38th ANNUAL MEETING
Eastern Great Lakes
Biblical Society
A Regional Association of the
American Schools of Oriental Research
&
The Society of Biblical Literature,
in collaboration with
The Catholic Biblical Association
Mohican Resort & Conference Center
Perrysville, Ohio
3–4 April 2008
Eastern Great Lakes Biblical Society
38th ANNUAL MEETING
2 April 2008
Thursday, April 3
Noon–1:00 P.M. REGISTRATION Main Lobby
1:00–3:00 P.M. SIMULTANEOUS SESSIONS 1
HEBREW SCRIPTURES 1 The Delaware Room
Convener: Mary Bader, Ph.D., The College of Wooster
ØSeung II Kang, Johns Hopkins University
“The Garden of Eden as Sacred Space”
ØRamone Billingsley, Ashland Theological Seminary
“A Judge, a King, or Neither: An Ideological Reading of 1 Sam 8”
ØSeth Thomas Urffer, Lycoming College
“The Dynastic Succession of Queen Athaliah”
ØBrian Diebold, Pittsburgh Theological Seminary
“Ezekiel 19 and the Disgrace of Egypt”
MISCELLANY The Miami Room
Convener: Edward Karshner, Ph.D., Robert Morris University
ØPreston Kavanagh, Retired Pastor
“How You Can Apply the Newly Discovered Biblical Code"
ØKamila Blessing, Blessing Transitions Consultants
“Wired for God: Believe What You Hear and See”
ØLisa Monast, Xavier University
“Snapshots of the Sacred and Profane in History: Four Systems for Accessing Meaning”
ØBetty Jane Lillie, Ph.D., The Athenaeum of Ohio
“Some Aspects of Koinonia in the New Testament”
NEW TESTAMENT 1 The Shawnee Room
Convener: Peter Gosnell, Ph.D., Muskingum College
ØJoseph Kozar, Ph.D., The University of Dayton
“Running Naked and Sitting Pretty: The Figure of a Young Man’s as a Cipher and Witness to the Fate of Jesus & His Disciples (Mark 15:50-52; 15:46; 16:5-7).”
ØNicholas A. Kiger,
“Mark’s Secrecy Motif: Hellenistic Mystery Cults and the Warning Against Revealers in Mark’s Gospel”
ØStewart Penwell, Cincinnati Christian University
“Dogmatic Frameworks and the Narrative Gospels”
ØAndrew W. Pitts, McMaster Divinity College
“Luke, History, and Intertextuality: A Narrative-Historiographic Analysis of Luke’s Use of Sources”
3:00–3:15 P.M. COFFEE BREAK Lower Lobby
Check out our Book Display in the Malabar Room while you enjoy refreshments and conversation. The exhibit is open today until 5:30 P.M., and tomorrow 8:30 A.M.–12:30 P.M.
3:15–5:30 P.M. SIMULTANEOUS SESSIONS 2
HEBREW SCRIPTURES 2 The Delaware Room
Convener: Wilma Bailey, Ph.D., Christian Theological Seminary
College
ØAngela Rae Roskop, Hebrew Union College
“Wilderness Chronology or Wilderness Chronotope?”
ØMargaret E. Cohen, The Pennsylvania State University
“In Defense of Grammar: What an Unassuming Pronoun Tells Us about the Composition of 2 Samuel”
ØDavid
Cleaver-Bartholomew,
Eastern Ohio Assoc. UCC
“One Text, Two Interpretations: Habakkuk OG and MT Compared”
ØStephen Huebscher, Wildwood Chapel
“How to Translate ‘The Cool of the Day’ in Gen 3:8: Unorthodox Evidence for Reading yom II (‘storm’) from Gnostic On the Origin of the World (NHC II, 5; XIII, 2)”
ØSungduk Yun, Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion
“The Cultic Centers Outside of Jerusalem During the First-Temple Period”
ØBusiness Meeting
Student Paper Prize Selection Committee Meeting
NON-CANONICAL JEWISH & CHRISTIAN WRITINGS 1 The Miami Room
Convener: John Byron, Ph.D., Ashland Theological Seminary
ØRobert H. von Thaden, Jr., Ph.D., Mercyhurst College
“Bad Children, Children as Bad: Problematic Children from Proverbs to Acts of Thomas and Beyond”
ØBrian Sowers, University of Cincinnati
“Thecla Remixed or Turnerian Social Drama Theory Gone Awry”
ØDavid A. deSilva, Ph.D., Ashland Theological Seminary
“An Example of How to Die Nobly for Religion: The Influence of 4 Maccabees on Origen’s Exhortatio ad Martyrium”
ØDaniel Frayer-Griggs, Miami University
“Genre Recognition and Literaturization in the Infancy Gospel of Thomas: A Key to Assessing Luke's Relationship to Ancient Biography”
ØBusiness Meeting
Student Paper Prize Selection Committee Meeting
REFLECTIONS ON PEDAGOGY The Shawnee Room
Convener: Eric A. Seibert, Ph.D., Messiah College
ØJonathan David Lawrence, Ph.D., Canisius College
“Bible-Trek—Next Generation: Adapting a Bible Survey Course for a New Audience”
ØJohanna Monighan-Schaefer, Ph.D., Dickinson College
“Revealing Religious Thought Through Art”
ØEric A. Seibert, Messiah College
“Jonah, the ‘Whale,’ and Dr. Seuss: Asking Historical Questions without Alienating Conservative Students”
ØEdward Karshner, Ph.D., Robert Morris University
“Beyond Belief: Pre-Modern and Post-Modern Hermeneutics as Antidote to Student ‘Ideology’”
ØBusiness
Meeting
Plans for
next year’s program
5:40–6:25 P.M. PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESS Ballroom
Holly Joan Toensing, Ph.D., Xavier University
6:30–7:15 P.M. DINNER The Tribal Room & Lower Lobby
7:30–8:00 P.M. BUSINESS MEETING Ballroom
8:00–9:00 P.M. PLENARY SESSION Ballroom
Francisco Lozada, Jr., Ph.D.
Associate Professor of New Testament & Latina/Latino Church Studies, The Brite Divinity School of Texas Christian University
“New Testament Studies & Post-colonialism: Placing Johannine Studies within the Discourse"
9:00–11:00 P.M. RECEPTION / SOCIAL HOUR The Tribal Room
Join the crowd for munchies and informal conversation! Registrants will find a drink ticket in their packet. A cash bar also is available.
Friday April 4
7:30–8:45 A.M. Breakfast for Lodgers Bromfield’s Restaurant
8:30–10:15 A.M. SIMULTANEOUS SESSIONS 3
HEBREW SCRIPTURES 3 The Delaware Room
Convener: John Spencer, Ph.D., John Carroll University
ØC. Hans Yuckman, United Presbyterian Church New Kensington
“Lord, Please Send Someone Else": Reflections on Disability and Vocation”
ØSusan Haddox, Ph.D., Mount Union College
“Who's the Man: Conflicts over Masculinity in Divine-Human Relations in Hosea”
ØRobin J. DeWitt Knauth, Th.D., Lycoming College
“A Case of Restitution vs. Retribution (Exod. 22:1-4)”
ØWilliam Doan, Ph.D., Miami
University of Ohio,
and Terry Giles, Ph.D., Gannon University
“Performance Criticism of the Hebrew Bible”
NEW TESTAMENT 2: Divine Law & Divine Retribution The Shawnee Room
Convener: George Smiga, S.T.D., St Mary Seminary & Graduate School of Theology
ØHyun-Gwang Kim, The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary
“The Inner Logic of Romans 3:19: How Does the Law Stop Every Mouth?”
ØTimothy Dwyer, Ph.D.
“‘Because of Transgressions’ (Gal 3:19): Reevaluating Jerome”
ØJaecheon Cho, University of Notre Dame
“The Death of Herod (Acts 12:19b-23) in Jewish and Hellenistic Religious Contexts”
ØBusiness Meeting
Plans for next year’s
program
