Leaving for San Diego

I am soon on my way to the SBL Annual Meeting in San Diego. I am making a stop in Chicago and Indianapolis; hence I am leaving tomorrow - Tuesday. It might turn out to be a busy meeting; seeing people, buying books,- and even attend some lectures... And as usual there is a lot of collisions of interest. Hence pick and choose the best is the way of surviving through it all.

I, on my part, would have liked to have seen more papers on 1 Peter announced; I have only discovered one so far.

But those interested in 1 Peter, might also be interested in 2 Peter & Jude. Here is the latest update of the sessions dealing with these two letters:

Methodological Reassessments of the Letters of James, Peter, and Jude
(Note: the order of sessions published in the conference schedule is not correct)
S 19-74
Monday, 11/19/2007, 1:00 PM to 3:30 PM
Room: Torrey 2 - MM
Theme: Letter of Jude: Discussion of Invited Papers
John Kloppenborg, University of Toronto, Presiding
Betsy J. Bauman-Martin, Saint Norbert College
Postcolonial Perversions in the Epistle of Jude (30 min)
J. Daryl Charles, Union University
Polemic and Persuasion: Literary-Rhetorical Perspectives on the Epistle of Jude (30 min)
Break (5 min)
Darian Lockett, The King's College, New York City
Purity and Polemic in Jude (30 min)
Robert L. Webb, McMaster University
Rhetography in the Rhetoric of Jude: A Sociorhetorical Reading (30 min)
Discussion (20 min)

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S19-118
Monday, 11/19/2007, 4:00 PM to 6:30 PM
Room: Torrey 2 - MM
Theme: Letter of 2 Peter: Discussion of Invited Papers
Peter Davids, St. Stephen's University, Presiding (5 min)
Terrance Callan, The Athenaeum of Ohio
Rhetography and Rhetology of Apocalyptic Discourse in 2 Peter (30 min)
Ruth Anne Reese, Asbury Theological Seminary
Narrative Method and the Second Epistle of Peter (30 min)
Break (5 min)
Robert Paul Seesengood, University of North Carolina at Pembroke
"Irrational Animals":Hybridity, Alterity and Name-Calling in 2 Peter 2, a Postcolonial Reading.
(30 min)
Duane F. Watson, Malone College
A Comparision of Rhetorical and Socio-Rhetorical Criticism in Relation to 2 Peter (30 min)
Discussion (20 min)

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S 20-11
Tuesday, 11/20/2007, 9:00 AM to 11:45 AM
Room: Betsy A - GH
Theme: Jude and 2 Peter: Discussion of Papers
Betsy Bauman-Martin, Saint Norbert College, Presiding
Gene L. Green, Wheaton College
Intertextuality and Sociology in Early Christianity: A Study of 2 Peter and Jude (30 min)
Jeremy F. Hultin, Yale University
Bourdieu Reads Jude (30 min)
Break (5 min)
James C. Miller, Nairobi Evangelical Graduate School of Theology
Social Identity and 2 Peter (30 min)
Dennis Sylva, Saint Francis Seminary
The Visualization of "Knowledge" in Second Peter: A Study in Socio-Rhetorical Interpretation's
Rhetorographical Blending (30 min)
Discussion (20 min)
Business Meeting (20 min)