trophyBest Student Paper Award
03 April 2006

Each year, one or more awards may be given for the Best Student Paper(s) presented at the Eastern Great Lakes Biblical Society Annual Meeting. Student presenters who are interested in being considered for this award should:

  1. Notify the section chairs of this fact when submitting the paper proposal for the Regional Meeting.
  2. Submit either an e-text or three print copies of the complete paper to the EGLBS Secretary-Treasurer
  3. Submit a letter of nomination (electronically or by surface mail) from a sponsoring faculty member from the student's home institution. For undergraduate applicants, this letter of nomination may also serve as the letter of support for the initial paper proposal.
Previous Award Recipients:

2006

   TBA

2005

 Hebrew Bible: Greg Schmidt Goering, Oberlin College, "The Sun, the Moon, and the Election of Israel: A Reconstruction of Ben Sira's Anthropology"
New Testament: Donald H. Bromley, The Vineyard Church of Ann Arbor, "The Healing of the Hemorrhaging Woman: Miracle or Magic?"

2004

 Archaeology & the Bible: Bradley Crowell, University of Michigan, "'Because They Pursued the Gods of Edom': Religion and Society in Iron Age Edom"
Hebrew Bible: Matthew E. Gordley, University of Notre Dame, "Seeing Stars at Qumran: The Interpretation of Balaam and His Oracle in the Damascus Document and Other Qumran Texts"
New Testament: Mary A. Lasher, Xavier University, "Creativity and the Parable of the Sower in the Gospel of Mark"

2003

 Overall Best: Lisa M. Wells, John Carroll University, "An Interpretation of Matthew 5:38-42"