CfP Annual Meeting, San Diego, November 23-26, 2024
The following three sessions will take place at the SBL Annual Meeting in San Diego, Washington DC in 2024.
| S25-238a Religion and Philosophy in Antiquity / Biblical Exegesis from Eastern Orthodox Perspectives 1:00 PM to 3:30 PM 11/25/2024 28A (Upper Level East) Divine Inspiration Leslie Baynes, Missouri State University, Presiding Lee McDonald, Acadia Divinity College The Notion of Inspiration in Classical, Hellenistic Jewish, and Early Christianity (25 min) Tag(s): Greco-Roman Literature (Greco-Roman Literature), Early Christian Literature (Early Christian Literature – Other), Philo (Early Jewish Literature – Other) Najeeb T Haddad, Notre Dame of Maryland University The Hellenistic Jewish Speculative Tradition: Philo, Paul, and Divine Inspiriation (25 min) Tag(s): Philo (Early Jewish Literature – Other), Pauline Epistles (Biblical Literature – New Testament) Kampotela Luc Bulundwe, University of Geneva From Authors to Texts: Divine Inspiration (Θεόπνευστος) and the Formation of the Pauline Corpus (25 min) Tag(s): New Testament (Biblical Literature – New Testament), Philo (Early Jewish Literature – Other), Pauline Epistles – 2 Timothy (Biblical Literature – New Testament) 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) Tag(s): Biblical Interpretations (Early Jewish Literature – Dead Sea Scrolls), Apocrypha (Early Christian Literature – Apocrypha), Comparative Approaches (Interpretive Approaches) Athanasios Despotis, Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn The Logos and Inspiration According to Origen’s Commentary on the Gospel of John (25 min) Tag(s): Gospels – John (Biblical Literature – New Testament) |
| 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. This session seeks to widen Jewish-Christian dialogue by considering how Orthodox exegetical traditions, liturgy, history, contemporary thought, and ongoing political experience, especially in the Middle East, can and should affect not only Orthodox Christianity’s own relationship to Jews and Judaism, but also its relationship to Jewish-Christian dialogue more broadly. Erin Walsh, University of Chicago, Presiding Michael G. Azar, University of Scranton Orthodox Christianity and Modern Jewish-Christian Relations: A History (20 min) Tag(s): History of Christianity (History & Culture) Discussion (5 min) Alexey Somov, Universität Regensburg The Martyrdom of St Judas Cyriacus as a Christian Anti-Jewish Rhetoric with Jewish Elements (20 min) Tag(s): History of Christianity (History & Culture), Christian (Ideology & Theology), Ideology & Theology (Ideology & Theology) 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) Tag(s): Ideology & Theology (Ideology & Theology) Discussion (5 min) Geoffrey Ready, University of Toronto Renewing Orthodox Christian Faith, Worship, and Life through Jewish Dialogue (20 min) Tag(s): Church History and Ecclesiology (Other) Discussion (5 min) Edith M Humphrey, Pittsburgh Theological Seminary Avoiding Scylla and Charybdis: Orthodox Responses to the Jewish People (20 min) Tag(s): Pauline Epistles (Biblical Literature – New Testament), Ethical Approaches (Interpretive Approaches), History of Interpretation (Interpretive Approaches) 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 This session will focus on ancient “figural” and “historical” exegesis and the supposed dichotomy between them, with special attention given to the relationship between these types of exegesis and the development of Christian doctrine in antiquity and/or the Orthodox traditions that followed. 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) Tag(s): Early Christian Literature (Early Christian Literature – Other), History of Interpretation (Interpretive Approaches), Theological Interpretation (Interpretive Approaches) 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) Tag(s): History of Interpretation (Interpretive Approaches), History of Christianity (History & Culture), Gospels – Matthew (Biblical Literature – New Testament) Discussion (5 min) Argyro Delidaki, Universitetet i Oslo Recovering the Lost Names of Eve: Etiological Etymologies in the Proto-interpretative Discourse (20 min) Tag(s): Intertextuality (Interpretive Approaches), Torah/Pentateuch – Genesis (Biblical Literature – Hebrew Bible/Old Testament/Greek OT (Septuagint)), Early Christian Literature (Early Christian Literature – Other) 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) Tag(s): Gospels – John (Biblical Literature – New Testament), Early Christian Literature (Early Christian Literature – Other) 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) Tag(s): History of Interpretation (Interpretive Approaches) Discussion (5 min) |
For our past sessions see the following links