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S21Contextual Biblical Interpretation
9:00 AM to 11:30 AM
11/21/2009
Room TBD
Paul’s Letters: Preparing a volume for the TEXTS@CONTEXTS Series Fortress Press
Daniel Patte, Vanderbilt University, Presiding (5 min)
Yung Suk Kim, Virginia Union University, Presiding (5 min)
Johann D. Kim, Colorado Christian University
Towards a Communal Reading of Paul: Galatians as a Test Case (15 min)
K.K. Yeo, Garrett Evangelical Theological Seminary,
Pauline Theological "Counseling" of Love in the Language of the Zhuangzi: A Reading
of Love in 1 Corinthians in a Chinese Philosophical Context (15 min)
Love L. Sechrest, Fuller Theological Seminary
Identity and Privilege in Corinth: The Implications of 2 Corinthians 4:7-5:10 for Race
Relations (15 min)
J. Ayodeji Adewuya, Church of God Theological Seminary
2 Corinthians 7:1 in the Context of African Purification Rites (15 min)
Ma. Marilou Ibita, Catholic University of Leuven-Belgium
A Conversation with the Story of the Lord's Supper in Corinth (1 Corinthians 11:1734): Engaging the Scripture Text and the Filipino Christians’ Context (15 min)
Janelle Peters, Emory University
Reading the Corinthian Veils through Hijabs and Habits (15 min)
Discussion (50 min)
Papers available from Oct 1,09 at http://www.vanderbilt.edu/AnS/religious_studies/SBL2009/ContextBibInterp.htm Papers will be discussed
(not read) after a brief summary, in preparation for publication
S21Contextual Biblical Interpretation
1:00 PM to 3:30 PM
11/21/2009
Room TBD
Theme: Pentateuch: Preparing volumes for the TEXTS@CONTEXTS Series Fortress Press
Athalya Brenner, Tel Aviv University, Presiding (5 min)
Kari Latvus, Diaconia University of Applied Sciences
Hagar in Finland? (15 min)
Joseph Kelly, Harding University Graduate School of Religion
Is YHWH Faithful to Israel: Joel and Jonah's Use and Non-Use of Exodus 34:6-7 (15
min)
Diana Lipton, King's College London
Longing for Egypt: Dissecting ‘The Heart Enticed’ (15 min)
[[[[ Nasili Vaka'uta, University of Auckland
Fooling Ezra: A Polynesian Reading of Ezra 10:2-4 (15 min) withdrawn]]]
Jione Havea, Charles Sturt University
Jacob Encounters Job, on the Streets of Manila (15 min)
Discussion (55 min)
Papers available from Oct 1,09 at http://home.medewerker.uva.nl/a.brenner/
http://www.vanderbilt.edu/AnS/religious_studies/SBL2009/ContextBibInterp.htm Papers will be discussed (not read) after a brief summary, in
preparation for publication
S21Contextual Biblical Interpretation
4:00 PM to 6:30 PM
11/21/2009
Room TBD
Theme: The Gospels of Matthew and of John. Preparing volumes for the TEXTS@CONTEXTS Series Fortress Press
Nicole Duran, Presiding
James Grimshaw, Presiding
Sharon Betsworth, Oklahoma City University
What Child is This?: A Feminist Contextual Analysis of the Child in Matthew 2 (15
min)
Tsui Yuk Louise Liu, Chinese University of Hong Kong
Matthean "Mothers" and Disenfranchised Hong Kong Working Mothers (15 min)
Gerald O. West, University of Natal
"Why are You Sitting There?": Reading Matthew 20:1-16 in the Context of Casual
Workers in Pietermaritzburg, South (15 min)
Lung Pun Common Chan, Chinese University of Hong Kong
Reading the Matthean Apocalypse (Matthew 24-25) in the Globalization Context of
Hong Kong's Bourgeois Society and Middle-class Churches (15 min)
Meng Hun Goh, Vanderbilt University
“He Must Increase, but I Must Decrease”: A Chinese Malaysian Interpretation of John
3:22-30 (15 min)
Sung Uk Lim, Vanderbilt University
Hierarchical View of Spirituality in Korean Christian Communities and Nicodemus’
Spirituality in John (15 min)
Louise Lawrence, University of Exeter
Sign Sources: Reading Matthew with Deaf Communities (15 min)
Israel Kamudzandu, Saint Paul School of Theology
The Holy Spirit as the Negotiator of Boundaries in Luke – Acts: A Postcolonial
Reading of Acts 2: 1 – 13 (15 min)
[[not listed yet]] Ma. Marilou Ibita, Catholic University of Leuven-Belgium
A Conversation with the Story of the Lord's Supper in Corinth (1 Corinthians 11:1734): Engaging the Scripture Text and the Filipino Christians’ Context (15 min)
Discussion (15 min)
Papers available from Oct 1,09 at http://www.vanderbilt.edu/AnS/religious_studies/SBL2009/ContextBibInterp.htm Papers will be discussed
(not read) after a brief summary, in preparation for publication