As is traditional, I’m sharing information about papers I’ll be reading at the Society of Biblical Literature conference in Atlanta in November. First, I’ll be reading a paper in the “Intertextuality in the New Testament” consultation entitled “Intertextuality without an Intertext? Musings on Matthew and Method.” Here’s the abstract:
There has been much discussion about the degree of importance of the original context of a Scripture which is quoted or alluded to in the New Testament. Matthew 2:23 provides an interesting test case, since what Scripture(s), if any, the author may have had in mind remains uncertain.
This paper will consider similarities between this instance and other examples in the New Testament where the assertion that something happened “according to the Scriptures” appears to have been more important than clarifying which Scriptures were in view. It will also explore the possibility that the term Nazoraeans may have denoted an already-existing Jewish religious group with which Jesus and his followers were being associated (cf. Acts 24:5). Concluding considerations will be offered focused on methodology and intertextuality, noting that our inability to identify what Scripture was being referred to suggests that the specific text, much less its original context, was not always important in New Testament citations and allusions.
I’ll also be presenting at the session on blogging, and will blog more about that on some other occasion.
Here are what some other bloggers have posted that they will be presenting at the conference:
Daniel O. McClellan:
What is Deity in LXX Deuteronomy? (this is part of an exciting-looking session on Key Terms in the Debate about Monotheism which will also include contributions by Larry Hurtado and others)
El Elyon, Begetter of Heaven and Earth
John Anderson
“A Theology of Deception: Towards Understanding YHWH’s Use of Deception in the Hebrew Bible”
Formation of Isaiah paper
Third paper (John has a decision to make!)
Joseph Kelly
“What Would Moses Do?: On Applying the Test of a False Prophet to the Current Climate Crisis“
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