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Stay up to date on King James Bible Celebrations and Events

Hebrew Manuscripts on View during High Holy Days at Metropolitan Museum's Main Building and The Cloisters
Meetings & Events

2011 INTERNATIONAL MEETING

London, England, July 4-8

2010 ANNUAL MEETING

Atlanta, Georgia
November 20-23

 
 The 2011 SBL International Meeting will be in London, England to celebrate the four hundred year anniversary of the King James Bible.
 
To see events celebrating the anniversary, go to the 2011 Trust site and click on Get Involved. If you are planning an event, send it in to be included. 
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Bible Electives in Public Schools: A Guide can now be viewed on-line (8.55MB) or print copies ordered by e-mailing Moira Bucciarelli. Mac users will need to view the pdf in Acrobat Reader, not Preview.

The Bible in Public Schools Initiative

 
 
 
 
 
  
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International Voices in Biblical Studies
SBL is pleased to announce the launch of the site for IVBS, an online, open-access series. For more information, click here.
 





 
 
Career Center
From The Chronicle of Higher Education:

The Worst-Paid High-School Graduates in the Country
By Marc Bousquet

The Subject Centre for Philosophical and Religious Studies at the University of Leeds is conducting an “Aspiring Academics Workshop” this summer in London.  Tell us what your institution is doing on behalf of the profession, how it is cultivating the next generation of scholars, or in what ways it is addressing key challenges to our fields.

Society News
The September issue of Teaching the Bible, an SBL e-newsletter for high school teachers, has been posted.

The SBL Interviews page has an audio interview with Carol Newsom.

The 2009 Society Report is now available
 
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The Society of Biblical Literature is the oldest and largest international scholarly membership organization in the field of biblical studies. Founded in 1880, the Society has grown to over 8,500 international members including teachers, students, religious leaders and individuals from all walks of life who share a mutual interest in the critical investigation of the Bible.
 
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