SBL-Sessions

The Biblical Exegesis from Eastern Orthodox Perspectives Unit will be delighted to welcome you to our sessions at the SBL Annual Meeting in Boston (21–24 November 2025) in person. Please see the details below:

S23-246 The Psalms in Patristic Interpretation and Protest

Sun, November 23 1:00 PM – 3:30 PM Orleans (Fourth Floor) Marriott Copley Place

Presider: Edith Mary Humphrey Pittsburgh Theological Seminary

1:00 PM -1:25 PM „Unifying Psalms Scripts and Evangelical Narratives: Eusebius of Caesarea’s Prosopological Reading of the Psalms“ Justin Gohl, St. Tikhon’s Orthodox Theological Seminary

1:25 PM-1:50 PM „Healing the Passions of the Soul in St. Basil’s Homilies on the Psalms“, Paavo Tucker, Global Awakening Theological Seminary

1:50 PM- 2:15 PM „Singing in the Streets: Psalmody as Protest in Fourth-Century Antioch“, Charles Cosgrove, Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary

2:15 PM-2:40 PM „Unveiling the Antiochene Text of the Psalms: Insights from Theodoret of Cyrrhus and John Chrysostom“, Felix Albrecht, Niedersächsische Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Göttingen

Open Discussion

S24-120 New Light on C. S. Lewis and the Bible: Appreciation and Critique

Mon, November 24 9:00 AM – 11:30 AM, 202 (Second Level), Hynes Convention Center

Presider Michael Azar, University of Scranton

9:00 AM 9:20 AM „Light from the East in Narnia: C. S. Lewis’s Use of Orthodox Biblical Interpretation in the Chronicles“, Leslie Baynes, Missouri State University

9:20 AM- 9:40 AM „Remythologizing Redemption: The Personification of Sin and C. S. Lewis’s Interpretation of Romans in „The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe““, Jason Staples, North Carolina State University

9:40 AM-10:00 AM „Between Interpretation and the Apocalyptic Imagination: C. S. Lewis’s Engagement with Contemporary Scholarship on Apocalyptic Texts“, Aubrey Buster, Wheaton College

10:00 AM-10:20 AM „The Sacramental Lewis: The Grand Miracle, the Primacy of the Fourth Gospel, and the Big Picture“, Edith Mary Humphrey, Pittsburgh Theological Seminary

10:20 AM-10:40 AM „The Lost Letter to Malcolm: Chiefly on Scripture“, Michael J. Christensen, Northwind Seminary

10:40 AM-11:00 AM „Eadem Sunt Omnia Semper: C. S. Lewis among the Modern Theologians“, David Congdon, University of Kansas

11:00 AM-11:30 AM Discussion

S24-216 John 18–19 in Patristic Reception

Mon, November 24 1:00 PM – 3:30 PM, Massachusetts (Fifth Floor), Marriott Copley Place

Description

This session is dedicated to ongoing research projects concerning the Gospel of John in its patristic reception. It will feature critical engagement with a newly published volume focusing on the patristic interpretation of John 18–19 (Hans-Ulrich Weidemann, Andreas Hoffmann, Nestor Kavvadas, eds., Das Johannesevangelium: Johannes 18–19 [Novum Testamentum Patristicum 4]), as well as presentations of other significant current projects related to early Christian exegesis of the Fourth Gospel, such as the Oxford Ancient Christian Study Bible.

Presider
Michael Azar, University of Scranton

Panelist
Athanasios Despotis, University of Bonn

Panelist
Jörg Frey, Universität Zürich

Panelist
Gregory E. Lamb, Independent Scholar

Panelist
Hans-Ulrich Weidemann, Universität Siegen

Panelist
Catrin Williams, Prifysgol Cymru, Y Drindod Dewi Sant – University of Wales, Trinity Saint David

S24-341a The Psalms in Eastern Liturgy

Mon, November 24 4:00 PM – 6:30 PM, New Hampshire (Fifth Floor) Marriott Copley Place

Presider Justin Gohl, St. Tikhon’s Orthodox Theological Seminary

„Use of the Psalms in the West Syriac Liturgical Tradition: A Study based on the Pethgomos that Introduce the Gospel readings.“ Sujit Thomas, Villanova University

„Psalms in the Liturgical Worship of Old Believers Rite“, Anna Rozonoer, Boston College

„Recovering Praying the Psalms and Liturgy of the Hours in Orthodox Devotional Practice“, Geoffrey Ready, University of Toronto, Trinity College Faculty of Divinity

„A Living Repository: The Liturgical Role of the Psalter in Contemporary Coptic Orthodox Practice“, Mena Basta, Claremont Graduate University

Open Discussion