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Mission, Visions, and Values
The following Mission Statement and Strategic
Vision Statements were adopted by the SBL Council May 16, 2004, and revised
October 23, 2011.
Mission Statement:
Foster Biblical Scholarship
Strategic Vision Statement:
Founded
in 1880, the Society of Biblical Literature is the oldest and largest learned
society devoted to the critical investigation of the Bible from a variety of
academic disciplines.* As an international organization, the Society
offers its members opportunities for mutual support, intellectual growth, and
professional development through the following:
- Advancing
academic study of biblical texts and their contexts as well as of the
traditions and contexts of biblical interpretation
- Collaborating
with educational institutions and other appropriate organizations to support
biblical scholarship and teaching
- Developing
resources for diverse audiences, including students, religious communities, and
the general public
- Facilitating
broad and open discussion from a variety of critical perspectives
- Organizing
congresses for scholarly exchange
- Publishing biblical scholarship
- Promoting
cooperation across global boundaries
Core Values
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Accountability
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Openness to Change
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Collaboration
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Professionalism
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Collegiality
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Respect for Diversity
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Critical Inquiry
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Scholarly Integrity
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Inclusivity
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Tolerance
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*SBL has been a
member of the American Council of Learned Societies since 1929.
SBL History
The eight founders of The Society of Biblical Literature and Exegesis first met to discuss their new society in Philip Schaff's study in New York City in January of 1880. In June the group had their first Annual Meeting with eighteen people in attendance. The new society drew up a constitution and by-laws and discussed several papers. Membership dues were set at three dollars. By the end of the year, membership had grown to fourty-five and publication of the meeting proceedings were in the planning stages. The Journal was launched the following year.
For more information on the history of the Society see:
Searching the Scriptures: A History of the Society of Biblical Literature, 1880-1980 Ernest W. Saunders
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Project Partnerships
Codex Sinaiticus Digitalization Initiative
Organization for the Advancement of Structured Information Standards
International Organization for Standardization
Open Scriptural Information Standard Project
Text Encoding Initiative
Online Cultural Heritage Research Environment
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Society Facts and Figures
Society Governance
The Presidential Address
The Presidential Address, presented at every Annual Meeting, is transcribed and published in the first Journal of Biblical Literature (JBL) issue of the following year. To read the transcription of these recordings, go to the JBL page where you will see additional instructions.
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2011 Presidential Address (video)
Carol Newsom, Emory University
Models of the Moral Self: Hebrew Bible and Second Temple Judaism (62 min)
John Dominic Crossan, DePaul
University, Presiding
2010 Presidential Address (video)
Vincent L. Wimbush, Claremont Graduate University
Interpreters—Enslaving/Enslaved/Runagate (45 min)
Carol Newsom, Emory University, Presiding
2008 Presidential Address (audio)
Jonathan Z. Smith, University of Chicago
Religion and the Bible (45 min)
David J. A. Clines, University of Sheffield, Presiding
Past Presidents of SBL
The Luce Center on the Campus of Emory University
Financials
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Fiscal 2011-2012
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Fiscal 2010-2011
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Fiscal 2009 - 2010
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Fiscal 2008 - 2009
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Fiscal 2007- 2008
The Society Report
The Society Report is published yearly and gives an overview of the organization. It is made available to members at the Annual Meeting and electronically.
Society Report 2012
Society Report 2011
Society Report 2010
Society Report 2009
Society Report 2008
Society Report 2007
Society Report 2006
Society Report 2005
Society Report 2004
Society Report 2003
Society Report 2002
Annual Business Meeting
ABM 2012
Program
Affiliates
SBL meets with many different organizations and institutions.By affiliating with the SBL Annual, International, or Regional Meetings these groups agree to participate in an open academic discussion guided by a common standard of scholarly discourse that engages their subject through critical inquiry and investigation. For more information on program affiliates click here
Academy of
Homiletics
Adventist Society
for Religious Studies
African Association
for the Study of Religion
Anglican
Association of Biblical Scholars
Bethsaida
Excavations Project
Christian
Theological Research Fellowship
Ethnic Chinese
Biblical Colloquium
Evangelical
Philosophical Society
GOCN Forum on
Missional Hermeneutics
Institute for
Biblical Research
Institute for
Religion and Civic Values
International
Organization for Septuagint and Cognate Studies
International
Syriac Language Project
Journal of Feminist
Studies in Religion
Karl Barth Society
of North America
Korean Biblical
Colloquium
Masoretic Studies
(Affiliated with IOMS)
National Association
of Professors of Hebrew
Nida Institute for
Biblical Scholarship at the American Bible Society
North American
Association for the Study of Religion
Novum Testamentum
Graecum: Editio Critica Maior
Society for Ancient
Mediterranean Religions
Society for Pentecostal
Studies
Society for the
Arts in Religious and Theological Studies
Søren Kierkegaard
Society
Subject Centre for
Philosophical and Religious Studies
Wabash Center for
Teaching and Learning in Theology and Religion
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