Other Papers at SBL 2009

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Ideology, Culture, and Translation
11/21/2009
4:00 PM to 6:30 PM
Room: Studio 7 - MR

Theme: Jewish-Christian Difference and the Politics of Translation

James Maxey, Lutheran Bible Translators
Performance Criticism and Bible Translation (25 min)

21-338

Wisdom and Apocalypticism in Early Judaism and Early Christianity
11/21/2009
4:00 PM to 6:30 PM
Room: Gallier AB - SH

Theme: Wisdom and Apocalypticism in Performance

Rodney A. Werline, Barton College
Ritual Performance in the Parables of 1 Enoch (30 min)

21-339

Wisdom in Israelite and Cognate Traditions
11/21/2009
4:00 PM to 6:30 PM
Room: Balcony J - MR

Theme: The Book of Proverbs

Knut M. Heim, The Methodist Church, The Queen's Foundation
Proverbs 26:1-12: A Hermeneutics of Proverb Reception and a Case Study in Proverb Performance Response (25 min)

22-147

Synoptic Gospels
11/22/2009
9:00 AM to 11:30 AM
Room: Waterbury - SH

Theme: Synoptic Parables

Shawn Kelley, Daemen College, Presiding
John S. Kloppenborg, University of Toronto and Callie Callon, University of Toronto
The Parable of the Shepherd and the tranformation of discourse (30 min)

22-151

Wisdom in Israelite and Cognate Traditions
11/22/2009
9:00 AM to 11:30 AM
Room: St. Charles Suite - MR

Theme: Proverbs and Qoheleth

Christopher Ansberry, Wheaton College
The Discourse Setting of the Book of Proverbs and Its Hermeneutical Significance (25 min)

22-227

Matthew
11/22/2009
1:00 PM to 3:30 PM
Room: Balcony L - MR

Dorothy Jean Weaver, Eastern Mennonite Seminary, Presiding
Walter T. Wilson, Emory University
Inconspicuous Piety and Communal Differentiation in Matthew 6:1-6, 16-18 (20 min)

22-323

Hellenistic Judaism
Joint Session With: Hellenistic Judaism, Early Jewish Christian Relations
11/22/2009
4:00 PM to 6:30 PM
Room: Studio 5 - MR

Theme: The Late Antique Afterlives of Hellenistic Judaism

Todd Berzon, Columbia University
Scholastic Stylings: The Jewish Sources in Eusebius's Preparatio Evangelica (20 min)

23-125

History and Literature of Early Rabbinic Judaism
11/23/2009
9:00 AM to 11:30 AM
Room: Grand Ballroom B - SH

Carol Bakhos, University of California-Los Angeles, Presiding
Kimberly Stratton, Carleton University
Exodus and Identity in Rabbinic Exegesis (20 min)

23-238

Theme: The Social Sciences and Paul
Patron-broker relationships, insights from social-psychology, and the conceptual tools central to enthnomedical anthropology will be applied to various passages from 2 Corinthians. In addition, the power/potency of Paul’s written word among nonliterate people will be assessed, and the claim that early Christians were sectarians will be reevaluated.

S. Scott Bartchy, University of California-Los Angeles, Presiding
Lee A. Johnson, Methodist Theological School in Ohio
Paul's Letters as Artifacts: The Value of the Written Text among Non-Literate People (26 min)

23-240

Synoptic Gospels
11/23/2009
1:00 PM to 3:30 PM
Room: Rhythms Ballroom 3 - SH

Theme: Synoptic Theology and Rhetoric

Gary Yamasaki, Columbia Bible College
Performance Criticism Meets Perspective Criticism: Critiquing the Use of Point of View in David Rhoads' Performance of Mark (30 min)
Rene A. Baergen, Emmanuel College, University of Toronto
Mapping (Marginal) Memory in Mark 1-8 (30 min)

23-337

4:00 PM to 6:30 PM
Room: Studio 7 - MR

Theme: The Social Sciences and the Gospels

Pieter F. Craffert, University of South Africa, Presiding