THE SOCIETY OF BIBLICAL LITERATURE

ONE HUNDRED THIRD MEETING

Union Theological Seminary Broadway at 120th St. New York, N. Y. 10027 Wednesday-Friday, December 27-29, 1967

WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 27

2:00 P.M. Meeting of the Council of the Society Auburn Room

5:00 P.M. Meeting of the Corporation of the American Schools of Oriental Research Room 214

7:30 P.M. Joint Meeting with the American Schools of Oriental Research Horace Mann Auditorium

Moderator: Edward F. Campbell, Jr. Vice President of ASOR (McCormick Theological Seminary)

Gezer: H. Darrell Lance (Colgate-Rochester Divinity School) Pella: Robert H. Smith (College of Wooster) Tell er-Rumeith: Howard Jamieson (Pittsburgh Theological Seminary)

Tell es-Sacidiyeh: Father John Huesman (Alma College) Sardis: A. Henry Detweiler (Cornell University)

THURSDAY, DECEMBER 28 - 9:00 A.M.

Business Horace Mann Auditorium

1. Presidential Address: Professor Paul Schubert (Yale University) The Final Cycle of Speeches in the Book of Acts (chs. 21-28)

2. Invited Lecturer: Professor C. F. D. Moule (Clare College, Cambridge, U. K.)

The Use of Force: Some Ethical Problems Against a Background

12:15 P. M. Luncheon Meeting, Alumni and Friends of ASOR Men's Faculty Club Columbia University

THURSDAY, DECEMBER 28 - 2:00 P. M.

OLD TESTAMENT SECTION (HEBREW SCRIPTURES) Room 205-207

3. Hear, O Heaven, and Give Ear, O Earth: Delbert R. Hillers (Johns Hopkins University)

4. Marriage Problems of the Patriarchs: John Van Seters (Andover Newton Theological School)

5. A Prophetic Speech-Form: The Summons to Repentance: Thomas M. Raitt (College of Wooster)

6. Possible Evidence for the Observation of Sabbatical and Jubilee Years in Biblical Times: Nahum M. Sarna (Brandeis University) Recess (twenty minutes)

7. Where and When was the Saqqara Papyrus Written? Siegfried H. Horn (Andrews University )

8. The Provenance of Deuteronomy: John G. Gammie ( University of Tulsa) 9. A. Suggested Source for Some of the Substitute Names for YHWH: Frank Zimmerman (Forest Hills, N. Y.)

NEW TESTAMENT SECTION Horace Mann Auditorium

10. Matthew and the False Prophets and Exorcists (7:15-23): Krister Stendahl (Harvard Divinity School)

11. Paul's Hope in the Face of Death (II Cor. 5:3): Karel Hanhart (Dubuque Theological Seminary)

12. The "Prodigal Son" in the Gospel of Luke: Jack T. Sanders (Garrett Theological Seminary)

13. Tradition and Redaction in Romans 12:9-21: Charles H. Talbert (Wake Forest University)

Recess (twenty minutes)

14. Partiality in the Assembly: James 2:2-4: Roy Bowen Ward (Miami University)

15. The Literary Structure of the Epistle of James: Fred O. Francis (Chapman College)

16. John's Motive for Writing the Fourth Gospel: Hendrikus Boers ()

3:00 P. M. National Association of Professors of Hebrew Room 214

Annual Meeting

Harry Blumberg (Hunter College) presiding

Foreign Loan Words in the Hebrew Language from Bible Times to the Present: Edward Kutscher (Hebrew University, Jerusalem)

THURSDAY, DECEMBER 28 - 7:30 P. M.

Horace Mann Auditorium

Symposium: "Apocalyptic Literature and Thought": Frank M. Cross Jr., Presiding (Harvard University)

Early Post-Exilic Period: Moshe Greenberg ( University ofPennsylvania)

Later Post-Exilic Period: David Noel Freedman (San Francisco Theological Seminary)

The Concept of Apocalyptic in the Theology of the Pannenberg Group: Hans Dieter Betz (School of Theology at Claremont)

Apocalyptic as a Historical and Theological Problem in Current NT Scholarship: Robert W. Funk ( Vanderbilt Divinity School)

FRIDAY, DECEMBER 29 - 9:00 A. M.

OLD TESTAMENT SECTION Room 205-207

17. Some Problems of Eisegesis and Exegesis in the Bible, with Special Reference to Isa. 7:14 ('Almah-Parthenos): Harry Orlinsky (Hebrew Union College, New York )

18. The Responsibility of the OT Commentator for Covering the Full Range of Exegetical Problems: Brevard S. Childs (Yale University)

NEW TESTAMENT SECTION Horace Mann Auditorium

19. Concerning Jesus of Nazareth: the State of the Tradition in Matthew: Frank W. Beare (Trinity College Toronto) 20. The Son of Man in the Synoptic Tradition: Norman Perrin ( )

CHAPTERS IN THE RECENT HISTORY OF AMERICAN BIBLICAL SCHOLARSHIP (ca. 1890-1940) Room 214

21. The Beginnings of American Biblical Scholarship: Ernest Cadman Colwell (School of Theology at Claremont)

22. American New Testament Study, 1926-56: Robert M. Grant ( University of Chicago)

FRIDAY, DECEMBER 29 - 1:30 P. M.

OLD TESTAMENT SECTION Room 205-207

23. Some Observations on Rhetorical Questions in Biblical Hebrew and Ugaritic: Moshe Held (Columbia University)

24. Habakkuk and Wisdom: Donald E. Gowan (Pittsburgh Theological Seminary)

25. Fugitives of Ephraim: An Interpretation of Judges 12:4: James W.Eyer (Princeton, Minnesota)

26. An Isaian Echo of the Assyrian Capture of Azekah in the Year 712: H. L. Ginsberg (Jewish Theological Seminary ofAmerica)

27. The Political Significance of the Mission of Nehemiah: Victor R. Gold (Pacific Lutheran Theological Seminary)

28. Israelite 'elTaddai and Amorite b"el sadfT: Lloyd R. Bailey ( Union Theological Seminary)

29. YHWH Seba?ot Semo: A Form-Critical Analysis: J.L.Crenshaw (Mercer University)

30. New Evidence on the Conquest of 'Ai: Joseph A. Callaway (Southern Baptist Theological Seminary)

31. Some Notes on the Ben Sira Scroll from Masada: Joseph M. Baumgarten (Baltimore Hebrew College)

NEW TESTAMENT SECTION Horace Mann Auditorium

32. Exodus 4:22-23 and the Voice from Heaven: Paul G. Bretscher (Valparaiso University)

33. The Sequence of Paul's Letters: John C. Hurd, Jr. (Trinity College Toronto)

34. Problems and Prospects in Form Criticism: William G. Doty ( Vassar College)

35. Grammar and Consolation in II Cor. 5:4: Frederick W. Danker (Concordia Seminary)

AMERICAN BIBLICAL SCHOLARSHIP SECTION Room 214

36. A. T. Robertson's Contribution to the Interpretation of the New Testament: Edgar V. McKnight (Furman University)

37. Henry Joel Cadbury: Henry Clay Niles (Westminster College)

38. Benjamin Wisner Bacon and Aetiological Criticism: Roy A Harrisville (Luther Theological Seminary)

39. Shirley Jackson Case: Robert W. Funk ( Vanderbilt Divinity School)

FRIDAY, DECEMBER 29-3:00 P. M.

Social Room

American Seminar: Harold H. Oliver, Presiding (Boston University) 1. The American Textual Criticism Seminar: Retrospect and Prospect: Eldon J. Epp (University ofSouthern California)

2. The Modern Editions of the Greek New Testament, Their Strong and Weak Points: A Report on the Institute for New Testament Text-Research at the University of Munster: Kurt Aland (Munster/MIestf.) Reader: Bruce M. Metzger (Princeton Theological Seminary)

3. A Report on the Work of the American Committee of the International Greek New Testament Project September 1966 to December, 1967: Ernest Cadman Colwell (School of Theology at Claremont)

4. The Claremont Profile Method for the Classification of Byzantine New Testament Manuscripts: Frederik Wisse and Paul R. McReynolds (School of Theology at Claremont)

5. Microfilming Manuscripts in Greece, 1967: Jacob Geerlings ( University of Utah )

THE SOCIETY OF BIBLICAL LITERATURE

Founded 1880 Constituent Member of the American Council of Learned Societies

Officers for 1967

President: Paul Schubert (Yale University)

Vice President: James Muilenburg (San Francisco Theological Seminary)

Executive Secretary: Walter Harrelson ()

Treasurer: Virgil M. Rogers (New Brunswick Theological Seminary)

Editor: Morton S. Enslin (Bryn Mawr College)

The Horace Mann Auditorium is located at 120th Street and Broadway.

' \The Annual Luncheon Meetine^pfthe Alumni and Friends of the American Schools of Oriental Research is to be held at 12: IS P. M. on Thursday, the ^mof December, 196^ at the M-en^Facuity^ -Club of^Ooluntbia University, 400 W. 177th Street, New York City. Admission is by payment of $2.85 at the door, no reservations. ~jy C

Papers read at the national or sectional meetings of the Society may be submitted for publication in the Journal. The Editor will receive papers by hand or through the Conference Office (Room 203) through 11:00 A. M. Friday, December 29, or mail at by any time. By receiving a paper the Editor does not commit himself to publishing it.

Nominations for membership in the society should be sent to Prof. Walter Harrelson, Vanderbilt Divinity School, Nashville, Tennessee 37203.

Members please note: Registration at the Conference Office, Room 203, Wednesday, 9:00 A. M. - 10:00 P. M., Thursday, 8:15 A. M. - 8:00 P. M., - Friday, 8:30 A. M. 5:00 P. M. Meal Hours, 8:30-9:00 A. M., 12:00-1:00 P. M., 5:30-6:30 P. m'.