i:WAN c E~.I~m~'trfrffire:o~[~A!J I ·e .":7ifll-I I:) !J( ~ ' / - KT il'~ A LEifER FROM "fH E PRESJ DEN"r-HECT De~r ETS member: Welcome to the ETS National Meeting for 2005 at Valley Forge. Our theme, "Christianity in the Early Centuries," was chosen by the Executive Committee in view of sev­ eral current developments. First the phenomenal sale (25 million plus copies) of Dan Brown's novel, The Da Vinci Code, has aroused great public interest in the possibility th<Jt the (Catholic) Church has engaged in a conspiracy to conceal the "fact" that Jesus was mM­ ried to Mary Magadalene, who Brown e1lleges was portrayed in Da Vinci's painting of The Last Supper. Second, Brown claims that his thesis is IJased in p~rt on the Gnostic Gospels, discovered at Nag Hammadi in Egypt in 1945. While Brown's mystery novel may be easily dismissed as fictional fantasy, important scholars such as Elaine Pagels, Karen King, and Bart Ehrman have written popular expositions which challenge the accepted canon of New Testament documents, and the Eusebian narrative of orthodoxy and competing heterodoxies. They are also articulate spokespersons, who make a persuasive case on television, reaching a vast audience. Protestants in general, and evangelicals in particular have been criticized-with some justification-for leapfrogging from the New Testament er,1 to the Reformation, neglecting with disdain the intervening centuries. We are fortunate that we have four eminent church historians-Christopher Hall, Nicholas Perrin, Jeffrey Bingham, and Paul Trebilco-who will address these issues in their plenary addresses. We will also have a cornucopia of sessions examining various tssues of Early Christianity, " wealth of sessions on the Bible and theology, complementing a rich array of Study Groups. Yours in Christ, ~~0)1\1§ oooooooooo~ Edwin M. Yamauchi ~~ oooooooo~'F President-Elect, ETS ~~oooooo~ ~~ oooooooooo® ~~ ooooooooo~ ~~~ oooooooooo~ ~~ooooooooooo~ lru:l.l~~ ooooooj)TI - oooooooj)U ~0~ oooooooooooooo~ I I ~ <ll:Jl ~)jj!l, 0 0 0 0 0 0 0~ ~call~ o 0 o , oelfl>4? ~ ~-11:= I?-1IDnJ 0 , ~ tD= f- 2 L -- _\ 57TH ANNUAL MEETING EVANGELICAL THEOLOGICAL SOCIETY (Please Register Early-Early Bird Rates if postmarked by Sept. 30) Name _________________Office Phone: ______Home Phone: _____ Name for Badge (no titles; please PRINn __________________________ 0 Spouse of attending member. Name for Badge: . (Spouses of members may attend conference sessions free.) 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Jeffrey Bingham Dallas Theological ) \ Eastern University )' " Wednesday, 1:15-2:15 p.m. Seminary What Evangelicals and Thursday, 11:15-12:15 p.m. Liberals Can Learn from the Development and Owersity Church Fathers in Early Christianity Paul Trebilco* University of Otago / Friday, 8:30-9:30 a.m. / Nicholas Perrin* Gnostics in Asia Mmor in / \ Wheaton College the Early Second Century Wednesday, 8:15-9:15 p.m. CP Ignatius, and Others, Thomas, the Filth Gospel? as Witnesses aga1nst Bauer. :-:>c:!g 3iz:s:::g Southwestern Baptist Theological St'rninary I Thursday, 8:00-9:00 p.m. \ Faithfulness: A Prescription for Theology • Invited Gurests 5 CONFERENCE REGISTRATION ROOMS The early l_md regi5tr.·Jtion fee for current members of The ETS room r.ltes at the R.1disson and thC' Scant icon are $122 for a Single or Double; $132 for Triple•; .1nd $142 ETS, EPS, NEAS, .1ncl ATS is $JO if registered by for Quads. Fur reservations, please call HBH-267-1500 or September :-HJ ($1 0 for student members!. 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Lynchburg, VA 245112-3.174 U.S.A. TAPING Of SESSIONS PhoneFax: 14341 2:17-'109 ETS Website: W\\w.etsjcts.org Tapes of sessions will be avJilahle Jt the ACTS, Inc. booth on the Convention Center Lower level nl'.lr the ETS On-site rcgistr<ttions arc accepted. The conference regis­ Registr.1tion .1rc.1. Acts, Inc. will be 1.1ping .1ll sessions tration ,1rca is on the Convention Cen!cr lower level in and placing them in a