The Bible and Its Influence: History and Impact, SBL International Meeting, Edinburgh, 2-6th July 2006

The Bible and Its Influence: History and Impact (1)

7/04/20068:45 AM to 12:00 PM Room: G.01 - William Robertson

The Bible in Art, Music and Literature

Helen Leneman, University of Amsterdam, 'Music as Midrash: Ruth-Boaz Love Duets' (30 min)
Leonard J. Greenspoon, Creighton University, 'The Handwriting on the Wall’: The Text of the Bible in Art (30 min)
Matthew S. Rindge, Emory University, 'The Function of Exodus 8:2 in Paul Thomas Anderson's "Magnolia."' (30 min)
Break (45 min)
David M. Gunn, Texas Christian University, 'The Women around David: Voltaire, Family Values, and the Man After God’s Own Heart' (30 min)
Mikael Sjöberg, None, 'A Model of Modesty? Sexual Politics and the Book of Ruth' (30 min)

The Bible and Its Influence: History and Impact (2)
7/04/20062:00 PM to 4:30 PMRoom: G.04 - William Robertson

The Bible and politics

Jacques Berlinerblau, Georgetown University, 'The Bible in Contemporary American Political Rhetoric' (30 min)
J. Mark Blackwell, Francis Marion University, 'Slave Texts: A Comparison of Antebellum Scholarship with Modern Biblical Criticism' (30 min)
Shelly Matthews, Furman University, 'The Violent Effects of the Rhetoric of Enemy Love in Discourses of Christian Self-Identity' (30 min)
Break (45 min)
Business Meeting (15 min)