Upcoming conferences...

Two conferences:
"The Bible Tells Me So" at NNU in Idaho, Feb 10-12, 2011; and
"The City in the Hebrew Bible" at Cambridge University, April 6-8, 2011.
Dr. Bennett will be presenting papers at both, and each conference will publish a book of papers presented.

Ecclesiastes exhibition, Royal Academy

an exhibition currently (and until 9th January) showing at London's
Royal Academy: No New Thing Under the Sun. The blurb says: "Based on
themes including time, transience, human vanity, death and the grandeur
of life, the exhibition will combine a number of pieces from the Royal
Academy collection with work by contemporary artists. Visitors will be
able to see drawings, prints, photographs, paintings, sculptures and
other works that offer a response to Ecclesiastes and evoke the book's
mood."

http://royalacademy.org.uk/exhibitions/the-tennant-gallery/

New book arrives!

I just got a copy of my new book, directly from the publisher. It is finally in print!

http://www.nph.com/nphweb/html/nph/search.jsp?sTitle=1&sContrib=1&sTopic=1&sGenus=1&sItemId=1&sSeries=1

Joy or Despair? The Wisdom of Ecclesiastes

Stephen J. Bennett is presenting a paper at the Evangelical Theological Society northeastern region annual meeting. The title is "Joy or Despair? The Wisdom of Ecclesiastes." 10:30 – 11:20 am, April 17, 2010.

Mid-America Baptist Theological Seminary / Northeast Campus
2810 Curry Road
Schenectady, New York 12303.

Nyack Scholars' Symposium

Stephen J. Bennett is speaking April 6, 2010 at the Nyack Scholars' Symposium (9:30 and 11:05... same thing twice; in Hilltop room 5, Nyack College).

Topic: What the Preacher Told Me: The Message of Ecclesiastes.

Presentation at Society of Biblical Literature

I am preparing a presentation for the Society of Biblical Literature regional meeting in New Brunswick, New Jersey.

My title is: Moby-Dick's Allusions to Ecclesiastes.

SBL Session 2: Wisdom Literature; March 11, 2010; 10:05--11:55 am.

( SBL 2.2 ) WISDOM LITERATURE (Salon C)
Presiding: Kenton Sparks, Eastern University.
“Innocent Suffering, Shunned and Unanswered: Ignorant Suffering in the Book of Job and Its
Socio-Political Role.”
Joonho Yoon, Drew University.
“The Last Temptation of Job: Temptation Traditions in the Islamic Qisas al-Anbiya of Job.”
Christopher Hooker, Princeton Theological Seminary.
“The Depiction of Leviathan and Behemoth in the Old Greek of Job.”
Adam Oliver Stokes, Princeton Theological Seminary.
“Moby-Dick’s Allusions to Ecclesiastes.”
Stephen J. Bennett, Nyack College / Alliance Theological Seminary.
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