Christian Apocrypha at the 2012 SBL
The 2012 Annual Meeting of the Society of Biblical Literature is only days away; so, it is about time that I got around to posting the schedule for the Christian Apocrypha sessions. I will be attending all of the sessions and will post a summary when I return.
Saturday Nov. 17
(S17-108) 9:00 AM to 11:30 AM
Room: N138 – McCormick Place
Theme: New Manuscripts, Texts, and Translations
Brent Landau, University of Oklahoma, Presiding
Richard I. Pervo, St. Paul, MN : “Thecla Wove This Web Or Some Things I Learned from Attempting to Write a Commentary on the Acts of Paul” (20 min) Discussion (10 min)
Susan E. Hylen, Vanderbilt University: "The Orthodox Thecla: Characterization of Thecla in the LIfe and Miracles of Saint Thecla" (20 min) Discussion (10 min)
Antti Marjanen, University of Helsinki: "Two New Coptic Fragments of the Apocalypse of Paul (Visio Pauli)" (20 min) Discussion (10 min)
Gesine Schenke Robinson, Episcopal Theological School at Claremont: "The Coptic Testament of Job and its Reception in the Early Christian Period" (20 min) Discussion (10 min)”
(S17-211) 1:00 PM to 3:30 PM
Room: E261 – McCormick Place
Theme: The infancy roots of Mary's first biographies
Pierluigi Piovanelli, Université d'Ottawa – University of Ottawa, Presiding
M. David Litwa, University of Virginia: "Jesus, Hermes and Dionysus: The Divine Child in the Infancy Gospel of Thomas" (20 min) Discussion (10 min)
James Waddell, University of Toledo: "Recontextualizing the Infancy Gospel of Thomas – A Proposal" (20 min) …