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Westar Spring Meeting |
Wednesday, March 18
Workshops
9–10, 10:30–11:30 a.m.
Louise Mead, Teaching Evolution to Children
1–2, 2:30–3:30 p.m.
Michael Zimmerman, The Evolution/Creation Controversy: Why It Matters
Associate Forum
4–5 pm
Thursday, March 19
Workshop
9–10, 10:30–11:30 a.m., 1–2, 2:30–3:30 p.m.
Mark Chancey, The Bible, The First Amendment & Public Education
Reception
4–6 pm
Friday, March 20
Jesus Seminar on Christian Origins
9–10:30 a.m.
Susan Ashbrooke Harvey, Early Christianity in Syria: Overview
Acts Seminar
11 am–12:30 pm
Theme: Secret Mark
Charles Hedrick, Evaluating Morton Smith: Hoaxer Outed or Colleague Slandered?
Marvin Meyer, Is the Secret Gospel of Mark a Hoax?
Dennis MacDonald, The Naked Truth about the Naked Youth: Why the Secret Gospel of Mark Is a Modern Hoax
Jesus Seminar on Christian Origins
2–3:30 pm
L. Michael White, Early Christian House Churches: The Case of Dura
Associate Forum
4–5 pm
Themes: Secret Mark & Early Christian Churches
Lecture
7:30–9 p.m.
Stephen J. Patterson, Re-locating Jesus
Saturday, March 21
Jesus Seminar on Christian Origins
9–10:30 a.m.
Clayton Jefford, The Didache in Syria
John Riggs, Eucharistic Traditions in the Didache
Acts Seminar
11 am–12:30 pm
Theme: We-Passages in Acts
Thomas Phillips, The ‘Post-Apostolic’ Consciousness in Acts: The ‘We’-Sections in Acts 16 and Beyond
Dennis MacDonald, “And So We Left Troy/Troas”: Pseudo-Luke’s Imitations of the ‘We-Voyages’ in Homer’s Odyssey
Jesus Seminar on Christian Origins
2–3:30 pm
Hal Taussig, Early Christian Meals
Dennis Smith, Early Christian Meals
Associate Forum
4–5 pm
Themes: The Didache & Early Christian Meals
Banquet
7–10 pm