Dear Colleagues,
Allow me to bring to your attention the "Call for Papers" for the "Syriac Literature and Interpretations of Sacred Texts Section" that oranizes sessions at the SBL Annual Meeting that will take place in Chicago in November, 17-20, 2012. You will be able to start submitting your abstracts / proposals between February 3 and March 1, 2012.
The SBL Syriac unit offers a forum for scholars studying the Syriac interpretation of Biblical and related literatures and the intimate connections between Syriac biblical interpretation, historiography, hagiography, and para-scriptural traditions in Oriental Christianity, Judaism, and Islam.
For the 2012 meeting, we welcome papers for a total of four sessions. One session will focus on the gospels in Syriac, with special interest in the Syriac Gospel of Matthew and its reception and in relevant aspects of the study of the Diatessaron. We welcome papers for one session on the contribution of Syriac and other ancient Christian literatures to the study of health and the (dis)abled body which we plan to organize together with the Section on Healthcare and Disability in the Ancient World. We also anticipate two open sessions, for which we invite submissions in all areas of research in Syriac literature and in the Syriac Bible, its versions, transmissions, exegesis, and relevance for understanding religion, culture, history, and society in Late Antiquity and the Middle Ages.
For further details, please go to http://www.sbl-site.org/Meetings/AnnualMeeting.aspx.
We warmly invite and look forward to receiving all your ideas and contributions. Please do not hesitate to contact me at cbhorn68@... or horncb@... with any questions you may have about this.
Submitted on behalf of and with best wishes from the unit chairs and steering committee,
Cornelia Horn, PhD and Dr. habil., co-chair
Program Unit Co-Chairs and Steering committee team:
Cynthia Villagomez
Ute Possekel
Sidney Griffith
Cornelia Horn
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