SBL 2001
Sessions and Papers related to Johannine Literature
presented at the
Annual Meeting of the Society of Biblical Literature
Denver, CO - November 17-20, 2001
Official Sessions Sponsored and Co-Sponsored
by the Johannine Literature Section:
JOHANNINE LITERATURE SECTION: S19-15 (Monday,
Nov. 19, 9:00 AM - 11:30 AM)
Presiding: Francisco Lozada, Jr., University
of the Incarnate Word
Jaime A. Clark-Soles, Perkins School of Theology
The Word(s) of the Word in the Fourth Gospel [abstract]
Arthur J. Droge, University of California, San Diego
Sabbath Work [abstract]
Elizabeth J. Danna, Independent Scholar, Burlington,
Ontario
Pilate in the Gospel of John [abstract]
Beth M. Sheppard, Southwestern College, KS
Behold Your Son: John 19:26-27 and Guardian Relationships in the
Roman World [abstract]
Daniel Boyarin, University of California, Berkeley
The Ioudaioi in John and the Prehistory of "Judaism" [abstract]
JOHANNINE LITERATURE SECTION: S19-55
(Monday, Nov. 19, 4:00 PM - 6:30 PM)
Presiding: Felix Just, S.J., Loyola Marymount
University
Susan Burnett, Snow College
Holistic Narrative Theory and the Feast Plus Miracle at Cana [abstract]
Benedict Thomas Viviano, University of Fribourg,
John's Use of Matthew: Beyond Tweaking [abstract]
Panel Review of Tom Thatcher and Robert Fortna,
eds., Jesus in Johannine Tradition: New Directions (Louisville,
KY: Westminster John Knox, 2001). [table
of contents]
Panelists:
Thomas Thatcher, Cincinnati
Bible Seminary, Introduction (5 minutes)
Paula Fredriksen, Boston University, Panelist (10 minutes)
Robert Kysar, Candler School of Theology, Panelist (10 minutes)
Gregory J. Riley, Claremont School of Theology, Panelist (10 minutes)
Robert T. Fortna, Vassar College, Respondent (5 mintues)
Panel Discussion
General Discussion
Joint Session: SYNOPTIC GOSPELS SECTION and JOHANNINE
LITERATURE SECTION
S20-15 (Tuesday, Nov. 20, 9:00 AM - 11:30 AM)
Theme: Intertextuality and the Gospels
Papers for this session will be summarized rather
than read; full papers are available at http://personal1.stthomas.edu/dtlandry/.
Presiding: David Landry, University of St.
Thomas
Shawn Kelley, Daemen College
Intertextuality and the Gospels: An Introduction [abstract]
[FULL
TEXT in HTML format]
Paul Anderson, George Fox University
Mark, John, and Answerability: Aspects of Interfluentiality Between
the Second and Fourth Gospels [abstract]
[FULL TEXT in HTML format]
Mark A. Matson, Milligan College
Intertextuality and the Relationship Between John and the Synoptics
[abstract] [FULL
TEXT in PDF format]
Ingrid Rosa Kitzberger, Jesuit School of Theology/GTU
Berkeley
Characterization at the Crossroads [abstract]
[FULL TEXT in HTML format]
Mary Ann Tolbert, Pacific School of Religion - Respondent
Adeline Fehribach, Spalding University - Respondent
BREAK
Discussion
CALL for PAPERS (from December, 2000)
A joint session, co-sponsored with the
Synoptic Gospels Section, will consist of invited papers on the topic
of intertextuality, especially with regard to theories of intertextuality
that push beyond the questions of "sources" to issues of influence--ancient
and modern.
The regular sessions are open.
We welcome all proposals on all aspects of Johannine literature. We
especially encourage proposals on the relationship between globalization
and John, particularly on how John interfaces with the benefits and
curses, or both, of globalization. For more information, see below.
Proposals for the two open sessions should
preferably be sent via e-mail to:
Francisco Lozada, Jr. (lozada@universe.uiwtx.edu) and
Adele Reinhartz (reinhart@mcmaster.ca).
Hard copies of abstracts and participation
forms should be sent to:
Francisco Lozada, Jr., University of the Incarnate Word
Box 328, 4301 Broadway, San Antonio, TX 78209
(FAX) 210/829-3880, (Office) 210/283-5051
Extra Information
about the Topic "Globalization and John" (postponed until 2002
Annual Meeting)
Globalization has been hailed as a blessing,
or a curse, or both.
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Its supporters tabulate endless lists
of its benefits: instant communications, inexpensive travel,
international co-operation, expanded economic markets, better
standards of living, lower costs of living, etc.
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Others pronounce it a curse:
a faceless enemy to billions of people, an unethical profit-driven
system, one that increasingly marginalizes the powerless by putting
more and more power in the hands of a few elites.
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Indeed, for many postcolonial critics,
globalization is another face of the empire.
How would one read the Gospel and Epistles
of John in the light of these debates?
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Can John offer us a better model
of a human-faced globalization, or a curse-ladden one, or both?
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How do we, as readers of John, fit
in this scheme of things? Have we been aided by globalization,
or harmed by it? Have we cooperated with it or worked against
it?
This section seeks papers to begin a
thorough study of one of the fundamental settings that will increasingly
inform our reading of John and of the Bible in general. It seeks
to begin a study of both John and globalization in the light of each
other. It seeks to understand our place within the globalizing engines
of our world.
