Tag Archives: New Orleans

SBL Notes 2009: Daphna Arbel — Religious Experience in Early Judaism and Early Christianity

By David Larsen | Published: December 3, 2009
Daphna Arbel (read by Robin Griffith-Jones) Moshe Idel and Religious Experience in the Hekhalot Literature Moshe Idel’s research features an open methodology – a pluralistic/interdisciplinary approach His work is  representative of a new scholarly view of Judaism – based on experiential orientation The focus of his research principally covers Judaism of the 4th to 9th [...]
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Society of Biblical Literature: New Orleans

By David Larsen | Published: November 24, 2009
Well, another SBL annual meeting has come and gone.  I had a great time this year here in New Orleans.  For some reason, the conference was not as well attended as in past years, but it was still an enlightening experience. Despite the fact that my connecting flight from Atlanta was delayed two hours (which [...]
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Upcoming Conferences I’m Attending

By David Larsen | Published: October 22, 2009
I will be having the extraordinary opportunity to attend two fantastic conferences in the next month or so.  I will be taking meticulous notes that I plan to share with you all soon afterwards. The first conference, held October 31 in London, England, is the 3rd Temple Studies Symposium, organized by Margaret Barker and the [...]
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