The Bible in Church and Academy
Posted in Academia, Conferences on Aug 19th, 2009
I received this from Prof. Schipper.
Highlights for our 2010 meeting include our plenary address by Dr. Benjamin D. Sommer, Professor in the Department of Bible and Ancient Semitic Languages at the Jewish Theological Seminary of America and our presidential address by Dr. Kenton Sparks, Professor of Biblical Studies at Eastern University.
This will be an excellent [...]
Posted in Academia, Conferences on Jun 8th, 2009
I find this post by Michael Halcomb on writing paper proposals very helpful. Here is the summary, but be sure to click the link to see his great real-world examples.
In taking into consideration both of these titles & abstracts, you notice a sort of common trend that I use:
* Attention Grabbing Title
1. Noting the Historical [...]
Posted in Academia, Conferences, Teaching on Apr 15th, 2009
The SBL Forum has posted an insightful article from Jane Webster of Barton College, Biblical Studies in the Context of the Emerging Religion Major. She discusses the place of biblical studies as part of a broader “religious studies” major as opposed to a “seminary” model, and her comments ring true to my experience at [...]
Posted in Academia, Conferences on Mar 25th, 2009
I am pleased to say that my second paper proposal for the SBL meeting in New Orleans has been accepted. The paper, “From Biblical Literature to Ultimate Questions: Shifting Contexts and Goals for Introducing the Bible,” will be in the Teaching Biblical Literature in an Undergraduate Liberal Arts Context section. I am looking [...]
Posted in Academia, Conferences, Lectures on Mar 14th, 2009
Last night, I was very happy to have dinner with a few friends: Jim West and his daughter, Frank Jacks, David Garber, and Doug Watson. We had a good time swapping stories about such notables as Philip Davies and Wenzel van Huyssteen.
This morning, I moderated a session of very fine papers by [...]
Posted in Academia, Conferences on Mar 11th, 2009
The SECSOR meeting is this weekend, and we are working on a get-together of “internet friends” on Friday evening at 6PM. Who’s in? We will meet in the lobby and head to dinner somewhere close by. You can reply here or drop me an email at bryan [dot] bibb [at] furman [dot] edu.
Posted in Academia, Conferences on Mar 9th, 2009
*see update at the bottom*
It seems to be de rigueur to talk about SBL paper proposals and such on one’s “biblioblog,” so here goes. I have just learned that my paper proposal has been accepted for a joint session between the “Disability Studies and Healthcare in the Bible and the ANE” section and the “Warfare [...]
Posted in Academia, Conferences on Mar 7th, 2009
If you are planning to attend the Southeastern Regional SBL next weekend, you probably already know that the meeting has been moved to Greensboro. It has also been decided that the S-E regional meeting of the National Association of the Baptist Professor of Religion will move to Greensboro. We will meet at the Sheraton Four [...]
Posted in Conferences on Jan 28th, 2009
I was thinking it would be fun to have a meet-up of bloggers attending the S-E regional meeting coming up in March. Has anyone seen discussion of this?
I will update this space if I find out something.
Chasers…