Search SBL
 







Meeting Program Units

2011 Annual Meeting

San Francisco, CA

Meeting Begins11/19/2011
Meeting Ends11/22/2011

Call for Papers Opens: 1/25/2011
Call for Papers Closes: 3/4/2011

Requirements for Participation

Sabbath in Text and Tradition


Program Unit Type: Seminar
Accepting Papers? Yes

Call For Papers: The Sabbath in Text and Tradition Group invites papers on two linked topics for 2011: The Sabbath and Peace / The Sabbath, Violence and War. Papers may discuss any topic within these two themes including but not limited to Sabbath and rest, rest for the soul, Sabbath and wholeness/shalom, Sabbath and peacemaking, War on the Sabbath and war practices, killing or healing on Sabbath, Sabbath and implements of war, and Sabbath and issues of violence. The texts and time period for the discussion can come from Hebrew Bible, Intertestamental Period, Second Temple Period, New Testament, early Rabbinics and Patristics. Papers may approach the topic from any perspective – historical, religio-cultural, textual, tradition history or other theoretical models. Submit proposals through the Society of Biblical Literature website at http://www.sbl-site.org/meetings/AnnualMeeting.aspx.

Program Unit Chairs

Aaron D. Panken

Propose a Paper for this Program Unit

If you are a SBL member, you must login before you can propose a paper for this or any other session. Please login by entering your SBL member number on the left in the Login box.

For all other persons wanting to propose a paper, you must communicate directly with the chair of the program unit to which you want to propose. Chairs have the responsibility to make waiver requests, and their email addresses are available above. SBL provides membership and meeting registration waivers only for scholars who are outside the disciplines covered by the SBL program, specifically most aspects of archaeological, biblical, religious, and theological studies.

Questions About Membership?

  • Call 866-727-9955 Toll Free in the US
  • Call 404-727-9498 Outside the US
  • Fax us at 404-727-2419
  • Email us at sblservices@sbl-site.org
 


JOIN   |  DONATE   |  CONTACT   |  SBL TWITTER   |  BIBLE ODYSSEY TWITTER   |  PRIVACY POLICY

© 2024, Society of Biblical Literature. All Rights Reserved.