Next month, I will be traveling to St. Andrews, Scotland to attend the International Society of Biblical Literature, where I will give two papers in the "Working with Biblical Manuscripts (Textual Criticism)" section. While I have attended the annual SBL every year since 2007, I have not yet had the chance to attend an international meeting and so I am very excited to be part of two great panels. I am grateful to Tommy Wasserman and Jan Krans (co-chairs of the session) for inviting me to give a second paper — a true honor for a PhD candidate. I will be staying just a short distance from the famous Old Course, one of the oldest and most well-known golf courses in the world. It will also be exciting to be at the University of St. Andrews, "the oldest university in Scotland and the third oldest in the English-speaking world," founded between 1410 and 1413. I look forward also to hearing papers by my colleagues and friends, especially my fellow PhD candidate in my department, Calogero Miceli, who will read a paper on nourishment in the Gospel of Thomas (Nag Hammadi and Gnosticism session). The program for my sessions is copied below. I hope to see you in St. Andrews in a few weeks!

Working with Biblical Manuscripts (Textual Criticism)
7/10/2013
9:00 AM to 12:00 PM
Room: Seminar Room 5 - Gateway (18)Theme: Christian Manuscripts
Working with Biblical Manuscripts (Textual Criticism)
7/10/2013
9:00 AM to 12:00 PM
Room: Seminar Room 5 - Gateway (18)Theme: Christian Manuscripts

Ronald van der Bergh, University of Pretoria, Presiding
Bill Warren, New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary
The Enigma of P4 (20 min)
Discussion (5 min)
Dan Nässelqvist, Lund University
The Function of Distinctive Features in Early Christian Manuscripts (20 min)
Discussion (5 min)
Brice C. Jones, Concordia University - Université Concordia
Amulets from Oxyrhynchus with New Testament Citations (20 min)
Discussion (5 min)
Break (30 min)
Matthew Solomon, New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary
The Queen's Hidden Jewels: Readings from Water Damaged Portions of MS 33 (20 min)
Discussion (5 min)
Jeff Cate, California Baptist University
Sisters Separated from Birth: An Examination of 792 and 2643 as Private Miniature Manuscripts (20 min)
Discussion (5 min)
Jan Krans, VU University Amsterdam
Through the Looking-Glass: Conjectures Found in Manuscripts (20 min)
Discussion (5 min)

Working with Biblical Manuscripts (Textual Criticism)
7/11/2013
9:00 AM to 12:00 PM
Room: Seminar Room 5 - Gateway (18)Theme: Versional and Patristic Evidence to the Biblical Text

JLH Krans, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam - VU University Amsterdam, Presiding
Jerome A. Lund, Accordance
The Use of Syriac Daughter Versions in Projecting Textual Variants in the Greek New Testament (20 min)
Discussion (5 min)
Brice C. Jones, Concordia University - Université Concordia
Some Unpublished Coptic Manuscripts of the New Testament: A Preliminary Report (20 min)
Discussion (5 min)
Hans Foerster, Universität Wien
The Attestations of Variants in the Gospel of John by Coptic Witnesses (NA28) (20 min)
Discussion (5 min)
Break (30 min)
Sara Schulthess, Université de Lausanne
The List of the Arabic Manuscripts of the Pauline Letters: First Results (20 min)
Discussion (5 min)
Rebekka Schirner, Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz
Augustine’s Explicit References to Variant Readings of the Biblical Text (20 min)
Discussion (5 min)