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It is exciting to be able to share that the Mandaean Book of John: Critical Edition, Translation, and Commentary<\/em><\/a> will be available in San Diego at the AAR and SBL Annual Meetings in November. There will be a review panel about the book. Here are the details:<\/p>\n

S25-139<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

\n

Mysticism, Esotericism, and Gnosticism in Antiquity<\/b><\/span>
\n11\/25\/2019<\/b>
\n9:00 AM to 11:30 AM<\/b>
\nRoom:<\/b>\u00a0Sapphire 400B (Fourth Level) \u2013 Hilton Bayfront<\/p>\n

Theme:\u00a0Esoteric Religious Groups in Antiquity<\/i>
\nJoint session with the AAR Traditions of Eastern Late Antiquity.<\/p>\n

April DeConick, Rice University, Presiding<\/p>\n

Book Review: Michael Stone, Secret Groups in Ancient Judaism (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2017)<\/b>
\nKelley Coblentz Bautch, St. Edward\u2019s University, Panelist (10 min)<\/p>\n

James Davila, University of St. Andrews, Panelist (10 min)<\/p>\n

Written Reflections from Michael Stone<\/b>
\nDiscussion (15 min)<\/p>\n

Papers<\/b>
\nChristian H. Bull, University of Oslo
\nStobaeus and Hermes Trismegistus in the Neoplatonic Tradition\u00a0<\/a><\/i>(25 min)
\nTag(s):\u00a0Comparative Religion \/ History of Religion (Comparative Religion \/ History of Religion)<\/p>\n

Discussion (5 min)<\/p>\n

Papers Continued<\/b>
\nTuomas Rasimus, Helsingin Yliopisto \u2013 Helsingfors Universitet
\nHoly of Holies in Late Antique Jewish and Christian Imagination<\/a><\/i>\u00a0(25 min)
\nTag(s):\u00a0Nag Hammadi codices (Early Christian Literature \u2013 Gnostic Literature), Early Christian Literature (Early Christian Literature \u2013 Other), Biblical Interpretations (Early Jewish Literature \u2013 Dead Sea Scrolls)<\/p>\n

Discussion (5 min)<\/p>\n

<\/a>\"\"Book Review: Charles H\u00e4berl and James McGrath, The Mandaean Book of John (De Gruyter 2019)<\/b>
\nCharles Haberl, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, Panelist (5 min)<\/p>\n

James McGrath, Butler University, Panelist (5 min)<\/p>\n

Jorunn Buckley, Bowdoin College, Panelist (10 min)<\/p>\n

Edmondo Lupieri, Loyola University of Chicago, Panelist (10 min)<\/p>\n

Discussion (15 min)<\/p>\n

I am rather dismayed that the very small number of sessions that even touch on the Mandaeans that are taking place under the auspices of SBL are schedules concurrently with those AAR and SBL program unit sessions that have the most direct connection with the study of Mandaeism and its texts. And for the sessions that do focus on them, often key information is lacking. Here is what the AAR has for the jointly-sponsored session I talk about above:<\/p>\n

\n
A25-130\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong>Traditions of Eastern Late Antiquity Unit and SBL Mysticism, Esotericism, and Gnosticism in Antiquity Unit<\/div>\n
Theme:<\/span>\u00a0Esoteric Religious Groups in Antiquity<\/i><\/span><\/div>\n
\n
April D. DeConick, Rice University, Presiding<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
\n
\n
Monday \u2013 9:00 AM-11:30 AM<\/div>\n
Hilton Bayfront-Sapphire 400B (Fourth Level)<\/div>\n
\n

A session that includes book review panels as well as papers.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

\n

Panelists:<\/p>\n

Michael E. Stone, Hebrew University of Jerusalem<\/div>\n
Kelley Coblentz Bautch, Saint Edward\u2019s University<\/div>\n
James Davila, University of Saint Andrews<\/div>\n
Christian H. Bull, University of Oslo<\/div>\n
Tuomas Rasimus, University of Helsinki, Universite Laval<\/div>\n
Charles Haberl, Rutgers University<\/div>\n
James McGrath, Butler University<\/div>\n
Jorunn J. Buckley, Bowdoin College<\/div>\n
Edmondo Lupieri, Loyola University, Chicago<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

Here are details about the other sessions that overlap with AAR and\/or SBL sessions where the Mandaeans are also an explicit focus or at least likely to come up:<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n
S23-131<\/b><\/span>\n
\n

Jewish Christianity \/ Christian Judaism<\/b><\/span>
\n11\/23\/2019<\/b>
\n9:00 AM to 11:30 AM<\/b>
\nRoom:<\/b>\u00a028D (Upper Level East) \u2013 Convention Center<\/p>\n

Theme:\u00a0Nazarenes\/Nazoraeans: Beyond Patristic Sources<\/i><\/p>\n

Matthew Chalmers, University of Pennsylvania, Presiding<\/p>\n

Jason BeDuhn, Northern Arizona University
\n\u201cJews, Nazareans, Christians, and Baptists\u201d: Jewish-Christianity and Manichaean Origins<\/a><\/i>\u00a0(20 min)
\nTag(s):\u00a0Comparative Religion \/ History of Religion (Comparative Religion \/ History of Religion), Historical Criticism (Interpretive Approaches), History of Judaism (History & Culture)<\/p>\n

Discussion (10 min)<\/p>\n

Michal Bar-Asher Siegal, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
\nNazarenes (\u05e0\u05d5\u05e6\u05e8\u05d9\u05dd) in Rabbinic Sources<\/a><\/i>\u00a0(20 min)
\nTag(s):\u00a0Rabbinic Literature (Early Jewish Literature \u2013 Rabbinic Literature)<\/p>\n

Discussion (10 min)<\/p>\n

Adam H. Becker, New York University
\nThe \u201cNazarenes\u201d in the Persian Martyr Acts<\/a><\/i>\u00a0(20 min)
\nTag(s):\u00a0Syriac (Philology \/ Linguistics (incl. Semiotics)), Church History and Ecclesiology (Other), Imperial-critical (empire studies) (Interpretive Approaches)<\/p>\n

Discussion (10 min)<\/p>\n

Charles G H\u00e4berl, Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey
\nWhat Has Harran to Do with Nazareth?<\/a><\/i>\u00a0(20 min)
\nTag(s):\u00a0Constructions of Ethnicity (Interpretive Approaches), Aramaic (Philology \/ Linguistics (incl. Semiotics))<\/p>\n

Discussion (10 min)<\/p><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

\n
\n

S25-149<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

\n

Religious Experience in Antiquity<\/b><\/span>
\n11\/25\/2019<\/b>
\n9:00 AM to 11:30 AM<\/b>
\nRoom:<\/b>\u00a0Aqua 311B (Third Level) \u2013 Hilton BayfrontTheme:\u00a0Special Session: Experiencing Demonic Beings<\/i><\/p>\n

Hector Patmore, Cardiff University, Presiding (5 min)<\/p>\n

John Goodrich, Moody Bible Institute
\nRewriting the Defeat of the Demonic in the Pauline Epistles<\/a><\/i>\u00a0(22 min)
\nTag(s):\u00a0Pauline Epistles (Biblical Literature \u2013 New Testament)<\/p>\n

Discussion (6 min)<\/p>\n

Chakrita M. Saulina, University of Cambridge
\nLuke\u2019s Naming of Evil Spirits and the Dynamic of the Three Layers of Interpretation in His Gospel<\/a><\/i>\u00a0(22 min)
\nTag(s):\u00a0Gospels \u2013 Luke (Biblical Literature \u2013 New Testament)<\/p>\n

Discussion (6 min)<\/p>\n

Archie Wright, Regent University
\nSpirit of Beliar in Second Temple Period Literature: Personified Evil Leader or Yetser Ra?<\/a><\/i>\u00a0(22 min)
\nTag(s):\u00a01 Esdras (Biblical Literature \u2013 Deuterocanonical Works)<\/p>\n

Discussion (6 min)<\/p>\n

Break (5 min)<\/p>\n

Tom de Bruin, Newbold College
\nThe \u201cPersonification\u201d of Vices and Virtues in Early Christianity<\/a><\/i>\u00a0(22 min)
\nTag(s):\u00a0Apostolic Fathers (Early Christian Literature \u2013 Other), Jewish Pseudepigrapha (Early Jewish Literature \u2013 Jewish Pseudepigrapha), Early Christian Literature (Early Christian Literature \u2013 Other)<\/p>\n

Discussion (6 min)<\/p>\n

Alexander Marcus, Stanford University
\nNegotiating Good and Evil: Rabbinic Approaches to the Demonic in Sasanian Mesopotamia<\/a><\/i>\u00a0(22 min)
\nTag(s):\u00a0Babylonian Talmud (Early Jewish Literature \u2013 Rabbinic Literature)<\/p>\n

Discussion (6 min)<\/p><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

\n
\n

S25-321<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

\n

Jewish Christianity \/ Christian Judaism<\/b><\/span>
\n11\/25\/2019<\/b>
\n4:00 PM to 6:30 PM<\/b>
\nRoom:<\/b>\u00a030A (Upper Level East) \u2013 Convention CenterTheme:\u00a0Mapping Jewish, Christian, Christian-Jewish, and Jewish-Christian Identities<\/i><\/p>\n

Jillian Stinchcomb, University of Pennsylvania, Presiding<\/p>\n

Timothy A. Gabrielson, Sterling College
\nOn Distinguishing \u201cJewish\u201d and \u201cChristian\u201d Writings: Or, How to Avoid Making 1 Corinthians \u201cJewish\u201d and James \u201cNon-Jewish\u201d<\/a><\/i>\u00a0(20 min)
\nTag(s):\u00a0History of Interpretation (Interpretive Approaches), Hebrews and Catholic Epistles \u2013 James (Biblical Literature \u2013 New Testament), Pauline Epistles \u2013 1 Corinthians (Biblical Literature \u2013 New Testament)<\/p>\n

Discussion (10 min)<\/p>\n

Carson Bay, Florida State University
\nThe Semantics of Jewish Christian Judaism: Jewishness as Negotiated by Josephus, Pseudo-Hegesippus, and Sefer Yosippon<\/a><\/i>\u00a0(20 min)
\nTag(s):\u00a0Jewish (Ideology & Theology), Christian (Ideology & Theology), Hebrew (classical) (Philology \/ Linguistics (incl. Semiotics))<\/p>\n

Discussion (20 min)<\/p>\n

Vincenzo Carrano, California State University \u2013 Long Beach
\nNazarenes, Nestorians, and the Semitic Milieu of Eastern Jewish Christianities<\/a><\/i>\u00a0(20 min)
\nTag(s):\u00a0Jewish (Ideology & Theology), Syriac (Philology \/ Linguistics (incl. Semiotics)), Church History and Ecclesiology (Other)<\/p>\n

Discussion (10 min)<\/p>\n

Faydra Shapiro, Tel Hai College, Israel
\nLike Matzah in a Monstrance: Jewish Catholics<\/a><\/i>\u00a0(20 min)
\nTag(s):\u00a0Jewish (Ideology & Theology), Christian (Ideology & Theology)<\/p>\n

Discussion (10 min)<\/p>\n

Business Meeting (20 min)<\/p><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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