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Metacriticism of Biblical Scholarship

11/23/2013

1:00 PM to 3:30 PM

Room: 349 – Convention CenterTheme: Academic Freedom and Biblical Studies

James Linville, University of Lethbridge, Presiding

Jeffrey Morrow, Seton Hall University

A Biblical Method to End Religious Conflict: The Socio-Political Context to Spinoza’s Battle for the Freedom to Philosophize as it Relates to Academic Freedom and Biblical Studies (30 min)

Robert R. Cargill, University of Iowa

“Do Not Receive into the Bible College or Seminary Anyone Who Comes to You and Does Not Bring This Doctrine”: The Problem of Critical Scholars at Confessional Colleges (30 min)

James F. McGrath, Butler University

Mythicism and the Mainstream: The Rhetoric and Realities of Academic Freedom (30 min)

Kent Harold Richards, StrategyPoints, Respondent (30 min)

Discussion (30 min)

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Intertextuality in the New Testament

11/25/2013

1:00 PM to 3:30 PM

Room: Key 12 – HiltonTheme: Intertextuality and the Art of Persuasive Argumentation

B. J. Oropeza, Azusa Pacific University, Presiding

Russell Sisson, Union College

Intertextuality of Blended Wisdom and Prophetic Discourse (25 min)

Discussion (10 min)

Roy Jeal, Booth University College

Interactivity and Persuasive Argumentation in Colossians (25 min)

Discussion (10 min)

Break (5 min)

James McGrath, Butler University

Reading a Letter Quoting a Hymn Quoting Scripture: Intertextuality and Persuasion in Philippians 2:6-11 (25 min)

Discussion (10 min)

Vernon Robbins, Emory University

Argumentative Texture in Pauline Presentations of the Activity and Coming of the Lord Jesus Christ (25 min)

Discussion (15 min)