeastern Region resa Okure, Catholic Institute of West Africa • Jonathan L. Reed, University of La Verne • Thomas C. Romer, University of Lau- sanne • Angela Standhartinger, University of Marburg • Joseph Editors and Editorial Board Members Verheyden, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven
Journal of Biblical Literature The SBL Forum James C. VanderKam, University of Notre Dame, Editor Leonard Greenspoon, Creighton University, Editor Christine Roy Yoder, Columbia Theological Seminary, Book Billie Jean Collins, Associate Editor Review Editor Todd C. Penner, Austin College, Associate Book Review Editor Advisory Board: Frank Ritchel Ames, Colorado Christian University • Henry L. Carrigan, T&T Clark • James H. Editorial Board: Ellen B. Aitken, McGill University • Moshe Charlesworth, Princeton Theological Seminary • Kristin De J. Bernstein, Yeshiva University • Michael Joseph Brown, Troyer, Claremont School of Theology • John Dart, Christian Emory University • Terence L. Donaldson, Wycliffe College • Century • Mark Goodacre, Duke University • Gregory Glover, Thomas B. Dozeman, United Theological Seminary • Paul B. Southminster Presbyterian Church • M. Patrick Graham, Emory Duff, George Washington University • John C. Endres, Jesuit University • John F. Kutsko, Abingdon Press • Amy-Jill Levine, School of Theology at Berkeley • Carole R. Fontaine, Andover Vanderbilt University • Gerald West, University of Natal Newton Theological School • Steven J. Friesen, University of Texas at Austin • Jennifer A. Glancy, Le Moyne College • General Acquisitions A. Katherine Grieb, Virginia Theological Seminary • Jo Ann Benjamin D. Sommer, Northwestern University Hackett, Harvard University • Matthias Henze, Rice University • Robert A. Kugler, Lewis and Clark College • Archie Chi-chung Academia Biblica Lee, Chinese University of Hong Kong • Judith M. Lieu, King’s Steven L. McKenzie, Rhodes College College London • Timothy H. Lim, University of Edinburgh • Sharon H. Ringe, Wesley Theological Seminary Daniel Marguerat, University of Lausanne • Stephen D. Moore, Drew University • Richard D. Nelson, Southern Methodist Archaeology & Biblical Studies University • Martti Nissinen, University of Helsinki • Kathleen Andrew Vaughn, Gustavus Adolphus College M. O’Connor, Columbia Theological Seminary • Eung Chun Park, San Francisco Theological Seminary • Stephen J. Early Judaism & Its Literature Patterson, Eden Theological Seminary • David L. Petersen, Judith H. Newman, University of Toronto, Editor Emory University • Emerson B. Powery, Lee University • David Frankfurter, University of New Hampshire Adele Reinhartz, University of Ottawa • Turid Karlsen Seim, University of Oslo • Yvonne Sherwood, University of Glasgow
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New Testament in the Greek Fathers Michael W. Holmes, Bethel University Annual Meeting Program Unit Chairs
Resources for Biblical Study Sections Susan Ackerman, Dartmouth College Academic Teaching and Biblical Studies J. Ross Wagner, Princeton Theological Seminary Charles Miller, University of North Dakota Main Campus Arthur Walker-Jones, University of Winnipeg Semeia Studies African Biblical Hermeneutics Gale Yee, Episcopal Divinity School Musa Dube, Scripps College African-American Biblical Hermeneutics Valerie Bridgeman-Davis, Memphis Theological Seminary Editorial Board: Roland T. Boer, Monash University • Musa W. Thomas Slater, McAfee Schoolo f Theology, Mercer University Dube, University of Botswana • Richard A. Horsley, University Ancient Fiction and Early Christian and Jewish Narrative of Massachusetts, Boston • Tat-Siong Benny Liew, Chicago Judith Perkins, Saint Joseph College Theological Seminary • Sarojini Nadar, University of Natal • Jo-Ann Brant, Goshen College Ilona N. Rashkow, SUNY Stonybrook • Erin Runions, Pomona Aramaic Studies College • Fernando F. Segovia, Vanderbilt University • Yvonne Christian Brady, Tulane University Sherwood, University of Glasgow • Abraham Smith, Southern Archaeological Excavations and Discoveries: Illuminating the Biblical Methodist University • Elaine M. Wainwright, University of World Auckland Milton Moreland, Rhodes College Elizabeth Bloch-Smith, Saint Joseph’s University Archaeology of Religion in the Roman World Septuagint & Cognate Studies Steven Friesen, University of Texas at Austin Melvin K. H. Peters, Duke University James Walters, Boston University Assyriology and the Bible Symposium Series Steven Holloway, American Theological Library Association Victor H. Matthews, Missouri State University Bakhtin and the Biblical Imagination Barbara Green, Dominican School of Philosophy and Theology Text-Critical Studies Keith Bodner, Atlantic Baptist University Bible and Cultural Studies Sidnie White Crawford, University of Nebraska, Lincoln Jennifer Glancy, Le Moyne College Erin Runions, Pomona College Writings From the Ancient World Bible and Visual Art Theodore Lewis, The Johns Hopkins University, Editor Elizabeth Struthers Malbon, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Editorial Board: Edward Bleiberg, Brooklyn Museum • Heidi Hornik, Baylor University Billie Jean Collins, Emory University • F. W. Dobbs-Allsopp, Bible in Ancient and Modern Media Princeton Theological Seminary • Edward L. Greenstein, Holly Hearon, Christian Theological Seminary Tel Aviv University • Jo Ann Hackett, Harvard University • Richard Swanson, Augustana College Niek Veldhuis, University of California-Berkeley • Raymond Bible Translation L. de Regt, United Bible Societies Westbrook, The Johns Hopkins University Biblical Criticism and Literary Criticism Stephen Reid, Bethany Theological Seminary Writings From the Greco-Roman World John Darr, Boston College John T. Fitzgerald, University of Miami, Editor Biblical Greek Language and Linguistics Matthew O’Donnell, OpenText.org Editorial Board: David Armstrong, University of Texas at Aus- Cynthia Westfall, McMaster Divinity College tin • Elizabeth Asmis, University of Chicago • Brian E. Daley, Biblical Hebrew Poetry University of Notre Dame • David Hunter, Iowa State Univer- Carol Dempsey, University of Portland sity • David Konstan, Brown University • Margaret M. Mitch- LeAnn Snow Flesher, American Baptist Seminary of the West Biblical Lands and Peoples in Archaeology and Text ell, University of Chicago • Michael J. Roberts, Wesleyan Uni- Andrew Vaughn, Gustavus Adolphus College versity • Johan C. Thom, University of Stellenbosch • James C. Ann E. Killebrew, Pennsylvania State University VanderKam, University of Notre Dame
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Biblical Law Tessa Rajak, University of Reading Pseudepigrapha Richard Averbeck, Trinity Evangelical Hellenistic Moral Philosophy and Early John Reeves, University of North Carolina Divinity School Christianity at Charlotte Biblical Lexicography L. Michael White, University of Texas at John Levison, Seattle Pacific University Bernard Taylor, Loma Linda University Austin Psychology and Biblical Studies James Aitken, University of Cambridge Historical Jesus Dereck Daschke, Truman State University Book of Acts Mark Powell, Trinity Lutheran Seminary Q Thomas Phillips, Point Loma Nazarene History and Literature of Early Rabbinic Joseph Verheyden, Katholieke Universiteit University Judaism Leuven F. Scott Spencer, Baptist Theological Michael Satlow, Brown University Melanie Johnson-Debaufre, Drew Seminary at Richmond History of Interpretation University Book of Psalms Mark Granquist, Gustavus Adolphus Qumran Rolf Jacobson, Luther Seminary College Martin Abegg, Trinity Western University Christian Apocrypha Ideological Criticism Moshe Bernstein, Yeshiva University Ann Graham Brock, Iliff School of Gay Byron, Colgate Rochester Divinity Quran and Biblical Literature Theology School Brannon Wheeler, United States Naval Christian Theology and the Bible Janet Ross, McMaster University Academy Kathryn Greene-Mccreight, Yale University Israelite Prophetic Literature Reading, Theory and the Bible Chronicles-Ezra-Nehemiah Terence Fretheim, Luther Seminary Ken Stone, Chicago Theological Seminary Melody Knowles, McCormick Theological Israelite Religion in its West Asian Environment Rhetoric and the New Testament Seminary Beth Nakhai, University of Arizona L. Gregory Bloomquist, Saint Paul Computer Assisted Research Johannine Literature University Keith Reeves, Azusa Pacific University Colleen Conway, Seton Hall University Scripture in Early Judaism and Christianity Deuteronomistic History Turid Seim, University of Oslo Esther Menn, Lutheran School of Theology Marc Brettler, Brandeis University John’s Apocalypse and Cultural Contexts at Chicago Didache in Context Ancient and Modern Semiotics and Exegesis Jonathan Draper, University of KwaZulu- Steven Friesen, University of Texas at David Odell-Scott, Kent State University Natal Austin Main Campus Early Jewish and Christian Mysticism Barbara Rossing, Lutheran School of Social History of Formative Christianity and Kevin Sullivan, Marquette University Theology at Chicago Judaism Early Jewish Christian Relations Linguistics and Biblical Hebrew Dale Martin, Yale University Andrew Jacobs, University of California- Barry Bandstra, Hope College Cynthia Baker, Santa Clara University Riverside Matthew Social Sciences and the Interpretation of the Lynn Cohick, Wheaton College Elaine Wainwright, University of Auckland Hebrew Scriptures Egyptology and Ancient Israel Dorothy Weaver, Eastern Mennonite Ronald Simkins, Creighton University Carolyn Higginbotham, Christian Seminary Patricia Dutcher-Walls, Vancouver School Theological Seminary Midrash of Theology Feminist Hermeneutics of the Bible Rivka Kern-Ulmer, Bucknell University Social Scientific Criticism of the New Testament Joseph Kozar, University of Dayton Lieve Teugels, Gorgias Press Dietmar Neufeld, University of British Angela Bauer-Levesque, Episcopal Divinity Nag Hammadi and Gnosticism Columbia School Nicola Denzey, Bowdoin College Richard DeMaris, Valparaiso University Formation of Luke-Acts New Testament Textual Criticism Social-scientific Studies of the Second Temple Thomas Brodie, Dominican Biblical Centre Kim Haines-Eitzen, Cornell University Period Limerick Paleographical Studies in the Ancient Near East Alice Hunt, Vanderbilt University Paul Elbert, Church of God Theological Jonathan Rosenbaum, Gratz College John Halligan, St. John Fisher College Seminary Christopher Rollston, Emmanuel School of Synoptic Gospels Greco-Roman Religions Religion Mark Goodacre, Duke University Nancy Evans, Wheaton College Pauline Epistles Greg Carey, Lancaster Theological Hebrew Bible, History and Archaeology John Barclay, Durham University Seminary William Schniedewind, University of Alexandra Brown, Washington and Lee Textual Criticism of the Hebrew Bible California-Los Angeles University Peter Flint, Trinity Western University Hebrew Scriptures and Cognate Literature Pentateuch Russell Fuller, University of San Diego Daniel Fleming, New York University Diane Sharon, Young Judaea The Book of the Twelve Prophets Hellenistic Judaism Thomas Dozeman, United Theological Barry Jones, Campbell University Allen Kerkeslager, Saint Joseph’s University Seminary
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Theological Perspectives on the Book of Ezekiel Oded Lipschits, Tel Aviv University Rethinking Plato’s Parmenides and Its Platonic, Paul Joyce, University of Oxford Mark Gnostic and Patristic Reception Theology of the Hebrew Scriptures Tom Shepherd, Union College John Turner, University of Nebraska, Tamar Kamionkowski, Reconstructionist New Historicism and the Hebrew Bible Lincoln Rabbinical College Gina Hens-Piazza, Jesuit School of Kevin Corrigan, Emory University Juliana Claassens, Baptist Theological Theology at Berkeley Rhetoric of Religious Antiquity Seminary at Richmond Papyrology and Early Christian Backgrounds David deSilva, Ashland Theological Ugaritic Studies and Northwest Semitic David Martinez, University of Chicago Seminary Epigraphy Paul and Politics Steve Wiggins, University of Wisconsin- Cynthia Kittredge, The Episcopal Consultations Oshkosh Theological Seminary of the Southwest Art and Religions of Antiquity Violence and Representations of Violence Pauline Soteriology David Balch, Brite Divinity School among Jews and Christians A. Katherine Grieb, Virginia Theological Robin Jensen, Vanderbilt University Shelly Matthews, Furman University Seminary Biblical Scholarship and Disabilities Laura Nasrallah, Harvard University Francis Watson, University of Aberdeen Rebecca Raphael, Texas State University- Wisdom and Apocalypticism in Early Judaism Philo of Alexandria San Marcos and Early Christianity David Runia, Queens College, Melbourne F. Rachel Magdalene, Augustana College Ellen Aitken, McGill University Hindy Najman, University of Toronto Christian Late Antiquity and Its Reception Wisdom in Israelite and Cognate Traditions Prophetic Texts and Their Ancient Contexts Stephen Davis, Yale University Richard Clifford, Weston Jesuit School of Ehud Ben Zvi, University of Alberta Construction of Christian Identities Theology Alice Bellis, Howard University Edmondo Lupieri, University of Udine Women in the Biblical World Romans through History and Cultures Mauro Pesce, University of Bologna Teresa Hornsby, Drury University Kathy Ehrensperger, University of Wales Contextual Biblical Interpretation Mary Shields, Trinity Lutheran Seminary Lampeter Daniel Patte, Vanderbilt University Signifying (on) Scriptures Corpus Hellenisticum Novi Testamenti Groups Vincent Wimbush, Claremont Graduate Christopher Mount, DePaul University Asian and Asian-American Hermeneutics University Paul Holloway, Samford University Lai-Ling Ngan, Baylor University R. S. Sugirtharajah, University of Disputed Paulines Henry Rietz, Grinnell College Birmingham Jerry Sumney, Lexington Theological Character Ethics and Biblical Interpretation The Future of the Past: Biblical and Cognate Seminary Robert Brawley, McCormick Theological Studies for the Twenty-First Century Ecological Hermeneutics Seminary Dennis MacDonald, Claremont School of Norman Habel, Flinders University Jacqueline Lapsley, Princeton Theological Theology Greek Bible Seminary Theological Hermeneutics of Christian Scripture Karen Jobes, Wheaton College Early Christian Families Joel Green, Asbury Theological Seminary Hebrews J. Albert Harrill, Indiana University at Gabriella Gelardini, University of Basel Bloomington Seminars David Bauer, Asbury Theological Seminary Rebecca Krawiec, Canisius College Graduate Biblical Studies: Ethos and Discipline Homiletics and Biblical Studies Formation of the Book of Isaiah Elisabeth Schuessler Fiorenza, Harvard David Jacobsen, Waterloo Lutheran Hyun Chul Kim, Methodist Theological University Seminary School in Ohio Kent Richards, Society of Biblical Ideology, Culture, and Translation Gender, Sexuality, and the Bible Literature Steven Berneking, American Bible Society Roland Boer, Monash University Manichaean Studies Jesus Traditions, Gospels and Negotiating the John, Jesus, and History Jason BeDuhn, Northern Arizona Roman Imperial World Tom Thatcher, Cincinnati Christian University Warren Carter, Saint Paul School of University Meals in the Greco-Roman World Theology Josephus Dennis Smith, Phillips Theological William Herzog , Colgate Rochester James McLaren, Australian Catholic Seminary Divinity School University Hal Taussig, Union Theological Seminary Jewish Christianity Honora Chapman, California State Paul and Scripture Matt Jackson-McCabe, Niagara University University-Fresno Christopher Stanley, St. Bonaventure Latter-day Saints and the Bible Lament in Sacred Texts and Cultures University John Welch, Brigham Young University Carleen Mandolfo, Colby College Mapping Memory: Tradition, Texts, and Literature and History of the Persian Period Identity David Vanderhooft, Boston College Alan Kirk, James Madison University
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Tom Thatcher, Cincinnati Christian Pentateuch (Torah) University International Meeting Alan Hauser, Appalachian State University Methodological Reassessments of the Letters of Program Chairs Prophets James, Peter, and Jude Martti Nissinen, University of Helsinki Robert Webb, McMaster University Relevance Theory and Biblical Interpretation Religion in Roman Egypt Sections Gene Green, Wheaton College David Brakke, Indiana University at Ancient Near East Ronnie Sim, NEGST / SIL Bloomington Jacob Wright, University of Heidelberg Synoptic Gospels Religious Experience in Early Judaism and Apocalyptic Literature Glenna Jackson, Otterbein College Early Christianity Greg Carey, Lancaster Theological The Bible and Its Influence: History and Impact Frances Flannery-Dailey, Hendrix College Seminary Kenneth Newport, Liverpool Hope Rodney Werline, Greensboro, NC Apocrypha and Pseudepigrapha University Space, Place, and Lived Experience in Antiquity Pierluigi Piovanelli, University of Ottawa Whence and Whither?: Methodology and the Mark George, Iliff School of Theology Archaeology Future of Biblical Studies The Texts of Wisdom in Israel, Early Judaism, Ann E. Killebrew, Pennsylvania State Todd Penner, Austin College and the Eastern Mediterranean World University University Park Caroline Vander Stichele, University of Leo Perdue, Texas Christian University Margreet Steiner, Leiden, The Netherlands Amsterdam Katharine Dell, University of Cambridge Bible and Visual Culture Wisdom Literature The Use, Influence, and Impact of the Bible Cheryl Exum, University of Sheffield Tova Forti, Ben Gurion University of the Kenneth Newport, Liverpool Hope Martin O’Kane, University of Wales, Negev University Lampeter Working with Biblical Manuscripts (Textual Warfare in Ancient Israel Biblical and Ancient Near Eastern Law Criticism) Brad Kelle, Point Loma Nazarene University Gary Knoppers, Pennsylvania State David Trobisch, Bangor Theological University, University Park Seminary Workshops Reinhard Achenbach, Ludwig-Maximilians Peter Arzt-Grabner, Universitat Salzburg Best Practices in Teaching Workshop Universität Seminars N. Clayton Croy, Trinity Lutheran Biblical Theology Biblia Sacra Seminary Harold Bennett, Morehouse College August den Hollander Teaching and the Web Critical Theory and Biblical Interpretation Biblical Characters in the Three Traditions Jon Taylor, University of Great Falls Fernando Segovia, Vanderbilt University Jeremy Punt, University of Stellenbosch Mishael Caspi, Bates College Concept Analysis and the Hebrew Bible Affiliate Organizations Feminist Interpretations Anne Skou, Tübingen Mignon Jacobs, Fuller Theological Seminary Anglican Association of Biblical Scholars Greco-Roman World Dead Sea Scrolls and Hebrew Bible Elizabeth Struthers Malbon, Virginia John Fitzgerald, University of Miami Armin Lange, University of Vienna Polytechnic Institute and State Johannine Literature Kristin De Troyer, Claremont School of University Francisco Lozada Jr., University of the Theology Association for Case Teaching Incarnate Word Genesis 18-19 Mark Hamilton, Abilene Christian Judaica Diana Lipton, Newnham College University Mayer Gruber, Ben Gurion University of Graduate Biblical Studies: Ethos and Discipline Christian Theological Research Fellowship the Negev Elisabeth Schuessler Fiorenza, Harvard Alan Padgett, Luther Seminary Language and Linguistics University International Organization for Masoretic Studies Meir Lubetski, City University of New Kent Richards, Society of Biblical Literature Daniel Mynatt, Anderson College York, Bernard M. Baruch College Pericope: Scripture as Written and Read in International Organization for Septuagint and Methods in Hebrew Bible Studies Antiquity Cognate Studies Matthew Collins, Society of Biblical Raymond de Hoop, Theological Seminary, Kristin De Troyer, Claremont School of Literature I. S. Kijne Theology Methods in New Testament Studies Stanley Porter, McMaster Divinity College National Association of Professors of Hebrew Matthew Collins, Society of Biblical Syriac Lexicography Zev Garber, Los Angeles Valley College Literature Terry Falla, University of Melbourne Pastoral and Catholic Epistles Marianne Kartzow, University of Oslo Workshop Paul and Pauline Literature Committee on the Status of Women in the Jerry Sumney, Lexington Theological Profession Seminary Heather McKay, Edge Hill College
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