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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

Book History and Biblical Literatures


Program Unit Type: Section
Accepting Papers? Yes

Call For Papers: We invite proposals for a co-sponsored session (with the Religious World of Late Antiquity unit) on “Books and Religious Practice in Late Antiquity,” which will feature shorter presentations (~10-12 minutes) on the relationship between texts, broadly conceived, and ritual performance. We invite proposals for a second session on “Texts beyond Reading,” which will feature short presentations (approx. 12 minutes) on the uses of texts for purposes other than reading. Proposals may explore topics such as ritual uses for texts, apotropaic purposes, or varied symbolic functions in social contexts, and we particularly encourage topics that may engage with other religious traditions (e.g. Islam, Manichaeism, Samaritans). We will also host an invited panel on the theme of “the Critical Edition as Technology.”

Program Unit Chairs

Matthew D. C. Larsen
Daniel Picus

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