2008 News
e-news update for the Society of Biblical Literature
June 3, 2008
Best wishes for a good summer of reading and research!
Meetings and Events
Register for the Auckland International Congress. Don’t miss your chance - Time is running out. Register today!
2008 International Meeting Tours
July 6 - 11, Auckland, New Zealand
If you are going to Auckland for the International Meeting, consider expanding your visit with one of the special tours arranged for SBL members: make sure you don't miss the sights with a City Tour of Auckland; gain a deeper understanding of the Maori culture with the Tamaki Hikoi Guided Tour; To get outside of Auckland, chose the Half Day Wilderness ExperienceTour for a drive to Waitakere Ranges, Auckland’s largest Regional Park or participate as crew on an actual America’s Cup yacht in the America’s Cup Sailing Experience.
Publications News
A new tool has been added to the website!
Google Book Search has been added to the Publications page.
You can search the full text of all SBL books through Google Book Search.
Please note the upcoming price changes for the Journal of Biblical Literature one-year subscription.
Member pricing: online access: included in membership; $40 for print issue
Non-member pricing: $165 online only; $180 print only; $195 print and online
This increase will be effective starting with the Spring 2009 128:1 issue. New prices go into effect Monday June 9th. If you have already submitted your subscription, the current prices apply.
Ten new volumes were added to the International Cooperation Initiative (ICI) online book program in May:
Barr, David L., ed. The Reality of Apocalypse: Rhetoric and Politics in the Book of Revelation;
Boda, Mark J., Daniel K. Falk, and Rodney A. Werline, eds. Seeking the Favor of God: Volume I, The Origins of Penitential Prayer in Second Temple Judaism;
Dozeman, Thomas B. and Konrad Schmid, eds. A Farewell to the Yahwist?: The Composition of the Pentateuch in Recent European Interpretation;
Kelle, Brad E. Hosea 2: Metaphor and Rhetoric in Historical Perspective;
Kinlaw, Pamela E. The Christ Is Jesus: Metamorphosis, Possession, and Johannine Christology;
Kraus, Wolfgang and R. Glenn Wooden, eds. Septuagint Research: Issues and Challenges in the Study of the Greek Jewish Scriptures;
Runia, David T. and Gregory E. Sterling, eds. The Studia Philonica Annual: Studies in Hellenistic Judaism, Volume XVIII (2006);
Shipp, R. Mark, Of Dead Kings and Dirges: Myth and Meaning in Isaiah 14:4b–21; Wright, Benjamin G. III and Lawrence M. Wills, eds. Conflicted Boundaries in Wisdom and Apocalypticism;
Yeivin, Israel. Introduction to the Tiberian Masorah
Career Center
Candidate registration will open at the end of June.
Employer registration will open in mid-July.
The American Theological Library Association is partnering with the Career Center. The Career Center's broad audience will make more visible the various opportunities available in the library field and provide SBL members additional career services.
Membership Center
With all the changes that happen over the summer, remember to update your member profile with any new contact information…otherwise we won’t be able to find you for the Annual Meeting.
Society Fund
We invite you to make your 2008 contribution to the annual Society Fund. Your contributions are essential to SBL programs.
Please join your colleagues in helping us reach our goal of $75,000.
Thank you for your continuous support and a special thank you to those who have already made their 2008 commitment.
e-news update for the Society of Biblical Literature
Meetings and Events
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Reminder to register for the International Meeting in Auckland, New Zealand. A rich program of over 100 sessions is due to a collaboration of 19 societies meeting for five days in July.
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Publications News
Feature Article:
What Makes the Bible Meaningful/Useful: The Ten Commandments and American Ideals (posted 5/1/08)
Scott M. Langston
Thabo Mbeki's Bible: The Role of the Religion in the South African Public Realm after Liberation (posted 5/1/08)
Gerald O. West
Towards an Ethic of Liberation for Bible Translation: Marketing (posted 5/1/08)
Steven Voth
Giving Up on Life: Jephthah's Daughters (posted 5/1/08)
Jane S. Webster
Teaching the Biblical Hebrew Verb (posted 5/1/08)
Naama Zahavi-Ely
PLUS! Essential links to articles and news items of interest and much more!
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Coming this summer from SBL Publications!
Exploring Ecological Hermeneutics
edited by Norman C. Habel and Peter Trudinger
In these groundbreaking essays, sixteen scholars seek ways to identify with Earth as they read and retrieve the role or voice of Earth within the biblical text and its interpretation.
Writing and Reading War: Rhetoric, Gender, and Ethics in Biblical and Modern
Contexts
edited by Brad E. Kelle and Frank Ritchel Ames
This book, with a foreword by Susan Niditch, explores writing and reading war in contexts ranging from ancient Israel to early Judaism to contemporary Christianity.
Last Stop Before Antarctica: The Bible and Postcolonialism in Australia, Second Edition
by Roland Boer
Drawing upon colonial literature, including explorer journals, poetry, novels, and translations, this second edition creates a mutually enlightening dialogue between postcolonial literature and biblical texts on themes such as exodus and exile, translation, identity, and home.
updated 28 April, 2008
To: Members of the SBL
RE: AAR Announcement
On April 14th the AAR issued the following statement to its members:
In light of scheduling and logistical problems connected with the proposed Independent Annual Meeting, and given the views our members expressed in our recent member survey, the [AAR] Board, in its April 12, 2008 meeting, approved a recommendation that the AAR begin scheduling concurrent, yet independent Annual Meetings with the Society of Biblical Literature as soon as is feasible. Assuming that the SBL is agreeable to meeting concurrently, it is our intention that such meetings would feature ….
(The full text of this announcement may be found on line at: http://www.aarweb.org/About_AAR/Announcements/2008/IAM.asp
The SBL Council discussed this announcement at its meeting on April 26, 2008, and offers the following comment to SBL members.
We are pleased to hear of this new development, and wish to reaffirm our continued interest in meeting at the same time and in the same city as the AAR. The SBL was not involved in the original decision by AAR; nor have we been involved in the present one. We will certainly discuss with AAR the feasibility of meeting in the same city at the traditional time (the weekend before US Thanksgiving) as soon as it is possible given present scheduling commitments and contractual arrangements. We are already scheduled through 2012 (Chicago) and 2013 (Baltimore). Once discussions commence with AAR regarding future concurrent meetings, the SBL Executive Director will report regularly on the progress in making this a practical reality. We firmly believe that holding the SBL Annual Meeting at the same time and in the same city as other organizations involved in the advancement of biblical, religious, theological, and related academic studies is a good idea. It brings together people from diverse disciplines and backgrounds to exchange ideas and build relationships.
April 4, 2008
e-news update for the Society of Biblical Literature
Society Fund
Please consider a gift to the 2008 Society Fund today. Your contributions are essential to the success of our programs and outreach.
Your tax deductible contribution of:
· $100 allows us to give four complimentary student memberships.
· $200 enables us to give a complimentary membership and meeting registration to a colleague in an under developed country.
· $500 permits us to prepare and develop five new resources
for the ICI electronic access program.
Publications News
New on The SBL Forum :
The April issue focuses on a controversial new German Bible translation: Die Bibel in gerechter Sprache (The Bible in Inclusive Language).
The Spring 2008 Journal of Biblical Literature 127.1 has been posted.
SBL Publications has added new books to the Online Books Program.
For the complete list of books available, click here.
e-news update for the Society of Biblical Literature
Publications News
Recent Reprints:
Hymnic Affirmation of Divine Justice, James L. Crenshaw
Prophetic Conflict: Its Effect upon Israelite Religion, James L. Crenshaw
A Comprehensive Bilingual Concordance of the Hebrew and Greek Texts of Ecclesiastes, John Jarick
Semitic Interference in Marcan Syntax, Elliott C. Maloney
The Hand of the Lord: A Reassessment of the "Ark Narrative" of 1 Samuel, Patrick D. Miller and J. J. M. Roberts
Sepher Ha-Razim: The Book of Mysteries, Michael A. Morgan
Logos and Sophia: The Rhetorical Situation of 1 Corinthians, Stephen M. Pogoloff
The Syriac Version of the Psalms of Solomon: A Critical Evaluation, Joseph L. Trafton
Brown Judaic Studies Reprints:
Sparda by the Bitter Sea, Jack Martin Balcer
Sectarian Law in the Dead Sea Scrolls: Courts, Testimony and the Penal Code, Lawrence H. Schiffman
Fear Not Warrior: The Study of 'al tira' Pericopes in the Hebrew Scriptures, Edgar W. Conrad
Babylonian Witchcraft Literature: Case Studies, Tzvi Abusch
The Doctrine of the Divine Name: An Introduction to Classical Kabbalistic Theology, Stephen G. Wald
New on The SBL Forum :
In Essential Links: Harvard Passes Resolution on Open Access
Also: Announcing a new email discussion list for biblical studies, called "The Biblicalist"
Most new, recent, and backlist titles are available to SBL members at a 40% discount through June 15, 2008. This discount applies to SBL and Brown Judaic Studies titles. It does not apply to titles from Sheffield Phoenix Press.
Download the order form or order online using promo code SPG2008.
SBL Publications is adding ten new books to the Online Books Program this month.
For the complete list of books available, click here.
Meetings News
Wabash Center is offering hands-on, interactive workshops on teaching college introductory religion courses before several of the Regional Meetings and our Annual Meeting. For more information:
http://www.wabashcenter.wabash.edu/programs/article.aspx?id=12699
Career Center
SBL e-news goes out to all members twice a month. Let us know what you think.
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March 3, 2008 e-newsletter
Publications News
Ancient Languages Are Still Around, but Do We Really Know How to Teach Them? (Rachel Halabe)
The Wiki Way: Improving Your Class Notes Using the Internet for Online Student Collaboration (Carl N. Toney)
Most new, recent, and backlist titles are available to SBL members at a 40% discount through June 15, 2008. This discount applies to SBL and Brown Judaic Studies titles. It does not apply to titles from Sheffield Phoenix Press.
SBL Publications is adding ten new books to the Online Books Program this month. For the complete list of books available, click here.
Professional Development
A report from the most recent SBL lecture series for religious leaders: The Death Penalty - Engaging the Bible held last weekend atTexas Christian University and Brite Divinity School.
Membership News
Please fill out your Optional Profile Information! Log into the site and click the “my profile” link in the “Welcome” box. Then click "Edit" under Optional Profile Information. This information gives the committees the information they need to serve the membership and address trends in the profession.
Career Center
Career Center Updates : March 1 we started taking ads for jobs.
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February 15-29, 2008 e-news
Meetings News
Annual Meeting News: Call for Papers closes March 1. Additional Meetings packet has been posted and more…
International Meeting News: Register on-line, Advertiser and Exhibitor packet posted and travel info now available.
Regional Meetings: The Midwest Region is meeting this weekend in Bourbonnais, IL.
The Bible and Death Penalty - A public workshop will take place Feb 22-23 featuring Virginia Owens, author of numerous books on the subject. Her latest work is Living Next Door to the Death House (Eerdmans, 2003). The workshop will be at the Brite Divinity School at Texas Christian University.
Publications News
Journal of Biblical Literature 126.4, Winter 2007 has been posted.
The SBL Forum has added an article from J. H. Charlesworth: Rebutting Sensational Claims Concerning a Symposium in Jerusalem
The Hittites and Their World, by Billie Jean Collins, 2007, SBLABS 7
John, Jesus, and History: Critical Appraisals of Critical Views, edited by Paul N. Anderson, Felix Just, and Tom Thatcher, 2007, SBLSymS 44
Professional Development
For those interested in the Bible in Public Education: The Southeastern Region has a pre-conferenceWorkshop on “Improving Introductory Courses in Religion and Theology” scheduled for March 7 at their meeting in Atlanta.
SBL Publications offers a resource to enable biblical studies instructors to facilitate engaging classroom experiences by drawing on the arts and popular culture.
Teaching the Bible through Popular Culture and the Arts
Mark Roncace and Patrick Gray, editors
Membership News
Thank-you to Donors: we reached our goal!
International Cooperation Initiative one of the projects supported by donations
Career Center
Career Center Changes: Keep up on news about the new SBL Jobs lists and Jobs at the Annual Meeting plans.
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January 28, 2008
We want to alert you to changes that are soon to take place in Openings, our online job posting service, and in the Employment Information Services that are offered at AAR and SBL Annual Meetings.
The Openings website will be closed on March 31, 2008. Advertisers may continue to place Openings ads until Monday, March 18, 2008. Please note that advertisements placed between now and March 18, 2008 can be run only until March 31, 2008.
On Tuesday, April 1, 2008, both the AAR and the SBL will open new independent websites, similar to Openings, on which job listings may be posted and viewed. Advertisers who plan to place April 2008 ads should contact the AAR or SBL offices for more information about the new services. Look for announcements from each organization about these new services.
The AAR and the SBL will provide services similar to the Employment Information Services at their respective Annual Meetings in Chicago and Boston. Look for announcements from each organization about these new services.
We hope these new services will meet your advertising and job search needs.
SBL’s International Cooperation Initiative (ICI) is launched.
(posted January 14, 2008)
For Obituaries,
click here.
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