SBL Pacific Coast RegionFuller Theological Seminary
March 30-31, 2008
Draft Program
SUNDAY, March 30 Session 1 Sunday 2:15-3:45 New Testament Texts and Traditions Rebecca Skaggs, Patten University, presiding MarkÕs Disinterest in the
Baptist Himself at His Death Theodicy in Luke-Acts: A
Mixed Message? Kenneth Litwak, Azusa Pacific
University Ignatius, Paul and Self-Effacement Kevin Scull, UCLA
The Sending of Lazarus and the Tours of Hell Tradition Matthew R. Hauge, Claremont Graduate University
Hebrew Bible I: Torah/Pentateuch The Tablets of Testimony and a Reversal of Outcome in the Golden Calf Episode Craig Anderson, Claremont Graduate University Blasphemy, Talion, and Chiasmus: The Marriage of Form
and Content in Leviticus 24 Timothy M. Willis, Pepperdine University Bearing Her Sin in Numbers 5:11-31 Sarah Shectman Two Ends Against the Middle: Miriam as S/Hero of Numbers 12 James Findlay, CSUN Animals in
the Prophetic World: Literary Reflections on Numbers 22 and 1 Kings 13 Kenneth Way,
Talbot Session 2 Sunday 4:00-5:30
Judaism in the Greco-Roman Era Randall D. Chesnutt, Pepperdine
University, presiding
The Menorah and the Sun God. The Interweaving of Jewish and Pagan Motifs in Synagogues
of Late Antiquity Victoria Armour-Hileman, Hebrew Union College Hebrew Bible 2: Prophets
Christopher Heard, Pepperdine University presiding A Diachronic Survey of Divine Warrioress Imagery in the Late Bronze Age,
Early Iron Age I and Second Temple Period: A Comparison of Anat and Deborah
Amy Meverden,
Fuller Theological Seminary Lift Up Her Voice: Deborah, Hannah and WomenÕs Praise
Leah Rediger Schulte, Claremont Graduate University Splinters of the Calf: The Redactional Trajectory of HoseaÕs Calf
Critique
Joel Hamme, Fuller theological Seminary My Dinner with Hosea: Food, Metaphor, and the
Organization of Reality Rhiannon Graybill, University of California, Berkeley Reflections on the Question of the ServantÕs death in
Isaiah 52:13-53:12 Sue Fry, Fuller Theological Seminary New Testament Epistles
Ron Hock, University of Southern California, presiding Is
God Paul Patron: The Economy of Patronage in Pauline Theology David
J. Downs, Fuller Theological Seminary The
Meaning of Pistis Iesou in Romans 3:22 and 26 in Light of the Stoic Concept
of Episteme Ira
J. Jolivet Jr., Pepperdine University The
Hidden Transcript of Romans 13:1-7 Remi
Aubuchon, Loyola Marymount University Paul
was not a Social Conservative: The Continuing Fateful Mistranslation of
klesis in I Corinthians S.
Scott Bartchy, UCLA Open
Session Tammi
J. Schneider, Claremont Graduate University, presiding The
Eros Jesusology and Cryptic Structure of the Gospel of Thomas: Plato and NHC
II, 2 Gos. Thom. Wooil
Moon, Claremont Graduate University The
Role of Suffering in the anti-Docetic Polemic of Ignatius of Antioch Stephen
E. Young
Biblical Power: Sub-strategies of Mediating the Transcendant Power of Scripture in P. Berlin 954Joseph Sanzo The Literary Case for the Authenticity of Morton Smith's "Secret Mark" Episode AAR/SBL/ASOR Recption 5:45-7:15 MONDAY, March 31 WECSOR Board meeting Monday 7:00-8:00
Session 3 Monday 8:00-9:45
Qumran
Hannah Harrington, Patten University, presiding Self-Identification of the Qumran Sect
Brian Schultz, Fresno Pacific University The Chronological Discussions in 4Q543-547 (Visions of
Amram) and other Second Temple Works Robert R. Duke, Azusa Pacific University 4Q Pseudo-Ezekiel and the Apocryphon of Ezekiel Bruce Hansen, InterVarsity Christian Fellowship
The Thanksgiving Hymns and Their Connection to Prophetic Literature at Qumran Jennifer M. Pantoja, University of Calfornia, Los Angeles
New
Testament Epistles and Apocalypse Section Ronald
F. Hock, USC presiding No
Cursing in the Church: Anathema in the Corinthian Congregation (1 Cor 12:3)
and PaulÕs Letters Kenneth
L. Waters, Sr., Azusa Pacific University Sympathy
for the De-Veiled: PaulÕs Mixed Messages to the Corinthians (1 Cor 11:2-16) Caleb
Webster, Claremont Graduate University Christian
ÔFaithÕ versus Judaic ÔDeeds of TorahÕ: the Real Issue in Galatians Alexander
LaBrecque, University of Sheffield Singing
New Songs: Traditions in Conversation Kendra
Haloviak, La Sierra University Is
the Gift of Apostle for Today? Kenneth
P. Searle, Patten University Hebrew
Bible III: Writings Christopher
Heard, Pepperdine University presiding Reading Job 7:11-21 as an Anti-Prayer Jun Kim, Graduate Theological Union The Textual Evolution of a Verse: the EunuchsÕ Assassination Plot in the Books of Esther Lucas Schulte, Claremont Graduate University Pilgrimage as Contested Discourse in II Chronicles 30 Dale Loepp, Graduate Theological Union Jealousy in the Hebrew Bible
Patricia Power, Arizona State Unmaking Job to Make God: Reading the Poetics of the
Book of Job through a structural analysis of Physical Pain Yosefa Raz, Graduate Theological Union
Neo-Assyrian Insights on Ancient
Israel and the Hebrew Bible
Brad E. Kelle, Point Loma Nazarene University, presiding Where Is Your Bias?: Assyria and Israel-the State of the Question from
the Assyriological Perspective
Tammi J. Schneider, Claremont Graduate University Assyria
and Syro-Palestinian Political History: A Hebrew Bible Perspective Jeffrey
Kuan, Pacific School of Religion
Duane
E. Smith, Independent Scholar The
Portrayal of Assyria in the Books of Kings Marvin
A. Sweeney, Claremont School of Theology Session 4 Monday 10:00-11:45
S9 Plenary Session: K. Lawson Younger
Lunch Break 12:00-1:00
Session 5 Monday 1:00-2:45
New Testament Texts and Traditions Rebecca Skaggs, Patten University, presiding "Political Undertones in the Sermon on the Mount.Ó Marco Ambriz, Fuller Theological
Seminary "A New Understanding of
JesusÕ Flesh in the Gnostic Influence on the Eucharist of John 6.Ó Jae Hyung Cho, Claremont
Graduate University
ÒJudging Compassionate Acts:
Matthew 25:31-46 in Light of Second Temple Literature.Ó Patrick McCullough, Fuller
Theological Seminary ÒAlexander, Herakles and the
Politics of MatthewÕs Divine Birth Narrative.Ó Richard Miller, Claremont
Graudate University Hebrew
Bible IV: Psalms Christopher
Heard, Pepperdine University presiding. The Position of the Torah Psalms in the MT Psalter
Alan Lenzi, University of the Pacific Context, Historical Method, Poetic Analysis, Spirituality, Postmodernism:
Psalm 29, Psalm 23 and the Presence and Absence of God
Chris Corwin, Graduate Theological Union Too Close Yet Close Enough: An Exegesis of Psalm 32:1-7 Jina Kang, Fuller Theological Seminary The Reclamation of the Lament: An African American
Response to Walter BrueggemannÕs Article, ÒThe Costly Loss of Lament.Ó Heidi Edwards, Fuller Theological Seminary Early
Jewish/Christian Relations Judy Yates Siker, Graduate Theological Union presiding MatthewÕs
Interpretation of the Temple: A Factor in Deciding the Identity of Early
Christian Communities Yong
Han Chung, Graduate Theologoical Union Jesus
of Nazareth, the Pharisees, and Mediterranean Manliness S.
Scott Bartchy, UCLA Song
of Songs: A Comparison of Midrash Rabbah and Origen Roberta
Sabbath, University of Nevada, Las Vegas Guilty
Yet Innocent: Two Intertextual Escape Clauses for Jewish Deicide in
AugustineÕs Enarationes en Psalmos Mark
Bilby, Point Loma Nazarene University Session 6 Monday 3:00-5:00
SBL Presidential Address and Business Meeting
Mignon Jacobs, Fuller Theological University, presiding YhwhÕs Call for IsraelÕs ÒReturnÓ: Command, Invitation, or Threat |
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