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Saturday, July 18
7:00 |
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8:30 PM |
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TBA
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Presenter(s): TBA
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Sunday, July 19
11:00 |
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12:00 PM |
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Simultaneous Sessions |
Old Testament:
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Borderlands studies have flourished in many disciplines including Biblical research ever since Gloria Anzaldúa’s seminal work “Borderlands / La Frontera: The New Mestiza” (1987). In Pentateuch studies, however, its empowering merits as well as its explanatory potential are still waiting to get explored. Especially for the book of Numbers, Borderlands theory allows for a deeper and critical understanding of the narrative and redaction critical peculiarities in ch. 21–36. The paper will present an introduction into Num 25 as a Borderlands text in the context of Num 21–36. The first part of the paper will map “Borderlands” as the narrative setting in Num 21-36 from the perspective of Borderlands theory. The second part of the paper focus on the narrative and linguistic Borderlands features in Num 25. It will argue that this perspective helps not only better understanding the challenging narrative structure and the precarious theological claims in this chapter, but also enables us to critically deal with them as readers.
Presenter: Kirsten M. Schäfers
Kirsten M. Schäfers, Dr. Theol. 2021 Ruhr-University of Bochum, Germany, serves as an acting professor for Old Testament Studies at the Faculty of Catholic Theology, University of Bonn. In her research, she specializes in Pentateuch Studies, Textual Criticism, Hosea, and Dependency Studies. She is the author of “Textentstehung und Texttradition im Numeribuch” (THBS 9, Leiden: Brill, 2025) and co-editor of “Vom Text zum Entstehungsmodell in der Pentateuchkritik” (FAT 186, Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck, 2025).
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Presenter: TBA
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Sunday, July 19
8:00 |
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8:45 PM |
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Presidential Address |
TBA
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Richard J. Bautch
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Monday, July 20
11:00 |
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12:00 PM |
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Old Testament:
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The nature of prophetic speech has typically been described in terms of the prophets' role as a divine messenger. Prophets are spokespersons for God; their word is a message from God and is understood to be primarily pedagogical. While there is much to commend this account, it does not fully account for how the biblical texts construe the words of the prophets as powerful in their own right. This paper will examine texts from the prophetic corpus that depict prophets not merely in the role of spokespeople, but as speakers of power words that bring about the realities of which they speak.
Presenter: Nathan Mastnjak
Nathan Mastnjak joined the faculty at the University of Notre Dame in 2025 as Assistant Professor of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament. His research and writing focus on the prophetic literature of the Old Testament. His most recent book, Before the Scrolls: A Material Approach to Israel’s Prophetic Library (OUP, 2023) explores the materiality of prophetic literature and argues that the earliest forms of prophetic literature should be understood on the model of a collection or archive rather than a book.
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Presenter: TBA
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Monday, July 20
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9:00 PM |
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General Session |
BC Conference Room |
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Tuesday, July 21
11:00 |
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12:00 PM |
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General Session |
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TBA
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Presenter: TBA
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