Are you SBL? Are you Mid-Atlantic? Then this is for you. The Mid-Atlantic Region of the Society of Biblical Literature has issued their call for papers for the 2011 conference (PDF link). The conference is March 17–18. The due date for proposals is December 6 2010. The theme this year is “Religion and Embodiment,” and [...]
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Summary: AAR and SBL sit again at the same lunch table. Occasional brushing-together of feet probably not “footsie,” but promisingly, does not result in a masking tape dividing line on the floor.
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Summary: The 2010 SBL Annual Meeting online program book is up. Here is what I am presenting this year. What will you be doing at SBL?
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Summary: a new contribution on How (Not) to Do Conference Presentations, with a defense of the “Reading Aloud” mode of presenting.
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Summary: The community of bloggers in academic biblical studies is overwhelmingly male compared to the non-blogging discipline. Question isn’t whether this is sign of illness, but rather how to address the plain fact of ill health.
Filed under: An Informal Word | Tagged: academia, blogging, culture, gender, SBL, sex | 6 Comments »
Summary: an instructive kerfluffle about sectarian claims in the books and book reviews of academic biblical studies.
Filed under: Books & Reviews, Critical Thinking, Education, Links, Old Testament | Tagged: Critical Thinking, criticism, Hebrew Bible, literature, New Testament, religion, SBL | 5 Comments »
Summary: This is Biblical Studies Carnival LI.
Filed under: Ancient Near East, Books & Reviews, Hebrew Language, Links, Old Testament | Tagged: carnival, Context of Scripture, Greek, Hebrew, Hebrew Bible, history, humor, inscriptions, New Testament, religion, SBL | 15 Comments »
