Society of Biblical Literature
Since 1880
Romans through History and Cultures
17-20 November 2001, Denver, CO
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SESSION # 1: 
Sunday, November 18, 9:00-11:30 
SHARED GROUND, UNCERTAIN BORDERS: NEGOTIATING GENDER AND TRADITION IN INTERPRETATIONS OF ROMANS

Presiding: CRISTINA GRENHOLM, 
University of Karlstad, Sweden 

PART 1 (45 minutes) 

YEO KHIOK-KHNG (K.K.) 
Garrett Evangelical Theological Seminary Messianic Predestination in 
Romans 8 and Classical Confucianism
(15 minutes) Respondent: BRIAN K. BLOUNT Princeton Theological Seminary 
(15 minutes) Response by YEO KHIOK-KHNG 
(15 minutes) General Discussion 

PART II (105 MINUTES) 

Panel Discussion Of 
The Interpretations Of Romans In 
Bernadette Brooten, 
Love Between Women : Early Christian Responses to Female Homoeroticism 
(University of Chicago Press, 1998) 
and 
Francis Watson, 
Agape, Eros, Gender : Towards a 
Pauline Sexual Ethic
(Cambridge University Press, 2000) 

Panelists: (15 minutes) 
ELIZABETH CLARK, Duke University 
(15 minutes) DAVID ODELL-SCOTT, 
Kent State University 
(15 minutes) SERENE JONES, Yale University 
Response by: Brooten and Watson 
(15 minutes) BERNADETTE BROOTEN, Brandeis University 
(15 minutes) FRANCIS WATSON, King's College, University of Aberdeen 
(30 minutes) GENERAL DISCUSSION

 SESSION # 2 : 
Sunday, November 18, 3:45-6:15 
IRENAEUS AND ORIGEN'S READINGS AND PRESENT-DAY CRITICAL STUDIES OF ROMANS

Presiding: LAURENCE L. WELBORN, 
United Theological Seminary, Dayton 

PART I: IRENAEUS' READING OF ROMANS 

D. JEFFREY BINGHAM, 
Dallas Theological Seminary 
Irenaeus' Reading of Romans 8
SUSAN L. GRAHAM, 
Mount Holyoke College South Hadley, MA 
Olive Branches: Irenaeus as Reader of 
Romans 9-11
RESPONDENTS: 
(15 minutes) JOUETTE BASSLER,
Perkins School of Theology, Southern Methodist University Response to D. JEFFREY BINGHAM and SUSAN L. GRAHAM 
(15 minutes) CHRISTOPH MARKSCHIES, University of Heidelberg 
Response to D. JEFFREY BINGHAM and SUSAN L. GRAHAM 
Discussion: 
(10 minutes) D. JEFFREY BINGHAM, Dallas Theological Seminary 
(10 minutes) SUSAN L. GRAHAM, Mount Holyoke College South Hadley, MA 
(15 minutes) GENERAL DISCUSSION 

Part II: ORIGEN'S READING OF ROMANS 

SZE-KAR WAN, 
Andover Newton Theological School 
Jews and Gentiles in Origen's Commentarii in Epistulam Pauli ad Romanos
RUTH CLEMENTS, Jerusalem, Israel 
(Re)constructing Paul : Origen's Readings of Romans in Peri Archon
RESPONDENTS: 
(15 minutes) CHARLES COSGROVE, 
Northern Baptist Theological Seminary Response to SZE-KAR WAN, and RUTH CLEMENTS, 
(15 minutes) PETER GORDAY, Atlanta, Georgia 
Response to SZE-KAR WAN, and RUTH CLEMENTS, 
(15 minutes) DIETER GEORGI, Harvard University. Overall response 
Responses by (10 minutes) SZE-KAR WAN, Andover Newton Theological School 
(10 minutes) RUTH CLEMENTS, Jerusalem, Israel 
(20 minutes) GENERAL DISCUSSION
The papers in this session will not be read but discussed. They are available in advance of the meeting in the SBL 2001 Seminar Papers. You can request copies via e-mail attachments through Daniel Patte (Daniel.M.Patte@Vanderbilt.Edu), or through the U.S. Postal Service--for the cost of duplicating and mailing (Daniel Patte, Vanderbilt University, Department of Religious Studies, Box 1704, Station B, Nashville, TN 37235).
Last updated on 13 November 2001
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