Call for Papers on Illness, Disability, Medicine, and Healing
The Biblical Scholarship and Disability Section of the 2009 Society of
Biblical Literature International Meeting is seeking papers. The 2009
Meeting will be held June 30-July 4 in Rome. Our section addresses a
broad range of issues including illness generally (chronic or
short-term), illness understood as demon-possession, legal punishment,
or the result of witchcraft, disability, the fall out from abuse or
other violence, psychological damage, healing, or medicine in the
ancient world and its literature. We welcome and encourage papers from
archaeology, Near Eastern Studies, and Classics, as well as Hebrew
Bible and New Testament literature.
If you are a member of the SBL, paper abstracts may be submitted on
the SBL International Meeting Web page by clicking on the call for
papers and then the section. Non-members who wish to present should
contact Rachel Magdalene at Rmagdale AT yahoo.com for assistance.
Abstracts are due by 31 January 2009.
F. Rachel Magdalene, M.A.R., M.Div., J.D., Ph.D.
Gastforscherin (Visiting Research Scholar); Institüt für
Alttestamentliche Wissenschaft, Universität Leipzig
Gast der Fakultät (Guest of the Faculty); Seminar für Altes Testament,
Universität Humboldt zu Berlin
Kreischaer Str. 16
01768 Hirschbach-Glashütte
GERMANY
rmagdale AT yahoo.com
Tel. land-line: 0-3504-620700
Tel. handy/cell: 0-151-166-20516
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