No reservations necessary, but seating is limited and may fill up.
For more information on the SBL 2006 Annual Meeting, visit http://www.sbl-site.org/Congresses/Congresses_AnnualMeeting.aspx
Larry Hurtado, University of Edinburgh, Presiding
Kent Richards, Society of Biblical Literature
Welcome and Introduction
Larry Hurtado, University of Edinburgh
The Freer Biblical Manuscripts: The Significance, Reception, and Neglect of an American Scholarly Treasure Trove
Kent Clarke, Trinity Western University
Paleography and Philanthropy: Charles Lang Freer and His Acquisition of the Freer Biblical Manuscripts
David Trobisch, Bangor Theological Seminary
Reading a Page of the Freer Gospels Codex
Break (10 min)
Timothy Brown, Franconia, NH
Image–Editing Techniques for Recovering Manuscript Texts
Thomas Wayment, Brigham Young University
Advantages and Disadvantages of Working with Multi–Spectral Images
Break (10 min)
Malcolm Choat, Macquarie University
The Scribes and Texts of Freer MS V
Leonard Greenspoon, Creighton University
The Freer Joshua: Its Role in Constructing a Family Tree for the Greek Texts of the Book of Joshua
Break (10 min)
Jean–Francois Racine, Jesuit School of Theology at Berkeley
Some Parallels between Manuscript Appreciation and Wine Tasting Using W032 and B03 in Matthew as a Test Case
James Royse, Graduate Theological Union
The Corrections of the Freer Gospels Codex
Ulrich Schmid, Free University, Amsterdam
Re-considering Paleographical Judgments about the Freer Gospels Codex
