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I got to London yesterday for the International Society of Biblical Literature conference, being hosted by King\u2019s College. Unlike the SBL Annual Meeting in the US, and apparently previous international meetings, the first day of the conference \u201chit the ground running.\u201d I was rather dismayed, as a result of not having planned my travels with this in mind, to have missed the first day\u2019s batch of papers, in particular Mark Goodacre\u2019s on the story of the discovery of the Nag Hammadi texts, as well as the first of the several sessions on whether monotheism is a term that should continue to be used in Biblical studies.<\/p>\n

The opening session in the evening included a history of King\u2019s College by Richard Burridge the dean, greetings by various other individuals, a talk by the Archbishop of York, John Sentamu, and a performance by the Choir of the Chapel of King\u2019s College.<\/p>\n

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