14:00-14:30 S.
Baines (McMaster Divinity) “The 11:30-11:45 Closing Discussion
Cohesiveness of 2 Chronicles 33:1-36:23 as a Literary
Unit Concluding the Chronicler’s History.”
14:30-15:00 E. Ben Zvi (Alberta) “Reading Chronicles
and Reshaping the Memory of Manasseh.”
15:00-15:30 Closing Discussion
CRAIGIE LECTURE / LA CONFÉRENCE CRAIGIE
Margaret Norrie McCain Hall 100 (Noel Kinsella
Auditorium)
Chair/Président: M. MacDonald (St. Francis Xavier)
19:00-22:30 John J. Collins (Yale University)
“New Perspective on the Sect of the Dead Sea Scrolls”
Tuesday May 31, 2010 / Mardi, 31 Mai
HEBREW BIBLE RECEPTION AND
INTERPRETATION / RÉCEPTION ET
INTERPRÉTATION DE LA BIBLE HÉBRAÏQUE (8:45-
11:45; GMH 204)
Chair/Président: K. Penner (St. Francis Xavier)
8:45-9:15 D. Teitelbaum (Ottawa) “The Perception of
Judah Maccabee Throughout the Ages.”
9:15-9:45 M. Taylor (Wycliffe College) “Hannah and
Peninnah (1 Samuel 1:2-2:21) Seen Through the Eyes
of Nineteenth-Century Women.”
9:45-10:15 T.M. Erho (Durham) and P. Piovanelli
(Ottawa) “African Sleeping Beauty: New Discoveries,
New Hypotheses, New Projects on the History of the
Ethiopic Bible.”
Break: 10:15-10:30
10:30-11:00 G. Yamasaki (Columbia Bible College)
“’N Sync or Outta Sync? Perspective Criticism and a
Biblical Storyteller’s Control of Information Flow to the
Reader.”
11:00-11:30 H. Epstein (St. Thomas More College)
“‘Love in Search of a Word’: Vaughan Williams’
Musical Commentary on the Song of Songs.”
11:30-11:45 Closing Discussion
NEW TESTAMENT / NOUVEAU TESTAMENT II
(9:15-11:45; GMH 205)
Chair/Président: TBA
9:15-9:45 K.S. Baek (Trinity Western) “The
Abrahamic Covenant and the Nations in Matt 1:1-17.”
9:45-10:15 C.A. Miceli (Concordia) “Even Jesus
Needed a Teacher: A Narrative-Critical Investigation of
Jesus’ Testing by Satan in the Synoptic Gospels.”
Break: 10:15-10:30
10:30-11:00 K. Hammer (Taylor College) “Waterless
Rebirth: Communal Identity in the Gospel of John.”
11:00-11:30 M. Thiessen (Emmanuel and St. Chad)
“Two Methods of Giving Birth: Paul’s Interpretation of
Genesis 16-21.”
CSBS Programme de la SCÉB 2011
HEBREW BIBLE / BIBLE HÉBRAÏQUE II (8:45-11:45;
GMH 207)
Chair/Président: E. Runions (Pomona College)
8:45-9:15 K.M. McGeough (Lethbridge) “Debt in
Deutero-nomy: Credit Regulations in Non-Monetary
Economies.”
9:15-9:45 Matthew M. Whitehead (Trinity Western)
“The Imprecation of Ps. 139: Entrance Liturgy or
Malediction?”
9:45-10:15 J.R. Middleton (Roberts Wesleyan
College) “The Role of Human Beings in the Cosmic
Temple: The Intersection of Worldviews in Psalms 8
and 104.”
Break: 10:15-10:30
10:30-11:00 H. Macumber (St. Michael’s College) “A
Fusion of Roles: Priest, Prophet and Messenger.”
11:00-11:30 R.C. Culley (McGill) “The Role of
Traditional Language in the Individual Complaint
Psalms.”
11:30-11:45 Closing Discussion
NEW TESTAMENT / NOUVEAU TESTAMENT III
(13:30-16:00; GMH 205)
Chair/Président: M. Tokarek LaFosse (Wilfrid Laurier)
13:30-14:00 S.R. Scott (University of Ottawa) “Clear
Inclusios as Section Markers in the Gospel of Mark.”
14:00-14:30 E. (Xiaxia) Xue (McMaster Divinity) “A
Narrative Analysis of the Longer Ending of Mark:
Encounter with the Risen Jesus.”
14:30-15:00 J. Bernier (McMaster) “John’s Memory
in the Spirit: Hermeneutical Licence or Constraint.”
15:00-15:30 I. Brown (Regina) “The Man of Dust and
the Man of Heaven: Paul and the Gospel of Thomas
Revisited.”
15:30-16:00 Closing Discussion
BIBLE AND THEORY / LA BIBLE: THÉORIE ET
METHOD (13:30-16:45; GMH 207)
Chair/Président: A. Wilson (Mount Allison)
13:30-14:00 F. Landy (Alberta) “Prophetic Traps.”
14:00-14:30 F.C. Black (Mount Allison) “The
Shulammite’s Burning Bush: Passion, In/Per/version
and the Absence of God.”
14:30-15:00 P. Sabo (Alberta) “Death and Life in
Isaiah 66:17.”
Break: 15:00-15:15
15:15-15:45 E. Runions (Pomona College) “Babel,
Filiation, and the Dea(r)th of Democracy.”
15:45-16:15 R. Olfert (Alberta) “‘Who will rescue me
from this body of death?’: Reflections on the
Discourse of Sacrifice in Early Christianity and
Materialist Political Theologies.”
16:15-16:45 Closing Discussion
(GMH = George Martin Hall, St. Thomas University)
Sunday May 29, 2010/ Dimanche, 29 Mai
HEBREW BIBLE / BIBLE HÉBRAÏQUE / SECOND
TEMPLE JUDAISM / JUDAÏSME DU DEUXIÈME
TEMPLE (8:45-11:45; GMH 204)
Chair/Président: R.C. Culley (McGill)
8:45-9:15 D.J.H. Beldman (Bristol/Redeemer University
College) “Time Out: Non-Linearity and Closure in Biblical
Narrative.”
9:15-9:45 M.E. Gill (Acadia) “1 Esdras: Translator and
Redactor.”
9:45-10:15 D.O. McClellan (Trinity Western)
“Monotheism—Still a Misused Word in Jewish Studies?”
Break: 10:15-10:30
10:30-11:00 E. Vearncombe (Toronto) “The Clothed and
Re-clothed Body: Dress, Gender and Identity in Judith
and Joseph and Aseneth.”
11:00-11:30 R.Y.T. Lee (York) “Diaspora Immigrants in
Jerusalem in the Late Second Temple Period: Their
Identities, Cultures, and Integration into the Local
Society.”
11:30-11:45 Closing Discussion
NEW TESTAMENT / NOUVEAU TESTAMENT I (9:15-
11:45; GMH 205)
Chair/Président: A.J. Batten (Sudbury)
9:15-9:45 W. Coppins (Georgia) “The Category of
Demonic Possession in Ernst Käsemann’s On Being a
Disciple of the Crucified Nazarene.”
9:45-10:15 R.S. Snow (Ambrose University College)
“Priestly Activity in a Galilean Grain Field (Mark 2:23-
28).”
Break: 10:15-10:30
10:30-11:00 S.L. Chambers (Concordia Lutheran
Sem.) “Locating the ‘Gerasene’ Demoniac.”
11:00-11:30 J. Magee “‘The Field of Blood’ and ‘The
Valley of Slaughter’: Memory and Manuscript in the
Matthaean Construction of Judas’ Death (Matt 27:3-
10).”
11:30-11:45 Closing Discussion
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGIES IN ANTIQUITY
(9:30-11:00; GMH 207)
Chair/Président: S. Muir (Concordia University College)
9:30-10:00 J. Van Seters (Waterloo, ON) “The Means
and Methods of Written Communication in Palestine in
the First Millennium BCE.”
Response: T. Williams (The Kings University)
10:00-10:30 J.S. Kloppenborg (Toronto) “Some
Comments on Early Christian Media.”
Response: T. Donaldson (Wycliffe College)
10:30-11:00 R. Derrenbacker (Laurentian)
“‘Technologizing the Word’: The (Underappreciated)
Contribution of Walter J. Ong to New Testament
Studies.”
Response: Fred Tappenden (Manchester)
11:00-11:30 Closing Discussion
LUNCH FOR ALL STUDENTS AND NEW MEMBERS
/ CASSE-CROÛTE POUR ÉTUDIANTS ET
MEMBRES NOUVEAUX (12:00-12:30; GMH 301)
SPECIAL SESSION ORGANIZED BY STUDENTS /
SESSION SPÉCIALE ORGANISÉE PAR LES
ÉTUDIANTS (12:30-14:00; GMH 301)
Negotiating the Work/Life Balance
Presiding: S. Kostamo (Alberta)
Panelists: A.J. Batten (Sudbury), Z. Crook (Carleton),
and E. Humphrey (Pittsburg Theological Seminary)
STUDENT ESSAY PRIZES / PRIX POUR TRABAUX
D’ÉTUDIANT(E)S (14:00-15:20; Edmund Casey Hall -
Ted Daigle Auditorium)
Chair/Président: M. MacDonald (St. Francis Xavier)
14:00-14:30 Jeremias Prize: C. Callon (Toronto)
14:30-14:40 Questions
14:40-15:10 Founders Prize: F. Tappenden
(Manchester)
15:10-15:20 Questions
CSBS ANNUAL MEETING / ASSEMBLÉE ANNUELLE
DE LA SCÉB (15:30-17:00; Edmund Casey Hall -Ted
Daigle Auditorium)
Presiding/Présidence: M. MacDonald (St. Francis
Xavier)
“Making Room for the Little Ones: How New Research
on Children and Slaves in the Roman World is
changing what we think about the History of Early
Christian Women.”
PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESS / CONFÉRENCE DU
PRÉSIDENT (17:15-18:15; Edmund Casey Hall -Ted
Daigle Auditorium)
Presiding / Présidence: M. Taylor (Wycliffe College)
M. MacDonald (St. Francis Xavier):
CSBS ANNUAL DINNER / BANQUET DE LA SCÉB
(19:00-23:00; BrewBakers, 546 King Street)
Monday May 30, 2010 / Lundi, 30 Mai
HEBREW BIBLE / BIBLE HÉBRAÏQUE I (8:45-11:45
GMH 204)
Chair/Président: F. Landy (Alberta)
8:45-9:15 K. Penner (St. Francis Xavier) “Inflectional
Changes in the Greek Translation of Isaiah:
Purposeful or Mistakes?”
9:15-9:45 K.J. Baranowski (Toronto) “The Article in
the Book of Qoheleth.”
9:45-10:15 R.D. Holmstedt (Toronto) “Pronouns
Scribes, and Sacrifice: Where Linguistics and Text-
Criticism meet in Leviticus.”
Break: 10:15-10:30
10:30-11:00 A.R. Jones (Toronto) “Who Said What to
Whom: Change in Person in the Book of Amos.”
11:00-11:30 A.R. Pyles (McMaster Divinity College
“Crudity, Prudery, and Treachery: Translating Sex in
the Song of Songs.”
11:30-11:45 Closing Discussion
NEW TESTAMENT WORLD / LE MONDE DU
NOUVEAU TESTAMENT (8:45-11:45; GMH 205)
Chair/Président: K. Hammer (Taylor College)
8:45-9:15 R.C. Stoner (Toronto) “Guess Who’s
Coming to Dinner – Luke’s Parable of the Great Feast
and the Social Control of Jokes.”
9:15-9:45 M. Tokarek LaFosse (Wilfrid Laurier) “Why
Sixty? A Question of Age and Reputation in 1 Tim.
5:9.”
9:45-10:15 A.J. Batten (Sudbury) “Agrarian Imagery
in the Letter of James.”
Break: 10:15-10:30
10:30-11:00 C.M.L. Fry (Calgary) “A Prophet is Not
Without Shame: Embodiment and The ‘Social
Cement’ of Mediterranean Society.”
11:00-11:30 R. Last (Toronto) “The Writings of
Greco-Roman Associations: Insights into the Gospel
Communities Debate.”
11:30-11:45 Closing Discussion
ANCIENT HISTORIOGRAPHY SEMINAR / GROUPE
DE TRAVAIL SUR L’HISTORIOGRAPHIE
ANCIENNE I (8:45-11:45; GMH 207)
The Book of Chronicles and Early Second Temple
Historiography (Session 1)
Chair/Président: T.F. Williams (The King’s University
College)
8:45-9:15 Suk Yee (Anna), Lee (McMaster Divinity)
“Old Testament Historiography: A New Perspective
on Methodological Approach.”
9:15 -9:45 J. Van Seters (Waterloo, ON) “The
Zeruiah Brothers within the Saga of King David.”
9:45-10:15 I.D. Wilson (Alberta) “Narrativity in
Joshua 5-12 and Historical Discourse in Ancient
Judah.”
Break: 10:15-10:30
10:30-11:00 P.S. Evans (McMaster Divinity) “History
in the Eye of the Beholder: Assessing Allegations of
Racism in Modern Historical Reconstructions of
Ancient Israel.”
11:00-11:30 L.J. Sommers (McGill) “A World in Which
Things Are Not As They Should Be: Women and
Domestic Space Judges.”
11:30-11:45 Discussion
WOMEN SCHOLARS’ LUNCH / CASSE-CROÛTE
POUR LES FEMES SAVANTS (12:00-13:30; GMH
207)
QUMRAN (13:30-16:00; GMH 204)
Chair/Président: John McLaughlan (St. Michael’s)
13:30-14:00 P.W. Flint (Trinity Western) “The Use of
Isaiah at Qumran.”
14:00-14:30 A. Krause (McMaster) “Protected Sects:
The Apotropaic Performance and Function of
4QIncantation and 4QSongs of the Maskil and their
relevance for the Hodayot.”
14:30-15:00 C. Palmer (Emmanuel College) “The Ger
at Qumran: Signs of an Inclusive Community?”
15:00-15:30 N. Meyer (McMaster) “‘Whethering’ the
Storm: The Contribution of 11QTargumJob to the
Interpretation of Job’s Interrogation by God.”
15:30-16:00 Closing Discussion
EARLY CHRISTIANITY / CHRISTIANISME DES
ORIGINES (13:30-16:45; GMH 205)
Chair/Président: S.L. Chambers (Concordia Lutheran
Sem.)
13:30-14:00 T.L. Donaldson (Wycliffe College) “‘We
Gentiles’: Ethnicity and Identity in Justin’s Dialogue.”
14:00-14:30 W.T. Wilson (Emory) “Wisdom,
Philosophy, and Hermeneutics in the Sentences of
Sextus.”
14:30-15:00 H. Barkman (Manitoba) “Tertullian’s
Identification of the Species of Women.”
Break: 15:00-15:15
15:15-15:45 M.R. D’Angelo (Notre Dame) “Fourth
Maccabees and the Trope of Tyranny in the Imperial
Politics of the Early Second Century.”
15:45-16:15 M. Robins (Toronto) “Paying the
Preacher: Travelling Teachers and Christian Charity.”
16:15-16:45 Closing Discussion
ANCIENT HISTORIOGRAPHY SEMINAR / GROUPE
DE TRAVAIL SUR L’HISTORIOGRAPHIE ANCIENNE
II (13:30-15:30 GMH 207)
The Book of Chronicles and Early Second Temple
Historiography (Session 2)
Chair/Président: P.S. Evans (McMaster Divinity)
13:30-14:00 K. Bodner (Crandall) “Simeon and The