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Meeting Program Units

2010 Annual Meeting

Atlanta, GA

Meeting Begins11/20/2010
Meeting Ends11/23/2010

Call for Papers Opens: 12/15/2009
Call for Papers Closes: 3/1/2010

Requirements for Participation

Sabbath in Text and Tradition


Program Unit Type: Consultation
Accepting Papers? Yes

Call For Papers: The Sabbath in Text, Tradition, and Theology Consultation invites papers on the topic of The Sabbath in Judaism and/or Christianity, 70-325 CE. Papers may discuss any topic within this time period including but not limited to the Sabbath in Rabbinic Judaism, the change of the Sabbath to Sunday for Christians, the continuation of Sabbath observance by some Christians and reaction to them, the Talmudic view of prohibiting Gentiles to observe the Sabbath, and conversations between Jews and Christians regarding the Sabbath. Papers may approach the topic from any perspective – historical, religio-cultural, textual, tradition history or other theoretical models. Send proposals in MS Word format to: Tom Shepherd, trs@andrews.edu, OR submit through the Society of Biblical Literature website at http://www.sbl-site.org.

Program Unit Chairs

Michael Chernick
Thomas R. Shepherd

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