July 14, 2016 Newsletter
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Bible Odyssey We have a new main article on the Second Temple from Lawrence Schiffman! Did you know that Eve appears in the New Testament? Linda Schearing delves into the history of interpretation for the "first woman." How deep is your love? James E. Harding explores the relationship between David and Jonathan . Mike Holmes answers the question, "What are English translations of the Bible based on?" Any topics you would like to see Bible Odyssey address? Let us know at: bow@sbl-site.org SBL on Twitter @SBLSite SBL Calendar SBL Membership and Subscriptions |
SBL Meeting in Seoul Thanks to all who attended the 2016 International Meeting in Seoul, Korea. It was productive and enjoyable. It was covered in the Korean Press here and here, including some pictures of the event. We hope to see you in Berlin, Germany for next year's meeting. Registration for the 2017 International Meeting will open at the 2016 Annual Meetings this November.
Annual Meetings 2016 Are you one of the 2,166 unique participants in this year’s program? Check when you are scheduled to present in the program online here. Or, if you are not a participant, search for sessions and units of interest. For more information about the Annual Meetings 2016, including travel information and frequently asked questions, please feel free to visit our Annual Meetings 2016 website. The Advance Registration deadline is August 18. If you haven’t registered, please register now before the rates increase. To register you will need your SBL Membership number and a valid Mastercard, Visa or American Express card available.
New Titles from SBL Press Don’t forget to visit the Kindle Store An Introduction to Empire in the New Testament The purpose of the present volume is to introduce students and nonspecialists to the growing subfield of New Testament studies known as empire studies. This volume includes a diverse group of interpreters who at times have differing presuppositions, methods, and concerns regarding how the texts of the New Testament engage the Roman Empire, but who all hold in common a belief that Rome’s empire is a crucial foreground for reading and interpreting at least certain New Testament texts. Paper $49.95, ISBN 9781628371338 John, Jesus, and History, Volume 3: Glimpses of Jesus through the Johannine Lens In this third volume of the John, Jesus, and History Project, an international group of distinguished experts demonstrate over two dozen ways in which John contributes to an enhanced historical understanding of Jesus and his ministry. Moving from the last days of Jesus to his works and words, this volume provides glimpses of Jesus through the Johannine lens. Paper $67.95, ISBN 9780884140825 Transgender, Intersex, and Biblical Interpretation In this volume Hornsby and Guest introduce readers to terms for the various identities of trans people and how the Bible can be an affirmation of those deemed sexually other by communities. This book offers readings of well-known (e.g., Genesis 1; Revelation) and not so well known (2 Samuel 6; Jeremiah 38) narratives to illustrate that the Bible has been translated and interpreted with a bias that makes heterosexuality and a two sex, two gender system natural and thus divinely ordained. The authors present examples that show gender was never a binary, and in the Bible gender and sex are always dynamic categories that do, and must, transition. Paper $27.95, ISBN 9781628371352
The Life of Adam and Eve in Greek: A Critical Edition This critical edition of the Life of Adam and Eve in Greek is based on all available manuscripts. In the introduction the history of previous research is summarized, and the extant manuscripts are presented. Next comes a description of the grammatical characteristics of the manuscripts’ texts, followed by a detailed study of the genealogical relationships between them, resulting in a reconstruction of the writing’s history of transmission in Greek. On the basis of all this information, the Greek text of the Life of Adam and Eve in its earliest attainable stage, is established. Paper $31.95, ISBN 9781628371437 New ICI Books Posted in June
The Prophets Speak on Forced Migration The Ancient Martyrdom Accounts of Peter and Paul Contextualizing Israel’s Sacred Writings: Ancient Literacy, Orality, and Literary Production
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