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Meeting Program Units

2024 Annual Meeting

San Diego, California

Meeting Begins11/23/2024
Meeting Ends11/26/2024

Call for Papers Opens: 1/24/2024
Call for Papers Closes: 3/20/2024

Requirements for Participation

The Historical Paul


Program Unit Type: Section
Accepting Papers? Yes

Call For Papers: The Historical Paul unit welcomes proposals for the following session: (1) an open session with papers that address any aspect of the unit's objective of seeking to describe Paul as a contextually plausible social actor, including papers on Paul that pay attention to biographical detail and social context, offer careful consideration of historical method, and engage a diverse range of comparanda. The unit will also host three invited sessions: (2) a session that considers the role that Acts plays in our construction of the historical Paul given new and divergent trends in Acts research; (3) a book review panel on Isaac Soon's book A Disabled Apostle: Impairment and Disability in the Letters of Paul (OUP, 2023) co-sponsored with the Healthcare and Disability unit and the Pauline Epistles unit; (4) a session on "epistolary leadership" that examines how various ancient figures exhibited transformational leadership through their letter-writing and how this sheds light on the historical Paul.

Program Unit Chairs

Brigidda Bell
Benjamin L. White

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