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Meeting Program Units

2022 Annual Meeting

Denver, Colorado

Meeting Begins11/19/2022
Meeting Ends11/22/2022

Call for Papers Opens: 1/19/2022
Call for Papers Closes: 3/18/2022

Requirements for Participation

Textual Criticism of the Historical Books


Program Unit Type: Section
Accepting Papers? Yes

Call For Papers: Traditionally, this section has focused on the textual history of Samuel–Kings, but we have expanded to include the Historical Books more broadly. Thus, we are happy to receive proposals featuring the textual criticism of Samuel–Kings, but also encourage papers on the other Historical Books. For the 2022 Annual Meeting, we are planning three sessions. One session is open for submissions on any text-critical topic in the Historical Books. In addition to text-critical papers in the strict sense, this session is open to papers that focus on: literary, redaction, or narrative criticism; linguistics, such as lexicography and syntax; ancient versions beyond the Septuagint (Latin, Coptic, Syriac), etc. Papers in these cognate fields should either take advantage of text-critical findings or demonstrate the useful application of their approaches to textual criticism generally or specifically. Joint papers featuring cooperation between a textual critic and a specialist in another approach are especially welcome. In addition to a general session, we are planning two thematic sessions. One will cover "Ancient Versions of and beyond the Septuagint." For this session, we will consider papers demonstrating the text-critical value and text-historical relevance of the daughter versions of the Septuagint (e.g., Coptic, Syriac, Latin, Ethiopic, Armenian, Georgian) and of the proto-Masoretic text (Peshitta, Targumim, Vulgate). In addition, papers that seek to explain translational or other features in the said versions using text-critical evidence are welcomed. Particularly, we encourage joint papers by scholars bringing together expertise on different areas of research on the ancient versions. The second thematic session will be a joint session with the program unit “Chronicles–Ezra–Nehemiah.” It will focus on text-critical and text-historical issues relating Chronicles to Samuel–Kings. This session is accepting proposals for any topics that fit under that rubric.

Program Unit Chairs

Jonathan Robker
Sarah Yardney

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