SBL 2019

S23-132

Jewish, Christian, and Graeco-Roman Travel in the Hellenistic, Roman, and Early Byzantine Periods (300 BCE–600 CE)
11/23/2019
9:00 AM to 11:30 AM
Room: 11A (Upper Level West) – Convention CenterTheme: Views on the Mediterranean
This panel explores the connection between visual experience and travel in Jewish, Christian, and Graeco-Roman travel writing from the Hellenistic and Roman periods.

Elisa Uusimäki, Helsingin Yliopisto – Helsingfors Universitet, Presiding

Benjamin Wright, Lehigh University
Seeing Is Believing: The Travelogue in the Letter of Aristeas (35 min)
Tag(s): 1 Esdras (Biblical Literature – Deuterocanonical Works)

Cavan Concannon, University of Southern California
Looking at the Mediterranean from Corinth (35 min)
Tag(s): Material Culture (Archaeology & Iconography), Roman Empire (History & Culture)

Jessica van ‘t Westeinde, Universität Bern – Université de Berne
“…The Sails Were Set and the Strokes of the Rowers Carried the Vessel into the Deep” (Ep. 108.6): A Preliminary Study of Travel and Perception in Jerome’s Writings (35 min)
Tag(s): Roman Empire (History & Culture)

Participant Withdrew (35 min)

S26-121

Jewish, Christian, and Graeco-Roman Travel in the Hellenistic, Roman, and Early Byzantine Periods (300 BCE–600 CE)
11/26/2019
9:00 AM to 11:30 AM
Room: Aqua Salon C (Third Level) – Hilton BayfrontTheme: Travel in Antiquity
Each paper (25 min) is followed by discussion (10 min).

Pieter Hartog, Protestantse Theologische Universiteit, Presiding

Elisa Uusimäki, University of Helsinki
Itinerant Scribes in Second Temple Judaism (25 min)
Tag(s): Scribes (Epigraphy & Paleography), History of Judaism (History & Culture), Greco-Roman Period (History & Culture)

Discussion (10 min)

Benjamin Gordon, University of Pittsburgh
Sightseeing and Spectacle at the Second Temple in Jerusalem (25 min)
Tag(s): History of Judaism (History & Culture), Material Culture (Archaeology & Iconography), Roman Palestine (History & Culture)

Discussion (10 min)

Break (10 min)

Christopher J. Fuhrmann, University of North Texas
The Safety of Diplomatic and Private Travel in the Greco-Roman World: Two Models (25 min)
Tag(s): Roman Empire (History & Culture), Law (Comparative Religion / History of Religion), Hellenistic Period (History & Culture)

Discussion (10 min)

Richard Freund, University of Hartford
Tracking the Stones: King Herod’s Travels to Rhodes and the Archaeology, Architecture, and Art History Influences of Rhodes (25 min)
Tag(s): History of Judaism (History & Culture), Art History (Archaeology & Iconography), History of Archaeology (Archaeology & Iconography)

Discussion (10 min)