Wisdom and Apocalypticism

Call For Papers: The Wisdom and Apocalypticism program unit will hold three sessions at the 2022 SBL Annual Meeting in Denver. The first is an invited session, “Race and Apocalypticism,” which is the first in what will be a series of sessions in the coming years, the goal of which is to foster interdisciplinary approaches that investigate the intersections between apocalypticism and the study of race/ethnicity in antiquity. We are interested in exploring how the study of ancient Jewish and early Christian apocalypticism might be informed by the works of scholars working in critical race studies, premodern race studies, or race and ethnicity studies more broadly conceived. Our second session, also invited, is a review panel for the forthcoming volume The Dead Sea Scrolls and the Nag Hammadi Codices (Brill), edited by Dylan Burns and Matthew Goff, a volume born out of collaboration between the Wisdom & Apocalypticism and Nag Hammadi SBL program units. The session will be co-hosted by both groups. The third session is open and we welcome submissions on any topic that relates to sapiential and/or apocalyptic traditions in early Jewish and/or Christian literature. This year, papers that focus on “philosophy and wisdom literature” will be especially considered. Submissions are particularly encouraged from women and underrepresented minorities.

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