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International Meeting 2009 International Meeting

Celebrating the Centenary of the PBI
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Rome, Italy
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Meeting Begins: 6/30/2009
Program Unit Meeting Ends: 7/4/2009
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30-1
Opening Session
6/30/2009
5:00 PM to 6:00 PM
Room: C021 - GU
Kent Richards, Society of Biblical Literature, Presiding
Rev. José María Abrego de Lacy, S.J., Rector, Pontifical Biblical Institute, Welcome
Maurice Gilbert, Pontifical Biblical Institute

The Pontifical Biblical Institute: A Century of History (20 min)
Paul Achtemeier, Union Theological Seminary, Respondent
Lawrence Boadt, Washington Theological Union, Respondent
James Kugel, Harvard University, Respondent
30-2
Reception
6/30/2009
6:30 PM to 8:30 PM
Room: Quadriportico - GU
1-1
Apocalyptic Literature
7/01/2009
8:30 AM to 11:00 AM
Room: T201 - GU
Theme: The Workings of Apocalyptic Literature
Kathy Ehrensperger, University of Wales Lampeter, Presiding
Paul Petersen, South Pacific Division of Seventh-day Adventist Church

Connecting Heaven and Earth: The Function of Prayer in Apocalyptic Literature (30 min)
Robert S. Kawashima, University of Florida

The "Archaeology" of Apocalyptic Thought (30 min)
Break (30 min)
Ted M. Erho, Durham University

The Motif of the Eschatological Final Battle in the War Scroll: Sectarianization in Practice (30 min)
Mark D. Mathews, University of Durham

Name Calling at Qumran and in the Apocalypse of John: Identifying Phases of Sectarian
Development Through Labels and Sobriquets (30 min)
1-2
Archaeology
7/01/2009
8:30 AM to 11:30 AM
Room: T303 - GU
Margreet Steiner, Leiden, The Netherlands, Presiding
Peter Dubovsky, Pontifical Biblical Institute

Before the Fall (30 min)
Izak Cornelius, University of Stellenbosch / Ruhr University

Continuity and Discontinuity in the Iconography of the Southern Levant in the Babylonian-Persian
Periods (30 min)
Joel S. Burnett, Baylor University
Archaeological, Epigraphic, and Biblical Evidence and Theories of State Formation: The Case of the
Ammonites (30 min)
Break (30 min)
Juha Pakkala, University of Helsinki

What Do We Know about Geshur? (30 min)
Anson F. Rainey, Tel Aviv University/Bar Ilan University

Notes on Two Excavations: Ramat Rahel and the Alleged Altar on Mt. Ebal. (30 min)
1-3
Bible and Its Influence: History and Impact

7/01/2009
8:30 AM to 10:00 AM
Room: C211 - GU
Theme: Art and Exegesis
Mary Mills, Liverpool Hope University, UK, Presiding
Michael Patella, Saint John's University School of Theology-Seminary

The Saint John’s Bible: Art as Exegesis, Exegesis as Art (30 min)
Rannfrid Irene Thelle, Norwegian Bible Society

Biblical Babylon and Material Babylon: The Biblical Image of Babylon in European Visual Arts and
the Impact of Modern Archaeology (30 min)
Jessie Rogers, Mary Immaculate College, University of Limerick

The Bible in Irish Stained Glass (30 min)
1-4
Biblical Theology
7/01/2009
8:30 AM to 12:30 PM
Room: C208 - GU
Harold Bennett, Morehouse College, Presiding
Jacek Stefanski, Theological Seminary of the Diocese of Kalisz, Poland

Hebrew Etymology at the Service of Biblical Theology (30 min)
Bustenay Oded, University of Haifa

Isaiah 39:5-7: The Theological and Historiographical Aspects (30 min)
Jonathan Jacobs, Bar Ilan University

Willing Obedience with Doubts: Abraham at the Binding of Isaac (30 min)
Break (30 min)
Hanne Loland, MF Norwegian School of Theology

Praying for Death: Death Wish in the Hebrew Bible (30 min)
H. Simian-Yofre, Pontifical Biblical Institute

Psalm 139 (30 min)
Thomas Krueger, University of Zurich

Recent Developments in the History of Ancient Israel and their Consequences for a Theology of the
Hebrew Bible (30 min)
Pablo López López, Spain

A Philosophical Reading of the Bible: Creation, Alliance, Love and Wisdom (30 min)
1-5
Dead Sea Scrolls and Hebrew Bible

7/01/2009
8:30 AM to 12:00 PM
Room: C214 - GU
Theme: The Dead Sea Scrolls and the Textual History of the Hebrew Bible
Armin Lange, University of Vienna, Presiding
Sidnie White Crawford, University of Nebraska

The Contribution of the “Non-Aligned Texts” to Understanding the Textual History of the Bible (20
min)
Discussion (10 min)
Kristin De Troyer, St. Andrews University

Looking at Bathsheba with Text Critical Eyes (20 min)
Discussion (10 min)
Julio Trebolle, Universidad Complutense de Madrid

The History of the Biblical Text: Implications for Other Fields of Study (20 min)
Discussion (10 min)
Break (30 min)
Chelica Hiltunen, University of Oxford

An Examination of the Supposed pre-Samaritan Texts from Qumran (20 min)
Discussion (10 min)
Panel Discussion
Russell Fuller, University of San Diego, Panelist (15 min)
Arie van der Kooij, Leiden University-The Netherlands, Panelist (15 min)
Eugene Ulrich, University of Notre Dame, Panelist (15 min)
Discussion (15 min)
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Early Christianity and the Ancient Economy

7/01/2009
8:30 AM to 10:00 AM
Room: T302 - GU
Theme: The Economy and Early Christianity
Joseph Verheyden, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Presiding
Sebastian Fuhrmann, WWU Münster

Renunciation of Property and Community of Goods in Lukan and Coeval Economic Writings (30 min)
Charo Rovira, University of Barcelona

Sea Tade Routes in Paul's Journeys (30 min)
John Goodrich, Durham University

'Erastus, Quaestor of the City': The Administrative Rank of Ho Oikonomos tes Poleos (Romans 16:23)
(30 min)
1-7
Feminist Interpretations
7/01/2009
8:30 AM to 10:00 AM
Room: Sala Miki D - GU
Marianne Dacy, University of Sydney, Presiding
Dustin M. Naegle, Brite Divinity School at Texas Christian University

Power, Rape, And Role Reversal: A Contemporary Feminist Reading of Susanna (30 min)
Nehama Aschkenasy, University of Connecticut
The Female Voice and Alterity in Ruth (30 min)
Charlotte Faber, University of Amsterdam

I Bring Good News - and Bad News, Perhaps? (30 min)
1-8
Johannine Literature
7/01/2009
8:30 AM to 11:30 AM
Room: Sala Gonzaga B3 - GU
Sung Uk Lim, Vanderbilt University, Presiding
Stephan Witetschek, University of Cambridge

The Devil in Detail: Remarks on John 13:2 (30 min)
Paul Landgraf, Good Shepherd Lutheran Church

The Structure of the Gospel According to John and its Facet as a Sui Generis Word of Exhortation (30
min)
Ernest R. Martinez, Pontifical Gregorian University

The Introduction To and the Death of Jesus Scene in John 19:28-30 (30 min)
Break (30 min)
Malcolm Coombes, Trinity Theological College

Allusions to the Gospel of John from the First Letter of John: What Can They Tell Us About the
Johannine Community? (30 min)
Dirk G. van der Merwe, University of South Africa

Family Metaphorics: A Rhetorical Device in the Epistle of 1 John (30 min)
1-9
Judaica
7/01/2009
8:30 AM to 12:00 PM
Room: Sala Pro E - GU
Rivka Ulmer, Bucknell University, Presiding
Ranon Katzoff, Bar Ilan University

Rabbi Joshua ben Levi's Gait and the Rabbinic Stance vis-a-vis Rome (20 min)
Discussion (10 min)
Gerhard Langer, University of Salzburg

Aaron Pursued Peace: A Certain Aspect of Rabbinic Judaism (20 min)
Discussion (10 min)
Samuel Rocca, Wizo College - Haifa

Judaism in Rome: Between Paganism and Christianity (20 min)
Discussion (10 min)
Break (30 min)
Lara Guglielmo, University of Naples Federico II

Onias III: Martyr and Temple Founder? (20 min)
Discussion (10 min)
Edith Lubetski, Yeshiva University

Considerations in Preparing a Biblical Bibliography (20 min)
Discussion (10 min)
Break (5 min)
Business Meeting (25 min)
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Language and Linguistics

7/01/2009
8:30 AM to 11:00 AM
Room: L107 - GU
Min Suc Kee, Korea Baptist Theological Seminary/University, Presiding
Min Suc Kee, Korea Baptist Theological Seminary

An Etymological Study of the Dual Forms of Biblical Hebrew Words mayim (‘waters’) and šamayim
(‘heavens’) (30 min)
R. Daniel Kunjummen, Michigan Theological Seminary

De-Psychologizing The Ethical Dative (Reflexive Lamed) Of Biblical Hebrew (30 min)
Break (30 min)
Marco Di Giulio, University of Florence

Discourse Markers and Features of Oral Language in the Hebrew Bible (30 min)
Andres Piquer-Otero, Universidad Complutense de Madrid

What to Do with the Verbs in Deborah?: Discourse Analysis and the Archaic Poetry Corpus (30 min)
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Methods in Hebrew Bible Studies

7/01/2009
8:30 AM to 11:00 AM
Room: L210 - GU
Theme: On Old Paradigms and New Inversions in Reading the HB
Angeline Song, University of Otago and Laidlaw-Carey Graduate School, New Zealand, Presiding
Jason Silverman, Trinity College - Dublin

On Religious and Cultural Influence (30 min)
Paul A. Kruger, University of Stellenbosch

Mundus Inversus and the Cultures of the Ancient Near East: A Few Examples (30 min)
Break (30 min)
Hans J.M. van Deventer, North-West University (South Africa)

Reading the Book of Daniel from Left to Right (30 min)
Stephanus Johannes Riekert, University of the Free State

Jouon 1909 Le Cantique des Cantiques. Commentaire Philologique et exégetique: Reappraisal After a
Century? (30 min)
1-12
Paul and Pauline Literature

7/01/2009
8:30 AM to 12:00 PM
Room: Sala Loyola (Convegni) - GU
Theme: 1 Corinthians
William S. Campbell, University of Wales Lampeter, Presiding
Jeffrey Peterson, Austin Graduate School Of Theology

Wisdom and the Cross in 1 Corinthians 1–4 (30 min)
Mark Goodacre, Duke University

Does peribolaion mean "testicle" in 1 Corinthians 11.15? (30 min)
Janelle Peters, Emory University

Practice Makes Perfect: Corinthian Veils as Stoic Kathekonta (30 min)
Break (30 min)
Soham Al-Suadi, University of Basel

Kuriakon Deipnon: When Utopia Becomes Real (30 min)
Marilou S. Ibita, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium

The Story of the Lord's Supper in Corinth: A Narrative-critical Reading of 1 Corinthians 11:17-34 (30
min)
Kenneth L. Waters, Azusa Pacific University

No Cursing in the Church: Anathema in the Corinthian Congregation (1 Corinthians 12:3) and the
Letters of Paul. (30 min)
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Pentateuch (Torah)
7/01/2009
8:30 AM to 12:00 PM
Room: C209 - GU
Theme: Pentateuch I
Tamara Cohn Eskenazi, Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion (California Branch),
Presiding
Michael D. Oblath, Alaska Pacific University

The Garden of Eden: Peeling Back the Layers to Reveal the Simplicity of the Story (30 min)
Elizabeth Harper, Durham University

The Flood: Re-creation or Completion of Creation? (30 min)
Amira Meir, Beit Berl College / Hebrew Union College Jerusalem

"And Sarai Treated her Harshly": Did Sarai Sin? (30 min)
Break (30 min)
Dohyung Kim, University of Sheffield

Reuben vs. Judah: Who Is the True Leader? (30 min)
Yairah Amit, Tel Aviv University

A Different Approach to the Story of Judah and Tamar (Genesis 38) (30 min)
Jurie le Roux, University of Pretoria

Meaning Lies in the Difference (Genesis 15 and 17) (30 min)
1-14
Prophets
7/01/2009
8:30 AM to 12:00 PM
Room: C109 - GU
Daniel F. O'Kennedy, University of Stellenbosch, Presiding
Máire Byrne, Milltown Institute of Theology and Philosophy, Dublin

The Distribution of the Divine Designation "Redeemer" in the Book of Isaiah (30 min)
Alphonso Groenewald, University of Pretoria

Isaiah 2:1-5: An Exilic Perspective within Isaiah 1-12 (30 min)
Chaya Ben Ayun, Levinsky College Tel Aviv

Why did Jeremiah Choose Rachel to Represent the Nation's Mother? (30 min)
Break (30 min)
Michael Stead, Moore Theological College

Defining and Detecting Intertextuality in the Prophets (30 min)
Galen Goldsmith, Centennial, CO

The Cutting Edge of Prophetic Metaphor (30 min)
Anna Angelini, Università di Siena

Magic and Divination in the Ancient Israel: Between Permission and Prohibition (30 min)
1-15
Rome and Religion: A Cross-Disciplinary Dialogue

7/01/2009
8:30 AM to 12:00 PM
Room: C215 - GU
The SBL is co-sponsoring this session with the Society for Ancient Mediterranean Religions. The
session is part of a three-year inquiry that began at the 2008 meeting in Boston and will continue at
the 2009 New Orleans annual meeting. The goal is to bring together classicists, biblical and religious
scholars, historians, and archaeologists to discuss the study of religions in a Roman context.
Karl Galinsky, Professor at the University of Texas and the 2009 recipient of the Max Planck
Research Award for his study of history and memory, initiated the cross-disciplinary conversation in
Boston with lecture titled "The Roman Cult of the Emperor: Uniter or Divider?" Exploring both
theory and method in the study of texts and material culture, the respondents included Steve Friesen
(University of Texas), Robin Jensen (Vanderbilt University), James Hanges (Miami University) and
the president of the Society for Ancient Mediterranean Religions, Barbette Stanley Spaeth (College of
William and Mary). Galinsky’s paper and the responses are available in electronic form at
http://socamr.wikispaces.com/. Attendees are encouraged to read these papers to facilitate the
discussion on the study of religions—including early Christianity—in Rome.
Jonathan Reed, University of La Verne, Presiding
Jeffrey Brodd , California State University, Sacramento

Defying “Religion”: Roman Challenges to Modern Conceptual Constructs (20 min)
Eric Orlin, University of Puget Sound

Augustan Religion: From Locative to Utopian (20 min)
Milton Moreland, Rhodes College

Peter in Rome: A Pedagogical Goldmine for Religious Studies (20 min)
Karl Galinsky, University of Texas at Austin, Respondent (30 min)
Break (30 min)
Barbette Spaeth, College of William and Mary, Presiding
Nancy Evans, Wheaton College (Massachusetts)

Embedding Rome in Athens (20 min)
James Walters, Boston University

Honoring Trajan in Ephesus: The Salutaris Foundation (20 min)
Daniel Schowalter, Carthage College

Honoring Trajan in Pergamum: Imperial Temples in the "Second City" (20 min)
Karl Galinsky, University of Texas at Austin, Respondent (30 min)
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Writings (including Psalms)

7/01/2009
8:30 AM to 11:00 AM
Room: C009 - GU
Theme: Book of Psalms
Donald R. Vance, Oral Roberts University, Presiding
Johannes Unsok Ro, International Christian University

Who Wrote the Psalms of Poverty? (30 min)
Michael Rohde, Theological Seminary Elstal

The Composition of the Song of Ascents: A Discussion About the So-called Zion-theology of Psalms
120-134 (30 min)
Break (30 min)
John J. Schmitt, Marquette University

What Ever Happened to “I”? : First Person in the Psalms Revisited (30 min)
Leonard Mare, University of Johannesburg
Theophany as an Expression of Alternative Realities (30 min)
1-18
Ancestor Worship
7/01/2009
1:30 PM to 2:30 PM
Room: C108 - GU
John T. Fitzgerald, University of Miami, Presiding
Ramsay MacMullen, Yale University

Christian Ancestor Worship at Rome (40 min)
Discussion (20 min)
Ramsay MacMullen will sign books from 3:00¬3:30 PM in the Exhibit Hall.
1-19
7/01/2009
1:30 PM to 4:00 PM
Room: T201 - GU
Theme: Studies in the Book of Revelation
Chris Frilingos, Michigan State University, Presiding
Richard Sabuin, Adventist International Institute of Advanced Studies

Meta Tauta in John’s Apocalypses: An Examination of the Sequence Marker in the Book of Revelation
(30 min)
Daniel Johansson, University of Edinburgh

The Application of the Title “God” to the Lamb in the Book of Revelation (30 min)
Break (30 min)
Young Mog Song, Kosin University

John Calvin's Commentary on the Book of Revelation (30 min)
1-20
Apocrypha and Pseudepigrapha

7/01/2009
1:30 PM to 4:30 PM
Room: C211 - GU
Theme: Old Testament Apocrypha / Deuterocanonical Texts
Rodney Werline, Barton College, Presiding
Judith H. Newman, University of Toronto

Liturgical Imagination in the Composition of Ben Sira (30 min)
Edgar Kellenberger, Swiss Reformed Church

The Tale of Susanna: Why Are the Greek and Syriac Text Traditions So Pluriform? (30 min)
Alex Samely, University of Manchester

A Literary Profile of Tobit according to a New Typology of Ancient Jewish Literature (30 min)
Break (30 min)
Edward Pillar, University of Wales

Subverting Empires and Turning from Idols: Exploring Anti-Imperial Tendencies in Judith, Tobit,
Sirach, and Joseph and Aseneth (30 min)
John Lorenc, University of Toronto

The Authority of the Deuterocanonical Books According to Augustine: A Case Study in Sirach (30
min)
1-20a
Art and Religions of Antiquity

7/01/2009
1:30 PM to 4:30 PM
Room: Sala Saverio C1+ C2 - GU
Theme: Casa, Villae, and Insula in Pompeii and Oplontis
Annette Weissenrieder, San Francisco Theological Seminary, Presiding
Umberto Pappalardo, Università degli Studi Suor Orsola Benincasa

How the Romans saw the Friese in the Villa of the Mysteries (30 min)
Rosaria Ciardiello, Università degli Studi Suor Orsola Benincasa

Berillos, the Jews, and the Villa of Poppaea in Oplontis (30 min)
Mario Grimaldi, Università degli Studi Suor Orsola Benincasa

Art and Architecture of the House of Fabius Rufus in Pompeii (30 min)
Break (30 min)
Ivan Varriale, Università degli Studi Suor Orsola Benincasa

Art and Architecture of the House of Menander in Pompeii (30 min)
Discussion (30 min)
1-21
Bible and Visual Culture

7/01/2009
1:30 PM to 3:00 PM
Room: C215 - GU
Theme: Text and Image
Michael Patella, Saint John's University School of Theology-Seminary

Saint Paul as Evangelizer and Witness: An Interpretation of the Art in the Saint John’s Bible and the
Pennyroyal Caxton Bible (30 min)
Anne-Marie Bos, Tilburg University

"I looked, and behold...": Biblical Spirituality in Pictures that Refer to 1 Kings 19:1-18. (30 min)
John F. A. Sawyer, Lancaster University

The Use of Hebrew in Christian Art (30 min)
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Biblical Characters in the Three Traditions

7/01/2009
1:30 PM to 4:45 PM
Theme: Jonah: Why Me? Send Someone Else

Jonah is a short novella which describes a person who was commanded by YHWH to preach for
repentance to the inhabitants of the Assyrian capital, Nineveh. The novella presents a dramatic story
whose primary purpose is didactic, showing YHWH’s care for humanity and not just for Israel. While
the story is certainly not an historical work, this literary fiction need not have been written merely for
the sake of pleasure. We could ask whether it were a parable, and as such it contains a deep meaning
and teaching concerning a struggle between human and natural phenomena. If it is a parable it would
appear that the moral is ;”No one can flee from a true mission in life or from destiny. Whoever
attempts to run away from it experiences great difficulties.
Mishael Caspi, Bates College, Presiding (10 min)
Tova Forti, Ben Gurion University of the Negev

Ship, Sea, Fish and Beast: Viewing the Concept of Providence in the Book of Jonah through Psalms
(30 min)
Hans Arneson, Duke University

“We must not appeal to the prophets”: Jonah Among the Resurrection Polemics in 3 Corinthians (30
min)
Duane L. Christensen, Graduate Theological Union

Reading the Book of Jonah as a Mathematical Allegory (30 min)
Break (30 min)
T. A. Perry, University of Connecticut

Jonah's Theology (30 min)
James Swan Tuite, Bates College

Jonah and the Problem of Soul-Making (30 min)
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Biblical Theology
7/01/2009
1:30 PM to 5:00 PM
Room: C208 - GU
Paul Achtemeier, Union Theological Seminary, Presiding
Krzysztof Mielcarek, Katolicki Uniwersytet Lubelski Jana Pawla II

Theological Import of Greek Toponims of Jerusalem within the LXX (30 min)
Sylvie Chabert d'Hyères, Paris, France

What Jesus Subtly Said About Himself (30 min)
Sandra M. Levy, St. John's, Richmond, Virginia.

Meeting God in Scripture: The Imagination at Work (30 min)
Break (30 min)
Terence L. Donaldson, Wycliffe College

Supersessionism and Proto-Christianity: A Taxonomy (30 min)
Mark Elliott, University of St. Andrews-Scotland

The Reception of The Pontifical Biblical Commission’s "The Jewish People and Their Sacred
Scriptures in the Christian Bible" and an Evaluation (30 min)
William M. Wright IV, Duquesne University

The Fourfold Sense in Recent Pronouncements of the Pontifical Biblical Commission (30 min)
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7/01/2009
1:30 PM to 5:00 PM
Room: C214 - GU
Theme: The Dead Sea Scrolls and the Understanding of Biblical Books I
Steven E. Fassberg, Hebrew University of Jerusalem

The Dead Sea Scrolls and the Language of Jewish Scriptures (20 min)
Discussion (10 min)
Michaela Bauks, University of Koblenz-Landau, Germany

Knowledge, Nakedness, Shame, and Eternal Life in the Primeval History of the Hebrew Bible and in
Selected Texts from the Qumran Library (20 min)
Discussion (10 min)
Gabriele Boccaccini, University of Michigan-Ann Arbor

Zadokites, Enochians, Essenes, Qumranites: Competing Traditions that Shaped the Hebrew Bible. (20
min)
Discussion (10 min)
Break (30 min)
Karin Finsterbusch, University of Koblenz - Landau
The Dead Sea Scrolls and the Deuteronomistic School (20 min)
Discussion (10 min)
Esther Glickler Chazon, Hebrew University of Jerusalem

Looking Back: What the Dead Sea Scrolls can Teach us about Biblical Prayer (20 min)
Discussion (10 min)
Mika Pajunen, University of Helsinki

The Textual Connection between 4Q380 Fragment 1 and Psalm 106 (20 min)
Discussion (10 min)
1-23a
Divine Violence in the Old Testament

7/01/2009
1:30 PM to 4:30 PM
Heather McKay, Edge Hill University, Presiding
Ruediger Schmitt, University of Muenster

Yahweh is a Warrior: The Holy War Paradigm in German Protestant Scholarship of Late 19th and
Early 20th Century B.C.E. (30 min)
Irmtraud Fischer, University of Graz and Bernd Obermayer, Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-

Universität Bonn
How Biblical War Discourse is Used in Times of War (30 min)
Ulrich Berges, University of Muenster

The Violence of God in the Book of Lamentations with Special Attention to the Fate of Zion's Children
(30 min)
Break (30 min)
Uta Schmidt, Justus-Liebig-University Giessen, Germany

God Gives and Takes Away the Cup of Wrath (Isaiah 51:17-23): Incorporating Conflicting Images of
God Into the Future (30 min)
Luca Mazzinghi, Pontifical Biblical Institute

Divine Violence in the Book of Qohelet? (30 min)
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Greco-Roman World
7/01/2009
1:30 PM to 3:00 PM
Room: C209 - GU
Theme: The Greco-Roman world in the texts of the New Testament
Harold Attridge, Yale University, Presiding
Valeriy Alikin, Leiden University

The Graeco-Roman Symposium and the Early Christian Gathering: Reading, Preaching and Singing
(30 min)
Gunnar Samuelsson, University of Gothenburg

The Historical Background of Crucifixion Reconsidered (30 min)
Miriam Ben-Zeev, Ben Gurion University

The Hasmonean State, between Hellenism and Jewish Tradition (30 min)
This session looks at three texts and one practice where the Greco-Roman world intersects with the
New Testament.
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Johannine Literature
7/01/2009
1:30 PM to 4:30 PM
Michael Brown, Emory University, Presiding
Janelle Peters, Emory University

Anti-Imperialism and Historiography in the Temple Cleansing of the Gospel of John (2:13-22) (30
min)
Annalisa Guida, Pontificia Facoltà Teologica dell'Italia Meridionale

John 2: A Diptych of Signs to Enter the Fourth Gospel (30 min)
Michael G. Azar, Fordham University

Patristic Interpretation of the 'Children of the Devil' in the Fourth Gospel: John 8:31-47 according to
Origen, Chrysostom, and Cyril of Alexandria (30 min)
Break (30 min)
Athanasios Despotis, University of Bonn

John 8:37-47 and the Relation of the Son of Man with the Jews in the Fourth Gospel (30 min)
Sang-Hoon Kim , Chongshin University

Shepherd Cycle in John 10 (30 min)
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Language and Linguistics

7/01/2009
1:30 PM to 4:30 PM
Room: L107 - GU
Ida Zatelli, University of Florence, Presiding
Ida Zatelli, University of Florence

Biblical Origins of the Ritual Practice of Pilgrimage (30 min)
Yoshitaka Kobayashi, Adventist International Institute of Advanced Studies

Antithetical meanings of Orpah and Ruth (30 min)
Break (30 min)
Jan Wim Wesselius, Protestant Theological University, Kampen

Determination in Targumic Aramaic (30 min)
Alessandra Pecchioli, Italian Association for Jewish Studies

The Lexemes DMWT and SLM in Early Biblical Narrative Texts (30 min)
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Methods in Hebrew Bible Studies

7/01/2009
1:30 PM to 4:30 PM
Room: L210 - GU
Theme: Text and Context: New Approaches
F. Rachel Magdalene, University of Leipzig and Humboldt University Berlin, Presiding
Harold V. Bennett, Morehouse College

Afrocentric Pentecostal Biblical Criticism and the Hebrew Bible: Its Prospects for Biblical
Interpretation and for Reconstructing Social History in Ancient Israel (30 min)
Kari Latvus, Diaconia University of Applied Sciences

Hagar, the Poor Egyptian Woman: From Exegesis to Inter-contextual Analysis (30 min)
Angeline Mui Geok Song, University of Otago

Hardly a Heartless Hussy: Reading Esther with ‘Realistic Empathy’ (30 min)
Break (30 min)
Paul Kim, Methodist Theological School in Ohio
Feminist Form Criticism (30 min)
Adrien J. Bledstein, Chicago, IL

Abuse and Recovery, 2 Samuel 13:1-22: Telling the Story (30 min)
1-29
Palestine and Babylon: Two Jewish Late Antique Cultures and Their Interrelation
7/01/2009
1:30 PM to 5:00 PM
Room: T303 - GU
Ronit Nikolsky, Rijksuniversiteit Groningen, Presiding
Tal Ilan, Institut für Judaistik, Freie Universtaet, Berlin

Babylonia – Between Eretz Israel and Bavel (30 min)
Christine Hayes, Yale University

We’re no Angels: Aspirationalism in Rabbinic Literature (30 min)
Yuval Harari, Ben Gurion University

Jewish Necromancy in Late Antiquity: Sources, Praxis and Social Context (30 min)
Break (30 min)
Michael D. Swartz, Ohio State University Main Campus

The Ancient Synagogue and the Continuity of the Priesthood: Assessing the Evidence (30 min)
Paul P. Mandel, Shechter Institute, Jerusalem

Was Rabbi Akiva a Martyr? Palestinian and Babylonian Influences in the Development of a Legend
(30 min)
Moshe Lavee, Haifa University

"As Hard As Leprosy" Once Again: The Bavli's Role in the Creation of a Notorious Rabbinic Image
(30 min)
1-30

7/01/2009
1:30 PM to 3:30 PM
Theme: 1 Corinthians 15
B. J. Oropeza, Azusa Pacific University, Presiding
Matthew Malcolm, University of Nottingham

Resurrection-denial in Corinth: The Nature of the Problem and the Function of the Solution (30 min)
Joel R. White, Freie Theologische Hochschule Giessen (Germany)

Recent Non-Literal Readings of 1 Corinthians 15:29 (30 min)
Break (30 min)
Murray J. Smith, Macquarie University-Sydney

Psalm 110:1 and the Logic of the Parousia in 1 Corinthians 15:20-28 (30 min)
1-31
Prophets
7/01/2009
1:30 PM to 5:00 PM
Room: C109 - GU
Daniel F. O'Kennedy, University of Stellenbosch

The Shepherd Imagery in Zechariah 9-14 (30 min)
Heiko Wenzel, Freie Theologische Hochschule, Giessen (Germany)

The Land Needs to be Purified, Because God Comes! (Zechariah 5) (30 min)
Wilhelm J. Wessels, University of South Africa
Prophet Versus Prophet: In Search of the True Prophets (30 min)
Break (30 min)
Nili Wazana, Hebrew University of Jerusalem

Wordplays in the Visions of Amos (30 min)
C. A. Strine, University of Oxford

A Ugaritic Background for the Divine Oath in the Book of Amos? (30 min)
Allan Rosengren, University of Copenhagen

Rhetoric in the Book of Hosea. (30 min)
1-17
Status of Women in the Profession Committee

7/01/2009
1:30 PM to 4:00 PM
Room: L302 - GU
Theme: Crossing Borders: Organizing Women Scholars in Europe and the U.S
In this session, panelists will engage in a U.S.-Europe dialogue. Also, people from different contexts
within Europe will speak more specifically about professional life in their situations. In particular, the
question is about organizing women in different types of networks, such as the CSWP: what's
happening? How effective in changing our situations, or the field, is getting women scholars together?
Can Europeans and Americans work together in some way that would benefit both?
Rannfrid Thelle, Presiding
Nuria Calduch Benages, Gregorian University, Panelist
Christl Maier, Philipps Universität-Marburg, Panelist
Claudia Camp, Texas Christian University, Panelist
1-32
Whence and Whither?: Methodology and the Future of Biblical Studies

7/01/2009
1:30 PM to 4:30 PM
Room: T302 - GU
Theme: “A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum”: Cinematic Representations of
(Biblical) Rome
From Federico Fellini’s 1969 film “Satyricon” to the epic television series “Rome”, broadcast
between 2005 and 2007, the depiction of historical Rome is a recurring theme within visual culture
over the last 60 years. Recent publications (e.g. Richard Wrigley’s edited volume Cinematic Rome
[2008] and Monica S. Cyrino’s Big Screen Rome [2005]), similarly point to the sustained interest in
representations of Rome. The modern world is critically engaged with these ancient representations.
Do they tell us more about our world or the ancient world? And how do we know the difference?
Caroline Vander Stichele, University of Amsterdam, Presiding
Osman Umurhan, Austin College

The Interactive I, Claudius (30 min)
Ivo Blom, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam

Moving Pictures of Rome: Image Travel Across Art and Media (30 min)
Zsuzsanna Varhelyi, Boston University

Morality and Religion in Pagan, Jewish and Christian Characters in Recent Cinematic
Representations of Ancient Rome (30 min)
Break (30 min)
Laura Copier, University of Amsterdam

Papal Plots: The Representation of the Roman Catholic Church in Film (30 min)
Discussion (30 min)
1-33

7/01/2009
1:30 PM to 4:00 PM
Room: C009 - GU
Theme: Individual Psalms
Susan Gillingham, University of Oxford

Psalm One through the Centuries: A Case Study of Jewish and Christian Reception History of the
Psalms (30 min)
Phil J. Botha, University of Pretoria

Answers Disguised as Questions: Rhetoric and Reasoning in Psalm 24 (30 min)
Break (30 min)
Johan Coetzee, University of Johannesburg

Listen to the Silent Voice of the Heavens and Taste the Sweetness of Torah: Reading Psalm 19 from a
“Body Phenomenological” and an “Embodied Understanding” Perspective (30 min)
Dirk Human, University of Pretoria

Psalm 150: Grand Finale of the Crescendo in the Psalter (30 min)
1-34
The Impact of the Bible on Religion and Culture

7/01/2009
6:00 PM to 7:30 PM
Room: OFF SITE - OFF SITE
Theme: A Presentation of the Encyclopedia of the Bible and Its Reception (de Gruyter)
Albrecht Döhnert, Walter de Gruyter, Presiding
Walter Cardinal Kasper, Vatican, Panelist
Hermann Spieckermann, Göttingen, Panelist
Günter Stemberger, Vienna, Panelist
This event will be held at the Biblioteca Casanatense (Via S. Ignazio, 52). More information and
directions will be available at the Walter de Gruyter exhibit.
1-35

7/01/2009
6:30 PM to 8:00 PM
Room: C021 - GU
Emanuel Tov, Hebrew University of Jerusalem

The Dead Sea Scrolls and the Textual History of the Masoretic Text (30 min)
James L. Kugel, Harvard University

The Phenomenon of Interpolation in the Biblical Apocrypha and Pseudepigrapha: The Case of
Jubilees (30 min)
Discussion (30 min)
2-1

7/02/2009
8:30 AM to 10:00 AM
Room: C012 - GU
Theme: Why Study Extra-Canonical Literature?
Kelley Coblentz Bautch, St. Edward's University, Presiding
Michael Segal, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Panelist
Ida Frohlich, Pazmany Peter Catholic University, Panelist
Joseph Sievers, Pontifical Biblical Institute and Pontifical Gregorian University, Panelist
Judith Newman, University of Toronto, Panelist
Jonathan Ben-Dov, University of Haifa, Panelist
Gabriele Boccaccini, University of Michigan, Panelist
2-2

7/02/2009
8:30 AM to 11:30 AM
Room: L302 - GU
Theme: Mithrea, Synagogue, and Temples
David L. Balch, Pacific Lutheran Theological Seminary, Presiding
David L. Balch, Pacific Lutheran Theological Seminary

Augustus’ Temple to Apollo on the Palatine and Revelation 12 (30 min)
Annette Weissenrieder, San Francisco Theological Seminary

Temple in Paul in the Light of Ancient Theory of Architecture and Numismatics (30 min)
L. Michael White, University of Texas at Austin

Mithraea in Ostia (30 min)
Break (30 min)
Steven Fine, Yeshiva University

The Color of Jewish Life: Color and the Torah Shrine of the Ostia Synagogue (30 min)
Discussion (30 min)
2-4

7/02/2009
8:30 AM to 12:30 PM
Room: C209 - GU
John Tracy Greene, Michigan State University, Presiding (10 min)
Gregory C. Jenks, Charles Sturt University

The Sign of the Prophet Jonah: Tracing the Tradition-history of a Biblical Character in Ancient
Judaism and Early Christianity. (30 min)
J. Harold Ellens, University of Michigan

Jonah as Comic Foil in God's Serious Business: An Ancient Chancel Drama (30 min)
Martin O'Kane, University of Wales

Jonah and Visual Culture (30 min)
Break (30 min)
Yitzhak Peleg , Beit Berl College

The Book of Jonah's Didactic Message: "Train/Teach Jonah in his Own Way" (30 min)
Donald R. Vance, Oral Roberts University

Jonah in the Mirror of Nahum (30 min)
Teresa Swan Tuite, Bates College
Devoured by a Whale: Jonah as a Figuring of Christian Conscience (30 min)
Discussion (20 min)
2-5
Biblical Scholarship and Disabilities

7/02/2009
8:30 AM to 11:30 AM
Room: T302 - GU
Theme: Reading Disabilities in Context
Laura Zucconi, Richard Stockton College of New Jersey, Presiding
Despina Iosif, Open University in Athens

Late Antique Illness as Demon Possession and the Early Christian Ascetics (30 min)
Rebecca Raphael, Texas State University-San Marcos

What the Mute Man Said: Deaf-Muteness in the Synoptics (30 min)
Anke Dorman, University of Groningen

Disregarding Disability: The Portrayal of Jacob and Moses in the Book of Jubilees. (30 min)
Break (30 min)
Herbert B. Huffmon, Drew University

Prophetic Perspectives on Blindness (30 min)
Edgar Kellenberger, Swiss Reformed Church

Persons with Intellectual Disabilities in Mesopotamia and Israel (30 min)
2-6

7/02/2009
8:30 AM to 11:00 AM
Room: C215 - GU
Theme: Ancient Jewish History in Light of the Dead Sea Scrolls
Jodi Magness, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

The Archeology of Qumran (20 min)
Discussion (10 min)
Jutta Jokiranta, University of Helsinki

The Sociology of Jewish Life in Light of the Dead Sea Scrolls (20 min)
Discussion (10 min)
Cecilia Wassen, Uppsala University

The Dead Sea Scrolls on Jewish Women (20 min)
Discussion (10 min)
Panel Discussion
Lester Grabbe, University of Hull, Panelist (15 min)
Tal Ilan, Freie Universität Berlin, Panelist (15 min)
Jodi Magness, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Panelist (15 min)
Discussion (15 min)
2-7
7/02/2009
8:30 AM to 11:00 AM
Room: T303 - GU
Theme: The Ancient Church and the Ancient Economy
Sebastian Fuhrmann, Westfaelische Wilhelms-Universitaet Muenster, Presiding
David J. Downs, Fuller Theological Seminary

Redemptive Almsgiving and Economic Stratification in 2 Clement (30 min)
Daniele Pevarello, University of Cambridge

A Sage Without Property is like God: Love of Wealth and the Origin of Vice in an Early Christian
Gnomology (30 min)
Joseph Verheyden, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven

A Merchant's Tale: The Social Status of the Author of Hermas (30 min)
Break (30 min)
Chris de Wet, University of South Africa

The Vilification of the Rich in John Chrysostom’s Homily 40 on First Corinthians (30 min)
2-8
Epigraphical and Paleological Studies Pertaining to the Biblical World

7/02/2009
8:30 AM to 11:30 AM
Room: C108 - GU
Meir Lubetski, City University of New York Bernard M. Baruch College, Presiding
Matthew Morgenstern, University of Haifa

Mandaic Magic Texts in the Moussaieff Collection (30 min)
Andre Lemaire, Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes

New Perspectives on the Trade between Judah and South Arabia (30 min)
Meir Lubetski, City University of New York Bernard M. Baruch College

A Fresh Look at the Seal: dml' son of pqhyw (30 min)
Break (30 min)
W. G. Lambert, University of Birmingham

Merodach-baladan: The Arafat of the Ancient World (30 min)
Shlomo Moussaieff, private collector

Roman Coins from the Imperial Period that Throw Light on Jewish History (30 min)
2-9
Esau/Edom in Jewish and Christian Imagination

7/02/2009
8:30 AM to 10:00 AM
Josef Levi, Pontifical Gregorian University, Presiding
Timothy Verdon, Stanford University in Florence

La città della Bibbia. L'iconografia dei due testamenti nelle chiese romane (30 min)
Oded Irshai, Hebrew University of Jerusalem

Late Antique Rome in Rabbinic Eyes: The Eschatological Vantage Point (30 min)
Avigdor Shinan, Hebrew University of Jerusalem

Esau in Rabbinic Literature as a Symbol for Rome and (later on) Christianity: Its Origin, Scope,
Contexts and Meaning (30 min)
2-10
Greco-Roman World
7/02/2009
8:30 AM to 11:30 AM
Room: T201 - GU
Theme: Negotiating Christian Identity in the Greco-Roman World
Michael Joseph Brown, Emory University, Presiding
Frederick E. Brenk, Pontifical Biblical Institute

Pagan Devotion in New Testament Times: Lucian’s On the Syrian Goddess (30 min)
Daniel Richter, University of Southern California

How not to Translate: Lucian’s Games with the Name(s) of the Syrian Goddess (30 min)
Steven C. Muir, Concordia University College of Alberta

Blurred Boundaries: Magicians in New Testament and Patristic Christianity (30 min)
Break (30 min)
Philip A. Harland, York University

Dynamics of Identity: Judeans and Christians in the Context of Associations and Cultural Minorities
(30 min)
Laurie Brink, Catholic Theological Union

Unmet Expectations: The Portrayal of Soldiers in Luke-Acts (30 min)
This session focuses on how Christians developed and negotiated group identity.
2-11
Historical Books (Hebrew Bible)

7/02/2009
8:30 AM to 10:00 AM
Room: C109 - GU
Rainer Albertz, University of Muenster, Presiding
Susanne Gillmayr-Bucher, RWTH-Aachen University

Trial and Error: Looking for Identity in Judges 17-18 (30 min)
Paul J. Kissling, TCMI Institute

Self-Defense and Identity Formation in the Depictions of Battles in Joshua and Esther (30 min)
Louis C. Jonker, University of Stellenbosch

Revisiting Saul in Chronicles: A New Perspective on an Old Problem? (30 min)
2-12
Intermarriage and Group Identity in the Persian and Hellenistic Period

7/02/2009
8:30 AM to 12:00 PM
Room: Sala Gonzaga B1 + B2 - GU
Theme: Prohibitions in Ezra and Nehemiah
Christian Frevel, Ruhr University Bochum, Presiding
Christian Frevel, Ruhr University Bochum

Introduction (15 min)
Katherine Southwood, University of Oxford

An Ethnic Affair?: Ezra’s Intermarriage Crisis against a Context of Self-ascription and Ascription of
Others (30 min)
Discussion (10 min)
Juha Pakkala, University of Helsinki

Intermarriage and Group Identity in Ezra-Nehemiah (30 min)
Discussion (10 min)
Break (30 min)
Ralf Rothenbusch, Albert-Ludwigs-University Freiburg

The Question of Mixed Marriages between the Poles of Diaspora and Homeland: Observations in
Ezra/Nehemiah (30 min)
Discussion (10 min)
Benedikt Conczorowski, Ruhr University of Bochum

All the Same as Ezra?: Conceptual Differences between the Texts on Intermarriage in Genesis and
Ezra (30 min)
Discussion (10 min)
2-13
Jewish Targums in a Christian World

7/02/2009
8:30 AM to 11:00 AM
Room: Sala Saverio C3 - GU
Hans van Nes, Evangelical Theological Faculty, Leuven, Presiding
Johanna Tanja, Protestantse Theologische Universiteit, Kampen

Targum Samuel in Sefarad (30 min)
Henry Patmore, Durham College

Targum Samuel in Ashkenaz and Italy (30 min)
Break (30 min)
Hans van Nes, Evangelical Theological Faculty, Leuven

Targum Samuel in the Rabbinic Bibles (30 min)
E. van Staalduine-Sulman, Protestantse Theologische Universiteit, Kampen

The Latin Translations of Targum Samuel (30 min)
2-14
Methods in New Testament Studies

7/02/2009
8:30 AM to 11:30 AM
Steven Friesen, University of Texas at Austin, Presiding
Leroy Huizenga, Wheaton College

Reading the Gospels as Narratives and Artifacts (30 min)
Mary T. Brien, Dominican Biblical Institute and Research Centre, Limerick

A Key Structure in Paul's Letter to the Romans (30 min)
Matthew Easter, University of Otago

Toward a Theological-Narratival Reading of the Epistle to the Hebrews (30 min)
Break (30 min)
Steven Richard Scott, University of Ottawa

Criteria for Judging Chiastic Structures (30 min)
Heike Omerzu, Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz

An Appeal for a Juridical Exegesis of the New Testament (30 min)
2-15

7/02/2009
8:30 AM to 12:00 PM
Theme: Romans 5-8
Richard Wright, Oklahoma Christian University, Presiding
Sang-Hoon Kim , Chongshin University

Double Chiastic Structures in Romans 5 (25 min)
Teresa Kuo-Yu Tsui, Catholic University of Leuven

Reconsidering Pauline Juxtaposition of Indicative and Imperative in Light of Pauline Apocalyptic in
the Context of Romans 6:1-14 (25 min)
Dongsu Kim, Nyack College

Revisiting Paul’s Concept of Suffering in Romans 8: Christological vs. Generic (25 min)
Ben C. Blackwell, Durham University

Righteousness and Glory: New Creation as Immortality in Romans (25 min)
Break (30 min)
Akio Ito, Tokyo Christian University

By, in or for the Hope? (25 min)
Hyun-Gwang Kim, Korean Bible University

Paul's Use of Isaiah 50:6-9 in Romans 8:31-34 (25 min)
Wayne A. Brindle, Liberty University

Prepared by Whom?: Reprobation and Non-Calvinist Interpretations of Romans 9:22 (25 min)
2-16
Pentateuch (Torah)
7/02/2009
8:30 AM to 12:30 PM
Room: C009 - GU
Theme: Pentateuch II
Philip Esler, University of St Andrews, Presiding
Jan-Wim Wesselius, Protestant Theological University, Kampen

The Instruments of Ambiguity in Biblical Hebrew Narrative Texts (30 min)
Galen Goldsmith, Centennial, CO

When Moshe Drew out his People, did Yahweh Yahweh? (30 min)
Jean-Pierre Sonnet, Pontifical Gregorian University

God’s Name as Narrative Sesame: God’s “Narrative Identity” Between Suspense, Curiosity and
Surprise. (30 min)
Break (30 min)
Stuart Lasine, Wichita State University

A Safer Place: Genesis as a Prologue to Holiness and Divine Jealousy (30 min)
Joshua Berman, Bar Ilan University

The Rescue of Moses (Exodus 2:1-10) and the Legend of Sargon of Akkad: A Rhetorical Comparison
(30 min)
Eun Woo Lee, Presbyterian College and Theological Seminary

Crossing on Dry Ground (30 min)
Robert J. Littman, University of Hawaii

Moses: Myth and Archaeology (30 min)
2-17
Relevance Theory and Biblical Interpretation

7/02/2009
8:30 AM to 11:30 AM
Room: L107 - GU
Bryan Harmelink, SIL International

Principles for Selecting Relevant Biblical Backgrounds (30 min)
Joseph Fantin, Dallas Theological Seminary
Word Studies and Lexical Pragmatics: Friends or Foes? (30 min)
Ronald J. Sim, Nairobi Evangelical Graduate School of Theology

Hebrew Particle Gam: A Procedural Approach to Non-declarative Usage (30 min)
Break (30 min)
Margaret Sim, SIL

Kaiper as a Necessary Constraint on Relevance: A Study of Hebrews 5:8; 7:5; et alia. (30 min)
Andrew Alo, Nairobi Evangelical Graduate School of Theology

The Cross-cultural Translation of the Metaphor Light: From an Ancient Text (Hebrew and Greek) to
Lugbarati (a Nilo-Saharan Language) (30 min)
2-18
Synoptic Gospels
7/02/2009
8:30 AM to 11:30 AM
Room: L210 - GU
Glenna Jackson, Otterbein College, Presiding
Terri Bednarz, Brite Divinity School

Synoptic Humor: The Role of Tendentious Humor in the Agonistic Exchanges Between Jesus and His
Opponents (30 min)
R. Steven Notley, Nyack College

The Sea of Galilee: Development of an Early Christian Toponym (30 min)
Daniel Johansson, University of Edinburgh

Kyrios in the Gospel of Mark (30 min)
Break (30 min)
Tobias Hagerland, University of Gothenburg

Another Look at the Son of Man Saying in Mark 2:28 (30 min)
Jennifer A. Glancy, University of Richmond

"She Knew in Her Body": Body Language in the Gospel of Mark (30 min)
2-19

7/02/2009
8:30 AM to 11:30 AM
Room: C214 - GU
Theme: Otherness in Children's Bibles
Kimberly Stratton, Carleton University, Presiding
Ruben Rene Dupertuis, Trinity University

Translating the Bible into Pictures (30 min)
Cameron S. McKenzie, Providence College

Evil By Design: Foreign Women, The Femme Fatale and Children's Bibles (30 min)
David M. Gunn, Texas Christian University

"The Dead which He Slew at his Death": Samson and Philistines for Children Through Two Centuries
(30 min)
Break (30 min)
Caroline Vander Stichele, University of Amsterdam

Good Boy, Bad Girl: Samson and Delilah for Children (30 min)
Discussion (30 min)
2-19a
Wisdom Literature
7/02/2009
8:30 AM to 11:30 AM
Room: C021 - GU
Tova Forti, Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Presiding
Keun-Jo Ahn, Hoseo University

Integrity of the Book of Job: A Theological Perspective (30 min)
Sophia Magallanes, University of Edinburgh

Reaping and Sowing In The Book of Job (30 min)
Stefan Fischer, University of Vienna

Solomon - the fictional usage of a legendary figure in Song of Songs (30 min)
Break (30 min)
Myung Soo Suh, Hyupsung University

Qohelet's Teachings of Wisdom and the Master's Golden Mean (30 min)
T. A. Perry, University of Connecticut

Qohelet’s Very Final Words (12:13-14): A Judging God, or Judging God? (30 min)
2-20
Working with Biblical Manuscripts (Textual Criticism)

7/02/2009
8:30 AM to 11:30 AM
Room: C211 - GU
Tommy Wasserman, Lund University, Presiding
Martin Heide, University of Marburg

The Semitic Background of Some Variants in the Greek New Testament (30 min)
Keith Small, London School of Theology

A Quranic Window onto New Testament Textual History (30 min)
Dave Nielsen, Brigham Young University

The Reception of Sense-Units in Versions of the Greek New Testament (30 min)
Break (30 min)
Bill Warren, New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary

When is a Textual Variant an Error?: Case Studies for Determining Scribal Errors (30 min)
Molly Zahn, University of Kansas

The Samaritan Pentateuch and its Qumranic Forebears in Light of the 4QReworked Pentateuch Texts
(30 min)
2-21

7/02/2009
8:30 AM to 11:30 AM
Theme: Job and Wisdom
F. Rachel Magdalene, Universität Leipzig und Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Presiding
Joseph E. Jensen, Catholic University of America

Service in the Assembly of Nobles: Sirach 7:1-17 (30 min)
F. Rachel Magdalene, Universität Leipzig und Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin

Trial Records, Legal Story Telling Conventions, and Job’s Compositional History (30 min)
Albert McClure, Duke University

The Reception of the Book of Job in Yehud (30 min)
Break (30 min)
Madipoane J. Masenya, University of South Africa
Her Appropriation of Job’s Lament: Reading Job 3 from an African Story-Telling Perspective (30
min)
Mario Cimosa and Gillian Bonney, Pontifical Salesian University Rome

The Resurrection of The Body in LXX Job 19:26 (30 min)
2-3

7/02/2009
9:00 AM to 11:30 AM
Theme: Sites and Buildings
Harold Attridge, Yale University, Presiding
Alisa Cotter, Wichita State University

Pilgrimage and its Effects on San Paolo fuori le mura during the Middle Ages (30 min)
Gregory A. Banazak, SS. Cyril and Methodius Seminary and Luis Reyes Ceja, Universidad del Valle
de Atemajac
The Bible and Buildings in Sixteenth Century Latin America (30 min)
Break (30 min)
Richard Bautch, St. Edward's University

Yachin and Boaz in Jerusalem and Rome (30 min)
Helen Leneman, University of Amsterdam

Love in The Palace: David and Bathsheba in Twentieth Century Opera (30 min)
2-22
Accordance Software Demonstration

7/02/2009
1:30 PM to 3:00 PM
Room: C009 - GU
Roy Brown, Oak Tree Software, Presiding
2-23
Ancient Near East

7/02/2009
1:30 PM to 4:30 PM
Gershon Galil, University of Haifa, Presiding
Mario Liverani, La Sapienza, Rome

Reflections on the Assyrian Theological Lexicon (30 min)
Mario Fales, University of Udine

Thus Spake Ahiqar: Assyrian, Aramaic or Pidgin? (30 min)
Federico Contardi, Pontifical Biblical Institute, Rome

What We Know about the City of Tahpanhes from Egyptian Sources? (30 min)
Break (30 min)
Stefano Seminara, Pontifical Biblical Institute, Rome

Ancient Near Eastern War in the 3rd Millennium (30 min)
Agustinus Gianto, Pontifical Biblical Institute

Warfare as a Literary Motif in Early Hebrew Poetry (30 min)
2-24
7/02/2009
1:30 PM to 4:30 PM
Theme: Studies in Apocalyptic Texts
Gabriele Boccaccini, University of Michigan-Ann Arbor, Presiding
Jason Silverman, Trinity College - Dublin

Mythic Geography in 1 Enoch 77 and Royal Iranian Ideology (30 min)
David Hamidovic, Western Catholic University (Angers, France)

The Mysticism of the Divine Chariot in the Vision of Gabriel (30 min)
Ferdinand Regalado, Universidad de Montemorelos

Progressions in the Book of Daniel (30 min)
Break (30 min)
Marius Nel, North-West University, South Africa

The Book of Daniel as Apocalyptic Literature? (30 min)
Alexander Kulik, Hebrew University of Jerusalem

Genre Without a Name: Was There a Hebrew Term for 'Apocalypse'? (30 min)
2-25

7/02/2009
1:30 PM to 5:00 PM
Room: C012 - GU
Theme: Enochic Literature
Eric F. Mason, Judson University, Presiding
Jonathan Ben-Dov, University of Haifa

Doublets, Glosses, Recensions, and Other Editorial Markers in the Astronomical Book of 1 Enoch:
Towards a Prolegomenon (30 min)
Veronika Bachmann, University of Zurich

The Book of the Watchers (1 Enoch 1-36): An Anti-Mosaic, Non-Mosaic, or even Pro-Mosaic
Writing? (30 min)
Luca Arcari, Federico II University, Naples

Are Women the Aition for Evil in the World?: The Greek Versions of 1 Enoch 8:1 ff. in Light of
Hesiod's Theogonia (30 min)
Break (30 min)
Rodney A. Werline, Barton College

“Waiting on the World to Change”: Prophetic Pronouncement and Prayer as Experience in the
Epistle of Enoch (30 min)
Henryk Drawnel, The John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin

1 Enoch 73:4–8 Read in Light of the Aramaic Astronomical Book (4Q208 and 209) (30 min)
Stéphane Saulnier, Newman Theological College

Lunar Reckoning(s) and 364 Days per Year Tradition(s) in Second Temple Judaism: Infancy of a
Polemic in the Astronomical Book. (30 min)
2-26

7/02/2009
1:30 PM to 2:30 PM
Room: L302 - GU
Theme: Women Householders, Isis, Herculaneum and Ephesus
David L. Balch, Pacific Lutheran Theological Seminary, Presiding
Irene Bragantini, Università di Napoli – Orientale

The Worship of Isis and Ancient 'Aegyptomania' in Campania' (30 min)
Hilke Thür, University of Vienna

Art and Architecture of Hanghaus 2, Ephesus (30 min)
2-27
Bible and Cinema

7/02/2009
1:30 PM to 2:15 PM
Theme: The Gospel According to Fellini and Pasolini
Mark Leuchter, University of Sydney, Presiding
2-28

7/02/2009
1:30 PM to 4:30 PM
Room: T201 - GU
Theme: Biblical Characters in the Visual Imagination
Martin O'Kane, University of Wales, Presiding
Ian Boxall, University of Oxford

Visualising John’s Island: Patmos in Botticelli and Burgkmair (30 min)
Nicoletta Bonansea, Università degli Studi di Torino

The Role of Jonah in Christian “Imaginaire” Between the Third and Fourth Centuries (30 min)
Linda Sue Galate, Drew University

Secondary Signals II: Beyond the Symbol Specific in Ante Pacem Art (30 min)
Break (30 min)
Laura Carnevale, University of Bari

Job: Iconography and History in the Middle Ages (30 min)
Discussion (30 min)
2-29

7/02/2009
1:30 PM to 4:30 PM
Room: C209 - GU
J. Harold Ellens, University of Michigan-Ann Arbor, Presiding
David M. Moffitt, Duke University

The Sign of Jonah and the Prophetic Motif in the Gospel of Matthew: Moving Toward the Gentile
Mission. (30 min)
Yael Shemesh, Bar Ilan University

The Role and Status of Animals in the Book of Jonah (30 min)
Richard E. Sherwin, Bar Ilan University

Jonah Talk (30 min)
Break (30 min)
David Crookes, Belfast, UK

The Music of Jonah's Psalm (30 min)
Herb Hain, Santa Monica, California

Why No Prophet, and Why the Loss? (30 min)
2-30
Critical Theory and Biblical Interpretation

7/02/2009
1:30 PM to 4:30 PM
Room: T303 - GU
Theme: General/Pauline Epistles
Elaine Wainwright, University of Auckland, Presiding
Gregory A. Banazak, SS. Cyril and Methodius Seminary and Luis Reyes Ceja, Universidad del Valle
de Atemajac
The Promise of Decolonial Thought for New Testament Interpretation (30 min)
Robert M. Royalty, Jr., Wabash College

The Invention of Heresy and the Politics of Orthodoxy (30 min)
Break (30 min)
Elizabeth A. Castelli, Barnard College

Pasolini and Political Theology: The Unmade San Paolo (30 min)
Sung Uk Lim, Vanderbilt University

Colonial Mimicry and Paul’s Apocalyptic Eschatology in I Corinthians 15 (30 min)
Jeremy Punt, University of Stellenbosch

Empire as Material Setting and Heuristic Grid for Interpreting Paul: Can Postcolonial Biblical
Criticism Help? (30 min)
2-31

7/02/2009
1:30 PM to 5:00 PM
Room: C215 - GU
Theme: Ancient Interpretations of Jewish Scriptures in Light of the Dead Sea Scrolls
Michael Segal, Hebrew University of Jerusalem

Rewriting the Story of Dinah and Shechem (20 min)
Discussion (10 min)
Matthias Weigold, University of Vienna

Jewish Commentaries in Light of the Dead Sea Scrolls (20 min)
Discussion (10 min)
Sarah Pearce, University of Southampton

The Interpretation of Jewish Scripture in Philo and the Dead Sea Scrolls: A Comparative Perspective
(20 min)
Discussion (10 min)
Break (30 min)
Sarianna Metso, University of Toronto

The Reception of Leviticus in the Dead Sea Scrolls (20 min)
Panel Discussion
Discussion (10 min)
Florentino Garcia Martinez, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Panelist (15 min)
Sidnie White Crawford, University of Nebraska - Lincoln, Panelist (15 min)
Discussion (15 min)
2-32
Epigraphical and Paleological Studies Pertaining to the Biblical World

7/02/2009
1:30 PM to 4:30 PM
Room: C108 - GU
Meir Lubetski, City University of New York Bernard M. Baruch College, Presiding
Robert Deutsch, Tel Aviv University

New Epigraphic Evidence from the Biblical Period (30 min)
Martin Heide, University of Marburg

What We can Learn from the Shapira Forgeries (30 min)
Steven Fine, Yeshiva University

The Jews of Byzantine Zoora/Zoar: New Inscriptions from the Moussaieff Collection (30 min)
Break (30 min)
Karen B. Stern, Brooklyn College of City University of New York

Word as Symbol: Jewish Epigraphy and Cultural Identity in the Southern Mediterranean (30 min)
Kathleen Abraham, Bar Ilan University

The Dark Ages Revisited: The Earliest Kassite Royal Inscription (30 min)
2-33
Intermarriage and Group Identity in the Persian and Hellenistic Period

7/02/2009
1:30 PM to 5:00 PM
Christian Frevel, Ruhr University Bochum, Presiding
Yonina Dor, Oranim College

From Jethro´s Tent to Ba‘al Pe‘or. Different Attitudes to Intercourse of Israelites with Midianite
Women (30 min)
Discussion (10 min)
Gary Knoppers, Pennsylvania State University

Married into Moab: The Practice of Exogamy by the Descendants of Judah in the Judahite Lineages
(30 min)
Discussion (10 min)
Break (30 min)
Armin Lange, University of Vienna

Mixed Marriages and the Hellenistic Religious Reforms (30 min)
Discussion (10 min)
Sebastian Grätz, Johannes-Gutenberg-University of Mainz

The Question of "Mixed Marriages": The Extrabiblical Evidence (30 min)
Discussion (10 min)
Final Discussion: Prospects and Perspectives on Intermarriage (20min)
2-34
Intertextuality in Early Christian Literature and Translation

7/02/2009
1:30 PM to 3:00 PM
Philip Towner, Nida Institute, Presiding
Christianne Nord and Klaus Berger, Heidelberg University
Intertextuality in Early Christian Literature: Theological and Translational Perspectives (90 min)
2-35
Judaica
7/02/2009
1:30 PM to 4:30 PM
Room: C211 - GU
Theme: Rabbinic Literature
Diana Lipton, King's College London

More than You Know: Reassessing the Biblical Background of Talmudic Narrative (30 min)
Rocco Bernasconi, University of Manchester

Literary and Thematic Analysis of a Parallel Tractate of Mishnah and Tosefta (30 min)
Lorena Miralles Macia, Universitiy of Granada

Proselytism and Proselytes in Leviticus Rabba (30 min)
Break (30 min)
Carol Bakhos, University of California-Los Angeles

Jewish, Christian, and Muslim Exegesis of the Flood Story from the Perspective of the Fauna (30
min)
Eszter K. Fuzessy, University of Vienna

The Fictionalization of the Text (as if – “ke-illu”) as a Hermeneutic Method of Rabbinic
Interpretation (30 min)
2-36
Legal Issues and Evidence from the Past: Artifact, Antiquity, or Cultural Heritage?
7/02/2009
1:30 PM to 2:30 PM
Room: C021 - GU
Jodi Magness, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Presiding
Patty Gerstenblith, DePaul University, Panelist (45 min)
Discussion (15 min)
2-37
Old and New, Memory of Failure and Outlook for Renewal in the Book of Numbers
7/02/2009
1:30 PM to 2:30 PM
Room: L309 - GU
Kent Harold Richards, Society of Biblical Literature, Presiding
Horst Seebass, Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universitat Bon

Old and New, Memory of Failure and Outlook for Renewal in the Book of Numbers (45 min)
Discussion (15 min)
2-38
Palestine and Babylon: Two Jewish Late Antique Cultures and Their Interrelation
7/02/2009
1:30 PM to 4:30 PM
Ronit Nikolsky, Rijksuniversiteit Groningen, Presiding
Reuven Kiperwasser, Hebrew University of Jerusalem
The misfortunes of Elihoreph and Ahiah in Land of Israel and in Babylonia: The metamorphosis of
the narrative tradition and the ways of acculturation (30 min)
Barak Shlomo Cohen, Bar Ilan University

In Quest of Babylonian Tannaitic Traditions: The Case of ‘Tanna D’Bei Shmuel' (30 min)
Geoffrey Herman, University of Geneva

"Bury my Coffin Deep!": Jewish and Christian Responses to Zoroastrian Exhumation of the Dead in
the Sasanian Empire (30 min)
Break (30 min)
Walt Apinis, University of Lavia, Riga

Zoroastrian-Jewish encounter on afterlife: Approaching the question (30 min)
Elke Morlok, Hochschule für Jüdische Studien, Heidelberg, Germa

On Concepts of Paradisiacal Gardens in Babylonian and Kabbalistic Thought (30 min)
2-39

7/02/2009
1:30 PM to 5:00 PM
Theme: Paul and Rome
Jeffrey Peterson, Austin Graduate School Of Theology, Presiding
Anthony Cogliolo, University of Wales

Where Did Paul’s Addressees in Rome Reside ?: Trastevere and Beyond (25 min)
William S. Campbell, University of Wales

‘All God’s Beloved in Rome’: Who Did Paul Think they Were? (25 min)
Mark D. Nanos, Rockhurst University

When in Rome, Would the Paul of 'All Things to All People' (1 Corinthians 9:19-23) Do as the
Romans Do? (25 min)
Break (30 min)
Kathy Ehrensperger, University of Wales Lampeter

‘…Nothing is in Itself Unclean’: Hospitality and Paul’s Discussion of Koinos and Katharos in Romans
14.1-15.13 (25 min)
Kar-Yong Lim, Seminari Theoloji Malaysia

Reading Romans 13:1-7 with Multiple Lenses: Some Reflections from A Multi-Faith Context with
Malaysia as A Test Case (25 min)
J. Ayodeji Adewuya, Church of God Theological Seminary

Understanding 2 Cor. 7.1 Against the Backdrop of Purification Rites in African Traditional Belief (25
min)
Vahan Hovhanessian, St. Nersess Armenian Seminary

Spiritual or Physical?: Revisiting Paul’s Understanding of “Resurrection” in 1 Corinthians 15 (25
min)
2-40
Professional Issues
7/02/2009
1:30 PM to 3:00 PM
Room: C208 - GU
Martin Ehrensvard, University of Aarhus, Presiding
Heather McKay, Edge Hill University, Presiding
Nancy Nam Hoon Tan, The Chinese University of Hong Kong

No Longer a Man’s World: Towards Female Presence in Theological Higher Education (30 min)
F. Rachel Magdalene, Universität Leipzig und Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
All Those Who Wander Are Not Lost: The Outsourcing of American Education and the New Biblical
Scholar (30 min)
Martin Ehrensvard, University of Aarhus

Being Intelligent Together (30 min)
2-41
Prophets
7/02/2009
1:30 PM to 4:30 PM
Room: C008 - GU
Thomas M. Bolin, Saint Norbert College

Nineveh’s Animals and the Royal Ideology of the Book of Jonah (30 min)
Elie Assis, Bar Ilan University

Love, Hate, and Self-Identity in Malachi (30 min)
James Nogalski, Baylor University

Cultic Source Material in the Development of the Book of the Twelve (30 min)
Break (30 min)
Ronald J. Sim, Nairobi Evangelical Graduate School of Theology

(Un)shared Meaning Properties: Interpretive Resemblance in Ezekiel 20:25 with Reference to vv. 11-
23 (30 min)
Robert Gnuse, Loyola University New Orleans

Northern Prophetic Traditions as Precursor to the Elohist (30 min)
2-42
Relevance Theory and Biblical Interpretation

7/02/2009
1:30 PM to 4:30 PM
Room: L107 - GU
Ronald J. Sim, Nairobi Evangelical Graduate School of Theology, Presiding
Barrie Evans, Wycliffe Bible Translators

Translating Conceptual Development (30 min)
Sieglinde Pommer, Harvard Law School

Relevance Theory in Legal Interpretation: Insights for Bible Translation? (30 min)
Dexter E. Callender, Jr., University of Miami

Monotheism, Aniconism, and the Relevance of Relevance Theory (30 min)
Break (30 min)
Mohammad Alavi, University of Ottawa

Contextual Understanding and Translation of the Quran: Right Translation of Sacred Texts? (30 min)
Edouard Kitoko Nsiku, United Bible Societies

Misunderstanding of Bantu Cultural Semios: The Case of John 10:34c (30 min)
2-43
Synoptic Gospels
7/02/2009
1:30 PM to 4:30 PM
Room: L210 - GU
Yuet Shun Ho, Hong Kong Baptist University, Presiding
Juan Carlos Ossandón, Pontifical University of the Holy Cross

Analysis of Point of View in Mark 10:46-52 (30 min)
Hans-Ulrich Weidemann, University of Siegen

The “Words of Institution“ in Mark 14,22-24: A Creation of the Second Evangelist? (30 min)
Mary J. Marshall, Murdoch University

Demystifying Mark’s Account of the Last Supper Sayings (30 min)
Break (30 min)
Josep Rius-Camps, Facultat de Teologia de Catalunya

Reading the Secret Gospel of Mark in Codex Bezae (30 min)
Robert S. Kinney, University of Bristol

Matthew and Plato: The Possibility of a Greek Philosophical Context for the Sermon on the Mount
(30 min)
2-44
Text Criticism Workshop on Samuel and Kings

7/02/2009
1:30 PM to 4:15 PM
Room: T302 - GU
Julio Trebolle, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Presiding
Pablo Torijano , Universidad Complutense de Madrid

More Kaige Characteristics in I-IV Regnorum (30 min)
Discussion (15 min)
Andres Piquer-Otero, Universidad Complutense de Madrid

“Chariots of Israel”?: Textual Criticism and the Narrative Traditions of Elijah and Elisha (30 min)
Discussion (15 min)
Break (30 min)
Julio Trebolle, Universidad Complutense de Madrid

Textual and Literary Criticism of 2 Kings 17:2-6 (30 min)
Discussion (15 min)
2-45

7/02/2009
1:30 PM to 5:00 PM
Room: C214 - GU
Theme: The Rhetoric of Violence and Ancient Community Identity

This panel seeks to understand the frequent connection between violence and the formation of
community boundaries as reflected in sacred and other literature of the ancient Mediterranean world.
The papers in this session consider the relationship between violence and community identity as
manifested in a variety of ancient and biblical texts and interrogate the various and complex ways
violence operates in the formation of group identity through violent rhetoric, revenge fantasies,
apocalyptic judgment, curses, calls for Holy War, etc.
Todd Penner, Austin College, Presiding
Judith B. Perkins, Saint Joseph College

Bare Life Speaks Back: Refusing the Ban (30 min)
Simon Joseph, Claremont Graduate University

A Social Identity Approach to the Rhetoric of Apocalyptic Violence in The Sayings Gospel Q (30 min)
Chris Frilingos, Michigan State University

Josephus and the Trauma of the Roman Triumph (30 min)
Break (30 min)
Kimberly Stratton, Carleton University

Narrating Violence and Narrating Self: Exodus and Identity in Early Judaism (30 min)
Discussion (30 min)
2-46

7/02/2009
1:30 PM to 5:00 PM
Room: C109 - GU
Cornelia Wunsch, University of London

Mixed Marriages: Ezra-Nehemiah and the Judahites of Babylonia (30 min)
George Athas, Moore Theological College

The Visionary World of Daniel (30 min)
Timothy Stone, University of St. Andrews-Scotland

Esther Framed: Canonical Affiliation within the Contours of the Hebrew Canon (30 min)
Break (30 min)
Joonho Yoon, Drew University

Reading Esther Beside Ezra: Esther’s Canonical Subversion and Carnivalesque Mockery of the
Chronicler’s Corpus (30 min)
John F. Hobbins, United Methodist Church

The Qinah Meter of Lamentations 1-5 Re-examined (30 min)
Yoshitaka Kobayashi, Adventist International Institute of Advanced Studies

Iconographic Similarities of Michael in Daniel with Christ (30 min)
3-1

7/03/2009
8:30 AM to 11:30 AM
Room: L107 - GU
Theme: New Approaches to the Study of the Pseudepigrapha and Apocrypha
Françoise Mirguet, Universite Catholique de Louvain, Presiding
Rebecca Raphael, Texas State University-San Marcos

Jesus the Disabler: Disability, Eschatology, and Identity in Sibylline Oracles 1.324-386 (25 min)
Timothy B. Sailors, University of Tubingen

The Baptism of Jesus and the Baptism of Adam in the Books of Adam and Eve (25 min)
Pieter M. Venter, University of Pretoria

Triadic Constructs in the Dinah Narrative: Genesis, Aramaic Levi and Jubilees (25 min)
Break (30 min)
Tony Burke, York University and Slavomír Céplö, Univerzita Karlova v Praze
The Syriac Tradition of the Legend of the Thirty Pieces of Silver (25 min)
Silviu N. Bunta, University of Dayton

The Shorter Recension of the Life of Adam and Eve: Revisiting the Romanian Version (25 min)
Yonatan Moss, Yale University

Historiography and Apocrypha/ Process and Product: Comparing the Abgar Accounts of Eusebius
and The Teaching of Addai (25 min)
3-3

7/03/2009
8:30 AM to 12:00 PM
Room: C215 - GU
Theme: Historical and Social Influences of the Bible
Elaine Wainwright, University of Auckland, Presiding
William John Lyons, University of Bristol

Reception History and the Future (Subject-matter) of Biblical Studies (30 min)
Johannes Unsok Ro, International Christian University

Socio-Economic Context of Post-Exilic Community and Literacy (30 min)
Flemming A.J. Nielsen, University of Greenland

The Beginning of the History of the Bible among the Inuit (30 min)
Break (30 min)
Mary Jo Kaska, Texas Christian University

How Moses Saved Dumpster Babies: The Story of the Texas Baby Moses Law (30 min)
Nikolaus Satelmajer, Ministry Magazine

The Influence of the Bible on Croatian and Serbian Literacy and Language Reform (30 min)
Lola Miralles-Alberola, Centro de Estudios Ciudad de la Luz

Unraveling Christian Influences in Native-American Literature (30 min)
3-4

7/03/2009
8:30 AM to 11:30 AM
Theme: Biblical Art in Italy
John W. Welch, Brigham Young University

Moses Typology of Jesus on the Long Walls of the Sistine Chapel (30 min)
Sara Kipfer, University of Berne

King David Between Kairos, Hypnos and Thanatos: An Analysis of the Cycle of Frescoes in the
Palazzo Ricci-Sachetti (30 min)
Heike Omerzu, University of Copenhagen

The Iconography of St. Paul in Early Christian Art in Rome (30 min)
Break (30 min)
Philip F. Esler, University of St Andrews - Scotland

Pacino di Bonaguida’s Tree of Life: Interpreting the Bible in Paint in Early Fourteenth Century Italy
(30 min)
Discussion (30 min)
3-5
Biblical and Ancient Near Eastern Law

7/03/2009
8:30 AM to 11:30 AM
Room: L210 - GU
Theme: Foreign Influences
Reinhard Achenbach, University of Muenster, Presiding
Susanne Paulus, Westfaelische Wilhelms-Universitaet Muenster

Foreigners under Foreign Rulers: The Case of Kassite Babylonia (2nd Half of the 2nd Millennium
BC) (30 min)
Bernard M. Levinson, University of Minnesota

The Neo-Assyrian Origins of the Canon Formula in Deuteronomy 13:1 (30 min)
Gershon Galil, University of Haifa

"Woe to Those who Join House to House": Appropriation of Land by Officials in the Neo-Assyrian
Period (30 min)
Break (30 min)
F. Rachel Magdalene, Universitaet Leipzig und Humboldt-Universitaet zu Berlin
A Question of Method: Legal Anthropology and Understanding Achaemenid Use of Law to Control
the Empire’s Periphery (30 min)
Discussion (30 min)
3-6
Biblical Scholarship and Disabilities

7/03/2009
8:30 AM to 12:00 PM
Room: C108 - GU
Theme: Ancient Medicine and Healing Practices
Johanna H.W. Dorman, University of Groningen, Presiding
Barbara Böck, CCHS – CSIC

Gecko, Wind, and Jaundice (30 min)
Christine Vögeli, University of Berne

Heilmittel im Alten Orient (30 min)
Miri Brumer, University of Haifa

Is There No Balm in Gilead? Is There No Physician There (Jeremiah, 8: 22): The Use of Incense
Plants in Holy and in Secular in Ancient Near East (30 min)
Break (30 min)
Candida R. Moss, University of Notre Dame

The Man with the Flow of Power: Porous Bodies in Mark 5: 25-36 (30 min)
Laura M. Zucconi, Richard Stockton College of New Jersey

Aramean Skin Care (30 min)
Adrien J. Bledstein, Chicago, IL

Agony, Laughter, and Healing: Reading Job as Tragicomedy (30 min)
3-7
Concept Analysis and the Hebrew Bible

7/03/2009
8:30 AM to 10:00 AM
Mignon R. Jacobs, Fuller Theological Seminary, Presiding
Joan E. Cook, Georgetown University

Jacob and Esau: A Polarized Pair (30 min)
Mignon R. Jacobs, Fuller Theological Seminary

A Matter of Love: Exploration of the Dimensions of God's Love in the Book of Malachi (30 min)
Amber Warhurst, University of St. Andrews-Scotland

Hope Beyond Exile?: 2 Kings 25:27-30 Reconsidered within the Context of 2 Kings 24-25 (30 min)
3-8

7/03/2009
8:30 AM to 12:00 PM
Room: C208 - GU
Theme: Living Jewish Law in Light of the Dead Sea Scrolls
Francesco Zanella, University of Bonn and Barbara Schlenke, Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-

Universität Bonn
Language and Thought in Second Temple Judaism: The Theological Dictionary of the Qumran Scrolls
- A Presentation (20 min)
Discussion (10 min)
Lawrence Schiffman, New York University

The Temple Scroll and the Torah (20 min)
Discussion (10 min)
Christophe Batsch, Université Lille

Legal Vocabulary at Qumran (20 min)
Discussion (10 min)
Break (30 min)
Marcus Tso, Carey Theological College

The Use of Scriptural Traditions at Qumran for the Construction of Ethics (20 min)
Discussion (10 min)
Panel Discussion
Gerhard Langer, Zentrum für Jüdische Kulturgeschichte, University of Salzburg, Panelist (15 min)
Lutz Doering, King's College - London, Panelist (15 min)
Alexander Samely, University of Manchester, Panelist (15 min)
Discussion (15 min)
3-9
Die Bible und die Frauen Project Update

7/03/2009
8:30 AM to 9:30 AM
Irmtraud Fischer, University of Graz, Presiding
Adriana Valerio, Universitá Federico II, Napoli, Panelist
David M. Gunn, Texas Christian University, Respondent
3-10

7/03/2009
8:30 AM to 11:30 AM
Room: T302 - GU
Theme: Widows, Wealth, Prosperity, Poverty, and Relics
John Fitzgerald, University of Miami, Presiding
Sakari Hakkinen, Kuopio Bishop's Office, Finland

Two Coins Too Much: The Widow’s Offering (Mark 12:41-44) from a Widow’s Point of View (30 min)
Eben Scheffler, University of South Africa

Luke’s View on Poverty in Ancient Economic Context (30 min)
Dirk G. van der Merwe, University of South Africa

Rich Man, Poor Man: Economics in the Epistle Of James (30 min)
Break (30 min)
Antonio Lombatti, Deputazione di Storia Patria, Parma, Italy

The Relics of Jesus in the Late Roman Empire: Devotion or Business? (30 min)
Marta Garcia Morcillo, University of Leicester

Non Sine Macello!: On Early Christians, Trade and Economy in Tertullian's Apologeticum (30 min)
3-11
First Esdras
7/03/2009
8:30 AM to 12:00 PM
Room: C021 - GU
Gary Knoppers, Pennsylvania State University University Park, Presiding
Adrian Schenker, University of Fribourg

The Priority of 1 Esdras in Comparison with MT Ezra-Nehemiah (30 min)
Paul Harvey, Pennsylvania State University

First Esdras: Style and Semantics in Hellenistic Greek Context (30 min)
Bob Becking, Utrecht University

The Story of the Three Youth and the Composition of First Esdras (30 min)
Break (30 min)
Zipora Talshir, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev

Ancient Composition Patterns Mirrored in First Esdras (30 min)
Arnaud Serandour, Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes, Sorbonne

Arguing for the Priority of Esdras A: The Water Gate as a Test Case (30 min)
3-12
Genesis 18-19
7/03/2009
8:30 AM to 11:00 AM
Diana Lipton, King's College London, Presiding
Megan Warner, Trinity College - Parkville

Keeping the Way of YHWH: Righteousness and Justice in Genesis 18:1-19:29 (30 min)
Calum Carmichael, Cornell University

Four Notes on Genesis 18-19 (30 min)
Harlan J. Wechsler, Jewish Theological Seminary of America

Genesis 18-19: The Modern yet Classical Analysis of Shadal, Rabbi Shmuel David Luzzatto (30 min)
Break (30 min)
Ellen J. van Wolde, Radbound Universiteit Nijmegen

YHWH: A Universal or a Partial Judge? (30 min)
3-13
Greco-Roman World
7/03/2009
8:30 AM to 11:00 AM
Room: L302 - GU
Theme: Josephus: Historian, Exegete, and Arbitrator of Identity
Christine Hayes, Yale University, Presiding
Christopher T. Begg, Catholic University of America

The Blessing of Isaac according to Josephus and Jubilees (30 min)
Gaia Lembi, University College London

Judaism and Hellenism in Josephus' Eyes (30 min)
Break (30 min)
Michael Avioz, Bar Ilan University

Josephus' Portrait of Michal (30 min)
Honora Howell Chapman, California State University-Fresno

The Temple of Peace and the Jerusalem Temple (30 min)
This session examines three roles adopted by the former priest Josephus: historian, exegete, and
arbitrator of cultural identity.
3-14
Hellenistic Greek Language and Linguistics

7/03/2009
8:30 AM to 11:30 AM
Room: C008 - GU
Albert Lukaszewski, St. Andrews University, Presiding
Paul Danove, Villanova University

Christological Implications of the Three-fold Interpretation of Verbs of Transference (30 min)
Constantine R. Campbell, Moore Theological College

Breaking Perfect Rules: The Traditional Understanding of the Greek Perfect (30 min)
Jesus Pelaez, University of Cordoba- Spain

A New Method of Semantic Analysis, Applied to New Testament Lexicography: Three Basic Premises
for the Greek–Spanish New Testament Dictionary (30 min)
Break (30 min)
Jennifer Eyl, Brown University

First Century Meanings of Ekklesia and What that Tells Us about Paul (30 min)
Peter Spitaler, Villanova University

The Adverb Anomos: Grammar, Context, and Meaning (Romans 2:12) (30 min)
3-15
Historical Books (Hebrew Bible)

7/03/2009
8:30 AM to 11:00 AM
Rainer Albertz, University of Muenster, Presiding
Hava Guy, The David Yellin College

Three Royal Deaths in Early Prophets: Type-scene or Intertextuality? (30 min)
Kevin Hall, Oklahoma Baptist University

Poetic Justice: Can a Preposition Make Hannah a Priest? (30 min)
Break (30 min)
Marie-France Dion, Concordia University Montreal

The Deuteronomistic’s Characterization of “The People” (30 min)
David Elgavish, Bar Ilan University

War Descriptions in the Book of Kings: A portrayal of Moderation (30 min)
3-16
Ideology, Culture, and Translation

7/03/2009
8:30 AM to 10:00 AM
Room: C109 - GU
Jason Coker, Drew University, Presiding
Paolo Lucca, Ca' Foscari University of Venice

The Armenian Version of Chronicles and Maccabees: Their Stylistic Affinities and Translation
Techniques (30 min)
Elisabetta Abate, Ca' Foscari University of Venice

Translation Studies and Rabbinic Studies: Where and How Can They Meet? (30 min)
George Kam Wah Mak, University of Cambridge

To Add or Not to Add?: The British and Foreign Bible Society’s Translational Helps in the Chinese
Protestant Bible (30 min)
3-17
In Memory of Henri Cazelles

7/03/2009
8:30 AM to 10:00 AM
Room: C012 - GU
Thomas Römer, University of Lausanne, Presiding
Jean Louis Ska, Pontifical Biblical Institute

Henri Cazelles, the Biblical Commission, and Historical Criticism (25 min)
Olivier Artus, Institut Catholique, Paris,

Le Professeur Henri Cazelles : un itinéraire intellectuel (25 min)
Thomas Römer, University of Lausanne

Henri Cazelles and the Pentateuch (25 min)
Discussion (15 min)
3-18
Judaica
7/03/2009
8:30 AM to 11:30 AM
Room: T201 - GU
Daniel Beccera, Brigham Young University and Dave Nielsen, A _Not Found
Ketib-Qere Readings and the Versions: New Light on an Old Problem (30 min)
Silvia Castelli, University of Pavia

Opposing Contemporary Biblical Interpretations: Two Notes on Josephus’ Bible (30 min)
Michael Tuval, Hebrew University of Jerusalem

"The Torah Shall Come Forth from Rome" or: Flavius Josephus as a Roman-Jewish Interpreter of
Judaism (30 min)
Break (30 min)
Joshua Levinson, Hebrew University of Jerusalem

There is No-Place Like Home: Rabbinic Responses to the Christianization of Palestine (30 min)
Simon Lasair, University of Alberta

The Politics of Targumic Narratives: Voicing Jewish Generalities for the Sake of Defining Jewish
Particularities (30 min)
3-19
Mind, Society, and Tradition

7/03/2009
8:30 AM to 11:00 AM
Room: C009 - GU
Theme: Evolution of Biblical Religions: Rethinking Darwin's Heritage
Jutta Jokiranta, University of Helsinki, Presiding
Risto Uro, University of Helsinki

Introduction: Cognitive and Evolutionary Approaches in Biblical Studies (15 min)
Petri Luomanen, University of Helsinki

Towards Explaining Early Christian Movements: A Review of Evolutionary and Functional
Explanations (25 min)
Discussion (5 min)
David Chalcraft, University of Derby

Evolutionary Sociology and Biblical Studies: Prospects and Problems (25 min)
Discussion (5 min)
Istvan Czachesz, Helsinki Collegium for Advanced Studies

Whom Does it Benefit?: Evolutionary Explanations of Early Christian Religion (25 min)
Break (30 min)
Discussion (20 min)
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Nag Hammadi and Gnosticism

7/03/2009
8:30 AM to 10:45 AM
Room: C211 - GU
Theme: Putting Gnosticism in its Place(s)
Nicola Denzey, Harvard University, Presiding
Minna Heimola, University of Helsinki

Christian Identity and School Setting in the Gospel of Philip (30 min)
Bas van Os, University of Utrecht

Does the Gospel of Philip Have Roman Roots? (30 min)
Break (30 min)
Jonathan Cahana, Hebrew University of Jerusalem

None of Them Knew Me nor My Brothers: “Gnostic” Anti-traditionalism and “Gnosticism” as a
Cultural Phenomenon (30 min)
Nicola Denzey, Harvard University, Respondent (15 min)
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7/03/2009
8:30 AM to 11:30 AM
Room: C209 - GU
Theme: Historical Setting and Rhetorical Studies
Mark D. Nanos, Rockhurst University, Presiding
Mark D. Given, Missouri State University

Parenesis and Peroration: The Rhetorical Function of Romans 12:1-15:13 (25 min)
Steven J. Friesen, University of Texas at Austin

“I Commend to you Phoebe”: Paul’s Practice of Reciprocity and Patronage (25 min)
Derek R. Brown, University of Edinburgh

Romans 16:20a and its Significance for Paul’s Understanding of Satan (25 min)
Break (30 min)
Peter R. Rodgers, Fuller Theological Seminary

Rethinking Readings in Romans (in Rome) (25 min)
Kieran O'Mahony, Milltown Institute of Theology and Philosophy, Dublin, Ireland

A Roman Audience: How Paul Approaches the Roman Churches (25 min)
Jenny Read-Heimerdinger, Bangor University, Wales

A Big Mistake: Paul’s Collection from the Gentiles (25 min)
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Pentateuch (Torah)
7/03/2009
8:30 AM to 12:00 PM
Theme: Pentateuch III
Lester Grabbe, University of Hull, Presiding
Michael Hundley, University of Cambridge

God's Technicolor Coat: An Examination of Divine Glory in the Priestly Texts (30 min)
Joel S. Baden, Yale University

Births and Deaths and Pentateuchal Redaction (30 min)
Christo Lombaard, University of South Africa

The Question of the Fathers in Deuteronomy (30 min)
Break (30 min)
Bruce Wells, Saint Joseph's University

Favoritism is Still Allowed: A New Look at Deuteronomy 21:15-17 (30 min)
Rannfrid Irene Thelle, Norwegian Bible Society

Divine Election as a Principle of Authority in Deuteronomy (30 min)
Blazej Strba, Theological Faculty of Comenius University in Bratislava

The Prophet Like Moses (30 min)
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Place, Space, and Identity in the Ancient Mediterranean World

7/03/2009
8:30 AM to 11:30 AM
Room: C214 - GU
Theme: Prospectives, Perspectives and Methods
Gert T. M. Prinsloo, University of Pretoria, Presiding
Gert T. M. Prinsloo, University of Pretoria

Place, Space and Identity in the Ancient Mediterranean World: Theoretical Considerations and
Practical Application with Reference to the Book of Jonah (25 min)
Discussion (5 min)
Daria Pezzoli-Olgiati, University of Zurich

Exploring Ancient Places and Spaces (25 min)
Discussion (5 min)
Gerda de Villiers, University of Pretoria

Uruk, the Place, the Space, in the Gilgamesh Epic (25 min)
Discussion (5 min)
Break (30 min)
Michaela Geiger, Marburg University

Shaping Landscapes of Faith: Martina Löw’s “Raumsoziologie” (Sociology of Space) as a Key to the
Deuteronomic Conception of Space (25 min)
Discussion (5 min)
Christl Maier, Philipps Universität-Marburg, Respondent (15 min)
Discussion (15 min)
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Synoptic Gospels
7/03/2009
8:30 AM to 11:30 AM
Room: T303 - GU
Mary Marshall, Murdoch University, Presiding
Erin Roberts, Brown University

The History of Emotion and the Synoptic Gospels (30 min)
Marianne Dacy, University of Sydney, Australia

The Lord’s Prayer in its Contemporary Jewish Context in the Time of Jesus (30 min)
Hermias C. van Zyl, University of the Free State

The Relationship Between "Gate" and "Road" in Matthew 7:13-14: Survey of Options (30 min)
Break (30 min)
Hallvard Hagelia, Ansgar School of Theology and Mission

’…Every Careless Word you Utter, …’ (30 min)
Glenna S. Jackson, Otterbein College

Tyre and Sidon: Now and Then (30 min)
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7/03/2009
1:30 PM to 4:30 PM
Room: L107 - GU
Theme: When in Rome
Steven Friesen, University of Texas at Austin, Presiding
Francis Borchardt, University of Helsinki

Rome in 1 Maccabees (30 min)
Kenneth R. Atkinson, University of Northern Iowa

Opposing the “Dragon”: The Militant Davidic Messiah Tradition as a Political Tool to Undermine
the Authority of Roman Rule (30 min)
Jon Ma Asgeirsson, University of Iceland

Combatting the Roman Empire in Imaginary India (30 min)
Break (30 min)
Ally Kateusz, Iliff School of Theology

Using Later Iconographic Analogues to Identify Apocryphal Scenes in Early Art (30 min)
Eric Noffke, University of Basel, Facoltà Valdese di Teologia, Rome

Paul, Ezra and Rome: The Contribution of the Apocrypha to Renewed Research (30 min)
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7/03/2009
1:30 PM to 4:30 PM
Room: OFF SITE - OFF SITE
Theme: Bible and Visual Culture

This is a visit to a museum. Space is limited, and reservations are required by e-mailing
internationalmeeting@sbl-site.org. Registered participants will meet at the entrance to the Vatican
Museums, not waiting in the regular line but at the special area for groups having a reservation, no
later than 1:15 PM. There is no cost for the entrance to the Museo Pio Cristiano with this tour;
participants who wish to see other parts of the Vatican Museums afterwards (closing at 6:00 PM) will
be able to purchase tickets (€14) without waiting in the main line. Directions to the Vatican Museums
entrance from the SBL conference site will be available at the conference registration desk.
Elizabeth Struthers Malbon, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Presiding
Elizabeth Struthers Malbon, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Early Christian Sarcophagi: Lecture Tour in the Museo Pio Cristiano (180 min)
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7/03/2009
1:30 PM to 4:00 PM
Room: L210 - GU
Theme: Foreigners and Aliens in Biblical Law
Gary Knoppers, Pennsylvania State University University Park, Presiding
Reinhard Achenbach, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität, Münster (Germany)

gêr - nåkhrî - zâr: Legal and Sacral Distinctions in the Pentateuch in Diachronic Perspective (30
min)
Rainer Albertz, Universität Münster

From Aliens to Proselytes: Non-Priestly and Priestly Legislation Concerning Strangers (30 min)
Saul M. Olyan, Brown University

Stigmatizing Associations: The Alien and Things Alien in Biblical Classification Schemas (30 min)
Break (30 min)
Discussion (30 min)
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Biblical Interpretation in Early Christianity

7/03/2009
1:30 PM to 4:00 PM
Room: T302 - GU
Theme: Receiving, Dating, and Interpreting the Biblical Canon
D. Jeffrey Bingham, Dallas Theological Seminary, Presiding
Dan Batovici, University of Bucharest

John in the Apostolic Fathers: A Methodological Reappraisal (30 min)
Jonathan Harmon, Brigham Young University and Dave Nielsen, Yale University
The Role of Irenaeus in the Canon Debate (30 min)
Elizabeth Dively Lauro, Los Angeles, CA

Origen's Sacramental View of Exegesis in Hom. Judic. 8 (30 min)
Break (30 min)
Craig E. Morrison, Pontifical Biblical Institute

Reading the Story of David with Jacob of Serugh (30 min)
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Biblical Studies and Technology

7/03/2009
1:30 PM to 2:45 PM
Donald Vance, Oral Roberts University, Presiding
Randall K.J. Tan, Asia Bible Society

Introducing the Asia Bible Society's Greek and Hebrew Syntactic Treebanks (30 min)
Klaus Koenen, Institute for Protestante Theology and Michaela Bauks, Universität Koblenz - Landau
Introduction to WiBiLex (30 min)
Discussion (15 min)
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Critical Theory and Biblical Interpretation

7/03/2009
1:30 PM to 4:00 PM
Room: C108 - GU
Theme: General Epistles/Gospels
Jeremia Punt, University of Stellenbosch, Presiding
Jason Coker, Drew University

Constructing a Center: Purity as Nativist Discourse in the Letter of James (30 min)
Hans Leander, University of Gothenburg

Demon Possessed Brutes and Sinful Savages: The Nineteenth Century Reception of Mark 5:1-20 and
British Colonialism (30 min)
Aaron M. Gale, West Virginia University

Kings, the Condemned, and the Christ: Roman Identification in Matthew’s Gospel (30 min)
Break (30 min)
Elaine M. Wainwright, University of Auckland

Seed, Soil and Sower: Exploring Habitat in Matthew 13:1-9 for Reading Ecologically (30 min)
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7/03/2009
1:30 PM to 5:00 PM
Room: C208 - GU
Theme: The Dead Sea Scrolls and the Understanding of Biblical Books II
Kristin De Troyer, St. Andrews University, Presiding
Armin Lange, University of Vienna

“When You Die Your Remembrance Will Flower Forever” (4Q416 2 iii 7): Qohelet 1:11 in Light of
the Dead Sea Scrolls (20 min)
Discussion (10 min)
Bennie H. Reynolds III, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Symbolic and Non-Symbolic Visions of the Book of Daniel in Light of the Dead Sea Scrolls (20 min)
Discussion (10 min)
Break (30 min)
Panel Discussion
Ida Frohlich, Pazmany Peter Catholic University, Panelist (15 min)
Thomas Romer, University of Lausanne, Panelist (15 min)
Raija Sollamo, University of Helsinki, Panelist (15 min)
Discussion (45 min)
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From Early Christian Texts to Jesus: Is a Way Back Still Possible?

7/03/2009
1:30 PM to 4:30 PM
Joseph Sievers, Pontifical Biblical Institute, Presiding (5 min)
Luigi Walt, University of Bologna

Paul and the Sayings of Jesus: Fragments of a Well-Known Teaching? (30 min)
Mara Rescio, Bologna University

Demons and Prayer: Traces of Jesus' Esoteric Teaching from Mark to Clemens of Alexandria (30
min)
Edmondo Lupieri, Loyola University of Chicago

What Did Jesus 'Really' Teach while 'Cleansing the Temple'? (30 min)
Break (30 min)
Daniele Tripaldi, University of Bologna
The Living Water of Wisdom (Revelation 22:17) Another Johannine Jesus' Saying in the Revelation of
John? (30 min)
Discussion (25 min)
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Ideology, Culture, and Translation

7/03/2009
1:30 PM to 4:00 PM
Room: C109 - GU
Theme: Translation as Intertextuality
Scott Elliott, Nida Institute, Presiding
Jaqueline S. Du Toit, University of the Free State

Seeing is Believing: Children's Bibles as Negotiated Translation (30 min)
Alan H. Cadwallader, Flinders University

'His Love Has Been Our Banner on Our Road': Identity Politics and the Revised Version (30 min)
Break (30 min)
Nehama Aschkenasy, University of Connecticut

Eco’s Cross-cultural “interpretation” and “Target-Audience” Approach: How It Works in Biblical
Translation (30 min)
Sieglinde Pommer, Harvard Law School

Intertextuality and Limits of Interpretation (30 min)
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Israelite Religion
7/03/2009
1:30 PM to 4:00 PM
Room: C211 - GU
Theme: Delineating Developments In Yahwism
Jacob L. Wright, Emory University, Presiding
Thomas Wagner, Bergische Universitaet Wuppertal

Where God Dwells: The Discussion of Temple Theology in 1 Kings 8 (30 min)
Ansgar Moenikes , Theologische Fakultät Paderborn

Theologiegeschichtliche Beobachtungen auf der Basis literaturgeschichtlicher Thesen (30 min)
Break (30 min)
Christa Schäfer-Lichtenberger, Heidelberg University

Das erste Gebot, die erinnerte Geschichte und die Zukunft der israelitischen Gesellschaft (30 min)
Jean Louis Ska, Pontifical Biblical Institute

Exodus 19-24 and the Origin of a Nation's Religion (30 min)
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Jews, Christians, and Others in Ostia: Recent Archaeological Work

7/03/2009
1:30 PM to 4:30 PM
Room: C012 - GU
L. Michael White, University of Texas at Austin, Presiding
Douglas Boin, University of Texas at Austin

The New Urban Landscape of Ostia: Archaeology, Memory, and Social Change (50 min)
Discussion (20 min)
Break (30 min)
L. Michael White, University of Texas at Austin

Revisioning the Ostia Synagogue and its Neighborhood: Findings from the UT Excavations (50 min)
Discussion (30 min)
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Mind, Society, and Tradition

7/03/2009
1:30 PM to 4:30 PM
Room: C009 - GU
Istvan Czachesz, Helsinki Collegium for Advanced Studies, Presiding
Thomas Kazen, Stockholm School of Theology

Sense of Justice: An Emotional Cognitive Science Approach to Ritual and Moral Reconciliation in
Leviticus (25 min)
Discussion (5 min)
Erin Roberts, Brown University

Emotion as Social Practice in the Gospel of Matthew (25 min)
Discussion (5 min)
Matthew J. M. Coomber, University of Sheffield

Woe unto Whom? A Cultural-Evolutionary Approach to Uncovering the Hidden Socio-Economic
Contexts Behind Land Ownership Abuse in the Hebrew Prophets (25 min)
Discussion (5 min)
Break (30 min)
Raimo Hakola, University of Helsinki

Leaders or Sectarians, Reformers or Retainers?: Social-Scientific Perspectives in the Study of the
Pharisees (25 min)
Discussion (5 min)
Patrick J. Hartin, Gonzaga University

Sense of Self in Collectivistic and Individualistic Societies (25 min)
Discussion (5 min)
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Pastoral and Catholic Epistles

7/03/2009
1:30 PM to 3:00 PM
Room: T201 - GU
Marianne Bjelland Kartzow, University of Oslo, Presiding
Mark D. Mathews, University of Durham

The Question of Genre Concerning 2 Peter: A Comparison with Jewish and Early Christian
Testaments (30 min)
Felix H. Cortez, Universidad de Montemorelos

“Partakers of Christ”: Davidic Traditions and the Relationship between the Son and the Sons in
Hebrews (30 min)
Eric F. Mason, Judson University

The Conception of the Heavenly Sanctuary in Hebrews: Literal or Metaphorical? (30 min)
3-40

7/03/2009
1:30 PM to 5:00 PM
Room: C209 - GU
Kathy Ehrensperger, University of Wales Lampeter, Presiding
Dustin W. Ellington, Evangelical Theological Seminary in Cairo

Imitating a Sunkoinonos of the Gospel (30 min)
Edward Pillar, University of Wales

Anticipating a New Emperor: Paul’s Use of Anamenein in 1 Thessalonians 1:10 (30 min)
Constantine R. Campbell, Moore Theological College

A Disconnected Epilogue?: The Relation of Ephesians 6:10–17 to the Rest of the Epistle. (30 min)
Break (30 min)
David J. Downs, Fuller Theological Seminary

The Faith(fulness) of Christ in 2 Timothy 3:15 (30 min)
James A. Kelhoffer, Saint Louis University

Paul on Suffering as a Sign of Fidelity and an Integral Component of the Christian Life (30 min)
Mikael Winninge, Umea University

Luke’s Reception of Pauline Traditions: An Evaluation of Different Solutions to a Classical Problem
(30 min)
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Place, Space, and Identity in the Ancient Mediterranean World

7/03/2009
1:30 PM to 4:30 PM
Room: C214 - GU
Theme: Perceptions of Space in the Ancient Mediterranean World
Christl Maier, Philipps Universität-Marburg, Presiding
Jennifer Westerfeld, University of Chicago

What’s in a (Place-)Name?: Toponymy and Memory in Late Antique Egypt (25 min)
Discussion (5 min)
Mary Mills, Liverpool Hope University, UK

Narrative Space and the Construction of Meaning in the Book of Joel (25 min)
Discussion (5 min)
Gerhard van den Heever, University of South Africa

Of Virtual Space and Imagined Temple: Narrated Sacred Space in the Gospel of John (25 min)
Discussion (5 min)
Break (30 min)
Ronald H. van der Bergh, University of Pretoria

Critical Spatiality and Narrative Space in John 18:28-19:16 (25 min)
Discussion (5 min)
Jacquelyn Winston, Azusa Pacific University

The Emperor's New Clothes: The Role of Place and Space on the Formation of Constantinian
Christianity (25 min)
Discussion (5 min)
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Review of Frederick E. Brenk, With Unperfumed Voice (Steiner)

7/03/2009
1:30 PM to 3:00 PM
Frederick E. Brenk of the PBI faculty will respond to several reviewers on his latest monograph: With
Unperfumed Voice: Studies in Plutarch, in Greek Literature, Religion and Philosophy, and in the New
Testament Background. This volume gives explicit evidence of the wide range of work of the PBI
faculty.
Daniel Richter, Center for Hellenic Studies, Panelist
David Balch, Pacific Lutheran Theological Seminary, Panelist
H. Gregory Snyder, Davidson College, Panelist
Kimberly Stratton, Carleton University, Panelist
Frederick Brenk, Pontifical Biblical Institute, Respondent
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Synoptic Gospels
7/03/2009
1:30 PM to 4:30 PM
Room: T303 - GU
Tobias Hagerland, University of Gothenburg, Presiding
Leroy Huizenga, Wheaton College

The Figure of Isaac and the Matthean Jesus as New Temple and Sacrifice (30 min)
Young Hwan Kim, Seoul, Korea

Luke-Acts’ Use of Spirit Language (30 min)
Kevin Hall, Oklahoma Baptist University

Reconceiving the Virginal Conception: Hannah as a Matrix for Fresh Understandings (30 min)
Break (30 min)
Sarah Harris, Otago University, New Zealand

Why Did the Angels go to the Shepherds? (30 min)
Richard Sabuin, Adventist International Institute of Advanced Studies

Zacchaeus, a Four-in-one Person: A Literary Contextual Study on Luke 19:1-10 (30 min)
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Teaching Biblical Languages

7/03/2009
1:30 PM to 3:00 PM
Room: C008 - GU
David Clines, University of Sheffield

Teaching the Biblical Languages: Time for a Rethink? (40 min)
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Wisdom Literature
7/03/2009
1:30 PM to 4:00 PM
Room: C021 - GU
Tova Forti, Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Presiding
John F. Hobbins, United Methodist Church

Regularities in Ancient Hebrew Verse: The Wisdom Poems of Proverbs 1-8 (30 min)
Joonho Yoon, Drew University

Is Standing Surety Really Discouraged in the Book of Proverbs?: The Literary Context of Surety
Proverbs and Their Meaning Shift (30 min)
Dinh Anh Nhue Nguyen, Pontifical Gregorian University

Pragmatic Teaching of the Main Wisdom Principle in a Parental Discourse (Proverbs 23:15-28) (30
min)
Break (30 min)
Knut M. Heim, The Methodist Church; The Queen's Foundation

Folly and Wisdom in Proverbs and Ecclesiastes (30 min)
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7/03/2009
1:30 PM to 4:30 PM
Room: C215 - GU
Eun Woo Lee, Presbyterian College and Theological Seminary

Polzin's Synchronic Reading and the Textual History of Joshua 3-4 (30 min)
John P. Flanagan, Leiden University

Translation Techniques in the Latin Versions of Isaiah (30 min)
Peter M. Head, Tyndale House

The Identification of Letter-carriers in Subscriptions to the Pauline Letters: Manuscripts, Sources and
the Development of a Tradition. (30 min)
Break (30 min)
Matteo Grosso, University of Torino

“Where There is no Male and Female”: On the Textual Tradition of Colossians 3:11 (30 min)
Rick D. Bennett, Jr., Reformed Theological Seminary

The Search for Nomina Sacra: An Analysis of the Distribution and Form of Nomina Sacra in Early
NT Papyri with New Technology (30 min)
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Implementing the Toledo Guiding Principles: Educating for Religious Literacy

7/03/2009
3:30 PM to 5:00 PM
Room: C008 - GU
Silvio Ferrari, Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe, Panelist
Shabbir Mansuri, Institute on Religion and Civic Values, Panelist
In various European nations, policymakers and educators are grappling with how best to integrate
ethnic and religious groups within the respective national fabric. Whether it is the U.K., France,
Germany, the Netherlands, or the Balkans, regional educational efforts are potentially tied together
through the work of the EU's Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights and the
implementation of the "Toledo Guiding Principles on Teaching about Religions and Beliefs in Public
Schools." The development of such guidelines is a relatively new phenomenon in Europe, whereas in
the U.S. since the mid-1990s the work of the First Amendment Center and its partners has helped
propagate such guidelines nationwide. This panel will introduce the "Toledo Guiding Principles" to
SBL meeting attendees and raise the possibility of invoking civic and constitutional foundations for
the accurate and meaningful study of diverse faith traditions.
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Archaeology
7/04/2009
8:30 AM to 11:30 AM
Room: C108 - GU
Rodney Werline, Barton College, Presiding
Shmuel Ahituv, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev

Script, Language and Religion in the Kuntillet Ajrud Inscriptions (30 min)
Stefania Mazzoni, University of Florence

Tell Afis and its Temples in the Iron Age (11th-7th cent. B.C.) (30 min)
Daniele Morandi Bonacossi, University of Udine

The Upper City of Middle and Late Bronze Qatna (30 min)
Break (30 min)
Jeannette Boertien, University of Groningen

Who is the Queen of Heaven?: Waging War, Weaving, and Baking Cakes for a Deity (30 min)
Margreet Steiner, Leiden, The Netherlands

The “Palace of King David” Reconsidered in the Light of Earlier Excavations. (30 min)
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Bible in Eastern and Oriental Orthodox Traditions

7/04/2009
8:30 AM to 10:00 AM
Room: T201 - GU
Theme: Apocrypha and Pseudepigrapha in the Eastern and Oriental Orthodox Versions of the Bible
Merja Merras, University of Joensuu, Finland , Presiding
Vahan Hovhanessian, Introduction, Member (5 min)
Daniel Alberto Ayuch, University of Balamand, Lebanon

The Prayer of Manasseh: Orthodox Tradition and Modern Studies in Dialogue (25 min)
Slavomír Céplö, Comenius University, Bratislava, Slovakia

Testament of Solomon and Other Pseudepigraphical Material in Ahkam Sulajman (25 min)
Sergey Minov, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem

Rewriting Bible in Late Antique Syria: Recovering Sitz im Leben of the Cave of Treasures (25 min)
Discussion (10 min)
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7/04/2009
8:30 AM to 11:30 AM
Room: T303 - GU
Theme: Integration of Foreigners
Bernard Levinson, University of Minnesota-Twin Cities, Presiding
Jakob Wöhrle, University of Münster

The Integrative Function of the Law of Circumcision (30 min)
Thomas Naumann, University of Siegen

The Common Basis of the Covenant and the Distinction Between Isaac and Ishmael in Genesis 17 (30
min)
Christophe Nihan, University of Geneva

Foreigners, Resident Aliens and Natives in the Holiness Code: Semantic and Legal Issues (30 min)
Break (30 min)
Bruce Wells, Saint Joseph's University

The Quasi-Alien in Leviticus 25 (30 min)
Volker Haarmann, Tuebingen University

Their Burnt Offerings and Their Sacrifices will be Accepted on My Altar (Isaiah 56:7): Gentile
YHWH-worshipers and Their Participation in the Cult of Israel (30 min)
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Biblical Interpretation in Early Christianity

7/04/2009
8:30 AM to 11:15 AM
Room: L302 - GU
Theme: Hebrews in Early Christian Interpretation
Dan Batovici, University of Bucharest, Presiding (5 min)
Stephen O. Presley, University of St. Andrews-Scotland

The Speaking God in Hebrews 1 and Early Christianity (30 min)
D. Jeffrey Bingham, Dallas Theological Seminary

Irenaeus and Hebrews (30 min)
Kevin Hill, Durham University

'Partakers of the Holy Spirit': Athanasius' Pneumatological Exegesis of Hebrews 6:4 (30 min)
Break (30 min)
Paul A. Hartog, Faith Baptist Theological Seminary

Charis, Choris, and a Chorus of Patristic Interpreters of Hebrews 2:9 (30 min)
Discussion (10 min)
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7/04/2009
8:30 AM to 11:30 AM
Room: C211 - GU
Theme: The Dead Sea Scrolls and Ancient Judaism
Henryk Drawnel, The John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin

The Initial Narrative of the Visions of Amram and its Literary Characteristics (20 min)
Discussion (10 min)
Paul Heger, University of Toronto

1 Enoch Complementary or Alternative to Mosaic Torah? (20 min)
Discussion (10 min)
Hanna Tervanotko, University of Helsinki / University of Vienna

”You Shall See”: Rebecca’s Farewell Address in 4Q364 3 II, 1-6 (20 min)
Discussion (10 min)
Break (30 min)
Hanne von Weissenberg, University of Helsinki

The Book of the Twelve at Qumran and the Canonical Process (20 min)
Discussion (10 min)
Corrado Martone, University of Turin

Textual Fluidity as a Means of Sectarian Identity: Some Examples from the Qumran Literature (20
min)
Discussion (10 min)
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Ecological Hermeneutics
7/04/2009
8:30 AM to 10:00 AM
Room: L107 - GU
Hilary Marlow, Cambridge University, Presiding
David Williams, University of Fort Hare

Kenotic Creation (30 min)
Katherine Sturm, Trinity College - Dublin

In Him All Things Hold Together: Re-imagining Ecology and Theology in Light of Globalisation (30
min)
Sharon E. Austin, Concordia University - Montreal

All Aboard?: Minding the Animals in Scripture and in Scholarship (30 min)
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Hellenistic Greek Language and Linguistics

7/04/2009
8:30 AM to 11:30 AM
Room: C009 - GU
Sylvie Chabert d'Hyères, Paris, France

Is the Prologue Ambiguous? (30 min)
Joseph Verheyden, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven

Reading a Hapax in its Broader Context: The Case of Aporriptw (Acts 27:43) (30 min)
Stephen H. Levinsohn, SIL International

Noun Order as an Anchoring Device in Luke-Acts (30 min)
Break (30 min)
Sean A. Adams, University of Edinburgh

Atticism, Classicism and Luke-Acts: Discussions with Albert Wifstrand and Loveday Alexander (30
min)
Gunnar Samuelsson, University of Gothenburg

The Terminology of Crucifixion (30 min)
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Pastoral and Catholic Epistles

7/04/2009
8:30 AM to 11:30 AM
Room: C214 - GU
Marianne Kartzow, University of Oslo, Presiding
Gail Streete, Rhodes College

Pearls, Braids and Bracelets: The Problem of High-Status Women Converts (45 min)
Todd Penner, Austin College, Respondent (15 min)
Discussion (25 min)
Break (30 min)
James A. Kelhoffer, Saint Louis University

The Suffering of Paul in the Pastoral Epistles (30 min)
Mariam J. Kamell, University of St. Andrews-Scotland

The Covenant Law of James (30 min)
4-10

7/04/2009
8:30 AM to 12:00 PM
Room: L210 - GU
Kenneth Waters, Azusa Pacific University, Presiding
Eric Noffke, University of Basel, Facoltà Valdese di Teologia, Rome

Being Children of Abraham: Salvation “By Belonging” in Paul. (25 min)
Francois Tolmie, University of the Free State, Bloemfontein

Translation Problem in the Letter to the Galatians (25 min)
Rodrigo Morales, Marquette University

Who was “Enslaved Under the Elements of the Cosmos”?: Rethinking Galatians 4:3 (25 min)
Break (30 min)
B. J. Oropeza, Azusa Pacific University

Defeating an Ancient Athletic Runner: The Prophetic Influence of Habakkuk 2:2-4 on Paul's Apostolic
Commission (25 min)
Jeremy Gabrielson, University of St. Andrews-Scotland

Mapping Violence and Peace in Galatia: How Paul's Biography Coordinates with Roman Politics (25
min)
Martinus C. de Boer, Vrije Universiteit-Amsterdam

Paul and the Law: A New Look at Gal 5:14, 'For the entire Law has been fulfilled in one word, You
shall love your neighbor as yourself.' (30 min)
P. Richard Choi, Andrews University

The Citation of Isaiah 54:1 in Galatians 4:27 (25 min)
4-11
Psychological Hermeneutics of Biblical Themes and Texts

7/04/2009
8:30 AM to 11:30 AM
Room: C209 - GU
J. Harold Ellens, University of Michigan-Ann Arbor, Presiding
Bas van Os, University of Utrecht

Why Did Jesus Go to Jerusalem to be Sacrificed at Pesach? (30 min)
Chun Li, Chinese University of Hong Kong

Social Psychology of the Disciples in Mark (30 min)
Joseph E. Jensen, Catholic University of America

‘So Glorify God With/In Your Body’ (1Cor 6:20): Sex Within Marriage According To Paul (30 min)
Break (30 min)
J. Harold Ellens, University of Michigan

Healing Power of Spirituality, How Religion Helps Humans Thrive (30 min)
Heather A. McKay, Edge Hill University

A Study in Seduction: David and Abigail in Psychological Perspective (30 min)
4-12
Representations of Masculinity in the Hebrew Bible

7/04/2009
8:30 AM to 10:00 AM
Room: C215 - GU
Ovidiu Creanga, King's College - London, Presiding
Ovidiu Creanga, King's College - London

Variations on the Theme of Masculinity: Male Gender In/stability in the Conquest Narrative of Joshua
1 – 12 (30 min)
Ela Lazarewicz-Wyrzykowska, University of Manchester

Samson: Masculinity Lost (and Regained?) (30 min)
Marcel V. Macelaru, Evangelical Theological Seminary, Osijek, Croatia

Saul in the Company of Men: (De)Constructing Masculinity in 1 Samuel 9-31 (30 min)
4-13
Synoptic Gospels
7/04/2009
8:30 AM to 10:00 AM
Room: C012 - GU
Sarah Harris, Otago University, New Zealand

The Cosmic Battle in Luke (30 min)
Craig Ho, Hong Kong Baptist University

Common Motif in Parables Unique to the Gospel of Luke: Self-Interest and Situation of no Choice (30
min)
Matthew Easter, University of Otago

“Certainly This Man was Righteous”: Highlighting a Messianic Reading of the Centurion’s
Confession in Luke 23:47 (30 min)
4-14

7/04/2009
8:30 AM to 12:00 PM
Room: C109 - GU
J. L. H. Krans, Utrecht University

Working with Codex Boreelianus (F 09) (30 min)
James M. Leonard, University of Cambridge

Singular Readings in a Primary Versional Witness to the D-text: A Sampling from Codex Glazier (30
min)
Break (30 min)
Tommy Wasserman, Lund University

"Misquoting Manuscripts": The Orthodox Corruption of Scripture Revisited (30 min)
Timothy B. Sailors, University of Tubingen

A New 'Gospel of the Apostles': Observations on the Initial Proposals and Suggestions for Further
Research (30 min)
4-2
Bible and Music

7/04/2009
9:00 AM to 11:30 AM
Room: T302 - GU
William John Lyons, University of Bristol, Presiding
Richard A. Wright, Oklahoma Christian University

The Sounds of Silence: Hearing the Music in Pauline Assemblies (30 min)
Helen Leneman, University of Amsterdam

More than the Love of Men: Ruth and Naomi's Story in Music (30 min)
Break (30 min)
Alina Krajewska, Gospel Association of Poland

Reception / Perception of the Bible Through Gospel Music in Poland (30 min)
Shu-chwen Chen, Chihlee Institute of Technology Taiwan

Bible Spirit in Taiwanese Music Drama: "The Black-Bearded Bible Man" (30 min)
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Kent Richards, Society of Biblical Literature, Presiding

Maurice Gilbert, Pontifical Biblical Institute

Paul Achtemeier, Union Theological Seminary, Respondent

Lawrence Boadt, Washington Theological Union, Respondent

James Kugel, Harvard University, Respondent

Theme: The Workings of Apocalyptic Literature

Kathy Ehrensperger, University of Wales Lampeter, Presiding

Paul Petersen, South Pacific Division of Seventh-day Adventist Church

Robert S. Kawashima, University of Florida

Break (30 min)

Ted M. Erho, Durham University

Mark D. Mathews, University of Durham

Margreet Steiner, Leiden, The Netherlands, Presiding

Peter Dubovsky, Pontifical Biblical Institute

Izak Cornelius, University of Stellenbosch / Ruhr University

Break (30 min)

Juha Pakkala, University of Helsinki

Anson F. Rainey, Tel Aviv University/Bar Ilan University

Bible and Its Influence: History and Impact

Theme: Art and Exegesis

Mary Mills, Liverpool Hope University, UK, Presiding

Michael Patella, Saint John's University School of Theology-Seminary

Rannfrid Irene Thelle, Norwegian Bible Society

Jessie Rogers, Mary Immaculate College, University of Limerick

Harold Bennett, Morehouse College, Presiding

Jacek Stefanski, Theological Seminary of the Diocese of Kalisz, Poland

Bustenay Oded, University of Haifa

Jonathan Jacobs, Bar Ilan University

Break (30 min)

Hanne Loland, MF Norwegian School of Theology

H. Simian-Yofre, Pontifical Biblical Institute

Thomas Krueger, University of Zurich

Pablo López López, Spain

Dead Sea Scrolls and Hebrew Bible

Armin Lange, University of Vienna, Presiding

Sidnie White Crawford, University of Nebraska

Discussion (10 min)

Kristin De Troyer, St. Andrews University

Discussion (10 min)

Julio Trebolle, Universidad Complutense de Madrid

Discussion (10 min)

Break (30 min)

Chelica Hiltunen, University of Oxford

Discussion (10 min)

Eugene Ulrich, University of Notre Dame, Panelist (15 min)

Discussion (15 min)

Early Christianity and the Ancient Economy

Theme: The Economy and Early Christianity

Joseph Verheyden, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Presiding

Sebastian Fuhrmann, WWU Münster

Charo Rovira, University of Barcelona

John Goodrich, Durham University

Marianne Dacy, University of Sydney, Presiding

Dustin M. Naegle, Brite Divinity School at Texas Christian University

Nehama Aschkenasy, University of Connecticut

Charlotte Faber, University of Amsterdam

Sung Uk Lim, Vanderbilt University, Presiding

Stephan Witetschek, University of Cambridge

Paul Landgraf, Good Shepherd Lutheran Church

Ernest R. Martinez, Pontifical Gregorian University