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SBL Forum
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6
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On Location
On Location: The 2009 Meeting of the Catholic Biblical Association
SBL Forum
7
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4
(2009)
In the Arts
Remembering Angels: The Memory Work of Samuel Bak
SBL Forum
7
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3
(2009)
Features
The Perils of Prepublication in the Digital Age: Essenes, Latrines, and the Dead Sea Scrolls[1]
Ian Werrett
Biblical Studies in the Context of the Emerging Religion Major
Jane S. Webster
In Popular Culture
Evil in Contemporary American Film: Deep Darkness and Eschatological Hope
Greg Garrett
The Apocalypse of John and Its Mediators, or Why Johnny Cash Wrote a Better Apocalypse than John of Patmos!
William John Lyons
SBL Forum
7
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2
(2009)
In Popular Culture
The City as Salvific Space: Heterotopic Place and Environmental Ethics in the New Jerusalem
Thomas W. Martin
‘They’ve Given You a Number and Taken Away Your Name’: Gnostic Themes in The Prisoner, Television’s Ultimate Cult Classic
Valarie Ziegler
In the Arts
Love Turns into Hate: The Rape of Tamar (2 Sam 13:1–22) in Baroque Art
Sara Kipfer
In the Classroom
Know*Be*Do: Using the Bible to Teach Ethics to Children
Valerie A. Stein
SBL Forum
7
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1
(2009)
In Popular Culture
The Bible under the Joshua Tree: Biblical Imagery in the Music of U2
Andrew Davies
Through the Pistol Smoke Dimly: Psalm 23 in Contemporary Film and Song
Karl Jacobson
In the Profession
Job in Conversation with Edward Said: The “Outsider” as Ethical and Pedagogical Dilemma in Biblical Interpretation
Alissa Jones Nelson
Reviews
Review of Rabbi Harvey Rides Again: A Graphic Novel of Jewish Folktales Let Loose in the Wild West.
Dan Clanton
SBL Forum
6
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12
(2008)
Obituaries
Joseph M. Baumgarten, 1928-2008
Lawrence H Schiffman
SBL Forum
6
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8
(2008)
Annual Meeting Updates
Sexual Freedom: Overcoming Slavery’s Legacy in Jewish, Christian, and Islamic Foundational Texts
Bernadette J. Brooten
In Popular Culture
Rome and Religion: A Cross-Disciplinary Dialogue
Jonathan L. Reed
In the Profession
Heresy Hunting in the New Millennium
Tony Burke
Reclaiming the Comparative Method: Moses and the Buddha as a Case Study
Vanessa R. Sasson
In the Public Sphere
Biblical Interpretation and Christian Domestic Terrorism: The Exegeses of Rev. Michael Bray and Rev. Paul Hill
Dan Clanton
The 2008 Primaries or How the Democrats Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bible in Politics
Michelle Krejci
Letters to the Editor
Vetting the Claims about Heresy Hunting
Darrell L. Bock
SBL Forum
6
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7
(2008)
Features
Rahab through the Ages: A Study of Christian Interpretation of Rahab
William L. Lyons
In the Classroom
Student Creative Projects: Aural and Video Productions as Biblical Exegesis
James D. Findlay
SBL Forum
6
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6
(2008)
In Popular Culture
The Bible-Shaped Mirror: Biblical Women and Contemporary Culture in Recent Film
Donna Bowman
In the Classroom
Reading Job from the Margins: Dialogical Exegesis and Theological Education
Robert Williamson, Jr.
In the Profession
Why I Chose a German Ph.D. Program
Jacob L. Wright
Seven Tips for Getting Your Feet Wet at the Society of Biblical Literature Annual Meeting
Shayna Sheinfeld
In the Public Sphere
An Atheist's Dilemma: Should We Bend the Bible for Justice?
Michelle Krejci
The SBL and the Preservation of Scholarship
Patrick Durusau
Letters to the Editor
Keith's "Applying for Doctoral Work When You're from a Small School"
Cori Williams
Obituaries
Henry Chadwick 1920- 2008
Andrew Louth
Society News
Report on the 2008 International Meeting
Matthew Collins
SBL Forum
6
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5
(2008)
Features
Thabo Mbeki's Bible: The Role of the Religion in the South African Public Realm after Liberation
Gerald West
Giving Up on Life: Jephthah's Daughters
Jane S. Webster
Teaching the Biblical Hebrew Verb
Naama Zahavi-Ely
What Makes the Bible Meaningful/Useful: The Ten Commandments and American Ideals
Scott M. Langston
Towards an Ethic of Liberation for Bible Translation: Marketing
Steven Voth
SBL Forum
6
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4
(2008)
In the Profession
Why the Agitation?: The Status of the “Bibel in gerechter Sprache” in Academia and the Churches
Irmtraud Fischer
In Translation
What is the Bibel in gerechter Sprache? Assumptions, Process, and Goals of a New German Bible Translation
Luzia Sutter Rehmann
The New Inclusive Bible Translation in the Context of (Post)Modern Germany
Marie-Theres Wacker
The Bibel in gerechter Sprache (BigS): The Secular Press, Kirchenherren, and Theology Professors React To a New German Inclusive Bible Translation
Susanne Scholz
Translation or Interpretation: Intense Controversy about the New German Translation of the Bible
Wolfgang Stegemann
Obituaries
Roy F. Melugin 1937-2008
Marvin A. Sweeney
David Noel Freedman 1922-2008
William H. C. Propp
SBL Forum
6
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2
(2008)
Annual Meeting Updates
Why and What Professors of English Say Students Need to Know about the Bible: A Research Report Summary
Marie Goughnour Wachlin
In the Classroom
The Wiki Way: Improving Your Class Notes Using the Internet for Online Student Collaboration
Carl N. Toney
Ancient Languages are Still Around, But Do We Really Know How to Teach Them?
Rahel Halabe
In the Profession
Rebutting Sensational Claims Concerning a Symposium in Jerusalem
James H. Charlesworth
In Translation
Towards an Ethic of Liberation for Bible Translation; Part 1: Ideology
Steven M. Voth
Letters to the Editor
Response to Charlesworth
Jane Schaberg
SBL Forum
6
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1
(2008)
Features
More on the Gospel Truth
April D. DeConick
The Bible is Like...Or is It?
Eric Daniel Barreto
Letters to the Editor
The Meyers/Magness Talpiot Tomb Statement: Some Observations
James D. Tabor
Obituaries
John Strugnell 1930-2007
Daniel J. Harrington
Thomas F. Torrance, 1913-2007
Elmer Colyer
Edwina Maria (Wyn) Wright, 1946–2007
John Huehnergard
SBL Forum
5
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9
(2007)
Annual Meeting Updates
C.F.D. Moule 1908-2007
Graham Stanton
Thoughts on Choosing a PhD Program
Steven Thompson
In the Profession
Raiders of the Faux Ark:Biblical archeology is too important to leave to crackpots and ideologues. It's time to fight back.
Eric H. Cline
More Ethiopian Manuscripts in North America
Steve Delamarter
Letters to the Editor
Considering the Hauser article
Alan J. Hauser
UK vs US Degrees
Charles J. Otte III
Chris Keith
Dieter T. Roth
A Lesson from Studies of Source Criticism: Contradicting Stories and Humble Diversity in Creation Stories (Gen 1-2)
Yung-Suk Kim
Reviews
God Was an Englishman
Henry L. Carrigan, Jr.
SBL Forum
5
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8
(2007)
In the Media
Sources of the Pentateuch: So Many Theories, So Little Consensus
Alan J. Hauser
Jesus & Josephine: A 12-year-old Danish Girl meets Jesus
Jesper Tang Nielsen
In the Profession
American versus British Ph.D. Programs: Three Doctoral Students Reflect on Their Decisions
Charles J. Otte III
Chris Keith
Dieter T. Roth
A Prototype for Further Publication Development of the Journal of Hebrew Scriptures and Other Open-Access Journals
Ehud Ben Zvi
A Life Without Footnotes
Isabelle Kinnard
SBL Forum
5
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7
(2007)
In Popular Culture
Scriptural Education and Entertainment: Evangelism, Didacticism, and Satire in Graphic Novels (Part 3) [1]
Dan Clanton
In the Arts
Cuneiform Cuisine: Culinary History Reborn at Brown University
Alice L. Slotsky
In the Classroom
The Bible and Art
Dan Clanton Jr.
Lynn R. Huber
In the Profession
Biblical Studies and Careers in Academic Librarianship
W. Gerald Heverly
Reviews
Review of the Exhibit "Dead Sea Scrolls," San Diego, CA
Bradley W. Root
Cradle of Christianity: Jewish and Christian Treasures from the Holy Land
Moira Bucciarelli
SBL Forum
5
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6
(2007)
In Popular Culture
Did Paul Get Whacked? The Endings of The Sopranos and the Acts of the Apostles
Micah Kiel
In the Profession
Biblical Scholarship in Vienna
Marianne Grohmann
Markus Himmelbauer
Markus Tiwald
Zimri — Briefly, Brightly King: The Strange Story of Israel's Shortest-Reigning King, 1 Kgs 16:8-20
Robin Gallaher Branch
In the Public Sphere
Reading the Book of Psalms in Days of War
John S. Vassar
How A Hurricane Made Me a Better Archaeologist
Michael M. Homan
Letters to the Editor
A Reflection on Brevard Childs
John Ahn
Books for Jewish Studies to China
Terje Stordalen
J.D. Walters's Reply to Avalos
Zeba Crook
Obituaries
Brevard S. Childs (1923-2007)
Christopher Seitz
Rev. Robert North, S.J. 1916-2007
James Swetnam, S.J.
Michael Patrick O'Connor, 1950-2007
Jo Ann Hackett
John Huehnergard
James F. Ross, 1927 - 2007
Stephen L. Cook
Opinions
Response to Avalos
J. D. Walters
Reviews
Scriptural Education and Entertainment: Evangelism, Didacticism, and Satire in Graphic Novels (Part 2)
Dan Clanton
SBL Forum
5
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5
(2007)
In Popular Culture
Scriptural Education and Entertainment: Evangelism, Didacticism, and Satire in Graphic Novels (Part 1)
Dan Clanton
In the Classroom
Killing a Dead Language: A Case against Emphasizing Vowel Pointing when Teaching Biblical Hebrew
William P. Griffin
In the Profession
The Wired Scholar: Five Free Tools You May Not Know About
Danny Zacharias
In the Public Sphere
Discovering Babylon: The Opportunities, Challenges and Irresistible Potential of Video Games as an Educational Medium
Alice Petty
Letters to the Editor
Comment on "Wired Scholar"
Charles E. Jones
In Response to McMurry
James A. Sanders
In Response to Chancey
Lamar Williamson, Jr.
Teaching the Bible in Public Schools
Peter Feinman
In Response to van Wolde
Zach Kotzé
SBL Forum
5
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4
(2007)
In the Classroom
Bible Courses in Public Schools: SBL's Response to a Growing Trend
Mark A. Chancey
Worshiping in Ignorance
Stephen Prothero
In the Profession
Scenes From a Conference
Rex Sayers
The Anthropology of Biblical Archaeology
William H. C. Propp
In the Public Sphere
Mike McCurry on Faith and Politics
Mike McCurry
In Translation
Language of Sentiment
Ellen van Wolde
News
Society Initiatives Featured on Capitol Hill
Joel LeMon
On Location
On Location at the 2007 American Oriental Society Meeting
Jack M. Sasson
SBL Forum
5
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3
(2007)
In Popular Culture
The Wright Stuff?: Scholars Discuss "Mere Christianity" at SBL Annual Meeting 2006
Christopher B. Hays
Biblical Graphic Novels: Adaptation, Interpretation, and "Faithful Transfer"
Terry Ray Clark
In the Classroom
Faith and the Discipline in the Classroom: A Crucial Dialectical Relationship
J. Bradley Chance
In the Profession
Welcome to the Biblical Studies Carnival
Tyler F. Williams
In the Public Sphere
Prosopography and the Talpiyot Yeshua Family Tomb: Pensées of a Palaeographer
Christopher A. Rollston
Two Burials of Jesus of Nazareth and The Talpiot Yeshua Tomb
James D. Tabor
Mary Magdalene is Now Missing: A Corrected Reading of Rahmani Ossuary 701
Stephen J. Pfann
Letters to the Editor
The Tomb of Jesus
François Bovon
Response to Reed
James D. Tabor
Tabor Response to Pfann
James D. Tabor
Response to the "Lost Tomb of Jesus"
Jonathan L. Reed
In Response to Tabor
Jonathan L. Reed
Concerning the Jesus Family Tomb
Steven Fine
SBL Forum
5
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2
(2007)
In Popular Culture
The Grain of Sands: The Personal Exegesis of A. David Lewis
A. David Lewis
Climbing the Dragon's Ladder: Perpetua, Felicitas, Graphic Novels, and the Possibility of Writing Modern Hagiography
Andrea Lorenzo Molinari
The Return of the Chaos Monsters: A Biblical Myth
Gregory Mobley
In the Profession
Teaching the Bible in Babylon: Reflections on Joining the Biblical Studies Diaspora
Michael F. Bird
In the Public Sphere
Has the Tomb of Jesus Been Discovered?
Jodi Magness
The SGD Digital Collection: Previously Unknown and Uncatalogued Ethiopian Manuscripts in North America
Steve Delamarter
Letters to the Editor
Study Bibles
Daniel Foster
Obituaries
William L. Petersen (1950-2006)
Eldon Jay Epp
Bruce Manning Metzger: 1914-2007
Iain Torrance
Paul S. Minear 1906-2007
L. E. Keck
Bruce Manning Metzger
Michael W. Holmes
SBL Forum
5
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1
(2007)
In Popular Culture
Do Superheroes Read Scripture? Finding the Bible in Comic Books
G. Andrew Tooze
OH-MY-GOD —It's So the Teen Bible!
James G. Crossley
In the Classroom
Confessions and Reflections: What Can the Bible Do for the Liberal Arts?
Alan Lenzi
Wikipedia: Unreliable Source, Useful Heuristic Tool
Lawrence Mykytiuk
Letters to the Editor
Letters on the"Wikipedia" Articles
Larin R. Kerr
Tenure Survey and Report
Matthew Collins
Reviews
The Nativity Story: A Review
Mark Goodacre
SBL Forum
4
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9
(2006)
In the Classroom
Who knows? Wikipedia, Teaching and Research
Holger Szesnat
Ethical Issues in Pedagogy: Wikipedia
Janet M. Giddings
The Blue Cord Bible Dictionary
Kevin A. Wilson
Wikipedia or Wackipedia? On the Reasoned Use of New Technology
Taylor David Halverson
In the Profession
Google Books and Biblical Studies: A Developing Resource
Bob Buller
Bible Scholar on an Airplane
Samuel Thomas
In the Public Sphere
Manuscripts and Munificence: The Centenary of the Freer Biblical Codices
L. W. Hurtado
Reviews
In the Beginning-Bibles Before the Year 1000
Sandra Scham
SBL Forum
4
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8
(2006)
Annual Meeting Updates
Biblical Studies and Study Bibles
Barbara Brown Taylor
Carol Newsom
The SBL Forum Sponsors Two Sessions at the Annual Meeting in Washington, DC
Dan Clanton
Mark Roncace
In Popular Culture
The Jerusalem Biblical Zoo
Avraham Greenbaum
In the Classroom
The Goal of Teaching Biblical and Religious Studies in the Context of an Undergraduate Education
R. Timothy McLay
In the Profession
Open Access and the SBL
Carl Kinbar
In the Public Sphere
A Fresh Set of Genizah Texts
Stefan C. Reif
"Archaic Mark" (MS 2427) and the Finding of a Manuscript Fake
Stephen C. Carlson
Letters to the Editor
On Dart
Charles Dickinson
On Pyper
Diana Lipton
On McLay
Ronald L. Troxel
On Study Bibles
W. Matthew Whayland
Obituaries
James Barr (1924-2006)
Douglas A. Knight
SBL Forum
4
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7
(2006)
In Popular Culture
Wrestling the Bible
Hugh S. Pyper
In the Profession
Why is There a Documentary Hypothesis, and What Does It Do to You If You Use It?: A Response to David Clines
Allan Rosengren
In the Public Sphere
Biblical Research Findings for the Public
John Dart
A Recently Discovered Irish Book of Psalms in its Setting
Martin McNamara
SBL Forum
4
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6
(2006)
Features
Summer Reading List
The Bible Made Me Do It: Text, Interpretation, and Violence
D. Andrew Kille
Violence in the Bible
Joel Kaminsky
Holy Terror
Regina M. Schwartz
Making Sense of Violence
Renita J. Weems
In the Arts
Oh, Susannah!
Peter McGrail
In the Profession
Response to Rolf Rendtorff's "What Happened to the Yahwist? Reflections after Thirty Years"
David J. A. Clines
A German Landscape: Currents and Credits of Biblical Studies in Germany during the Past Decades
Heike Omerzu
To What End(s)? Biblical Studies and Critical Rhetorical Engagement(s) for a "Safer" World
Joseph A. Marchal
What Happened to the "Yahwist"?: Reflections after Thirty Years
Rolf Rendtorff
In Translation
God's Name in a Gender-Sensitive Jewish Translation
David E. S. Stein
Letters to the Editor
Some remarks of the paper by Rolf Rendtorff, "What happened to the 'Yahwist'?"
John Van Seters
Response to Heike Omerzu
Luzia Sutter Rehmann
News
SBL Joins AAUP
Federal Commission on the Future of Higher Education Final Report
Kent Harold Richards
Reviews
Patriarchy, Monotheism, The Bible, and Violence
Henry Carrigan Jr.
SBL Forum
4
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5
(2006)
Features
President George Bush: America's Pastor in Troubled Times?
Derek H. Davis
Providence: A Genealogy
Donald K. McKim
President Bush, Biblical Faith, and the Politics of Religion
Jeffrey S. Siker
The Biblical Sources of the Crusade Against Evil
John Shelton Lawerence
Robert Jewett
In the Profession
Applying for Doctoral Work When You're from a Small School
Chris Keith
Through the Museum with the Bible
Joel M. LeMon
Reflections on Being an Adjunct
Scott M. Langston
News
AAR will Hold Seperate Annual Meetings
Obituaries
Ruth Amiran 1914-2005
Tallay Ornan
Opinions
When Religion Pre-empts Politics
Elaine Pagels
Iraqi Freedom Scorecard
Patrick Durusau
Reviews
Give Me that Old Time (American) Religion
Henry Carrigan
SBL Forum
4
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4
(2006)
Features
Psalm and the Anti-Psalm
Alicia Ostriker
The Second Space
Czslew Milosz
The Human Zoo
Jack Miles
The Companionable Darkness
Kathleen Norris
What Song, Then
Kathleen Norris
Psalm 23
P. Hately Waddell
Grants
Henry Luce III Fellows in Theology for 2003-2004
Moira Bucciarelli
2003 Susan W. Dever Memorial Prize
Moira Bucciarelli
News
Coalition on the Academic Workforce
Reviews
Poetry and the Ages: Finding the Bible in Contemporary Poetry
Henry Carrigan
SBL Forum
4
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3
(2006)
Grants
NEH Fellowships, 2004-2005
2003 Regional Scholar - David Casson
2003 Regional Scholar - Mark A. Chancey
2003 Regional Scholar - Amy M. Donaldson
2003 Regional Scholar - Dan W. Clanton
News
Call For Nominations
New Journal on Historic Jesus
Obituaries
Obituaries
Society News
Council Resolution - Academic Freedom and the Patriot Act
SBL Forum
4
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2
(2006)
Features
Between Authenticity and Forgery
Hershel Shanks
Does the 'James Ossuary' Bring Us Closer to Jesus?
Margaret Mitchell
On Relics, Forgeries, and Biblical Archaeology
Neil Asher Silberman
News
Pauline R. Yu Named as Next President of The American Council of Learned Societies
Obituaries
Obituaries
Reviews
Reviews: The Archeologist's Stone: Evidence & Illusion in Biblical Archaeology
Henry Carrigan
Society News
Academia Biblica
Technology
XML: A Procrustean Bed for Biblical Texts?
Patrick Durusau
SBL Forum
4
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1
(2006)
Grants
Popularizing Research for Public Audiences
BASONOVA Fellowships
News
What You Need to Know About the Technology, Education, and Copyright Harmonization Act (TEACH Act) Law
From Ancient Scrolls to the Internet Scriptural Scholars Go Online
Peter Ochs
Society News
Changes at Semeia
SBL Participates in Journal Donation Project
Humanities Advocacy Day 2003 - Participate
SBL Forum
3
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12
(2005)
Features
Annual Meeting Toronto 2002 Highlights
Interviews
Q & A with Robert Quinn
Moira Bucciarelli