ETS/SBL Roundup

Although I wasn’t there, I heard that we had a blast at ETS and SBL this year. Thanks for stopping by and saying hello. We love to meet new users and get reacquainted with old ones.

In case you weren’t able to attend and don’t keep up with the blogs of Mike, Rick, and Steve, I thought you might like to know that their papers are now available.

Mike presented a paper on “The Concept of a Godhead in Israelite Religion.” He plans to turn it into two articles: one for a Christian academic audience, the other for a broader audience. If you’re interested in OT studies and theology proper, I’d encourage you to give it a read. He welcomes your feedback. Read more at Mike’s blog.

Rick’s paper was on “The Discourse Function of αλλα in Non-Negative Contexts.” He provides a helpful conference handout, as well as a nice abstract. If Greek conjunctions are your thing, this is sure to be stimulating reading. Read more at Rick’s blog.

Steve presented a paper at ETS on “The Exegetical Significance of Meta-Comments for Identifying Key Propositions,” with an accompanying PowerPoint presentation. The paper is a good taste of Steve’s forthcoming Discourse Grammar of the Greek New Testament: A Practical Introduction for Teaching and Exegesis, which is available for pre-order at Logos.com.

At SBL Steve gave a second paper on “The Discourse Function of Left-dislocation Constructions and their Contribution to Information Structure,” which also had a PowerPoint presentation. Read more at Steve’s blog.

By the way, we mentioned before that we introduced a number of new bundles and collections at ETS and SBL. They are still available at the same prices, so if you missed the first mention, be sure to give them a look.

Update: John Barry also presented a paper at SBL entitled “Will the Servant ‘See Light’?: A Reexamination of the ‘ôr Variant in Isaiah 53:11.” He provides a helpful handout that summarizes his argument. Read more at John’s Blog.