Here are brief descriptions of the Psychology and Biblical Studies Section sessions planned for the upcoming Society of Biblical Literature meeting in November, 2012:
Reviews of Two Books
S17-125. Saturday, November 17, 9:00 -11:30 am
Room: E262 – McCormick Place
Barbara Leung Lai, Through The “I” Window
- Panel: John Goldingay, Fuller Theological Seminary; D. Andrew Kille, BibleWorkbench; Wayne Rollins, Hartford Seminary; Barbara Leung Lai, Tyndale University College and Seminary
Kamila Blessing, Families of the Bible
- Panel: J. Ellens, University of Michigan-Ann Arbor; Yolanda Dreyer, University of Pretoria; Kamila Blessing
Jacob, David and Jonah:
Psychological Perspectives on the Hebrew Scriptures
S17-239. Saturday, November 17, 1:00 – 3:30 pm
Room: N138 – McCormick Place
- Patrick Higgiston, Union Theological Seminary in the City of New York
Take Me to the River: The Transcendent Function in Genesis 32 - R. Robert Creech, George W. Truett Theological Seminary
Family Systems 1000 BC: A Natural Systems Reading of the Davidic Narratives - Virginia Ingram, Murdoch University
The kindness of irony: A psychological look at irony in 2 Samuel 11 - Marina C. Smith, Union Theological Seminary in the City of New York
Contained by God: Jonah’s Unsuccessful Flight - Dereck Daschke, Truman State University, Respondent
Psychological Reflections on Readers and Reading
S19-139. Monday, November 19, 9:00 – 11:30 am
Room: W474a – McCormick Place
- Andrew Village, York Saint John University
Literal, Anti-literal and Metaphorical interpretations of Genesis in relation to psychological type: a study of UK churchgoers - Helen Efthimiadis-Keith, University of KwaZulu-Natal
The psychological effects of selected texts from Ruth on a group of male and female (South) African university students/staff - Tiffany Houck-Loomis, Union Theological Seminary in the City of New York
People of the Covenant: Refiguring the Divine through Exile - Melanie Baffes, Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary
Loving Self, Other, and God: A Reading of Matthew 15:21-28 Through the Lens of Psychoanalytic Theory - Jill McNish, Respondent
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Are the papers for Monday’s session available anywhere online? I am the respondent and cannot seem to fins them…..Jill mcnish mcnishrev@AOL.com
Sorry we didn’t get the papers up before the meeting; we’ll try to make them available soon. That didn’t help your immediate need, but thank you for your reflections during the session.