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2016 International Meeting in partnership with the Korean Society of Old Testament Studies, The New Testament Society of Korea, and the Society of Asian Biblical Studies

Seoul, South Korea

Meeting Begins7/2/2016
Meeting Ends7/7/2016

Call for Papers Opens: 10/28/2015
Call for Papers Closes: 2/2/2016

Requirements for Participation

Ritual in the Biblical World


Program Unit Type: Section
Accepting Papers? Yes

Call For Papers: 1) We invite papers for an open session on all aspects of ritual activities, with their textual, as well as archaeological and iconographical expressions, in the larger context of their cultural and religious functions in Ancient Israel and Late Antiquity. 2) Proposals are most welcome to a session devoted to the topic "Ritual Failure: What Happens when Rituals go Wrong?" At times the performance and expected procedures of the ritual do not work out as planned. Other times, failing communication between ritual experts and lay participants, or disparate perceptions of the situation lead to unexpected interpretations of the message and form of the ritual. And sometimes the ritual is unsuccessful in the sense that it does not have the intended effect. Questions that can be addressed: What does the risk of failure tell us about perceptions of ritual efficiency? How can studies of ancient literacy, media cultures, social history studies and archeology bring new perspectives to (re-) presentations of rituals and failing rituals in biblical texts? How do biblical and related texts describe and discourse the risks and outcome of rituals that go wrong?

Program Unit Chairs

Ada Taggar Cohen
Daniel Belnap

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