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Non-SBL Biblical Studies Conferences in the US?

Someone recently mentioned the upcoming Hebrew Bible conference at Notre Dame (”My Ways Are Not Your Ways“), which I hadn’t heard of before. This makes me wonder: what else am I missing? I hear of some cool conferences in the UK, but what biblical studies conferences (other than the obvious national and regional SBL meetings) [...]

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Quranic Studies Taking a Note from Biblical Studies?

In his lecture today, Prof. Bartchy referenced an intriguing article in the NY Times about current study of the Qur’an. The Qur’an is considered by Muslims to be the very words of God, spoken through the prophet (peace be upon him) who spoke the words of God for his companions to transcribe verbatim. For Muslims, [...]

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SBL Paper Accepted!

I am pleased to announce that my paper, “The Agents of Jesus Meet ‘All the Nations’: Adapting Jesus’ Cultic Reform for the Eschaton,” has been accepted for the 2009 Annual Meeting program unit Construction of Christian Identities at the Society of Biblical Literature in New Orleans. Though I have presented at the regional SBL meeting [...]

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