Many of you have probably already heard of it, but I wanted to be sure to alert you to a great upcoming symposium being organized by the Students of the Ancient Near East (SANE) at BYU that will be entitled “Temples and Ritual in Antiquity“. The symposium is scheduled for Friday, November 7, 2008 at Brigham Young University in Provo, Utah. I know that’s quite a ways off, but I didn’t think it would hurt to start generating some excitement about it already! Well, I’m excited, anyways…
I am posting the schedule of speakers below, which includes great names such as Drs. Bill Hamblin, David Seely, and John Gee, and Matthew Brown, to name a few. You will notice that there are also a number of students presenting, including myself. It will be a wonderful conference that you will not want to miss! Further details will be forthcoming, I am sure, but I will post the current proposed schedule here. Now the hard part will be deciding which ones to attend!
Morning Sessions
Ancient Israel (Location: WSC 3290)
9:00-9:30 Daniel O. McClellan–”The Maccabean Martyrs as a Temple Sacrifice”
9:30-10:00 Dr. Dan Belnap–”The Role of Scent in the Rituals of Ancient Israel”
10:00-10:30 David Larsen–”Two High Priesthoods? Evidence for Changes in the Priesthood from First to Second Temple Judaism”
10:30-11:00 Dr. Bill Hamblin–TBA
Early Christianity (WSC 3280)
9:00-9:30 Andrew Miller–”The Mysteries in Pauline Christianity”
9:30-10:00 Seth Kohrman–”Christian Asceticism: The Body as a Temple: Biblical Origins”
10:00-10:30 Daniel Becerra–”The Chrism in Early Christianity”
10:30-11:00 Rachel A. Grover–”The Paradise Garden and Messianic Age Imagery in the 5th to 7th Century Church Floor Mosaics of Jordan”
Egypt (WSC 3220)
9:00-9:30 Bryan Stephen Kerr–”The Dedication of War Booty to the Temple in Egyptian Literature”
9:30-10:00 Doug Marsh–”The Microcosmic Egyptian Temple”
10:00-10:30 Elliott Wise–”An Odor of Sanctity: The Iconography, Magic, and Liturgy of Egyptian Incense”
10:30-11:00 Dr. John Gee–”Rituals of the Egyptian Temple: An Orientation”
Afternoon Sessions
Ancient Israel (WSC 3290)
11:15-11:45 James Carroll–”An Expanded View of the Israelite Scapegoat”
11:45-12:15 Dr. David Seely–”Josephus and the Temple”
12:15-12:45 Justin Robinson–”Covenants and Simile Curses”
12:45-1:15 Matthew Brown–”Kingship Initiation Motifs in Ancient Israel”
The Classical World (WSC 3280)
11:15-11:45 Chris Dawe–”The Deification of Romulus”
11:45-12:15 Dr. Bryan Benson–”The Treatment of Temples in Plato’s Republic and Laws“
12:15-12:45 Dustin Simmons–”Emperor as God: Roman Imperial Cult Worship & Implications for Early Christians”
12:45-1:15 Keith Fairbank–”The Eleusinian Mysteries: Greatest Conquest of Demetrios Poliorketes”
Open Session (WSC 3220)
11:15-11:45 Jacob Moody–”Philistine Ritual Artifacts”
11:45-12:15 Mark Wright–”The Cultural Context of Nephite Apostasy”
12:15-12:45 Scott Preston Sukhan Nibley–”Ancient Southeast Asian Temples”
12:45-1:15 Joseph Petramalo–”The Samaritan Temple and Priesthood”
- Mt Gerizim site of Samaritan Temple
I hope this gives you something to look forward to! For those planning to attend this event and the Society of Biblical Literature Conference in Boston (Nov. 21-25), that makes for a very busy November this year! As a side note, I just noticed that my friend and former PhD student at Marquette University, Lynne Wilson, will be giving a presentation at SBL in the “Latter-day Saints and the Bible” session. Her topic will be on “Joseph Smith’s Pneumatology Compared with the Bible.” As a topic that I have great interest in, I very much look forward to Lynne’s presentation (and the others as well, of course).
Upcoming BYU SANE Symposium: Temples and Ritual in Antiquity
Many of you have probably already heard of it, but I wanted to be sure to alert you to a great upcoming symposium being organized by the Students of the Ancient Near East (SANE) at BYU that will be entitled “Temples and Ritual in Antiquity“. The symposium is scheduled for Friday, November 7, 2008 at Brigham Young University in Provo, Utah. I know that’s quite a ways off, but I didn’t think it would hurt to start generating some excitement about it already! Well, I’m excited, anyways…
I am posting the schedule of speakers below, which includes great names such as Drs. Bill Hamblin, David Seely, and John Gee, and Matthew Brown, to name a few. You will notice that there are also a number of students presenting, including myself. It will be a wonderful conference that you will not want to miss! Further details will be forthcoming, I am sure, but I will post the current proposed schedule here. Now the hard part will be deciding which ones to attend!
Morning Sessions
Ancient Israel (Location: WSC 3290)
9:00-9:30 Daniel O. McClellan–”The Maccabean Martyrs as a Temple Sacrifice”
9:30-10:00 Dr. Dan Belnap–”The Role of Scent in the Rituals of Ancient Israel”
10:00-10:30 David Larsen–”Two High Priesthoods? Evidence for Changes in the Priesthood from First to Second Temple Judaism”
10:30-11:00 Dr. Bill Hamblin–TBA
Early Christianity (WSC 3280)
9:00-9:30 Andrew Miller–”The Mysteries in Pauline Christianity”
9:30-10:00 Seth Kohrman–”Christian Asceticism: The Body as a Temple: Biblical Origins”
10:00-10:30 Daniel Becerra–”The Chrism in Early Christianity”
10:30-11:00 Rachel A. Grover–”The Paradise Garden and Messianic Age Imagery in the 5th to 7th Century Church Floor Mosaics of Jordan”
Egypt (WSC 3220)
9:00-9:30 Bryan Stephen Kerr–”The Dedication of War Booty to the Temple in Egyptian Literature”
9:30-10:00 Doug Marsh–”The Microcosmic Egyptian Temple”
10:00-10:30 Elliott Wise–”An Odor of Sanctity: The Iconography, Magic, and Liturgy of Egyptian Incense”
10:30-11:00 Dr. John Gee–”Rituals of the Egyptian Temple: An Orientation”
Afternoon Sessions
Ancient Israel (WSC 3290)
11:15-11:45 James Carroll–”An Expanded View of the Israelite Scapegoat”
11:45-12:15 Dr. David Seely–”Josephus and the Temple”
12:15-12:45 Justin Robinson–”Covenants and Simile Curses”
12:45-1:15 Matthew Brown–”Kingship Initiation Motifs in Ancient Israel”
The Classical World (WSC 3280)
11:15-11:45 Chris Dawe–”The Deification of Romulus”
11:45-12:15 Dr. Bryan Benson–”The Treatment of Temples in Plato’s Republic and Laws“
12:15-12:45 Dustin Simmons–”Emperor as God: Roman Imperial Cult Worship & Implications for Early Christians”
12:45-1:15 Keith Fairbank–”The Eleusinian Mysteries: Greatest Conquest of Demetrios Poliorketes”
Open Session (WSC 3220)
11:15-11:45 Jacob Moody–”Philistine Ritual Artifacts”
11:45-12:15 Mark Wright–”The Cultural Context of Nephite Apostasy”
12:15-12:45 Scott Preston Sukhan Nibley–”Ancient Southeast Asian Temples”
12:45-1:15 Joseph Petramalo–”The Samaritan Temple and Priesthood”
I hope this gives you something to look forward to! For those planning to attend this event and the Society of Biblical Literature Conference in Boston (Nov. 21-25), that makes for a very busy November this year! As a side note, I just noticed that my friend and former PhD student at Marquette University, Lynne Wilson, will be giving a presentation at SBL in the “Latter-day Saints and the Bible” session. Her topic will be on “Joseph Smith’s Pneumatology Compared with the Bible.” As a topic that I have great interest in, I very much look forward to Lynne’s presentation (and the others as well, of course).