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The Wabash Center for Teaching and Learning in Theology and Religion convened a consultation of Biblical scholars to discuss academic teaching and learning about the Bible and to make recommendations regarding teaching about the Bible in college, universities, and theological schools. Goals: • To consider the pedagogical uses of various methods for interpreting the Bible (historical, literary, and theological) and to reflect on the relations between these approaches. • To consider how the institutional setting (e.g. department of religious studies, theological seminary) shapes the way in which the Bible is taught. • To encourage practices of teaching that enable students to connect the historical origins of the Bible to its reception and use within church and synagogue. • To discuss the relationship between the NT and the OT/Hebrew Bible and to explore pedagogical strategies for bringing these fields of study into mutually enriching dialogue. • To examine strategies for teaching the biblical languages--and for teaching biblical exegesis to students who have not taken biblical languages. • To consider how we may best teach the Bible in a diverse and increasingly postliterate culture. • To explore the problems and possibilities for new technologies for teaching and learning (computers, internet, etc.). • To encourage practices of teaching that enable students to read the texts both critically and sympathetically, including exploration of the history of biblical interpretation in church and synagogue. • To consider the personal discipline and spiritual formation required for teachers and students of the Bible. Conveners: Richard B. Hays of Duke University: Convener of the New Testament Section. Gary Anderson of Harvard University: Convener of the Old Testament/ Hebrew Bible Section. Wabash Staff Facilitator: Raymond B. Williams Participants: Clifton Black, Perkins School of Theology Alexandra Brown, Washington and Lee University Allen Callahan, Harvard Divinity School Mary Callaway, Fordham University David Carr, Methodist Theological School in Ohio Robert Cohn, Lafayette College Michael Cosby, Messiah College Ellen Davis, Virginia Theological Seminary Nicola Denzey, Skidmore College Robert Di Vito, Loyola University of Chicago Stephen Fowl, Loyola College in Maryland Beverly Gaventa, Princeton Theological Seminary Katherine Grieb, Virginia Theological Seminary Robert Harris, Jewish Theological Seminary of America Craig Hill, Wesley Theological Seminary Carl Holladay, Candler School of Theology, Emory University Donald Juel, Princeton Theological Seminary Joel Kaminsky, Smith College Claire Mathews McGinnis, Loyola College in Maryland Victor Matthewes, Southwest Missouri State University Clint McCann, Jr., Eden Theological Seminary Corrine Patton, University of St. Thomas Raymond Person, Jr., Ohio Northern University Christopher Seitz, University of St. Andrews Jeffrey Siker, Loyola Marymount University Benjamin Sommer, Northwestern University Christine Thomas, University of California, Santa Barbara Marianne Thompson, Fuller Theological Seminary Andrew Vaughn, Gustavus Adolphus College Robert Wall, Seattle Pacific University | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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