International Meeting 2022

The upcoming 2022 SBL International Meeting will be held in Salzburg, Austria from July 17-21, 2022. We are excited for the opportunity to meet with international scholars again, for an in-person event. Although it is unusual for us to open housing a full year in advance of the International Meeting, a separate event that will be taking place in the city at the same time as our meeting makes it very important that we do so. The Salzburg Summer Festival is a large local event, which brings attendees to the city from all over the world. Because of the size of this event, we recommend that you secure housing for our meeting well in advance of the timeframe you would typically use.

As such, we are pleased to announce that we have secured blocks of rooms at several nearby hotels. Please click here  https://na.eventscloud.com/ehome/623829/1132835/ for booking instructions and more information about the meeting.

We look forward to seeing you in Salzburg!

Applications for new International Meeting program units (to begin in 2022 in Salzburg) are due 1 September. Proposals can be submitted using this form.”

Humanities in Class Digital Library

These SBL resources have been added to the Humanities in Class Digital Library:

• Why (and How) Are Bible Chapters and Verses Numbered?
• Abraham
• Mary and Martha

Obtain your free library card here.

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Amazon Purchases: Thank you to all our Amazon Smile supporters! If you haven’t signed up, just go to https://smile.amazon.com/ and choose Society of Biblical Literature as your charity of choice. Then make all of your future Amazon purchases via amazonsmile.com and they will donate a percentage of your purchase to us. It costs you nothing extra. This is a great time of year to sign up, since all our small purchases add up!

You can also support SBL by accessing Amazon from this link.

SBL Calendar

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2021 Annual Meetings Registration Rates Increasing July 30

Don’t miss the Early Bird Registration Rate for the upcoming 2021 Annual Meetings!  Prices will increase on July 30, so register now to receive the lowest rate.

Whether you are able to attend In-Person or Virtual Only, the 2021 Annual Meetings will provide unparalleled opportunities to engage with leading scholars and scholarship within the field of religion. For more information about registration types and prices, benefits, travel information for In-Person attendees, please go here.

To view the online Program Book for the In-Person meeting, please go here.   To view the Virtual Sessions Available, please go here.

Access the registration page at 2021 Annual Meeting Registration.  Early Bird registration rates will increase July 30 so register now for additional savings!

SBL Summer Series

This summer, the Society will release four pre-recorded webinars on pressing issues in the field available to all members. We extend our thanks to the scholars who organized and participated in these essential discussions. The series release schedule is as follows:

• 2 August 2021 - Globalizing Biblical Studies in the Twenty-First Century
• 9 August 2021 - Disabilities Studies and the Bible
• 16 August 2021 - Africana Biblical Hermeneutics
• 23 August 2021 - Horizons of LGBTIQ+ Hermeneutics

Watch the trailer for these insightful conversations here.

2021 International Travel Award Recipients

The SBL International Travel Awards offer opportunities to current SBL members outside North America to attend the Annual or International Meeting, to participate in the program, to enhance their professional development, and to build their network with fellow scholars. Congratulations to the following individuals on receiving the award.

Balu Savarikannu
Ekaterina Todorova
Olga Gienini
Jorge Cano Moreno
Caio Peres
Godfred Nsiah

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New from Bible Odyssey

Samson's Blindness
The Way of the Lord (Nahum 1:3)
Tobit's Dog
Gender of God

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New from SBL Press

After the Corinthian Women Prophets: Reimagining Rhetoric and Power
Joseph A. Marchal, editor

Thirty years after the publication of Antoinette Clark Wire’s groundbreaking The Corinthian Women Prophets, an interdisciplinary, international, and intergenerational group of scholars reflects upon Wire’s impact on New Testament scholarship. Essays pursue historical and theoretical possibilities using methods ranging from rhetorical analysis to feminist and other politically and ethically attuned methods of interpreting Paul’s letters and the history of ancient Mediterranean assemblies. Each contributor reconsiders how both the methods and results of Wire’s work reveal the possibilities of other approaches and other people who are worth our attention and effort.

Paperback • Hardcover • E-book 

The Psalms of Solomon: Texts, Contexts, and Intertexts
Patrick Pouchelle, G. Anthony Keddie, and Kenneth Atkinson, editors

The Psalms of Solomon: Texts, Contexts, and Intertexts explores a unique pseudepigraphal document that bears witness to the 63 BCE Roman conquest of Jerusalem. Essays address a variety of themes, notably their political, social, religious, and historical contexts.

Paperback • Hardcover • E-book 

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