Syriac Literature and Interpretations of Sacred Texts

Call For Papers: For the 2015 meeting in Atlanta we welcome papers for three joint and one or more open sessions. 1) For a joint session with the SBL Ethiopic Bible and Literature Section, we invite contributions that show intersections between Ethiopic and Syriac or Syriac-Arabic exegetical, literary, or historical traditions. We are especially interested in papers that deal with hagiographical traditions. 2) In collaboration with the AAR Middle Eastern Christianity Group and the SBL Religious Competition in Late Antiquity unit we seek proposals that address wisdom literature in the Middle Eastern Christian communities. The program units invite proposals that investigate wisdom literature in the Syriac milieu as it is understood broadly—including related Christian traditions in other Middle Eastern languages, such as Arabic, Armenian, Coptic, Ethiopic, Greek, etc. Proposals focused on any historical period are welcome, and abstracts must demonstrate methodological and theoretical rigor. 3) In collaboration with the SBL Aramaic Studies section, we invite papers for a joint session. 4) We warmly welcome contributions for one or more open sessions with presentations of research on Syriac literature and the Syriac Bible, its versions, transmissions, exegesis, and relevance for understanding religion, culture, history, and society in Late Antiquity and the Middle Ages. We continue to be strongly interested in papers that address the intersections between the Bible, the Qur'an, and their interpretive traditions through the lens of Syriac authors.

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