The Spring 2020 Meeting has been cancelled due to the spread of the COVID-19 virus.

The Fall 2020 Meeting has been postponed due to the spread of the COVID-19 virus.

The Winter 2021 Meeting will take place January 23, 2021, at 2:45 p.m.
McCormick Theological Seminary

Speakers:

Eunyung Lim – Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago

Eunyung Lim is Assistant Professor of New Testament at the Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago.  Lim’s research pays close attention to the marginalized voices in the New Testament, such as children, women, and other minorities, and focuses on how their portrayals function in early Christian literature.  Her forthcoming book, Entering God’s Kingdom (Not) Like a Little Child, illuminates the diverse ways early Christ followers associated childlikeness with God’s kingdom by situating the Gospel of Matthew, 1 Corinthians, and the Gospel of Thomas within ancient discourses and practices related to children.  She holds both a Master of Divinity and Doctor of Theology from Harvard University.

The Spring 2021 Meeting will take place April 17, 2021, at 2:45 p.m.
Judson University

Speakers:

Rhiannon Graybill – Rhodes College

Rhiannon Graybill is W.J. Millard Professor of Religion and Associate Professor of Religious Studies at Rhodes College in Memphis, TN. Graybill is the author of Are We Not Men? Unstable Masculinity in the Hebrew Prophets (Oxford, 2016). Her current projects include a feminist study of sexual violence in biblical narrative and a commentary on the book of Jonah (the latter co-authored with Steven L. McKenzie and John Kaltner). She is co-editor of Rape Culture and Religious Studies: Critical and Pedagogical Engagements (Lexington, 2019) and a forthcoming volume on Margaret Atwood and the Bible. Her research interests include gender and sexuality, feminist and queer criticism, and the Bible and literature. She holds a PhD in Near Eastern Studies, with a Designated Emphasis in Critical Theory, from the University of California, Berkeley (2012).

Troy W. Martin – St. Xavier University

Troy W. Martin is Professor of Biblical Studies at Saint Xavier University.  He earned his doctorate in Bible at The University of Chicago and has served as Treasurer, Vice President, and President of the Chicago Society of Biblical Research as well as general editor of the society’s journal Biblical Research.  In addition to his university teaching, he is a public speaker and the author of numerous books and articles on biblical topics.  He is especially interested in understanding and explaining biblical texts in their ancient social, medical, and cultural contexts.