We will have four sessions at the SBL Annual Meeting 2022 that will be held on November 19-22 in Denver, CO.
Manifestations of the Deity in the Book of Ezekiel: Literary-Historical Contexts and Reception in Jewish and Christian Late Antiquity
Joint Session: Book of Ezekiel / Biblical Exegesis from Eastern Orthodox Perspectives
S21-112 9:00 AM to 11:30 AM 11/21/2022 Agate A (Third Level)
| Joel Kemp, Emory University, Presiding |
| Bruce Chilton, Bard College The Ezekiel Targum as Visionary Argument (30 min) Tag(s): Latter Prophets – Ezekiel (Biblical Literature – Hebrew Bible/Old Testament/Greek OT (Septuagint)), Targumic Texts (Early Jewish Literature – Rabbinic Literature), New Testament (Ideology & Theology) |
| Discussion (5 min) |
| Edith M Humphrey, Pittsburgh Theological Seminary (Emerita) 2 Corinthians 4:6: Receiving and Recasting the Response of Ezekiel (30 min) Tag(s): History of Interpretation (Interpretive Approaches), Genre Criticism (Interpretive Approaches), Literary Criticism (incl. poetics, new criticism, formalism, close reading, narratology) (Interpretive Approaches) |
| Discussion (5 min) |
| Stefano Salemi, Oxford University Theophanies in Ezekiel: Biblical Exegesis between Jerome and Theodoret (30 min) Tag(s): Latter Prophets – Ezekiel (Biblical Literature – Hebrew Bible/Old Testament/Greek OT (Septuagint)), Hebrew Bible (Ideology & Theology), Christian (Ideology & Theology) |
| Discussion (5 min) |
| Reinhard Achenbach, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster Ezekiel and Priestly Law (30 min) Tag(s): Redaction Criticism (Interpretive Approaches), Hebrew Bible (Ideology & Theology) |
| Discussion (15 min) |
Orthodox Biblical Studies: Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow
1:00 PM to 3:30 PM
11/19/2022
Centennial H (Third Level)
| Michael Azar, University of Scranton, Presiding |
| Jeffrey Lamp, Oral Roberts University Creational Christology: An Eastern Orthodox Contribution to Ecological Hermeneutics (30 min) Tag(s): Wisdom of Solomon (Biblical Literature – Deuterocanonical Works), Other (ecological, etc.) (Interpretive Approaches) |
| Discussion (5 min) |
| Najeeb T. Haddad, Notre Dame of Maryland University What Is „Orthodox“ about Orthodox Biblical Scholarship? (30 min) Tag(s): Historical Criticism (Interpretive Approaches), History of Interpretation (Interpretive Approaches) |
| Discussion (5 min) |
| Dimitrije Stanojevic, Bar-Ilan University, Israel Being Reactive and Being Unreactive: The Attitude of the Orthodox Christian Commentators toward the Morals of War-Like Situation in Gen 32–33 and Violence in Gen 34 (30 min) Tag(s): Torah/Pentateuch – Genesis (Biblical Literature – Hebrew Bible/Old Testament/Greek OT (Septuagint)), Ethical Approaches (Interpretive Approaches), Christian (Ideology & Theology) |
| Discussion (5 min) |
| Alexey B. Somov, Institute for Bible Translation Studying and Translating the New Testament in the Contemporary Russian and CIS Context (30 min) Tag(s): Global Perspectives (Interpretive Approaches), Translation and Translation Theory (Text and Translation), Religious Traditions and Scriptures (History of Interpretation / Reception History / Reception Criticism) |
| Discussion (5 min) |
Fresh Perspectives on St. John Chrysostom as an Exegete
4:00 PM to 6:30 PM
11/20/2022
710 (Street Level)
| Athanasios Despotis, Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn, Presiding |
| Martin Meiser, Universität des Saarlandes John Chrysostom’s Exegesis in Comparison with Ancient Anti-Christian Criticism (25 min) Tag(s): 1 Esdras (Biblical Literature – Deuterocanonical Works) |
| Discussion (5 min) |
| Michaela Durst, Universität Wien Curing Insensitivity: Exegesis and Emotions in John Chrysostom’s Suffering Christ (25 min) Tag(s): Christian (Ideology & Theology) |
| Discussion (5 min) |
| Jacopo Marcon, University of Birmingham Chrysostom in Chains: An Examination of the scholia from John Chrysostom’s Homilies on Romans in New Testament catenae on Paul (25 min) Tag(s): Pauline Epistles – Romans (Biblical Literature – New Testament), Commentary (Text and Translation), Early Christian Literature (Early Christian Literature – Other) |
| Discussion (5 min) |
| J. David Stark, Faulkner University John Chrysostom’s Interpretation of 1 Cor 15:29 as Invitation to Intersubjectivity (25 min) Tag(s): History of Interpretation (Interpretive Approaches), Early Christian Literature (Early Christian Literature – Other), Pauline Epistles – 1 Corinthians (Biblical Literature – New Testament) |
| Discussion (5 min) |
| Michael Azar, University of Scranton, Respondent (15 min) |
| Business Meeting (15 min) |
Exegesis and Anti-Christian Polemics Joint Session: Biblical Exegesis from Eastern Orthodox Perspectives / Religion and Philosophy in Late Antiquity 4:00 PM to 6:30 PM 11/19/2022 Cripple Creek 1 (Second Level) Leslie Baynes, Missouri State University, Presiding Samuel Johnson, Athenaeum of Ohio – Mount St. Mary’s Seminary Fact and Fiction in Early Christian Reading of the Gospels (25 min) Tag(s): Gospels (Biblical Literature – New Testament), Early Christian Literature (Early Christian Literature – Other), Latter Prophets – Ezekiel (Biblical Literature – Hebrew Bible/Old Testament/Greek OT (Septuagint)) Discussion (5 min) Brad Boswell, Duke Divinity School Julian the Apostate and the Quest for the Historical Jesus (25 min) Tag(s): Greco-Roman Literature (Greco-Roman Literature), Religious Traditions and Scriptures (History of Interpretation / Reception History / Reception Criticism), Gospels (Biblical Literature – New Testament) Discussion (5 min) Ilya Kaplan, University of Bern “In the Arche”: Gregory of Nyssa’s Apologia in Hexaemeron and the Neoplatonic Cosmos (25 min) Tag(s): Religious Traditions and Scriptures (History of Interpretation / Reception History / Reception Criticism) Discussion (5 min) Milan Kostresevic, Universität Rostock Pantherа: Christian-Pagan Controversy about the Bodily Origin of Jesus (25 min) Tag(s): Other Texts (Early Jewish Literature – Other), Greco-Roman Literature (Greco-Roman Literature), Early Christian Literature (Early Christian Literature – Other) Discussion (5 min) Alexander Angelov, College of William and Mary Platonism in Byzantium: Christian and Anti-Christian Visions and Divisions in the Late Antique Period (25 min) Tag(s): Christian (Ideology & Theology), Comparative Religion / History of Religion (Comparative Religion / History of Religion), Ideology & Theology (Ideology & Theology) Discussion (5 min) |
We are looking forward to seeing you in Denver.