John, Jesus, and History

I usually do not post on my more personal activities of life, but to today I had the wonderful privilege of participating in an extended lunch at Losby Gods, just outside Oslo, celebrating the doyen of Philo studies in Norway, Peder Borgen, and his wife Inger. This fall she was 70, and in January Peder B is 80! Hence they celebrated their 150 years!

They are both still going strong, age taken into consideration, and in good health. It should be of interest to students of both Philo and John (and others...) that they both are going to the SBL Annual Meeting in San Diego this month.

Peder B is to partipate in a seminar on Monday 19:
S19-22 John, Jesus, and History
Joint Session With: John, Jesus, and History, Johannine Literature
11/19/2007. 9:00 AM to 11:30 AM
Room: Salon G - MM
Theme: The Past, Present, and Future of Johannine Studies, Part I: The Fourth Gospel as/in History
Craig Koester, Luther Seminary, Presiding
D. Moody Smith, Duke University
The Problem of History in John (10 min)
Craig S. Keener, Palmer Theological Seminary of Eastern University
Genre, Sources, and History (5 min)
J. Louis Martyn, Union Theological Seminary
The Johannine Community Among Jewish and Other Early Christian Communities (10 min)
Adele Reinhartz, University of Ottawa
Reading History in the Fourth Gospel (5 min)
Urban C. Von Wahlde, Loyola University of Chicago
The Road Ahead: Reflections on Johannine Scholarship (10 min)
Felix Just, Santa Clara University
Combining Key Methodologies in Johannine Studies (5 min)
Peder Borgen, University of Trondheim
The Scriptures and the Words and Works of Jesus (10 min)
Michael Labahn, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven
Living Words and the Bread of Life (5 min)
John F. O'Grady, Barry University
Into the Whirlwind: The Prologue and Chapter 17 of John (10 min)
John Ashton, Oxford, UK
Second Thoughts on the Fourth Gospel (10 min)
Wendy North, Durham University
Why Should Historical Criticism Continue to Have a Place in Johannine Studies? (5 min)
Discussion (50 min). Break (10 min)

This session, then, is directly related to a book that is published this month, in which Peder Borgen, and the others listed above, are contributors:
Thom Thatcher (ed.),
What We Have Heard From the Beginning: The Past, Present and Future of Johaninne StudiesWaco, Texas; Baylor University Press, 2007. 425 pp.
Borgens article is to be found on pp. 39-58: 'The Scripture and the Words of Jesus.'
You can find a full List of Contents of this book here.

I am sure this volume will be an interesting volume assessing the present 'state of the art', and even though this post is not mch related to Philo, I confess my interest both in the SBL session, and the volume.