CHARACTER ETHICS AND BIBLICAL INTERPRETATION GROUP
2005 Program - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

First Session (S19-6) - Saturday, November 19, 2005
9:00 am-11:30 am, Room 112-B - Pennsylvania Convention Center
Theme: Torah
M. Daniel Carroll, Denver Seminary, Presiding
Cheryl Anderson, Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary
Biblical Laws: Challenging the Principles of Old Testament Ethics (25 min.)
Dennis Olson, Princeton Theological Seminary
Between Humility and Authority: The Interplay of the Judge-Prophet Laws (Deuteronomy 16:18-17:13) and the Judge-Prophet Narratives of Moses (25 min.)
Samuel Balentine, Union Theological Seminary and Presbyterian School of Christian Education
Ritual Order and the Moral/Ethical Demands of Suffering (25 min.)
David Novak, University of Toronto, Respondent (25 min.)
Discussion (50 min.)
The full texts of the papers for this session may be accessed by clicking on the titles.

Second Session (S20-108) - Sunday, November 20, 2005
4:00 pm-6:30 pm, Room 112-B - Pennsylvania Convention Center
Theme: Political Formation(s) and the New Testament
Ronald A. Smith, Logsdon School of Theology, Hardin-Simmons University, Presiding
C. Drew Smith, Ouachita Baptist University
'If Any Want to Become My Followers': Character and Political Formations via the Gospel of Mark (25 min.)
Jae Won Lee, McCormick Theological Seminary
Justification of Difference in Galatians (25 min.)
Neil Elliott, University Episcopal Center
The "Transformed Mind": Political Formation in Romans (25 min.)
Mark Douglas, Columbia Theological Seminary, Respondent (25 min.)
Discussion (50 min.)
The full texts of the papers for this session may be accessed by clicking on the titles.

Third Session (S21-106) - Monday, November 21, 2005
4:00 pm-6:30 pm, Room 104-A - Pennsylvania Convention Center
Theme: Thinking Together, Working Apart
Lois K. Daly, Siena College, Presiding
Jens Herzer, University of Leipzig
Paul, Job, and the Quest for Justice (10 min.)
Ann Jervis, Wycliffe College
Freeing Exegesis (10 min.)
Robert L. Brawley, McCormick Theological Seminary
Meta-ethics, Identity, Social Identity: A Right Relationship with God and Ethics in Galatians (10 min.)
Guest Respondents:
   Iain Torrance, President, Princeton Theological Seminary (15 min.)
   Robert Cathey, McCormick Theological Seminary (15 min.)
   Kurt Richardson, McMaster University (15 min.)
Discussion (75 min.)
The papers for this session will be summarized, not read in their entirety, when presented. The full texts of these papers may be accessed by clicking on the titles.

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