Looking Forward to These SBL Sessions – Sun Nov 23 (Gupta)

Here are my picks for Sun Nov 23:

Notes:

(1) All are welcome to the IBR worship service – Mark Strauss is the preacher.

(2) 9AM session – Pauline Soteriology or Paul and Bultmann??? I can’t decide! I will probably go to the former because the later is being published as a book.

(3) 1PM session – I will be at the Gorman review session. But sad to miss hearing Wright in the Paul session.

(4) 4PM session – Please come to my paper on Pistis in 1 Thess!

P23-103

Institute for Biblical Research
11/23/2014
7:30 AM to 8:30 AM
Room: Room 8 (Upper level) – San Diego Convention Center (CC)

Theme: Worship Service
This worship service is sponsored by the Institute of Biblical Research. For further information go to http://www.ibr-bbr.org.

Tremper Longman, Westmont College, Presiding
Wendy Porter, McMaster Divinity College, Worship
Lesson from the Hebrew Scriptures: Isaiah 53:1–12
Lesson from the New Testament: Mark 10:35–45
Cynthia Westfall, McMaster Divinity College, Introduction
Mark L. Strauss, Bethel Seminary San Diego: “Not to be served, but to serve” 

S23-134a

Pauline Soteriology
11/23/2014
9:00 AM to 11:30 AM
Room: D (Level 3 (Aqua)) – Hilton Bayfront (HB)

Theme: Righteousness/Justice in Paul

Michael Gorman, Saint Mary’s Seminary and University, Presiding
Beverly Roberts Gaventa, Baylor University
Righteousness/Justice in Paul: The View from Romans (35 min)
Martin de Boer, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam – VU University Amsterdam
Righteousness/Justice in Paul: A Comparison of Galatians with Romans (35 min)
Break (10 min)
Nathan Eubank, Notre Dame Seminary, Graduate School of Theology, Respondent (15 min)
Willie Jennings, Duke University, Respondent (15 min)
Discussion (20 min)
Discussion (20 min)

S23-149

Theological Interpretation of Scripture
11/23/2014
9:00 AM to 11:30 AM
Room: Room 8 (Upper level) – San Diego Convention Center (CC)

Theme: Bultmann and Theological Interpretation Today
What is the significance of Rudolf Bultmann for contemporary theological interpretation? The presenters in this session are all contributors to Beyond Bultmann: Theology of the New Testament Afresh, edited by Bruce Longenecker and Mikeal Parsons (Baylor University Press, 2014).

Joel Green, Fuller Theological Seminary (Pasadena), Presiding
Bruce Longenecker, Baylor University, Introduction (5 min)
John M. G. Barclay, Durham University
Interpretation, not Repetition: Bultmann on Paul (20 min)
Discussion (10 min)
Richard B. Hays, The Divinity School, Duke University
The Erasure of Israel in Bultmann’s Theology of Paul (20 min)
Discussion (10 min)
Break (5 min)
Francis Watson, Durham University
From Demythologizing to Narrative? (20 min)
Discussion (10 min)
Angela Standhartinger, Philipps-Universität Marburg
Does Context Matter in Theological Interpretation? Some Observations in Connection with Bultmann’s “Theology of the New Testament” (20 min)
Discussion (10 min)
Discussion (20 min)

S23-208

Biblical Ethics
11/23/2014
1:00 PM to 3:30 PM
Room: 400 A (Level 4 (Sapphire)) – Hilton Bayfront (HB)

Theme: Ethics in the Bible: Justice and Mercy? Or Justice vs. Mercy? Law and Love? Or Law vs. Love?

Peter Wick, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Presiding
Markus Zehnder, Universität Basel, Presiding
J. Richard Middleton, Northeastern Seminary at Roberts Wesleyan College
Is God Fickle? The Theological Significance of Interpretive Conundrums in YHWH’s Judgment on the Elide Priesthood (1 Samuel 2-3) (20 min)
Discussion (5 min)
Luke Ben Tallon, LeTourneau University
Forgiveness as the Image of the Merciful and Just God (20 min)
Discussion (5 min)
Jens-Christian Maschmeier, Ruhr-Universität Bochum
The dynamic polarity between justice and mercy in the Gospel of Matthew (20 min)
Discussion (5 min)
Martin Webber, Evangelische Theologische Faculteit
Justice without Mercy or No Justice without Mercy? Comparing 1 Peter and James (20 min)
Discussion (5 min)
Break (2 min)
Sean F. Winter, University of Divinity, Melbourne
Paul’s Ethics and Paul’s Experience: Law and Love in Galatians (20 min)
Pieter G.R. de Villiers, University of the Free State – Universiteit van die Vrystaat
Smuggling the law through the back door? The law and love in the ethics, ethos and identity of the Galatian community. (20 min)
Discussion (8 min)

S23-214*

Christian Theology and the Bible
11/23/2014
1:00 PM to 3:15 PM
Room: Room 5 B (Upper level) – San Diego Convention Center (CC)

Theme: Review of Michael Gorman, The Death of the Messiah and the Birth of the New Covenant: A (Not So) New Model of the Atonement (Wipf & Stock/Cascade)

Stephen Fowl, Loyola University Maryland, Panelist (20 min)
Cherith Nordling, Panelist (20 min)
Marianne Thompson, Fuller Theological Seminary (Pasadena), Panelist (20 min)
John Wright, Point Loma Nazarene University, Panelist (20 min)
Michael Gorman, Saint Mary’s Seminary and University, Respondent (20 min)
Break (5 min)
Discussion (30 min)

S23-221

Gender, Sexuality, and the Bible
Joint Session With: Social Scientific Criticism of the New Testament, Gender, Sexuality, and the Bible
11/23/2014
1:00 PM to 3:30 PM
Room: Room 25 B (Upper level) – San Diego Convention Center (CC)

Theme: Honouring the Work of Dr. Halvor Moxnes

Christina Petterson, Introduction (10 min)
Leif Vaage, University of Toronto
The Money of the Kingdom: Economic Conflict and Social Relations in Halvor Moxnes’ Better Gospel (20 min)
Discussion (5 min)
Giovanni Bazzana, Harvard University
The Economics of Basileia in Luke-Acts according to Halvor Moxnes (20 min)
Discussion (5 min)
Philip Esler, University of Gloucestershire
Halvor Moxnes and the Social-Scientific Interpretation of the New Testament: An Appreciation (20 min)
Discussion (5 min)
Marianne Kartzow, Universitetet i Oslo
Talkative Bodies: Slaves as Gossipers, News Bearers and Fortune-Tellers in New Testament Texts (20 min)
Discussion (5 min)
Jorunn Økland, Universitetet i Oslo, Respondent (20 min)
Discussion (20 min)

S23-236

Pauline Epistles
Joint Session With: Pauline Epistles, Paul and Judaism, Disputed Paulines, Pauline Soteriology, Second Corinthians: Pauline Theology in the Making, Systematic Transformation and Interweaving of Scripture in 1 Corinthians
11/23/2014
1:00 PM to 3:30 PM
Room: Sapphire Ballroom M (Level 4 (Sapphire)) – Hilton Bayfront (HB)

Michael Patrick Barber, John Paul the Great Catholic University and John Kincaid, John Paul the Great Catholic University
Cultic Theosis in Paul and Second Temple Judaism: A Fresh Reading of the Corinthian Correspondence (18 min)
David A. Burnett, Criswell College
“So Shall Your Seed Be”: Paul’s Use of Genesis 15:5 in Romans 4:18 in Light of Early Jewish Deification Traditions(18 min)
Pamela Eisenbaum, Iliff School of Theology, Respondent (8 min)
Ward Blanton, University of Kent at Canterbury, Respondent (8 min)
N. T. Wright, University of St. Andrews, Respondent (8 min)
Break (5 min)
Matthew E. Gordley, Regent University School of Divinity
Psalms of Solomon and Pauline Studies (18 min)
Hans Svebakken, Loyola University of Chicago
Roman 7:7-25 and a Pauline Allegory of the Soul (18 min)
Pamela Eisenbaum, Iliff School of Theology, Respondent (8 min)
Ward Blanton, University of Kent at Canterbury, Respondent (8 min)
N. T. Wright, University of St. Andrews, Respondent (8 min)
Discussion (25 min)

P23-316

GOCN Forum on Missional Hermeneutics
11/23/2014
4:00 PM to 6:30 PM
Room: Room 8 (Upper level) – San Diego Convention Center (CC)

Theme: Reflecting on Paul and Missional Hermeneutics: A Conversation with N. T. Wright
In “Paul and the Faithfulness of God,” N. T. Wright identifies three major motifs that characterize the heart of Paul’s theology, focusing on the one God of Israel, the people of God, and God’s future for the world. This dynamic interaction between theology, ecclesiology, and eschatology has been a major and recurring interest in the work of the GOCN Forum on Missional Hermeneutics as well. In this session, Wright will draw together themes from his treatment of Paul that focus upon and illumine specifically the sense of the mission in which the people of God are called to participate. How does this mission originate in the Bible’s portrayal of who God is and what God is up to? How does this mission reshape the way we think about what it means to be the people of God? And how does this mission shape the hope to which we are called? Please join us for what promises to be a fascinating panel discussion (featuring biblical scholars N. T. Wright, Sylvia Keesmaat, Michael J. Gorman, and James V. Brownson) and open conversation about the missiological dimensions of Paul’s theology in Wright’s work.

John Franke, Yellowstone Theological Institute, Presiding (10 min)
N.T. Wright, University of St. Andrews, Panelist (40 min)
Sylvia Keesmaat, Toronto School of Theology, Panelist (15 min)
Break (5 min)
Michael J. Gorman, Saint Mary’s Seminary and University, Panelist (15 min)
James V. Brownson, Western Theological Seminary, Panelist (15 min)
N.T. Wright, University of St. Andrews, Panelist (15 min)
Discussion (35 min)

S23-324

Jesus Traditions, Gospels, and Negotiating the Roman Imperial World
11/23/2014
4:00 PM to 5:45 PM
Room: Sapphire Ballroom H (Level 4 (Sapphire)) – Hilton Bayfront (HB)

Theme: Theory and Method in Empire-Critical Studies

Colleen Conway, Seton Hall University, Presiding
Warren Carter, Brite Divinity School (TCU)
Imperial-Critical Work on Jesus-Traditions and the Gospels: Reflections and Assessment (30 min)
Jeremy Punt, Universiteit van Stellenbosch – University of Stellenbosch
Postcolonial and/or Empire studies: Birds of a feather? Intersections and negotiations (30 min)
Eric Thurman, University of the South, Respondent (15 min)
Discussion (30 min)

S23-330

Meals in the Greco-Roman World
Joint Session With: Meals in the Greco-Roman World, Meals in the HB/OT and Its World
11/23/2014
4:00 PM to 6:30 PM
Room: Room 5 B (Upper level) – San Diego Convention Center (CC)

Theme: Meals and Justice
The joint session between the “Meals in the Greco-Roman World” section and “Meals in the HB/OT and Its World” will focus on meals and justice, discussing how individual and divine justice are brought into connection with the table. The session will seek to bring together perspectives from the Hebrew Bible, the New Testament, and rabbinical texts, seeking the commonalities and divergences present between the various bodies of texts.

Carol Meyers, Duke University, Presiding (5 min)
Walter J. Houston, University of Manchester
‘To share your bread with the hungry’: justice or charity? (30 min)
Michael Satlow, Brown University
Beggar at the Banquet (30 min)
Dennis Smith, Phillips Theological Seminary
The House Church and the Poor in the New Testament (30 min)
Loren Stuckenbruck, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Respondent (20 min)
Discussion (35 min)