Senses, Cultures, and Biblical Worlds

Call For Papers: For the 2022 Annual Meeting, we invite paper proposals for the following sessions: (1) Senses and the Afterlife. We welcome submissions that explore the sensorial dimension of the afterlife as expressed in ancient literature, inscriptions, iconography, and other aspects of material culture. Possible questions include the (dis)continuity between how senses function in the afterlife in comparison with earthly existence; the connection between sense perception and the specific type of postmortem existence that is envisaged; philosophical and theological underpinnings; the so-called “spiritual senses”; the way in which the functioning of the senses is understood (e.g., exteroceptive versus interoceptive). (2) Senses and Material Culture. We invite contributions that analyze the relationship between the senses and material culture. We are particularly interested in papers that apply either a material agency perspective, a multimodality perspective or a cognitive science perspective to the sources. We also welcome submissions focusing on methodological issues pertaining to the relationship between material objects and sense perception. (3) Teaching the Senses. Finally, we invite proposals discussing how sensory criticism can be integrated in teaching Biblical Studies. For all the panels, there is an open call for papers. The abstract should state the paper's thesis, outline the approach that will be taken, and identify the primary sources and examples to be discussed.

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