SBL member & @SBLPress author Luis Menéndez-Antuña on why we need biblical scholars: "Biblical scholarship ... helps us to understand the strategies— ethical, political, you name it—that people use when interpreting the Bible."
#TalkAboutHumanities
#TalkAboutBiblicalStudies
SBL member Samaria Divine on why we need biblical scholars: "Society is simultaneously misinformed about the Bible and heavily interested in the Bible ... We need biblical scholarship to combat the misinformation that is so prevalent these days."
#TalkAboutHumanities
#TalkAboutBiblicalStudies
SBL member John Kaltner on why we need biblical studies: "We need biblical scholars because some people misread the Bible in ways that can be harmful .... Bible scholars are the ones best suited to identify and call out such biblical malpractice."
#TalkAboutBiblicalStudies
#TalkAboutHumanities
SBL member Alexiana Fry on why we need biblical scholars. #TalkAboutBiblicalStudies #TalkAboutHumanities
We need #TalkAboutBiblicalStudies because a better understanding of the Bible and its complex history means talk about power, empire, colonialism—and that means a better understanding of our own history.
#TalkAboutHumanities
We need #TalkAboutBiblicalStudies because the practice of respectful dialogue across diverse viewpoints is vital in our world.
#TalkAboutHumanities
Graphic of two biblical scholars with text that reads: "We need more Biblical Scholars to reveal to us ancient wonders that can inspire modern ingenuity"
SBL is proud to participate in the #TalkAboutHumanities campaign this week alongside colleagues in the American Council of Learned Societies (@acls1919.bsky.social).
Watch our channels this week as we highlight the important work of SBL members. #TalkAboutBiblicalStudies
There are two photos. One of a man holding up his arms as if he is making air quotes. The other on the right of a woman extending her hands in an open gesture.
SBL @sblsite.bsky.social is joining #TalkAboutHumanities with @acls1919.bsky.social. For nearly 150 years SBL members have produced scholarship that informs education, public life and the humanities. Biblical scholarship deepens our understanding of the ancient world and why it still matters.
The 2025 Society Report is now available on the SBL website. We are grateful for the opportunity to highlight hopeful and interesting work happening in and through SBL. buff.ly/FKI8vcc
The Call for Papers for the 2026 Annual Meeting in Denver, CO, has been extended to 11:59PM ET on March 9. Don't miss this chance to engage the global community of biblical scholarship. buff.ly/4hRL28M
A Influência de Daniel e Apocalipse na História do Futuro do Padre António Vieira, SJ António Vieira, como muitos outros antes dele tenta interpretar os eventos e o tempo a eles associados descritos em Daniel e mais tarde reutilizados em Apocalipse. Apesar de tudo, o conteúdo da História do Futuro de Vieira, mesmo parecendo problemático do ponto de vista da Inquisição, foi considerado como um livro que seguia a ortodoxia da Igreja e que o seu autor era um intérprete soberbo do texto bíblico. —Ana T. Valdez
Read "A Influência de Daniel e Apocalipse na História do Futuro do Padre António Vieira, SJ" by Ana T. Valdez in Estudios Iberoamericanos en torno al Judaísmo del Segundo Templo. buff.ly/qscsmtC @manavaldez.bsky.social #WomensHistorySBL26
SBL's Executive Director, Steed Vernyl Davidson, will be speaking at an IAHR webinar on Friday, March 6. The event is free and open to the public.
“Du Bois’s twentieth-century comments about the color line are immensely helpful for a study of global cultural hermeneutics in the twenty-first century. From his sociological study I recognize a biblical corollary. Those who hold interpretive power establish those outside their circle as Other and assign to them the status of Problem and subsequently the problematic task of working their way out of their Otherness by becoming less like themselves and more like those holding such power.” — Brian K. Blount
Access Brian K. Blount's Presidential Address “The Souls of Biblical Folks and the Potential for Meaning.” JBL 138.1 (2019): 6–21. buff.ly/D1o4HMS #BlackHistorySBL26
Don't forget: SBL Student members are eligible to receive a $10 meal voucher from the membership desk during the meeting. Stop by and say hello! #AARSBL25
Visiting the Book Exhibit Hall? Be sure to check out the entire hall! Exhibitors are present in Exhibit Hall D booths 600-823. #AARSBL25
Quote: “She is remembered for her fateful act of looking back at the destruction of Sodom, but even the report of this act is full of unanswered questions. Why did she look back? Was she aware of the warning (directed only to Lot in Gen 19:17) against doing so? Should her transformation into a salt pillar be understood as a punishment? ” —Josey Bridges Snyder
Lot’s Wife in Jewish, Christian, and Islamic Traditions by Josey Bridges Snyder is 30% off between now and 31 December during the #AARSBL2025 sale! Use code AM2025 at checkout!
Quote: “Not only is the topic of humor generally regarded as too subjective to study across time and culture, but there is no systematic theory or approach that scholars have adopted when looking at the gospel texts themselves. Scholars are still in a constructive phase regarding theory and method.” —Jon Carman
Order Humor in the Midst of Mark by Jon Carman during the #AARSBL2025 sale! Use code AM2025 at checkout. cart.sbl-site.org/books/064538P
Quote: “The Diaries are observational records registering a wide variety of phenomena on a day-to day basis, organized into monthly sections. Full diaries usually contain observations for six months, although shorter, preliminary diaries also survive.” —Reinhard Pirngruber and R. J. van der Spek
Babylonian Chronographic Texts from the Hellenistic Period by R. J. van der Spek, Irving L. Finkel, Reinhard Pirngruber, and Kathryn Stevens is 30% off through 31 December during the #AARSBL2025 sale. Order your copy with code AM2025! buff.ly/PhP0pL1
Quote: “Stories...can act to restrict and define, but they can also expand and inspire. By shaping the relational space in which audience and narrative encounter each other, stories invite their audiences to consider new possibilities of being and doing.” —Carrie A. Cifers
Purchase Carrie A. Cifers's Dangerous Tales: Genesis 34 and Its Literary Descendants for 30% off through 31 December during the #AARSBL2025 sale. Order your copy with code AM2025! cart.sbl-site.org/books/066710P
Quote: "These are the contributions that I believe are most likely to clarify my positions in this field to an international audience and promote international academic discourse. Some of them were written in English from the outset, but most were written in German and are now being published in English for the first time." --Walter Dietrich
King David in the Deuteronomistic History: Collected Studies by Walter Dietrich is 30% off through 31 December during the #AARSBL2025 sale. Order your copy with code AM2025! buff.ly/NYUHeBR
Quote: Hay cierta evidencia que permite sostener que la estela estuvo expuesta hasta después del lapso amarniano. De este modo, K2 estuvo a la vista en el templo de Amón en Karnak en un lugar que no es factible precisar, hasta el momento en que, probablemente hacian fines del reinado de Ramsés II, se tomó la decisión de incluirla en el basamento de una de sus estatuas monumentales. —Roxana Flammini
La Segunda Estela de Kamose: Un estudio integral en contexto by Roxana Flammini is 30% off through 31 December during the #AARSBL2025 sale. Order your copy with code AM2025! cart.sbl-site.org/books/062836P
Quote: “The gospel depicts Jesus recapitulating biblical Israel, but not to present him as a new and righteous Israel to replace the old, sinful one. On the contrary, Matthew explicates that Jesus will save his people by offering his life as a ‘ransom in exchange for many’ (20:28).” —Nicholas J. Schaser
Purchase Nicholas J. Schaser's A Ransom for Israel: Jesus and Jewish Salvation in Matthew for 30% off through 31 December during the #AARSBL2025 sale. Order your copy with code AM2025! cart.sbl-site.org/books/064536P
2025 Annual Meetings. Join SBL Press in Booth 301 for the 2025 Annual Meetings cohosted by the Society of Biblical Literature and the American Academy of Religion.
We look forward to seeing you in booth 301 for the 2025 Annual Meetings cohosted by the Society of Biblical Literature and the American Academy of Religion. All onsite orders placed in the SBL Press booth before noon on 25 Nov receive free shipping. #AARSBL2025
Black t-shirts with KJV "For ye know neither the day nor the hour."
Drop by SBL Press booth 301 tomorrow to get this year’s shirt! #AARSBL2025
COVER: Wisdom Discourse and Torah in Second Temple Judaism: Challenging the Integration Paradigm by JiSeong James Kwon
COVER: 1 Enoch: An Ethiopic Reader’s Edition Vladimir Olivero
COVER: Lot’s Wife in Jewish, Christian, and Islamic Traditions by Josey Bridges Snyder; COVER: Dangerous Tales: Genesis 34 and Its Literary Descendants by Carrie A. Cifers
COVER: The Archaeology of the Kingdom of Judah by Yosef Garfinkel
The exhibit hall opens at 8:30 AM. Stop by to checkout our new books. All orders placed onsite receive free basic shipping--even international orders! #AARSBL2025
S233-128 New Horizons: Book review panel for Roy R. Jeal's Exploring Colossians: Living the New Reality (2024) at 9AM in Northeastern (Third Floor) Marriott Copley Place.
Attend the book review panel for Roy R. Jeal's Exploring Colossians: Living the New Reality (2024) at 9AM in Northeastern (Third Floor) Marriott Copley Place. The book is available from SBL Press in Booth 301. #AARSBL2025
Copies of the SBL Study in booth 301
The SBL Study Bible, published by HarperCollins, is available in Booth 301 with thicker paper. Purchase a copy on sale for $38.00. #AARSBL2025
James R. Harrison and Bradley J. Bitner pose with New Documents Illustrating Early Christianity 11A and B.
New Documents Illustrating Early Christianity 11A and 11B edited by James R. Harrison and Bradley J. Bitner is available in Booth 301. Orders placed in the booth receive free shipping! #AARSBL2025
Pauline Buisch presents her paper, winner of the David Noel Freedman Award for Excellence and Creativity in Hebrew Bible Scholarship, this morning @ 9AM (Vermont Room, Marriott Copley Place) #AARSBL25
Stop by the SBL/AAR game book for relaxation and fun #AARSBL25 Saturday - Tuesday in the Exhibit Hall
