Hebrews at SBL Annual Meeting

Society of Biblical Literature 2024 Annual Meeting

San Diego, CA - November 23–26

 

P22-103s

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Institute for Biblical Research
11/22/2024
9:00 AM to 11:00 AM
Room: Indigo 204A (Second Level) - Hilton Bayfront

Theme: Hebrews and the Pauline Tradition
For much of Christian history the Epistle to the Hebrews was understood as a Pauline letter. Today the overwhelming scholarly consensus is that Paul is not the author of Hebrews. Still the connection to Paul is difficult for Hebrews to shake. Even if Paul did not write Hebrews, there is some connection—even if just merited by the epistle’s canonical placement immediately after Paul’s letters—that is significant. Surprisingly, in recent decades little scholarly attention has been devoted to investigating this connection. This research group explores the relationship between Hebrews and the Pauline tradition. While Hebrews must be able to speak on its own terms, historical and canonical imperatives call for it to be read alongside Paul’s letters. This year we are hosting invited papers that address theological connections between Hebrews and the Pauline tradition.

Bryan Dyer, Baker Publishing/Calvin University, Presiding

Erin M. Heim, Wycliffe Hall, Oxford University
Crucifixion and Shame in Paul and Hebrews (30 min)

David M. Moffitt, University of St. Andrews
The Ascended Christ’s Ongoing Intercession as Covenant Maintenance: A Shared Soteriological Concept between Hebrews and Paul? (30 min)

Madison N. Pierce, Western Theological Seminary
Power and "Royal Messianism" in the Pauline Corpus and Hebrews (30 min)

Robert W. Wall, Seattle Pacific University
Reading Hebrews with Paul in Canonical Context (30 min)

 

 

M22-106s

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Institute for Biblical Research
11/22/2024
9:00 AM to 11:15 AM
Room: Indigo D (Second Level) - Hilton Bayfront

Theme: Scripture and Church Seminar (SACS)

“Scripture-Based Models for Preaching” What can Scripture itself teach us about preaching? How did biblical authors appropriate Scripture in their own preaching? What can we learn from portions of Scripture that were intended to urge certain ways of thinking to lead to right ways of living, such as Proverbs? This seminar explores these questions and others. The focus is not on homiletics per se, but rather models for preaching that emerge organically from Scripture itself. 

 

Dana Harris, Trinity Evangelical Divinity School
Hebrews: Preaching to the People of God from the Word of God (25 min)
 

 

P22-216s

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Institute for Biblical Research
11/22/2024
3:30 PM to 5:30 PM
Room: Indigo 204A (Second Level) - Hilton Bayfront

Theme: Asian American Biblical Interpretation: Evangelical Voices

This year our research group will focus on biblical interpretation from non-East Asian cultural contexts focusing in particular on South and Southeast Asia. The program will consist of invited papers which will expound a biblical text from such social locations speaking to their locations and the wider world. Presentations will include some reflection on methodology and those characteristics which distinguish South and Southeast Asian biblical interpretation. Two respondents, one East Asian, as well as discussion from the floor will be included. Questions can be directed to Milton Eng (miltoneng@thirdspaceaa.org) or Max Lee (mlee1@northpark.edu). 

 

David A. deSilva, Ashland Theological Seminary
Reading Hebrews in a Sri Lankan Context (20 min)

 

 

S23-312

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Contextualizing North African Christianity
11/23/2024
4:00 PM to 6:30 PM
Room: Cobalt 501A (Fifth Level) - Hilton Bayfront

Theme: Composing Communities

This session focuses on the creation and preservation of early Christian communities, exploring the compositional and hermeneutical practices that formed the identity of various early Christian groups through literary production.

 

Bec Muir, Ridley Melbourne
Can We Compose Righteous Communities? A Comparison of the Discussions of Divine Enablement in Augustine and Hebrews (25 min)

 

 

S24-214

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Corpus Hellenisticum Novi Testamenti
11/24/2024
1:00 PM to 3:30 PM
Room: Aqua 307 (Third Level) - Hilton Bayfront

Theme: Please Recycle (II): Ancient Intertexuality in the New Testament, Christian Apocrypha, and Beyond

 

Laurie A. Wilson, Biola University
Suffering as Education and Athletic Training: Parallels between Epictetus and Hebrews 12:1–13 (30 min)

S24-318

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Hebrews
11/24/2024
4:00 PM to 6:30 PM
Room: Aqua 311A (Third Level) - Hilton Bayfront

Theme: Hebrews and Other Early Christian Literature

Madison N. Pierce, Western Theological Seminary, Presiding

Benjamin Ribbens, Trinity Christian College
The Redemption of Violations Committed under the First Covenant: Hebrews 9:15 and Rom 3:21–26 on Redemption, Forgiveness, and Passing over Sins (25 min)

Scott Shauf, Gardner-Webb University
The Covenant Sacrifice in Hebrews 9–13 and 1 Corinthians 10–12 (25 min)

Julie M. Leyva, Duke University
What Advantage Is a Mediator? Μεσίτης and Νόμος in Galatians and Hebrews (25 min)

Stephen Wunrow, Wheaton College
Cave Corpus? Human Bodies as a Potential Threat to Heavenly Space in Hebrews and Other Early Christian Traditions (25 min)

David Downs, University of Oxford
“Let Us Fix Our Eyes on the Blood of Christ” (1 Clem 7.4): Resurrection and Atonement in 1 Clement and Hebrews (25 min)

Discussion (25 min)

S25-223

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Hebrews
11/25/2024
1:00 PM to 3:30 PM
Room: Cobalt 501A (Fifth Level) - Hilton Bayfront

Theme: Open Session on Hebrews

Madison Pierce, Western Theological Seminary, Presiding

Kaspars Ozolins, The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary
Isaiah’s Third “Servant Song” as a Background to Hebrews 1:10–12 (25 min)
Tag(s): Hebrews and Catholic Epistles (Biblical Literature - New Testament), Intertextuality (Interpretive Approaches), Septuagint (Biblical Literature - Hebrew Bible/Old Testament/Greek OT (Septuagint))

Timothy Bertolet, ABWE International
The High Priest as Second Adam (25 min)

Alberto Solano-Zatarain, University of Oxford
Entering Perfection: Cultic Consecration and Sinai in Hebrews (25 min)

Albert J. Coetsee, North-West University (South Africa)
Moses’ Fear during the Second Ascent: An Intertextual Study of Deuteronomy 9:19 and Hebrews 12:21 (25 min)

Naphtali S. Meshel, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Jesus’ Suffering “Outside the Gate” according to Hebrews 13 (25 min)

Jack Franicevich, Valparaiso University
Meal or Metaphor: Identifying the Sacrifice of Praise at Hebrews 13:15 (25 min)

S25-323

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Intertextuality in the New Testament
11/25/2024
4:00 PM to 6:30 PM
Room: 11A (Upper Level West) - Convention Center

Theme: Biblical Texts and Figures in Paul and Hebrews

 

Allen Lai, University of Notre Dame
Examining Contextually Sensitive Exegesis in Conflate Citation in Hebrews 2:12–13 (30 min)

Ryan Francis, Catholic University of America
Abel's Speech in Hebrews and Philo (30 min)

S26-128

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Space, Place, and Lived Experience in Antiquity
11/26/2024
9:00 AM to 11:15 AM
Room: Aqua 311A (Third Level) - Hilton Bayfront

 

Theme: Open Call

 

Jolyon G. R. Pruszinski, Princeton University
Real Space, Ideal Space, and “the Mind” in Hebrews: Interpretation through the Lens of Foucault’s “Heterotopia” (25 min)