SBL Annual Meeting in person, we would be delighted to welcome you to our sessions. Please see the details below:
| S25-238a Religion and Philosophy in Antiquity / Biblical Exegesis from Eastern Orthodox Perspectives1:00 PM to 3:30 PM11/25/2024 28A (Upper Level East) Divine InspirationLeslie Baynes, Missouri State University, Presiding Lee McDonald, Acadia Divinity College The Notion of Inspiration in Classical, Hellenistic Jewish, and Early Christianity (25 min) Najeeb T Haddad, Notre Dame of Maryland University The Hellenistic Jewish Speculative Tradition: Philo, Paul, and Divine Inspiriation (25 min) Kampotela Luc Bulundwe, University of Geneva From Authors to Texts: Divine Inspiration (Θεόπνευστος) and the Formation of the Pauline Corpus (25 min) Isaac Hedstrom, Saint Louis University Scripture and the Divine Persons: Inspiration in Nyssian Apophatism (25 min) Tag(s): Early Christian Literature (Early Christian Literature – Other) Hindy Najman, University of Oxford and Elizabeth Stell, Oxford University Pseudepigrapha and Inspired Aspirations (25 min) Athanasios Despotis, Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn The Logos and Inspiration According to Origen’s Commentary on the Gospel of John (25 min) |
| S24-109 Biblical Exegesis from Eastern Orthodox Perspectives 9:00 AM to 11:30 AM 11/24/2024 Aqua 314 (Third Level) Jewish-Christian Relations from Orthodox Christian Perspectives Cosponsored with the AAR Eastern Orthodox Christian Studies Unit. Erin Walsh, University of Chicago, Presiding Michael G. Azar, University of Scranton Orthodox Christianity and Modern Jewish-Christian Relations: A History (20 min) Discussion (5 min) Alexey Somov, Universität Regensburg The Martyrdom of St Judas Cyriacus as a Christian Anti-Jewish Rhetoric with Jewish Elements (20 min) Discussion (5 min) Thomas Hoerner, University of Notre Dame He Arose as a Lion Cub: The Lamentations of Great and Holy Saturday as Exegesis of Israel’s Warrior (20 min) Discussion (5 min) Geoffrey Ready, University of Toronto Renewing Orthodox Christian Faith, Worship, and Life through Jewish Dialogue (20 min) Discussion (5 min) Edith M Humphrey, Pittsburgh Theological Seminary Avoiding Scylla and Charybdis: Orthodox Responses to the Jewish People (20 min) Discussion (5 min) Roundtable Discussion (25 min) |
| S25-306 Biblical Exegesis from Eastern Orthodox Perspectives 4:00 PM to 6:30 PM 11/25/2024 Indigo 206 (Second Level) Figural and Historical Exegesis in Antiquity and Beyond. Michael Azar, University of Scranton, Presiding Alexander H. Pierce, North American Lutheran Seminary Reconsidering Figural and Historical Exegesis in Origen’s Writings on Genesis 1–3 (20 min) Discussion (5 min) Becky Walker, Loyola University Maryland This Place Is the Mount of Olives! The Symbolism of Oil in John Chrysostom’s Exegetical Homilies (20 min) Discussion (5 min) Argyro Delidaki, Universitetet i Oslo Recovering the Lost Names of Eve: Etiological Etymologies in the Proto-interpretative Discourse (20 min) Discussion (5 min) Cristian Cardozo Mindiola, Universidad Adventista de Colombia/SETAI Beyond Literal/Figural Exegesis: Cyril of Alexandria’s Unique Contribution to the Exegesis of the Gospel of John (20 min) Discussion (5 min) Dimitrije Stanojevic, Bar Ilan University The Crucifixion of Letter and Spirit: The Living Church between “Figural” and “Historical” Interpretations of Scriptures (20 min) Discussion (5 min) |
We look forward to seeing you in San Diego and deeply appreciate your continued interest and support.