The annual meeting of the Canadian Society of Biblical Studies/La société canadienne des études bibliques occurs in late May or early June. This Meeting is the main occasion for members to share ideas and work, formally through presentations and workshops, informally through conversations. It takes place in conjunction with the Congress of Canadian learned societies sponsored by the Canadian Federation for the Humanities and Social Sciences (CFHSS).

The CSBS/SCÉB 2013 Annual Meeting will be held at
The University of Victoria, Victoria, BC
June 2-4, 2013
(About Congress)

Calls for Papers:

The call for papers is now closed

• General Programme

  The Complete Program for our annual meeting is now available for download as a pdf here. **Please note this is a revised version as of April 3, 2013**

• The CCSR Combined Program is now available for download as a pdf here.**Please note that the CCSR Combined Program is not to be considered official for the CSBS meetings. Please refer to our Complete Program pdf for the most up-to-date CSBS program.**
  


Up to date membership in the CSBS is a prerequisite for participation in the Society’s Annual Meeting, therefore paper proposals will only be accepted from those who have paid their 2013 membership dues (which may be renewed online: www.ccsr.ca/csbs/renewal.htm) or have submitted a paid application as a new member. Papers in English or French are invited for presentation in the form of short communications followed by discussion (time for presentation and discussion is usually 30 minutes).


 

Information Technologies in Antiquity Seminar: This year there will be two sessions chaired by Robert Derrenbacker (rderrenbacker@laurentian.ca) and Steven Muir (steven.muir@concordia.ab.ca). The first consists of invited papers on liturgy as media in Hellenistic and Palestinian Judaism, scribes as custodians and cultivators of written tradition, and other topics. There is a call for papers for a second session relating to how information (oral and written, informal and formal) was recorded and disseminated in the ancient world, and how media of communication played a role in the activities of religious groups. The seminar is interdisciplinary, drawing on areas such as cognitive psychology and social memory; sociology, media theory, literary criticism and communication theory; ritual studies; and, technology studies. For papers for the 2013 meeting click here.

Agrarian Economies in Antiquity in Depopulated Areas: Marvin Lloyd Miller:
The complex subject of agricultural economies in the ancient Mediterranean world has attracted much scholarly interest. Our special topic cuts across several disciplines – biblical studies, anthropology, archaeology, classics, epigraphy, economics, gender studies, history, Jewish studies, and religious studies. The intention of the special session is to explore the relevance of the settlement patterns for the two centuries during which Yehud was part of the Achaemenid empire. We invite papers to be submitted that identify which areas were depopulated, and to address shifts in regional balances of power due to various levels of depopulation and substantial differences in terms of when areas began to be redeveloped, and why some areas were redeveloped, but others were not during the Persian period. These issues may be addressed both at the regional inter‐polity level and at the inner-Yehudite level.

Septuagint Pentateuch and the Society of Biblical Literature Commentary Series: Dirk Büchner: The Wevers Institute for Septuagint Studies (Trinity Western University) is hosting a special 3-­‐‑ hour session on the methodological approach of the SBL Commentary on the Septuagint. Papers have been invited from contributors to the project. The respondent will be Emanuel Tov of the Hebrew University. Significant time for discussion will be planned, and all interested persons are welcome to attend and participate during discussion time. 

Future Congress Meetings

• 2014: Brock University, St. Catherines, ON