im here at the SBL southeastern regional meeting in chattanooga and wanted to
let listers know a couple of interesting things discussed so far.
first, a brilliant grad student at duke presented a fine paper on the
maskilim
of daniel as pacifists (not the title- just a summary).
second we listened to a very interesting paper on the psalms of ascent in
which
the presenter suggested that psalms 120-134 were framed in such a way as to
allow the reader to hear a call for peace in them (120:5-7 being
programmatic).
then we heard a very fine paper on samson and his search for power by
covering
his shame.
i will send along note of the more interesting papers as time permits. by
the
way- loren crow's work (on the psalms) has come up a couple of times (and
that
in a most positive light).
best
jim
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Jim West, ThD
Adjunct Professor of Biblical Studies