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Meeting Program Units

2010 International Meeting

Tartu, Estonia

Meeting Begins7/25/2010
Meeting Ends7/29/2010

Call for Papers Opens: 10/1/2009
Call for Papers Closes: 2/2/2010

Requirements for Participation

The Bible in the Twenty-First Century: Politization of Bibles and Biblization of Politics (EABS)


Program Unit Type: Section
Accepting Papers? Yes

Call For Papers: Biblical Interpretation today is characterized by a variety of different concerns and approaches. The focus of this program unit is on the use and misuse of biblical texts in past and present politics, in the broadest sense; and conversely, on the use and misuse of politics in biblical interpretation and transmission. The scope may include analysis of the biblical and related texts and contexts, questions of method and theory, and especially attention to interpretations- interpreters and their contexts. Papers are welcome from such perspectives as psychology and psychoanalysis, philosophy, postcolonial studies, gender studies, social studies, economic studies, racial-ethnic studies, and queer studies. At the 2010 International Meeting in Tartu, Estonia, the unit will focus on three research projects. Two of these are directly related to the particular location of the conference venue. The Bible in the Twentieth Century, one of the EABS research programs, is planning a joint session or two sessions with the SBL Biblical Interpretation and Critical Theory section. “The Politics of Hybridity: Mis/Using the Bible.” This project will address the theme of hybridity in the interpretation and use of the Bible, with a primary focus on the concepts of memory and territoriality. Papers that address these concepts under the broad rubric of hybridity and biblical interpretation (Hebrew Bible, New Testament and related texts) are invited. Papers in dialogue with postcolonial discourse, empire studies, international relations studies, subaltern studies, and related methodological-theoretical approaches will be particularly welcome. See also the CFP of the SBL Biblical Interpretation and Critical Theory section, on the SBL International Conference webpage. Proposals for papers should be submitted through the on-line system; inquiries should be directed to the program unit chairs.

Program Unit Chairs

Athalya Brenner-Idan
Jeremy Punt

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