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There seems to be strong interest in the relationship between monotheism and Christology in academic New Testament scholarship at present. Jewish monotheism, Wisdom, agency, mediator figures, divine identity, and many other topics seem to be more and more the focus of discussion, interest, and interaction \u2013 not least in the biblioblogosphere.<\/p>\n

I wonder whether there would be any interest in creating some sort of of venue for discussing this broad range of interrelated topics at the Society of Biblical Literature annual meeting. It would not necessarily need to be a program unit, and perhaps should not be one, given that, on the one hand, the increasing number of program units creates many logistical problems, while on the other hand, this field overlaps and intersects with a great number of different program units already in existence.<\/p>\n

I wonder how much interest there would be in some sort of additional meeting devoted to this topic, and to the extent that there is interest, whether you envisage papers being read, or informal conversation over food and\/or drinks.<\/p>\n

If some who are reading this are already part of the \u201cearly high Christology club\u201d and feel like\u00a0what I\u2019m suggesting is\u00a0already covered, I\u2019d be interested to know when and where that group meets these days, just so that I can try to organize an \u201cearly low<\/a> Christology<\/a> club\u201d that meets at the same time and includes those who (with good reason) have not been invited to the former group\u2019s gatherings!\u00a0\u00a0 \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

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