Biblical studies. At this year's Society of Biblical Literature, San Diego, 23–26th November, Holly Morse will present "Seeing Hidden Crimes: Visual Art as Witness to Violence against Biblical Women"; Siobhán Jolley, "Max and the Magdalene: On Violence, Grief, and Trauma under Patriarchy" and "A New Muddle of Marys? Troubling a (Post-) Biblical Binary with Savoldo’s Sepulchre Magdalenes"; Sarah Parkhouse, "Perpetua: Which Amphitheatre and Why Does It Matter?", which was awarded SBL's A.R. Pete Diamond Award for Integrative Scholarship; and Rachel Miller, "My Name Isn’t Jezebel: Layers of Jezebel’s Reception in The Handmaid’s Tale". At the American Academy of Religion side of the event, the MWRC will host a session titled “Early Methodism: Reflections on Community Formation, Equalitarian Marriage, and Attitudes and Relationships with People of African Descent”. The MWRC, NTC, and the University of Manchester are also hosting a lunch reception on the Saturday. Further information.
