Monthly Archives: June 2010

Carlson with Errata for Swanson’s Collation of P46 in Galatians

Stephen C. Carlson lists three errata in Swanson’s collation of P46 in Galatians based on his careful perusal of the University of Michigan images.

Surf on over to check them out.

Swanson, Reuben., ed. New Testament Greek Manuscripts: Variant Readings Arranged in Horizontal Lines Against Codex Vaticanus. Galatians. Wheaton: Tyndale House, 1999. 0842339744, 978-0842339742. William Carey, 2002. 0865850690, 9780865850699.

You can also check out my post referring to the background of how Swanson compiled these volumes.

Galatians at SBL 2010

As a number of bloggers have noted the 2010 program has been released. This year’s meeting will be in Atlanta, GA and runs from November 20-23. You can search the program book online here. There are a number of presentations related to Galatians, including two entire sessions on the history of interpretation of verse 3:28. Surf on over to read the abstracts and take a look at the other presentations.

History of Interpretation 11/20/2010 9:00 AM to 11:00 AM

Theme: Reading Galatians 3:28: Pagan, Rabbinic, and Patristic Insights
Laura Lieber, Duke University, Presiding

Benjamin White, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
“Hearing Galatians 3:28c for the First Time: Gender, the Galli and the Northern/Southern Galatia Debate.” (30 min)

Gesila Nneka Uzukwu, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven
“Gal 3:28 and its Alleged Relationship to the Three Blessing of Gratitude Found in Rabbinic Writings.” (30 min)

Stephen O. Presley, University of St. Andrews-Scotland
“The First Reader of Gal 3:28: Clement of Alexandria and the doctrine of Apokatastasis.” (30 min)

Eugenia Scarvelis Constantinou, University of San Diego
“‘One in Christ’ but Multivalent in Meaning: The Creative Use of Gal. 3:27-28 in the Theological Controversies of the Early Church.” (30 min)

Feminist Hermeneutics of the Bible 11/20/2010 1:00 PM to 3:30 PM
Abigail April Redman, Vanderbilt University
“No Male and Female? Galatians 4.21-31 and the Allegorical Privilege of the Male.” (30 min)

Psychology and Biblical Studies 11/20/2010 1:00 PM to 3:30 PM
Marion Carson, International Christian College
“Religion, Religiosity, and Paul’s Letter to the Galatians.” (25 min)

African Biblical Hermeneutics 11/21/2010 1:00 PM to 3:30 PM
David J. Downs, Fuller Theological Seminary
“Reading Galatians in Tanzania in Light of Male Circumcision as an HIV/AIDS Intervention.” (25 min)

Pauline Soteriology 11/21/2010 1:00 PM to 3:30 PM
Martin de Boer, Vrije Universiteit-Amsterdam
“The Cross and The Cosmos in Galatians.” (40 min)

Disability Studies and Healthcare in the Bible and Near East 11/21/2010 4:00 PM to 6:30 PM
Kristi Upson-Saia, Occidental College
“Paul’s use of bodily stigmata and social stigmatization in his letter to the Galatians.” (30 min)

History of Interpretation 11/21/2010 4:00 PM to 6:00 PM

Theme: Reading Galatians 3:28: Medieval and Modern Insights
Clayton Jefford, Saint Meinrad School of Theology, Presiding

Aaron Canty, Saint Xavier University
“Sacramentality and Anti-Judaism in Twelfth- and Thirteenth-Century Interpretations of Galatians 3:28.” (30 min)

William M. Wright IV, Duquesne University
“Gal 3:28 in Thomas Aquinas’ Lectures on the Pauline Letters.” (30 min)

Glenn Kreider, Dallas Theological Seminary
“‘For in Christ Is Neither Jew Nor Samaritan, But Christ Is One’: Jonathan Edwards’s Use of Galatians 3:28.” (30 min)

Stephen J. Lennox, Indiana Wesleyan University
“‘One in Christ’: Galatians 3:28 and the Holiness Agenda.” (30 min)

Pauline Epistles 11/22/2010 9:00 AM to 11:30 AM
Bradley R. Trick, Duke University
“The Singular Abrahamic Seed and the Law’s Supplementing of the Promise in Gal 3:15-20.” (30 min)

Pauline Epistles 11/22/2010 4:00 PM to 6:30 PM
Kevin McGinnis, Claremont Graduate University
“Longing to be At Home in the Universe: Rethinking the Religious and Ethical Aspects of the ‘Elements of the Cosmos’ in Paul’s Epistle to the Galatians.” (30 min)