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The Third International Bible Conference, sponsored by the General Conference, BRI, and the North American Division, is to be held in Israel, June 11-21, 2012. The theme chosen for the conference is “Issues in Biblical Anthropology from an Adventist Perspective.” A total of twelve plenary sessions are planned, some exploring the theme in connection with the ancient Near East, the Old and New Testaments, Greek philosophy and Judaism, Christian history, culture, and contemporary theology. Other plenary sessions will deal with ministry in an age of spiritualism, creation, evolution, and human nature, and death and hell in Scripture. There will also be fifty-four additional papers, presented in six parallel sessions.
Goals of the conference include: (1) studying the biblical understanding of human nature, including the holistic idea of body, soul, and spirit, conditional immortality, and the challenges it faces from contemporary cultures, philosophies, religions, and from the rise of spiritualism at the close of the cosmic conflict; (2) examining ways of reaffirming the faith-commitment of church members to the biblical understanding of human nature in a world culture increasingly characterized by spiritualistic propaganda and manifestations; and (3) exploring strategies of sharing the biblical view of humanity with adherents of other world religions.
Some of the most helpful presentations for the world church will be prepared and edited for publication as a book. All papers accepted for presentation will utilize a historical-grammatical and/or literary method which accepts the text in its final form and avoids the more critical approaches to the text of Scripture. Further information on method may be found in the book, Understanding Scripture: An Adventist Approach, available from the BRI, and the “Methods of Bible Study” document voted at the Annual Council in 1986. See http://adventist.org/beliefs/other-documents/other-doc4.html.
In connection with the conference, there will be guided tours of major biblical sites throughout Israel and participants will have the opportunity to consider a statement of consensus on biblical anthropology. Due to space and logistical constraints, the conference is limited to 300 participants. Details regarding cost and other particulars may be obtained either from BRI or from the conference coordinator appointed by each division. A tour of Jordan and Egypt, which spouses are welcome to attend, is planned immediately following the Bible conference. The purpose of these conferences, held also in 1998 and 2006, is to promote biblical and theological studies and to foster theological unity and fellowship among Bible teachers, theologians, and administrators.
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The Biblical Research Institute invites proposals for papers on the topic “Issues in Biblical Anthropology from an Adventist Perspective” for the Third International Bible Conference to be held in Israel, June 11-21, 2012. Proposals may be made within the categories of Old and New Testaments, Ancient Near East, Greek Philosophy, Judaism, Christian History, Contemporary Theology, Systematic Theology, Practical Theology, Missions, and Science in relation to Biblical Anthropology.
Proposals may deal with any aspect of the topic of Biblical Anthropology including especially, but not limited to, death, dying, the state of the dead, hell, spiritualism, human nature, creation and evolution as related to human nature, resurrection, Biblical terms such as soul, body, spirit, flesh, etc.
All papers accepted for presentation will utilize a historical-grammatical and/or literary method which accepts the text in its final form and avoids the more critical approaches to the text of Scripture. Proposals should include the author’s name, email address, and a one to two paragraph synopsis of the subject matter you will cover. Specificity in delineating the points to be made in the paper enhances the probability of acceptance of a proposal. Send proposals in MS Word format to Tom Shepherd at trs@andrews.edu. Address questions about papers to Tom Shepherd or Clinton Wahlen at the Biblical Research Institute at wahlenc@gc.adventist.org. The deadline for receiving proposals is June 30, 2011. |
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