S20-328
4:00pm-6:30pm
Theme: The Historical Context of Paul's Engagement with Scripture
Christopher Stanley, Saint Bonaventure University, Presiding
Ben Witherington, Asbury Theological Seminary
'IN PRINCIPIO ERAT VERBUM': Sacred Texts in an Oral Culture
Leonard Greenspoon, Creighton University
By the Letter?/Word for Word? Scriptural Citation in Paul
S21-136
9:00am-11:30am
Theme: The Place of Scripture in Paul's Theology
G. K. Beale, Westminster Theological Seminary, Presiding
Matthew Bates, University of Notre Dame
Getting Some Fatherly Advice: Refining ‘Intertextuality’ in the Study of Paul’s Scriptural Interpretation
Linda Belleville, Associated Mennonite Biblical Seminary
Scripture and Other Voices in Paul's Theology
Roy Ciampa, Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary
Approaching Paul's Use of Scripture in Light of Translation Studies
Thursday, November 4, 2010
Tuesday, July 13, 2010
Paper Abstracts for 2010 SBL Annual Meeting
Session Id TBD
Paul and Scripture
9:00 AM to 11:30 AM
11/21/2010
Room TBD
The Historical Context of Paul's Engagement with Scripture
Christopher Stanley, Saint Bonaventure University, Presiding
Sacred Texts in Oral Contexts: The Living Word and the Scripture (15 min)
Ben Witherington, Asbury Theological Seminary
This paper will investigate the views of sacred texts held by Jews in a largely oral culture, including: 1) the preference for the living voice, and when it comes to God's Word the oral proclamation over the written; 2) the function of the nomena sacra in such a text; 3) the beliefs about how God's Word had inherent power and ability to accomplish what it states; 4) the rhetorical function of a sacred text in a culture that has such a text, in contrast with most Greco-Roman religion which had not such sacred book; 5) the importance of oracular prophecy in sacred texts as the closest thing to the verbatim of the living voice, and 5) what scriptum continuum tells us about the character of ancient texts.
Discussion (55 min)
Break (10 min)
If I Forget Thee: Remembering, and Forgetting, in Scriptural Citations by Writers of the New Testament (15 min)
Leonard Greenspoon, Creighton University
Interest in Scriptural citations by the writers of the New Testament is a perennial issue that shows no signs of abating. If anything, closer contacts between scholars of the Septuagint and those of the New Testament, among others, have cast new light on this intriguing phenomenon. In this paper, I will explore this issue primarily through the extra-textual phenomenon of citation from memory, using modern examples, which can be clearly documented, as a starting point for further examination of the ancient world.
Discussion (55 min)
Papers will be summarized, not read. Papers will be available for download in early November on the seminar's Web page at http://paulandscripture.blogspot.com .
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Session Id TBD
Paul and Scripture
9:00 AM to 11:30 AM
11/22/2010
Room TBD
The Place of Scripture in Paul's Theology
G. K. Beale, Wheaton College (Illinois), Presiding
How Do We Judge What Role Scripture Played in Paul's Theology? (10 min)
Matthew Bates, University of Notre Dame
In terms of method, Richard Hays' influential intertextual model as set forth in "Echoes of Scripture in the Letters of Paul" focused almost exclusively on Paul's use of the Septuagint. There was nothing wrong with this decision in and of itself. The Septuagint is indeed the most prominent text for Paul regardless of the intertextual model adopted. The problem, however, is that subsequent scholarship has by and large become stuck on the Septuagintal Vorlage as Paul's 'pre-text,' without considering how other texts might inform Paul's use of the scriptures. This is a problem which transcends Pauline studies and is indicative of the whole enterprise devoted to studying how NT authors use the scriptures. A more robust intertextual model (drawing on Kristeva and others) recognizes that a 'text' is not only informed by its 'pre-texts' but also by 'co-texts' and 'post-texts.' The utility of this methodological proposal will be illustrated with several examples showing how paying attention to 'co-texts' and 'post-texts' rather than just the 'pre-text' forces a reassessment of Paul's exegesis.
Discussion (30 min)
Scripture and Other Voices in Paul’s Theology (10 min)
Linda Belleville, Bethel College
A common approach to analyzing Scripture in Paul’s theology is to identify explicit texts and implicit allusions or “echoes” and to consider their impact on Paul theological thinking. The underlying assumption is that Paul's theological Sitz im Leben was primarily if not exclusively that of the Hebrew Scriptures. This assumption results in a leap-frog hermeneutical approach that overlooks the rich tradition of theological traditions and interpretations in which Paul stands and the impact of these “other voices” on Paul’s theology. This paper will focus on the “other voices” and their contribution to some of Paul’s most distinctive theologizing and re-reading of Scripture.
Discussion (30 min)
Break (10 min)
Approaching Paul's Use of Scripture in Light of Translation Studies (10 min)
Roy E. Ciampa, Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary
This essay will explore some of the potential of the growing field of Translation Studies for the study of Paul’s use of Scripture, including elements of descriptive translation studies (e.g., polysystem theory), functionalist approaches (Skopostheorie), postcolonial approaches to translation, and the understanding of translation as cultural mediation. Particular approaches will be considered that may broaden the scope of issues that inform our understanding of Paul’s use of Scripture including seeing that usage as part of his role as one of the key translators of the message of early Christianity for the Gentile communities to which he ministered.
Discussion (50 min)
Papers will be summarized, not read. Papers will be available for download in early November on the seminar's Web page at http://paulandscripture.blogspot.com .
Paul and Scripture
9:00 AM to 11:30 AM
11/21/2010
Room TBD
The Historical Context of Paul's Engagement with Scripture
Christopher Stanley, Saint Bonaventure University, Presiding
Sacred Texts in Oral Contexts: The Living Word and the Scripture (15 min)
Ben Witherington, Asbury Theological Seminary
This paper will investigate the views of sacred texts held by Jews in a largely oral culture, including: 1) the preference for the living voice, and when it comes to God's Word the oral proclamation over the written; 2) the function of the nomena sacra in such a text; 3) the beliefs about how God's Word had inherent power and ability to accomplish what it states; 4) the rhetorical function of a sacred text in a culture that has such a text, in contrast with most Greco-Roman religion which had not such sacred book; 5) the importance of oracular prophecy in sacred texts as the closest thing to the verbatim of the living voice, and 5) what scriptum continuum tells us about the character of ancient texts.
Discussion (55 min)
Break (10 min)
If I Forget Thee: Remembering, and Forgetting, in Scriptural Citations by Writers of the New Testament (15 min)
Leonard Greenspoon, Creighton University
Interest in Scriptural citations by the writers of the New Testament is a perennial issue that shows no signs of abating. If anything, closer contacts between scholars of the Septuagint and those of the New Testament, among others, have cast new light on this intriguing phenomenon. In this paper, I will explore this issue primarily through the extra-textual phenomenon of citation from memory, using modern examples, which can be clearly documented, as a starting point for further examination of the ancient world.
Discussion (55 min)
Papers will be summarized, not read. Papers will be available for download in early November on the seminar's Web page at http://paulandscripture.
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Session Id TBD
Paul and Scripture
9:00 AM to 11:30 AM
11/22/2010
Room TBD
The Place of Scripture in Paul's Theology
G. K. Beale, Wheaton College (Illinois), Presiding
How Do We Judge What Role Scripture Played in Paul's Theology? (10 min)
Matthew Bates, University of Notre Dame
In terms of method, Richard Hays' influential intertextual model as set forth in "Echoes of Scripture in the Letters of Paul" focused almost exclusively on Paul's use of the Septuagint. There was nothing wrong with this decision in and of itself. The Septuagint is indeed the most prominent text for Paul regardless of the intertextual model adopted. The problem, however, is that subsequent scholarship has by and large become stuck on the Septuagintal Vorlage as Paul's 'pre-text,' without considering how other texts might inform Paul's use of the scriptures. This is a problem which transcends Pauline studies and is indicative of the whole enterprise devoted to studying how NT authors use the scriptures. A more robust intertextual model (drawing on Kristeva and others) recognizes that a 'text' is not only informed by its 'pre-texts' but also by 'co-texts' and 'post-texts.' The utility of this methodological proposal will be illustrated with several examples showing how paying attention to 'co-texts' and 'post-texts' rather than just the 'pre-text' forces a reassessment of Paul's exegesis.
Discussion (30 min)
Scripture and Other Voices in Paul’s Theology (10 min)
Linda Belleville, Bethel College
A common approach to analyzing Scripture in Paul’s theology is to identify explicit texts and implicit allusions or “echoes” and to consider their impact on Paul theological thinking. The underlying assumption is that Paul's theological Sitz im Leben was primarily if not exclusively that of the Hebrew Scriptures. This assumption results in a leap-frog hermeneutical approach that overlooks the rich tradition of theological traditions and interpretations in which Paul stands and the impact of these “other voices” on Paul’s theology. This paper will focus on the “other voices” and their contribution to some of Paul’s most distinctive theologizing and re-reading of Scripture.
Discussion (30 min)
Break (10 min)
Approaching Paul's Use of Scripture in Light of Translation Studies (10 min)
Roy E. Ciampa, Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary
This essay will explore some of the potential of the growing field of Translation Studies for the study of Paul’s use of Scripture, including elements of descriptive translation studies (e.g., polysystem theory), functionalist approaches (Skopostheorie), postcolonial approaches to translation, and the understanding of translation as cultural mediation. Particular approaches will be considered that may broaden the scope of issues that inform our understanding of Paul’s use of Scripture including seeing that usage as part of his role as one of the key translators of the message of early Christianity for the Gentile communities to which he ministered.
Discussion (50 min)
Papers will be summarized, not read. Papers will be available for download in early November on the seminar's Web page at http://paulandscripture.
Tuesday, November 3, 2009
Paper Abstracts for 2009 SBL Annual Meeting
Paul's Reliance on Scripture in 1 Thessalonians
E. Elizabeth Johnson, Columbia Theological Seminary
Although Paul uses a good bit of what we recognize as biblical language and several phrases that seem to echo the Bible in 1 Thessalonians, nowhere does he quote scripture as he does in the Hauptbriefe. This essay seeks to understand how the scattered echoes and allusions to scripture in 1 Thessalonians demonstrate the shape of Paul's apocalyptic theology, whether or not those echoes and allusions would have been recognized by his Thessalonian listeners.
The Use of Scripture in Philippians: How Deep Should We Dig?
Stephen E. Fowl, Loyola College in Maryland
There are very few direct citations of Scripture in Philippians. Indeed, the use of Job 13:16 often passes unnoticed and Isa. 45:23 is incorporated into the so-called hymn of 2:6-11. At the same time an attentive reader can dig beneath the surface of Philippians to find a variety of Scriptural passages and themes lying beneath the surface. This raises a variety of interpretive questions about where and how deep one should dig and to what purpose. This paper will both display some of the Scriptural echoes in Philippians and examine how the excavation process might or might not shape interpretation of the epistle.
Writing "In the Image" of Scripture: The Form and Function of Allusions to Scripture in Colossians
Jerry L. Sumney, Lexington Theological Seminary
This paper will examine the mostly opaque allusions to Scripture that appear in Colossians. It will consider what such allusions, that the author never identifies as citations, may suggest about how the writer and readers might have prior knowledge of the citation and how these allusions function in the argument (and perhaps in the preformed material in which they appear). We will see what light this might shed on the knowledge and function of Scripture in the church the letter addresses.
God's Sure Foundation: "Paul's" Use of Scripture in 2 Timothy
Gordon D. Fee, Regent College
2 Timothy has relatively few direct references to Scripture, though still more than the two unquestioned letters of 1 Thessalonians and Philippians. This paper examines the various uses of Scripture in 2 Timothy, focusing on both the "what" and the "how" of this usage.
E. Elizabeth Johnson, Columbia Theological Seminary
Although Paul uses a good bit of what we recognize as biblical language and several phrases that seem to echo the Bible in 1 Thessalonians, nowhere does he quote scripture as he does in the Hauptbriefe. This essay seeks to understand how the scattered echoes and allusions to scripture in 1 Thessalonians demonstrate the shape of Paul's apocalyptic theology, whether or not those echoes and allusions would have been recognized by his Thessalonian listeners.
The Use of Scripture in Philippians: How Deep Should We Dig?
Stephen E. Fowl, Loyola College in Maryland
There are very few direct citations of Scripture in Philippians. Indeed, the use of Job 13:16 often passes unnoticed and Isa. 45:23 is incorporated into the so-called hymn of 2:6-11. At the same time an attentive reader can dig beneath the surface of Philippians to find a variety of Scriptural passages and themes lying beneath the surface. This raises a variety of interpretive questions about where and how deep one should dig and to what purpose. This paper will both display some of the Scriptural echoes in Philippians and examine how the excavation process might or might not shape interpretation of the epistle.
Writing "In the Image" of Scripture: The Form and Function of Allusions to Scripture in Colossians
Jerry L. Sumney, Lexington Theological Seminary
This paper will examine the mostly opaque allusions to Scripture that appear in Colossians. It will consider what such allusions, that the author never identifies as citations, may suggest about how the writer and readers might have prior knowledge of the citation and how these allusions function in the argument (and perhaps in the preformed material in which they appear). We will see what light this might shed on the knowledge and function of Scripture in the church the letter addresses.
God's Sure Foundation: "Paul's" Use of Scripture in 2 Timothy
Gordon D. Fee, Regent College
2 Timothy has relatively few direct references to Scripture, though still more than the two unquestioned letters of 1 Thessalonians and Philippians. This paper examines the various uses of Scripture in 2 Timothy, focusing on both the "what" and the "how" of this usage.
Papers from the 2009 Annual Meeting
22-233aPaul and Scripture
1:00 PM to 3:30 PM
11/22/2009
Oak Alley
Beyond the Hauptbriefe
Christopher D. Stanley, St. Bonaventure University, Presiding
E. Elizabeth Johnson, Columbia Theological Seminary
Paul's Reliance on Scripture in 1 Thessalonians (10 min)
Discussion (60 min)
Break (10 min)
Stephen E. Fowl, Loyola College in Maryland
The Use of Scripture in Philippians: How Deep Should We Dig? (10 min)
Discussion (60 min)
Papers will be summarized, not read.
23-327aPaul and Scripture
4:00 PM to 6:30 PM
11/23/2009
Oak Alley
The Disputed Paulines
Christopher D. Stanley, St. Bonaventure University, Presiding
Jerry L. Sumney, Lexington Theological Seminary
Writing “In the Image” of Scripture: The Form and Function of Allusions to Scripture in Colossians (10 min)
Discussion (60 min)
Break (10 min)
Gordon D. Fee, Regent College
God`s Sure Foundation: "Paul's" Use of Scripture in 2 Timothy (10 min)
Discussion (60 min)
Papers will be summarized, not read.
1:00 PM to 3:30 PM
11/22/2009
Oak Alley
Beyond the Hauptbriefe
Christopher D. Stanley, St. Bonaventure University, Presiding
E. Elizabeth Johnson, Columbia Theological Seminary
Paul's Reliance on Scripture in 1 Thessalonians (10 min)
Discussion (60 min)
Break (10 min)
Stephen E. Fowl, Loyola College in Maryland
The Use of Scripture in Philippians: How Deep Should We Dig? (10 min)
Discussion (60 min)
Papers will be summarized, not read.
23-327aPaul and Scripture
4:00 PM to 6:30 PM
11/23/2009
Oak Alley
The Disputed Paulines
Christopher D. Stanley, St. Bonaventure University, Presiding
Jerry L. Sumney, Lexington Theological Seminary
Writing “In the Image” of Scripture: The Form and Function of Allusions to Scripture in Colossians (10 min)
Discussion (60 min)
Break (10 min)
Gordon D. Fee, Regent College
God`s Sure Foundation: "Paul's" Use of Scripture in 2 Timothy (10 min)
Discussion (60 min)
Papers will be summarized, not read.
Tuesday, September 16, 2008
Papers from the SBL 2008 Annual Meeting
Session 1: Theme: Paul and his Jewish Contemporaries
Bruce Fisk, Westmont College
Paul among the Storytellers: Reading Romans 11 in the Context of Rewritten Bible
Session 2: Theme: Paul and Context
Stephen Moyise, University of Chichester, UK
Does Paul Respect the Context of His Scriptural Quotations, and Does It Matter?
Saturday, September 6, 2008
Paper Abstracts for SBL 2008 Annual Meeting
Session 1. Theme: Paul and His Jewish Contemporaries
Session 2: Theme: Paul and Context
Christopher Stanley, St. Bonaventure University, Presiding
Bruce N. Fisk, Westmont College
Paul among the Storytellers: Reading Romans 11 in the Context of Rewritten Bible
Paul and his non-Christian Jewish contemporaries inherited many of the same exegetical traditions, adopted some of the same interpretive techniques and generally inhabited the same hermeneutical space. This paper will consider ways in which Paul's use of Scripture in Romans 11 shares this exegetical heritage with the authors of (so-called) Rewritten Bible, in terms of shared techniques and parallel appeals to post-biblical tradition, and in terms of their shared understanding of the nature of Scripture (as gapped, relevant, harmonious, self-interpreting and inspired) and of God (as trustworthy and fundamentally loyal to Israel).
Francis Watson, Durham University, Respondent (10 min)
James Aageson, Concordia College-Moorhead, Respondent (10 min)
Discussion (45 min)
Break (10 min)
Discussion (60 min)
Paper will be summarized, not read. Copies of the papers are available in advance here at the seminar's website: http://paulandscripture.blogspot.com.
Session 2: Theme: Paul and Context
Mark Given, Missouri State University, Presiding
Stephen Moyise, University of Chichester
Does Paul Respect the Context of His Scriptural Quotations, and Does It Matter?
For some scholars, the fact that Paul can quote a text like Isa 52:5 in Rom 2:24 and Isa 52:7 in Rom 10:15 is clear evidence that Paul respects the context of his quotations. For other scholars, the Sarah and Hagar allegory of Galatians 4 and the "muzzle the ox" quotations in 1 Cor 9:9 is clear evidence that he did not. There are also a number of mediating positions such as (1) Paul shows awareness of the context but is not bound by it (2) Paul does not respect the context from a modern historical-critical perspective but does from a first-century perspective (3) Paul modifies the meaning of individual verses but respects their context from a larger canonical or salvation-history perspective. It is also clear that this is not simply an academic question but carries moral implications for Paul's integrity and perhaps even for the faith or non-faith of the individual scholar. In this paper, I will explore whether agreement in the meaning of key words such as "respect" and "context" could lead to some sort of consensus or whether these scholarly differences are the result of different presuppositions.
Christopher Tuckett, University of Oxford, Respondent (10 min)
G. K. Beale, Wheaton College, Respondent (10 min)
Discussion (45 min)
Break (10 min)
Discussion (60 min)
Papers will be summarized, not read. Copies of the papers are available in advance here at the seminar's Web site: http://paulandscripture.blogspot.com.
Monday, November 5, 2007
Papers from the SBL 2007 Annual Meeting
Session 1: Scripture and Righteousness in Romans
Neil Elliott, Augsburg Fortress Press, "Blasphemed among the Nations": Pursuing an Anti-imperial "Intertextuality" in Romans
Douglas Campbell, Duke University, Tit for Tat: A rhetorical and apocalyptic analysis of Paul's intertextuality in his Justification texts (with special reference to Romans 9:17–10:21)
Supplementary Readings:
Session 2: Broadening the Conversation--New Approaches to Paul and Scripture
Kathy Ehrensperger, University of Wales-Lampeter, Feminist Perspectives on Paul's Reasoning with Scripture
Jeremy Punt, University of Stellenbosch, Paul and postcolonial hermeneutics: Marginality and/in early biblical interpretation
Mark Given, Missouri State University, Paul and Writing
Neil Elliott, Augsburg Fortress Press, "Blasphemed among the Nations": Pursuing an Anti-imperial "Intertextuality" in Romans
Douglas Campbell, Duke University, Tit for Tat: A rhetorical and apocalyptic analysis of Paul's intertextuality in his Justification texts (with special reference to Romans 9:17–10:21)
Supplementary Readings:
Douglas Campbell, The meaning of dikaiosyne theou in Paul—an intertextual suggestionDiana M. Swancutt, Yale University, O Dikaios Ek Pistews Zesetai' in Intercultural Translation: 'Living Justly' as Paul's Jewish Paideia to Roman Greeks
Douglas Campbell, Rereading the Frame
Douglas Campbell, The Faithfulness of Jesus Christ in Romans and Galatians
Session 2: Broadening the Conversation--New Approaches to Paul and Scripture
Kathy Ehrensperger, University of Wales-Lampeter, Feminist Perspectives on Paul's Reasoning with Scripture
Jeremy Punt, University of Stellenbosch, Paul and postcolonial hermeneutics: Marginality and/in early biblical interpretation
Mark Given, Missouri State University, Paul and Writing
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