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Meeting Program Units

2015 Annual Meeting

Atlanta, GA

Meeting Begins11/21/2015
Meeting Ends11/24/2015

Call for Papers Opens: 12/17/2014
Call for Papers Closes: 3/4/2015

Requirements for Participation

Poverty in the Biblical World


Program Unit Type: Section
Accepting Papers? Yes

Call For Papers: The Poverty in the Biblical World Section will offer 3 sessions in 2015, two open and one arranged: the FIRST OPEN SESSION invites proposals on critical readings of key HB, other Judean, NT, and rabbinic texts on the "safety net" for the poor--its existence, descriptions, uses, and effectiveness -- and its modern implications. Further info: richard.horsley@umb.edu. The SECOND OPEN SESSION is on "Paul, Impoverishment, and Thriving." The dynamics of thriving and impoverishment in Paul have been a subject of some interest among scholars seeking to understand how Paul's communities (and those that followed them) dealt with the intercalations of status difference, ethnic difference, and the economic realities of slavery. This call invites papers exploring Paul's letters on these subjects and their moral dynamics within their sociopolitical and imperial contexts. Further info: dmswancutt@gmail.com. We may have a THIRD SESSION (arranged) on ways to use texts from Deuteronomy on debt-release critically. In addition, we are excited to co-sponsor two joint sessions: one, on "Religion, Class, and the Bible" with the AAR Religion, Theology, and Class group; and hopefully a second co-sponsored with Ecological Hermeneutics on "Global Capitalism, Global Warming, and Global Poverty."

Program Unit Chairs

Diana M. Swancutt
Matthew J.M. Coomber

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