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Meeting Program Units

2012 Annual Meeting

Chicago, IL

Meeting Begins11/16/2012
Meeting Ends11/20/2012

Call for Papers Opens: 2/8/2012
Call for Papers Closes: 3/7/2012

Requirements for Participation

Orality, Textuality, and the Formation of the Hebrew Bible


Program Unit Type: Section
Accepting Papers? Yes

Call For Papers: This section explores how recent research on orality and textuality can inform study of the formation and transmission of the Hebrew Bible. The section provides an opportunity for dialogue among biblical scholars who are focusing on different aspects of the oral-textual continuum. It also provides a forum for conversation among scholars in biblical studies and other disciplines that study orality, textuality and their interaction. We are inviting papers for at least one open session at the 2012 annual meeting on the topic: Memory, Manuscript and Performance in the Composition and Transmission of Biblical Texts. We are particularly interested in papers that explore the interplay of these phenomena (memory, manuscript, performance) in the context of biblical literature as well as papers that consider the relevance of new or under-explored empirical data (e.g. parallel versions, variant textual forms, descriptions of ancient near eastern and second temple period pedagogy and performance) for the reconstruction of the composition and transmission of biblical texts.

Program Unit Chairs

Elsie R. Stern
William M. Schniedewind

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