#SBL2015 – Tentative Schedule

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Saturday

Critical Editions of the German Bible Society: 1. Biblia Hebraica Quinta (BHQ), 2. Nestle-Aland and Greek New Testament: New Editorial Committee
11/21/2015
9:00 AM to 11:30 AM

Room: Room TBD – Hotel TBD

  • Florian Voss, Deutsche Bibelgesellschaft, Presiding
  • Richard Weis, Lexington Theological Seminary Biblia Hebraica Quinta Among the Editions as Seen in the New Genesis Fascicle (20 min)
  • Discussion (10 min)
  • Kay Joe Petzold, German Bible Society The Masorah of L and the Editorial Concepts of the Edited Masorah of BHS and BHQ (20 min)
  • Discussion (5 min)
  • Holger Strutwolf, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster and David Trobisch, The New Editorial Committee for the Nestle-Aland and the UBS Greek New Testament (25 min)
  • Discussion (10 min)

Sunday

Current Historiography and Ancient Israel and Judah
11/22/2015
1:00 PM to 3:30 PM

Room: Room TBD – Hotel TBD

  • Andrew B. Tobolowsky, Brown University “Knowledge Problems” and the future of the biblical past (30 min)
  • Erin Fleming, Johns Hopkins University Accusations of Sexual Misconduct in the David Narrative (30 min)
  • Ellen Lerner, Vanderbilt University East Manasseh as a Historiographical Category (30 min)
  • William Luther Martin, Jr., University Presbyterian Church, Austin, Texas, USA Reaction against imperial epistemological influence as an explanation of the indictment of David (30 min)
  • Gili Kugler, Tel Aviv University Breaking Past Negative Patterns – A Religious Message with Political Agenda in Psalms 78 (30 min)
  • Ian Wilson, University of Alberta, Presiding

Novum Testamentum Graecum: Editio Critica Maior
11/22/2015
4:00 PM to 6:45 PM

Room: Room TBD – Hotel TBD

  • Holger Strutwolf, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster, Presiding (8 min)
  • Michael Clark, University of Birmingham Constructing a Stemma for Nicetas of Heraclea’s Johannine Catena (28 min)
  • Georg Gäbel, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster ‘Versional and patristic evidence in the apparatus of ECM Acts’ (28 min)
  • Gunnar Büsch, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster “The Western text of Acts evidenced by Chrysostom?” (28 min)
  • Garrick Allen, University of St. Andrews ‘Textual History and/as Reception History: Textual Variation in the Greek Manuscript Tradition of Revelation 4-5’ (28 min)
  • Business Meeting (45 min)

Monday

International Organization for Septuagint and Cognate Studies
11/23/2015
9:00 AM to 11:30 AM

Room: Room TBD – Hotel TBD

  • Theme: The Septuagint: Across the Corpus
  • Jan Joosten, University of Oxford, Presiding
  • John Lee, Macquarie University The Puzzle of tís dôê: Solved (25 min)
  • James A. E. Mulroney, The University of Edinburgh Interpretative Translational Choices for Conditional Sentences in LXX (25 min)
  • Martin Rösel, Universität Rostock A Theology of the Septuagint? (25 min)
  • Patrick Pouchelle, Centre Sèvres Neologisms in the Septuagint, Case studies and criteria (25 min)
  • James Aitken, University of Cambridge and Sigfried Kreuzer, Kirchliche Hochschule Wuppertal/Bethel Two new Handbooks of the Septuagint: Purposes and Future Prospects (25 min)
  • Business Meeting (25 min)

Warfare in Ancient Israel
11/23/2015
1:00 PM to 3:30 PM

Room: Room TBD – Hotel TBD

  • Theme: Warfare in Early Israel: The State of the Question
  • Brad Kelle, Point Loma Nazarene University, Presiding (5 min)
  • Mark Smith, New York University, Panelist (15 min)
  • Jacob Wright, Emory University, Panelist (15 min)
  • Aren Maeir, Bar-Ilan University, Panelist (15 min)
  • T. M. Lemos, Huron University College, University of Western Ontario, Panelist (15 min)
  • Christoph Levin, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Panelist (15 min)
  • Discussion (60 min)

Tuesday

Historical Jesus
11/24/2015
9:00 AM to 11:30 AM

Room: Room TBD – Hotel TBD

  • Theme: Jesus and Purity
  • James Crossley, University of Sheffield, Presiding (5 min)
  • Jodi Magness, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill “They Shall See the Glory of the Lord” (Isa 35:2): Eschatological Purity at Qumran and in Jesus’ Movement (25 min)
  • Cecilia Wassen, Uppsala Universitet Jesus’ Table Fellowship with Sinners and Purity Halakhah (25 min)
  • Thomas Kazen, Stockholm School of Theology A Perhaps Less Halakic Jesus and Purity: On Prophetic Criticism, Halakic Innovation and Rabbinic Anachronism(25 min)
  • Jonathan Klawans, Boston University, Respondent (15 min)
  • Lutz Doering, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster, Respondent (15 min)
  • Panel discussion – Discussion (20 min)
  • General discussion – Discussion (20 min)