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SBL Presentations

Posted by: Ros on: November 24, 2009

Friday, 3.30-5.30pm, Scripture and Hermeneutics Seminar This was a discussion of Ellen Davis’s ‘Scripture, Culture and Agriculture’. Craig Bartholomew and David Moessner responded to the book, then Ellen Davis responded to them, and then there was general discussion. The focus of the book is an agrarian reading of the Old Testament, drawing attention to various [...]

SBL09

Posted by: Ros on: November 23, 2009

My feelings about SBL in general have not changed since the last time I went in 2006. There’s an awful lot of self-promotion and self-aggrandisement going on, not to mention the profiteering in the exhibition hall. However, I have to admit that I have enjoyed myself a lot more this time. Mainly this is because [...]

Song of Songs at SBL

Posted by: Ros on: October 12, 2009

I’ve finally found a chance to go through the programme for SBL and I’m encouraged to see that there are a number of papers on the Song: Saturday, 9.00-11.30 am: F. W. Dobbs-Allsopp, The Ekphrastic Image in Song 5:9-16 Saturday, 1.00-3.30 pm: Me, Poetic Structure of Song 7:12-14 Saturday, 4.00-7.00 pm: Al Wolters, Ann Francis [...]

Good news, I think

Posted by: Ros on: March 12, 2009

I am in Scotland and there is a rainbow. This is a good thing since it reminds me that God’s love is faithful and sure. This morning I had an email to say that my paper proposal for this year’s SBL conference in November has been accepted. I was very excited to hear this. Then [...]

Not in San Diego

Posted by: Ros on: November 17, 2007

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A little while ago I blogged about why I’m not going to SBL this year.   And all of those reasons are still valid – especially the lack of time. But right now, I’m thinking it would be nice to be somewhere sunny.  And to have spent yesterday at the zoo with Karyn.  And to be [...]

Why I’m not going to SBL

Posted by: Ros on: September 21, 2007

Apart from the time, the money and the travel, that is. Last year I remember feeling overwhelmed and not a little sickened by the sheer number of people making their comfortable living off the back of God’s word. Around 5000 conference delegates were supplemented by the many hundreds of vendors, publishers, agents and so on. [...]


Conversational theology:

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