Letters of James, Peter, and Jude
Program Unit Type: Section
Accepting Papers? Yes
Call For Papers: The Letters of James, Peter, and Jude section is conducting a (multi-year) critical assessment of the evidence and methods that inform modern dialogues on matters of “introduction,” including authorship, date, literary relationships, etc. This represents an opportunity to investigate untested assumptions, to revisit long-held viewpoints, and to explore new avenues for answering some foundational interpretive questions. In 2024, we will have four sessions: (1) a joint session with The Bible in Ancient (and Modern) Media, which allows the work of leading experts in ancient media studies (e.g., literacy, linguistics, memory, etc) to engage issues relevant to the Catholic Epistles in an effort to determine how insights on ancient media culture might broaden and inform discussions surrounding the authorship of these letters; (2) a book review of Travis B. Williams and David G. Horrell, 1 Peter: A Critical and Exegetical Commentary, International Critical Commentary, 2 vols. (London: Bloomsbury T&T Clark, 2023), in which experts on 1 Peter will assess the commentary and respond to different interpretive conclusions reached therein (e.g., authorship, persecution, recipients, spirits in prison, etc); (3) an invited session with papers devoted to critically assessing the evidence, methods, and assumptions that inform scholarly conclusions regarding the dating of James, 1-2 Peter, and Jude; and (4) an open session with papers exploring any topic related to the study of the Letters of James, Peter, and Jude (although papers that focus specifically on re-evaluating the evidence commonly informing debates about the dating of James, 1-2 Peter, and Jude will be given particular consideration).
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