SBL International Meeting Day 2, July 7

The SBL International Meeting begins full swing today.

I decided to attend the Paul and Pauline Literature session with the theme on 1 Corinthians and Colossians in the morning. A total of 5 papers were presented.

Oh-Young Kwon, Whitley College

A Contribution of Cicero's Legacy to the Reconstruction of the Rhetorical Situation of 1 Corinthians 1-4

Christopher Forbes, Macquarie University-Sydney

Comparing Spiritual Things with Spiritual: 1 Corinthians 2:13 and Ancient Theories of Perception and Knowledge.

Peter Marshall, Marshall Enterprise Learning P/L

Paul and the People on Whom He Relied

Laurence L. Welborn, Fordham University

Euangelistes Parasitos: Paul's Caricature of his Chief Rival as a Pompous Parasite in 2 Corinthians 11:20

Rosemary Canavan, Flinders University

Clothing at Colossae: Beyond Greek and Jew, Circumcised and Uncircumcised, Barbarian, Scythian, Slave and Free

Out of these papers, I particularly enjoyed L. L. Welborn's presentation. Click on the above link for an abstract of his paper.

In the afternoon, I attended the BibleWorks demo session. Although I have been a BibleWorks user for some years now, I still picked up some new tips on how to use this powerful software even more effectively.

It was a fruitful day for me. I look forward to tomorrow's sessions.