Welcome ETS, IBR, & AAR/SBL Attendees!
Thank you for your interest in McMaster Divinity College. We are excited to be attending the annual meetings of ETS and AAR/SBL this November.
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Come and chat with our Admissions Team at our booth to learn more about our programs, sign up for a book giveaway, pick up your alumni gift, and more! You can also find a rep from our in-house press, the MDC Press, view recent titles, and learn how to submit your book proposal or journal article for publishing.
At ETS, look for us at booth #1000 in the exhibit hall in the Plaza Building of the Sheraton Denver Downtown Hotel.
At SBL/AAR, look for us at booth #526 in the exhibit hall at the Colorado Convention Center.
Join Us For Dinner
We are hosting 2 exclusive dinner events throughout the week for students interested in pursuing doctoral studies at McMaster Divinity College. Learn more about McMaster Divinity College, hear from our alumni, and meet our faculty. If you are exploring further study, we would love for you to join us at one of our events, contact us to learn more.
MDC Sessions
Every year, a group of our faculty, current students, and alumni participate in the annual meetings of ETS, IBR, and AAR/SBL. See the full list of our participants below.
Don’t see your name listed? Contact John Lim with your session details.
ETS
NOVEMBER 17 – NOVEMBER 19
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Faculty Participants
Ambrose Thomson, Assistant Professor of Old Testament
Tuesday, November 17, 9:00 AM – 12:10 PM
Moderator: Old Testament – Studies in Theology IThursday, November 19, 11:10 AM – 11:50 AM
Presenter: How to Live in Mordor: Sabbath Freedom in the Age of Irresistible MeansCynthia Long Westfall, Associate Professor of New Testament
Tuesday, November 17, 9:55 AM – 10:20 AM
Presenter: An Egalitarian Evaluation of Method and ExegesisTuesday, November 17, 1:30 PM – 4:40 PM
Moderator: Evangelicals and Women – Women Defenders of the FaithWednesday, November 18, 3:00 PM – 6:10 PM
Moderator: Evangelicals and Women – Women Defenders of the FaithTuesday, November 17, 1:30 PM – 4:40 PM
Moderator: New Testament Greek Language and ExegesisWednesday, November 18, 8:30 AM – 11:40 AM
Moderator: New Testament Canon, Textual Criticism, & Apocryphal Literature – The Dating of the New Testament PapyriWednesday, November 18, 8:30 AM – 9:10 AM
Presenter: Dating the New Testament Papyri: From Early Discoveries to Modern MethodologiesThursday, November 19, 3:00 PM – 3:40 PM
Presenter: Linguistic Stylistics: When William Shakespeare Meets Michael HallidayPaul Evans, Professor of Old Testament
Wednesday, November 18, 10:10 AM – 10:50 AM
Presenter: Neco’s God, Ahab, and the Death of Josiah in Chronicles RevisitedClement Yung Wen, Assistant Professor of Systematic and Historical Theology
Wednesday, November 18, 3:00 PM – 6:10 PM
Presenter: Dietrich Bonhoeffer’s Ecclesiology as Grounds for Defending the FaithJ. Gregory Davidson, Assistant Professor of Old Testament
Wednesday, November 18, 3:50 PM – 4:30 PM
Presenter: Reading Isaiah 40 as Christian Scripture: Cyril of Alexandria’s Christological ReadingIan B. Turner, Adjunct Professor of Old Testament
Wednesday, November 18, 5:30 PM – 6:10 PM
Presenter: Regenerating BH Text-Linguistics: Learning from the Legacy of Bo IsakssonMark J. Boda, Professor of Old Testament
Thursday, November 19, 9:30 AM – 10:10 AM
Presenter: Teaching the Old Testament Prophetic and Apocalyptic Books in the Research SeminarThursday, November 19, 9:30 AM – 10:10 AM
Presenter: “Between evil and less evil”: Canadian Churches and Allied Area Bombing in World War Two -
Student Participants
Aaron Jung
Tuesday, November 17, 11:30 AM – 12:10 PM
Presenter: Standing with the Lamb: A Linguistic Re-Reading of Revelation 5–18Thursday, November 19, 9:30 AM – 12:40 PM
Moderator: New Testament – Studies in Luke-ActsJeyoon Park
Tuesday, November 17, 4:00 PM – 4:40 PM
Presenter: Revisiting Semitic Expressions: Grammaticalization within SFL FrameworksTom Jongeun Lee
Wednesday, November 18, 8:30 AM – 9:10 AM
Presenter: Defending Faith in an Age of Political Polarization: Bonhoeffer’s Confessional PreachingSeán M. W. McGuire
Wednesday, November 18, 8:30 AM – 11:40 AM
Moderator: Practical Theology – General Studies IIIBenjamin Frostad
Wednesday, November 18, 5:30 PM – 6:10 PM
Presenter: Catering to the Weak: Reassessing the Shape of Paul’s Argument on Idol Food in 1 Corinthians 8
Woonghee Lee
Thursday, November 19, 11:10 AM – 11:50 AM
Presenter: Temple, Tribute, and Evaluation: Hezekiah and the Criteria of KingsKi Hyun Kim
Thursday, November 19, 12:00 PM – 12:40 PM
Presenter: Toward a Theological-Apologetic Reading of Psalm 48Jacob Tomc
Thursday, November 19, 4:30 PM – 5:10 PM
Presenter: “So They May Learn”: Reconsidering Explicit Motivational Rhetoric in Deuteronomy -
Alumni Participants
David I. Yoon
Tuesday, November 17, 1:30 PM – 2:10 PM
Presenter: Revisiting the Interpretations of 2–3 John: Register and Metaphor as Heuristic MethodsWednesday, November 18, 4:40 PM – 5:20 PM
Presenter: Grammatical Metaphor in Hebrews: Nominalization as Theological ArtZachary K. Dawson
Wednesday, November 18, 9:20 AM – 10:00 AM
Presenter: The Literary Function of Luke’s Infancy Narrative Reconsidered: A Linguistic Stylistic AnalysisWednesday, November 18, 3:50 PM – 4:30 PM
Presenter: John the Baptist and Symbolic Articulation: A Linguistic Stylistic Analysis of Luke 3:1–20Chris S. Stevens
Wednesday, November 18, 11:00 AM – 11:40 AM
Presenter: Beyond the Hand: Material Analysis and the Dating of the New Testament PapyriMatthew Bovard
Wednesday, November 18, 11:00 AM – 11:40 AM
Presenter: Diagnosing Contemporary Distraction through the Fear of the LordAdam Stewart Brown
Thursday, November 19, 10:20 AM – 11:00 AM
Presenter: Saved from Bloodguilt: David’s Inner Conflict and Calculated Restraint in 1 Samuel 24–26
AAR/SBL/IBR
NOVEMBER 21 – NOVEMBER 24
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Faculty Participants
J. Gregory Davidson, Assistant Professor of Old Testament
Friday, November 20, 10:00 AM – 10:15 AM
Presenter: The Other Nations in Isaiah: Divine Self-Presentation and Relational DistinctionFriday, November 20, 1:42 PM – 2:02 PM
Presenter: Resisting Change: Jonah and the Crisis of Divine Compassion in the Book of the TwelveFriday, November 20, 4:30 PM – 5:00 PM
Presenter: “Scripture on Every Page”: Evelyn Underhill’s Biblical Interpretation of Worship in Worship (1936)Sunday, November 22, 9:20 AM – 9:40 AM
Presenter: Relational Naming and Covenant Belonging in Isaiah 40–55Sunday, November 22, 4:30 PM – 4:55 PM
Presenter: Naming God in Exilic Poetry: Divine Titles and Theological Stabilization in Isaiah 40–55Paul Evans, Professor of Old Testament
Friday, November 20, 1:05 PM – 1:22 PM
Presenter: Ahaz’s Appeal to Assyria in the Chronicler’s Account of the Syro-Ephraimite Crisis in Light of Synoptic Parallels in Kings and IsaiahChristopher Land, Associate Professor of New Testament and Linguistics
Friday, November 20, 3:40 PM – 3:45 PM
Presenter: Vows in the Old TestamentSaturday, November 21, 1:00 PM – 1:20 PM
Presenter: Micah in the Mines: A Proposal for a Biblical and Practical Theology of Labor JusticeSunday, November 22, 1:00 PM – 3:30 PM
Presenter: Dependency Grammar and New Testament Greek: A Structural ReassessmentMonday, November 23, 1:00 PM – 3:30 PM
Presenter: It’s Not Funny Anymore: Reading the Book of Judges Through the Lens of SatireCynthia Long Westfall, Associate Professor of New Testament
Saturday, November 21, 4:00 PM – 6:30PM
Presenter: Ethics and Critical Discourse AnalysisMonday, November 23, 1:00 PM – 3:30 PM
Presenter: Sarah: A Bonafide Exemplar of Faith in Hebrews 11:11Monday, November 23, 4:00 PM – 6:30 PM
Chair: S23-327 Open Session 2Mark J. Boda, Professor of Old Testament
Monday, November 23, 4:00 PM – 6:30 PM
Chair: S23-339 Textual Conversations within the Book of the Twelve and Beyond -
Student Participants
Isaiah Curtis Padgett
Friday, November 20, 1:00 PM – 3:00 PM
Presenter: Together We Thrive, Together We Suffer: The Connections between Economic Interest and Familial Relationships within the Book of RuthSunday, November 22, 1:00 PM – 3:30 PM
Presenter: From Fullness to Famine, Famine to Fullness: The Thematic and Theological Interplay between Food and Divine Blessing in the book of RuthSung Min Park
Saturday, November 21, 10:15 AM – 10:40 AM
Presenter: Recontextualizing the Roman Imperial Cult in the Book of RevelationMonday, November 23, 1:00 PM – 1:20 PM
Presenter: Paul’s Linguistic Stylization in 1–2 Corinthians and Philippians: Urban Contextualization of Pauline DiscourseJeyoon Park
Saturday, November 21, 4:00 PM – 6:30PM
Presenter: Nomina Sacra as Anti-Language: A Linguistic Ideology for Early ChristianityChanyoung Choi
Saturday, November 21, 4:00 PM – 6:30PM
Presenter: Reactivating Judgment Rhetoric: Hosea 10:9–15 and Korean Crisis-Preaching after the 2024 Martial-Law EventYoshihiro Takahashi
Sunday, November 22, 1:00 PM – 3:30 PM
Presenter: Three Linguistic Benchmarks for Assessing Social Distance in New Testament Letters: A Hasan Based Methodological ProposalAaron Jung
Monday, November 23, 9:00 AM – 9:25 AM
Presenter: Fiscal Obligation as Social Relationship: Documentary Papyri and Gospel NarrativesMonday, November 23, 1:30 PM – 2:00 PM
Presenter: From Law Curse to Identity Marker: The Crucified Messiah and Belonging in Justin’s Dialogue with TryphoWoonghee Lee
Monday, November 23, 9:00 AM – 11:30 AM
Presenter: Temple Treasury and Crisis Finance in 2 Kings 12–18Tom Jongeun Lee
Monday, November 23, 9:00 AM – 11:30 AM
Presenter: Preaching as Reframing: Job, Paul Ricoeur, and the Transformation of Perspective -
Alumni Participants
Esther G. Cen
Friday, November 20, 5:00 PM – 5:30 PM
Presenter: From Mainland to Diaspora: Stephen Kaung and Spiritual Interpretation in Chinese-American Christian AssembliesMonday, November 23, 1:30 PM – 2:00PM
Presenter: Lectio Divina and Faith FormationGoran Zivkovic
Saturday, November 21, 4:00 PM – 6:30 PM
Panelist & Presider: Ronald L. Grimes’ Contributions to Ritual StudiesSunday, November 22, 4:00 PM – 6:30 PM
Presenter: Ritual in the Biblical World SectionDaniel Kim
Sunday, November 22, 9:00 AM – 9:30 AM
Presenter: The Ethical Function of Deuteronomic References in Proverbs 1–9James A. Libby
Sunday, November 22, 1:00 PM – 3:30 PM
Presenter: A First Quantitative Peek at OpenText’s Paradigmatically Annotated Greek New TestamentMonday, November 23, 9:00 AM – 11:30 AM
Presenter: Can Claude Code, Annotate Biblical Texts, Perform Advanced Biblical Analytics? Yes. Yes. And Kinda.
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