Performance Criticism at SBL in San Antonio
Networking Meeting on Orality, Memory, Performance and Other Related Disciplines
Friday 11/17/2023 4:30 PM to 6:00 PM
Room: Bowie C (Second Floor) - Grand Hyatt
Theme: Bibliodrama: The Bible, Performance, and Pedagogy
Synoptic Gospels
Saturday 11/18/2023 4pm to 6:30pm
Room: San Antonio Convention Center - 006B (River Level)
Book Review of Nicholas A. Elder, Gospel Media: Reading, Writing, and Circulating Jesus Traditions
Abraham Smith, Southern Methodist University, Presiding
Stephen Carlson, Australian Catholic University, Panelist (30 min)
Matthew David Larsen, University of Copenhagen, Panelist (30 min)
Elizabeth Shively, Baylor University, Panelist (30 min)
Ian Nelson Mills, Hamilton College, Panelist (30 min)
Nicholas Elder, University of Dubuque Theological Seminary, Respondent (30 min)
The Bible in Ancient (and Modern) Media
Sunday 11/19/2023 1:00 PM to 3:30 PM
Room: 225A (Meeting Room Level) - San Antonio Convention Center
Theme: Embodiment
Rebecca Wollenberg, University of Michigan-Ann Arbor, Presiding
Abigail Emerson, Duke University, Moses’ Body, the Archive: Leviticus 1–3 in and as Living Texts
Jeremy Smoak, University of California-Los Angeles, Divine Embodiment and Textuality in Ancient Judah
Anathea Portier-Young, Duke University, Saved by the Song: Textual Mediation of Bodily Experience in Habakkuk 3
Discussion
Performance Criticism of the Bible and Other Ancient Texts / Islands, Islanders, and Scriptures / Cognitive Linguistics in Biblical Interpretation
Sunday 11/19/2023 4:00 PM to 6:30 PM
Room: 008A (River View) - San Antonio Convention Center
Theme: Performance Criticism, Cognition, and Embodiment
Marlon Winedt, United Bible Societies, Presiding
Peter S. Perry, Fuller Theological Seminary (Arizona), A Performance Criticism Point of View on Performance and Embodiment
Beth Currier, Pillar Seminary, A Cognitive Linguistics Point of View on Performance and Embodiment
Althea Spencer-Miller, Drew University, An Islander Point of View on Performance and Embodiment
Discussion
Society for Comparative Research on Iconic and Performative Texts (SCRIPT)
Sunday 11/19/2023 5-6:30pm
Marriott Rivercenter-Grand Ballroom, Salon L
Yohan Yoo, Seoul National University, Korean Religious Texts in Iconic and Performative Rituals
Edwin Broadhead, Berea College, Narrative, Neurology, and Iconicity
James W. Watts, Syracuse University, One Text in Two Bodies: Sharing Authority by Reading Visible Texts Aloud
Performance Criticism of the Bible and Other Ancient Texts
Monday 11/20/2023 9:00 AM to 11:30 AM
Room: Conference Room 18 - Marriott Rivercenter
Theme: Performing Philemon: Possibilities and Limitations
Clifford Barbarick, Abilene Christian University, Presiding
Performances of Philemon by:
Michael Halcomb, Glossa House Publishing
Jeanette Mathews, Charles Sturt University
Marlon Winedt, United Bible Societies
Response and Discussion of Performances of Philemon:
Amy Erickson, Charles Sturt University
Shola Adegbite, Union Theological Seminary in the City of New York
Pieter Botha, University of South Africa
Nathan Esala, Capital University
Discussion
Performance Criticism of the Bible and Other Ancient Texts / The Bible in Ancient (and Modern) Media
Monday 11/20/2023 4:00 PM to 6:30 PM
Room: 302A (Ballroom Level) - San Antonio Convention Center
Review of Kelly Iverson, Performing Early Christian Literature (Cambridge, 2021)
Jeanette Mathews, Charles Sturt University, Presiding
Reviews by:
Rafael Rodriguez, Johnson University
Rebecca Wollenburg, University of Michigan-Ann Arbor
Althea Spencer-Miller, Drew University
Zechariah Eberhart, Loyola University of Chicago
Response by Kelly Iverson, Baylor University
Discussion
Society for Comparative Research on Iconic and Performative Texts (SCRIPT)
Monday 11/20/2023 4-6:30pm
Salon F - Marriott Riverwalk
Marianne Schleicher, Aarhus University: Jewish Women and Sacred Text(ure)s: Making Women’s Religious Agency in Jewish Book Culture Intelligible
Rosanne Liebermann, Aarhus University: Drinkable Ink or Womb-Destroying Words? A Solution for Suspected Adultery in Numbers 5:11-31
Jonathan Homrighausen, Duke University: 'Then Queen Esther Daughter of Abihail Wrote’: Gendered Agency and Ritualized Writing in Jewish Scriptural Practice
Thomas Rainer, University of Zurich: The Gender of Purple Manuscripts and the Makeup of Sacred Scriptures
Rachel E. C. Beckley, University of Kansas: “I Left My Bible At Home…”: Evangelical Women’s Bodies as Biblical Text in the Workplace During the 1980s
Emma Cecilie Sørlie Jørgensen, Aarhus University: Old Norse women’s use of sacred textures in crisis situations
Other Sessions to Consider!
Cognitive Linguistics in Biblical Interpretation
Saturday 11/18/2023 4:00 PM to 6:30 PM
Room: 214B (Meeting Room Level) - San Antonio Convention Center
Brad Bitner, Westminster Seminary California, Metaphorical Reasoning in 1 Corinthians: Embodied Cognition and Discourse (25 min)
Lucia G. Tosatto, Catholic University of America, Resurrection of the Embodied: Insights into the Metaphoric Language of 2 Cor 5:1–5 from Conceptual Blending and Embodied Simulation (25 min)
Transmission of Traditions in the Second Temple Period
Sunday 11/19/2023 4:00 PM to 6:30 PM
Room: Presidio B (3rd Floor) - Grand Hyatt
Theme: Performance and Tradition
The session discusses the concepts of orality, writing, and performance, and their significance for processes of transmission. The three papers give insights into different techniques and compositions and are followed by a response by David Carr, whose work continues to be influential.
Anja Klein, University of Edinburgh, Presiding (5 min)
Ray Person, Ohio Northern University, A Cognitive-Linguistic Approach to Textual Transmission in Second Temple Literature (30 min)
Alexandra Grund-Wittenberg, Philipps-Universität Marburg, Performance and Transmission of Prayer Literature: How do Mesopotamian Sources Help Us Better Understand the Use and Tradition of Psalms? (30 min)
Susan Niditch, Amherst College, Oral and Written, Performance and Transmission, in Second Temple Judaism: Thinking about Texture, Text, and Context in Times of Transition (30 min)
David Carr, Union Theological Seminary in the City of New York, Respondent (30 min)
Discussion (25 min)
Social History of Formative Christianity and Judaism
Monday 11/20/2023 9:00 AM to 11:30 AM
Room: 225B (Meeting Room Level) - San Antonio Convention Center
Theme: Book Panel for Laura Lieber's Staging the Sacred: Performance in Late Ancient Liturgical Poetry (Oxford, 2023)
Jeffrey Wickes, University of Notre Dame, Presiding
Susan Harvey, Brown University, Panelist (20 min)
Ophir Münz-Manor, Open University of Israel, Panelist (20 min)
Michael Swartz, Ohio State University, Panelist (20 min)
Erin Walsh, University of Chicago, Panelist (20 min)
Laura Lieber, Duke University, Respondent (20 min)
Discussion (45 min)
Interrelations of the Gospels
Monday 11/20/2023
1:00 PM to 3:30 PM
Room: 214B (Meeting Room Level) - San Antonio Convention Center
Zechariah Eberhart, Loyola University of Chicago, Performance Criticism and the Synoptic Problem: Jesus’s Disciples as a Test Case? (30 min)