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2025 Mid-Atlantic Regional Meeting

The Mid-Atlantic Region includes NY, NJ, PA, DE MD, DC, VA, WV

Saturday, March 15, 2025

Princeton Theological Seminary Erdman Center

20 Library Place
Princeton, NJ 08540-6824
United States

Call for Papers

Decisions will be announced on February 17, 2025.  


Keynote


Dale Allison,
Richard J. Dearborn
Professor of New Testament at
Princeton Theological Seminary

“Jesus and the Scriptures:
Skepticism versus Patterns”

Abstract: Some important scholars have been inclined to dissociate Jesus from most of the scriptural quotations and clear allusions that are attributed to him. They assign them rather to the post-Easter community. This presentation outlines the reasons for their position, critically analyzes and rejects those reasons, and mounts a case to the contrary. It then contends that one plausible way of approaching the topic of Jesus and the Scriptures is to hunt for patterns that run across the sources. One outcome of doing this is that Jesus appears to have had a strongly Mosaic self-conception

Registration Options

Credits Price
In-Person Participant
Includes lunch and coffee breaks.

Registration Ends 3/5/25 at 11:59 PM EST
FREE Donation
Virtual Participant
Ability to attend sessions via the Zoom link provided in the registration confirmation e-mail. Registration Ends 3/13/25 at 12:00 AM EDT
FREE Donation
Graduate Student Virtual Participation
Virtual registration one person enrolled in a graduate student program...not transferable. Registration Ends 3/5/25 at 11:59 PM EST
FREE Donation
Graduate Student In-Person Participant
For those enrolled in a graduate student program, includes lunch and coffee breaks. Registration Ends 3/13/25 at 11:59 PM EDT
FREE Donation

Agenda

March 15
8:00 AM - 8:45 AM Breakfast no charge
9:00 AM - 9:15 AM Welcome Jonathan Lee Walton, President of Princeton Theological Seminary
9:15 AM - 10:45 AM Session 1: Panel What authoritative traditions of the ancient texts/world were prominent in first-century Christianity? How has the conception of authoritative traditions changed in our current cultural setting? What is the relationship between these ancient sources and emerging sources of foundational authority for Christianity?
10:45 AM - 11:00 AM Coffee Break no charge
11:00 AM - 12:30 PM Session 2: Papers
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM Lunch no charge
1:30 PM - 3:00 PM Session 3: Papers
3:00 PM - 3:15 PM Coffee Break no charge
3:15 PM - 4:45 PM Session 4: Papers
4:45 PM - 7:00 PM Dinner on your own
7:00 PM - 8:30 PM Keynote: Dale Allison, PTS Professor of New Testament "Jesus and the Scriptures: Skepticism versus Patterns"
8:30 PM - 9:30 PM Reception Cash bar

For more information

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of America
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