SBL International – London, July 4-7

The Society of Biblical Literature has posted its schedule of papers for the international conference in London, July 4-7, 2011.  There are three sessions that focus entirely on Corinth and many scattered papers that touch on Corinthian matters.  Clicking on the links below will pull up the abstracts from the SBL website.  

First, the Corinth sessions, which have all been assigned to the generic category “Paul and Pauline Literature”

The first Corinth session (4-12), held on July 4, 8:30-11:30 AM, will focus on “Corinthian Correspondence.”  The program:

• Todd D. Still, Baylor University, Presiding
• Wayne Coppins, University of Georgia, Paul’s Concern with the Nature and Location of Eating Meat Sacrificed to Idols in 1 Cor 8-10: A Response to Gordon Fee, Ben Witherington, Bruce Fisk and David Horrell (25 min)
• Richard A. Wright, Oklahoma Christian University, Food Will Not Bring Us Close to God: Idol Meat and Moral Instruction in Corinth (25 min)
• Jeffrey Peterson, Austin Graduate School Of Theology, Inclusio and Integrity in 2 Corinthians 2:17 and 12:19 (25 min)
• Break (30 min)
• Kar-Yong Lim, Seminari Theoloji Malaysia, “On the Night He Was paredideto” (1 Cor 11:23): A Story of a Human’s Betrayal or a Story of God’s Action in Christ in Paul’s Gospel? (25 min)
• Tobias Hagerland, Lunds University, Paul’s Elaboration of a Jesus Chreia (25 min)
• Elizabeth Waldron Barnett, United Faculty of Theology, The Dissonance of Developmentalist Discourse in 1 Corinthians 13 (25 min)

The second session, “1 Corinthians,” will be held the following day, July 5, 8:30-11:30 AM. The program:

• Jeffrey Peterson, Austin Graduate School Of Theology, Presiding
• Sin Pan Daniel H0, University of Sheffield, Unmasking a Scandalous Taboo or Taking a Stand Against the Streams? A Counter-cultural Reading of 1 Cor 5:1 and its Implication for the Theme of 1 Cor 5 (30 min)
• Andrey Romanov, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, The ‘Gift-Reward’ Tension in 1 Corinthians (30 min)
• Break (30 min)
• Oh-Young Kwon, Alphacrucis College, A Glimpse of Greco-Roman Practice of Collegia Sodalicia in 1 Cor 8 and of Collegia Tenuiorum in 1 Cor 15 (30 min)
• Todd D. Still, Truett Theological Seminary, Baylor University, Why Did Paul Preach Christ Crucified among the Corinthians? A New Answer to an Old Question (30 min)

The final Corinth session on Thursday, July 7, 8:30-11:30 AM, is called “Becoming Roman Corinth: New Research.”  The program includes several papers first presented last October at the Corinth in Contrast conference in Austin, TX, as well as one addition (Melfi):

• David Downs, Fuller Theological Seminary, Presiding
• Sarah James, American School of Classical Studies in Athens, The Last Corinthians? Settlement and Society from 146 BCE to the Roman Colony (25 min)
• Milena Melfi, University of Oxford, Greek Cults in a Conquered Land: Corinth and the Making of a Colonial Pantheon (146- 44 BCE) (25 min)
• Benjamin W. Millis, University of Oxford, The Elite of Early Roman Corinth: Social Origins, Status and Mobility (25 min)
• Break (30 min)
• Steven J. Friesen, University of Texas at Austin, Junia Theodora: An Elite Woman in Early Roman Corinth (25 min)
• David K. Pettegrew, Messiah College, The Diolkos, Emporium, and Commercial Corinth (25 min)
• Daniel N. Schowalter, Carthage College, Response (10 min)
• Discussion (15 min)

Papers that discuss Corinth and Paul’s Corinthian letters are scattered here and there in the rest of the program.  No doubt the following list does not grab all of them, but it does include all papers whose abstracts note a Corinthian example, emphasis, or connection:

• July 4, 8:30-11:30 AM.  Session 4-6.  David T. Williams, University of Fort Hare“He is the Image and Glory of God, but the Woman …” (1 Cor 11:7): “Uncovering” the Understanding of the Imago Dei
• July 4, 12:30-3:00 PM.  Session 4-27.  Sean F. Winter, Uniting Church Theological College. The Reception History of the Pauline Epistles: Beyond the Commentary Tradition
• July 4, 12:30-3:00 PM.  Session 4-31.  Johannes M. Wessels, North-West University, Triangular Reciprocity: A New Perspective on 1 Cor 9
• July 4, 12:30-3:00 PM. Session 4-37. Volker Rabens, Ruhr-Universität Bochum
  Philo’s Attractive Ethics
• July 5, 8:30-11:30 AM. Session 5-8. Ally Kateusz, University of Missouri-Kansas City, The Image of the Androgyne in Gen 1-3 as Interpreted in the Earliest Reception of 1 Cor
• July 5, 8:30-10:00 AM. Session 5-12. Frederick S. Tappenden, University of Manchester, “Is he in Here or up There, and when do I Change my Clothes?” – Mapping Conceptual Metaphors for Resurrection in the Undisputed Pauline Epistles
• July 5, 1:30-4:30 PM. Session 5-31. Emmanuel Nathan, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, A Cultural Theory of Disability: Rethinking the Rethinking of Disabilities in Biblical Studies
• July 5, 1:30-4:30 PM. Session 5-32. Jeremy Kidwell, University of Edinburgh
  “Firstfruits” in Paul and the Theology of Consecration (20 min)
• July 6, 1:30-4:30 PM. Session 6-31. Kar-Yong Lim, Seminari Theoloji Malaysia
  Paul’s Use of Temple Imagery in the Corinthian Correspondence and the Formation of Christian Identity: A Contextual Reading from the Perspectives of A Chinese Malaysian (20 min)
• July 6, 1:30-4:30 PM. Session 6-31. Jeremy Punt, Universiteit van Stellenbosch – University of Stellenbosch, Foolish Rhetoric in 1 Cor 1:18-31: Paul’s Discourse of Power as Mimicry (20 min)
• July 6, 1:30-4:30 PM.  Session 6-31. Mary Phil Korsak, Society of Authors-Translators Association, Glad News from Mark (20 min)
• July 6, 1:30-4:30 PM.  Session 6-39. Matthew R. Malcolm, Trinity Theological College (Perth) Beyond Greco-Roman Rhetorical Criticism (45 min)
• July 7, 8:30-11:30 AM. Session 7-6.  James Gawley, Miami-Dade College
  Should They Stay or Should They Go? Traveling Prophets and the Split-Authorship of the Didache (30 min)
• July 7, 8:30-11:30 AM. Session 7-6.  Kari Latvus, Helsingin Yliopisto – Helsingfors Universitet, Who used the money in the early church? (30 min)
•  July 7, 8:30-11:30 AM.  Session 7-20. Anne Vig Skoven, University of Copenhagen The Spirit in Mark

I will be attending some of these and hope to give highlights either during the conference or afterwards.