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Meeting Program Units

2015 Annual Meeting

Atlanta, GA

Meeting Begins11/21/2015
Meeting Ends11/24/2015

Call for Papers Opens: 12/17/2014
Call for Papers Closes: 3/4/2015

Requirements for Participation

Sacrifice, Cult, and Atonement


Program Unit Type: Section
Accepting Papers? Yes

Call For Papers: The Sacrifice, Cult, and Atonement section welcomes all proposals on topics pertaining to sacrificial practice and function, cultic worship, and the means and significance of atonement as represented in the Hebrew Bible, New Testament, or other Second Temple literature, and as demonstrated in the material culture of the relevant periods. This year we especially seek papers on two themes. For the first, Sacrificial Themes in Biblical Narrative, papers should focus on narrative texts from the Hebrew Bible, the New Testament, or both. Papers on the second theme, (Ig)Noble Death Traditions and Paradigms, should consider questions of when a person’s death may be considered particularly honorable, noble, or otherwise notably beneficial to the community—or not—as represented in any First or Second Temple literature. As always, we are interested in a variety of methodological approaches, including—but not limited to—historical criticism, tradition history, comparative and literary approaches, art history, ritual theory, and sociological analysis.

Program Unit Chairs

Henrietta L. Wiley

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