{"id":363,"date":"2019-07-27T19:48:12","date_gmt":"2019-07-27T23:48:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sth\/?post_type=profile&#038;p=363"},"modified":"2025-07-25T14:20:27","modified_gmt":"2025-07-25T18:20:27","slug":"alejandro-f-botta","status":"publish","type":"profile","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sth\/profile\/alejandro-f-botta\/","title":{"rendered":"Alejandro F. Botta"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Teaching Specialties<\/h2>\n<p>Introduction to the Hebrew Bible, Prophetic Literature, Hebrew Exegesis, and Biblical Interpretation from a Hispanic Perspective<\/p>\n<h2>Research Interests<\/h2>\n<p>Elephantine papyri, Aramaic-Demotic Interrelationships, The Book of Chronicles, Latin-American Biblical Interpretation<\/p>\n<h2>Publications<\/h2>\n<h3>Books<\/h3>\n<p><em>The Aramaic and Egyptian Legal Traditions at Elephantine: An Egyptological Approach.<\/em> Library of Second Temple Studies 64 (London, New York: T&amp;T Clark, 2009).<\/p>\n<p><em>Los Doce Profetas Menores<\/em> (Minneapolis: Fortress Press, 2006).<\/p>\n<p><em>Cultura Material, Evoluci\u00f3n Demogr\u00e1fica y Cambio Pol\u00edtico en Palestina durante la Dominaci\u00f3n Egipcia.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Serie Estudios 4, Program of Egyptological Studies, National Council of Scientific Research, Argentina (Buenos Aires: PREDE, 1992).<\/p>\n<h3>Edited Volumes<\/h3>\n<p>Int<em>roducci\u00f3n al Pentateuco en perspectiva latinoamericana<\/em>. Edited with Ahida Pilarski. (Estella: Verbo Divino, 2014).<\/p>\n<p>In <em>the Shadow of Bezalel: Aramaic, Biblical, and Ancient Near Eastern Studies in Honor of Bezalel Porten\u00a0<\/em>(Leiden: Brill, 2013).<\/p>\n<p>Th<em>e Bible and the Hermeneutics of Liberation<\/em>, with Pablo Andi\u00f1ach (eds.). Semeia Studies 59 (Atlanta, GA: Society of Biblical Literature, 2009).<\/p>\n<h3>Book Chapters<\/h3>\n<p>\u201cDie Terminologie von Diebstahl und Raub in einem demotischen Brief an Thot (P. Chicago 19422) und ihre aram\u00e4ischen Entsprechungen,\u201c in <em>Gehilfe des Thot. Fs. f\u00fcr Karl-Theo Zauzich zu seinem 75. Geburtstag<\/em>, edited by Sandra Luisa Lippert und Martin Andreas Stadler. (Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz, 2014), 7-11.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIntroducci\u00f3n al Pentateuco.\u201d With Mercedes Garc\u00eda Bachmann. In Int<em>roducci\u00f3n al Pentateuco en perspectiva latinoamericana<\/em>, edited by Alejandro F. Botta and Ahida Pilarski (Estella: Verbo Divino, 2014), 21-46.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c1 &amp; 2 Chronicles.\u201d In <em>The Fortress Commentary on the Bible<\/em>, edited by Matthew J. Coomber, Hugh R. Page, Jr. and Gale A. Yee. (Minneapolis: Fortress Press, 2014), 439-466.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat Does it Mean to be a Latino Critic? A Brief Essay,\u201d In\u00a0<em>Latino\/a Biblical Hermeneutics: Problematic, Objectives, Strategies<\/em>, edited by Fernando Segovia and Francisco Lozada (Atlanta, GA: Society of Biblical Literature, 2014), 107-119.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Aramaeans in Egypt.\u201d In <em>The Arameans in Ancient Syria,<\/em> Handbuch der Orientalistik. Section 1 The Near East, 106, edited by Herbert Niehr, 366-377. Leiden: Brill, 2013.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHated by the Gods and your Spouse: Legal Use of \u05e9\u05e0\u05d0 in Elephantine and its Ancient Near Eastern Context,\u201d in <em>Law and Religion in the Eastern Mediterranean<\/em>, Reinhard G. Kratz and Anselm C. Hagedorn (eds.). (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2013). 105-128.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThree Additional Aramaci-Egyptian Parallel Legal Terms\/Formulae,\u201d in A. F. Botta ed. <em>In the Shadow of Bezalel: Aramaic, Biblical, and Ancient Near Eastern Studies in Honor of Bezalel Porten<\/em> (Leiden: Brill, 2013), 29-38.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c1 Chronicles,\u201d <em>New Interpreter\u2019s Bible One Volume Commentary,<\/em> David L. Petersen, Beverly Roberts Gaventa(eds.)(Nashville: Abingdon Press, 2010), 239-252.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c2 Chronicles,\u201d<em>New Interpreter\u2019s Bible One Volume Commentary,<\/em> David L. Petersen, Beverly Roberts Gaventa(eds.)(Nashville: Abingdon Press, 2010), 253-262.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCovenant and Liberation: Diachronic Perspectives,\u201d in Brooks Schramm and Kurt Noll (eds.) <em>Raising a<\/em> <em>Faithful Exegete. Essays in Honor of Richard Nelson<\/em> (Winona Lake: Eisenbrauns, 2010), 261-274.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Bible and the Hermeneutics of Liberation: Worldwide Trends and Prospects\u201d with P. R. Andi\u00f1ach, in A. F. Botta and P. R. Andi\u00f1ach (eds.) <em>The Bible and the Hermeneutics of Liberation<\/em>. Semeia Studies 59 (Atlanta, GA: Society of Biblical Literature, 2009), 1-10.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHow to Hide an Elephant on Fifth Avenue: Universality of Sin and Class Sin in the Hebrew Scriptures,\u201d in A. F. Botta and P. R. Andi\u00f1ach (eds.). In\u00a0<em>The Bible and the Hermeneutics of Liberation<\/em>. Semeia Studies 59 (Atlanta, GA: Society of Biblical Literature, 2009), 105-112.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLev\u00edtico, introducci\u00f3n, traducci\u00f3n y notas,\u201d in <em>Biblia Traducci\u00f3n Interconfesional\u00a0<\/em>(Madrid, Estella: BAC, Sociedades B\u00edblicas Unidas, Editorial Verbo Divino, 2008), 151-196.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cN\u00fameros, introducci\u00f3n, traducci\u00f3n y notas,\u201d in <em>Biblia Traducci\u00f3n Interconfesional\u00a0<\/em>(Madrid, Estella: BAC, Sociedades B\u00edblicas Unidas, Editorial Verbo Divino, 2008), 197-257.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c1 &amp; 2 Cr\u00f3nicas,\u201d in Armando Levoratti (ed.) <em>Comentario B\u00edblico Latinoamericano\u00a0<\/em>(Estella, Spain: Editorial Verbo Divino, 2005), 845-874.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSin and Forgiveness in the Demotic Story of Setne I,\u201d in Irene Shirun-Grumach (ed.), <em>Jerusalem Studies in Egyptology. \u00c4gypten und Altes Testament\u00a0<\/em>40 (Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz, 1998), 233-242.<\/p>\n<h3>Journal Articles<\/h3>\n<p>\u201cAspectos de la vida cotidiana en la colonia jud\u00eda de Elefantina,\u201d Antig<em>uo Oriente\u00a0<\/em>9 (2011), 63-84.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA Reevaluation of the use of \u05d6\u05d1\u05df and\u05d9\u05d4\u05d1 in Elephantine,\u201d Ant<em>iguo Oriente\u00a0<\/em>6 (2008), 95-104.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHow Long Does an Eternal Covenant Last? \u05e2\u05d5\u05dc\u05dd in the Light of Aramaic-Egyptian Legal Documents,\u201d\u00a0<em>The Bible Translator\u00a0<\/em>59.3 (2008), 158-163.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Legal Function and Egyptian Background of the \u05e9\u05dc\u05d9\u05d8 Clause: A Reevaluation,\u201d <em>Maarav<\/em> 13.2 (2006), 193-209.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c\u05e8\u05d7\u05e7 in the Bible, a Reevaluation,\u201d <em>Biblica<\/em> 87 (2006), 418-420.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cScribal Traditions and the Transmission of Legal Formulae in the Aramaic Papyri from Elephantine.\u201d <em>Revista del Instituto de Historia Antigua Oriental<\/em> 1 Nueva Serie (2006), 153-168.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c1 Reyes 12:1-20: An\u00e1lisis estructural,\u201d\u00a0<em>Cuadernos de Teolog\u00eda\u00a0<\/em>24 (2005), 9-16.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLas Cartas Arameas de Herm\u00f3polis y el Formulario Epistolar del Cercano Oriente antiguo,\u201d\u00a0<em>Revista de Estudios de Egiptolog\u00eda\u00a0<\/em>6-7 (1996-1999), 57-80.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Cowardly Crocodile in cOnchsheshonqy 22\/15 and Merikarc P. 97-98\u2033 (with S. Vinson). <em>Enchoria-Zeitschrift f\u00fcr Demotistik und Koptologie\u00a0<\/em>23 (1996), 177-178.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cProblemas Hist\u00f3ricos en torno a los or\u00edgenes de Israel,\u201d B<em>olet\u00edn Teol\u00f3gico\u00a0<\/em>57 (1995), 61-70.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMatrimonio y Divorcio en los Papiros Arameos de Elefantina,\u201d <em>Revista de Estudios de Egiptolog\u00eda\u00a0<\/em>4 (1993), 113-133.<\/p>\n<h3>Dictionary and Encyclopedia Entries<\/h3>\n<p>T<em>he Encyclopedia of the Bible and its Reception<\/em>, Edited by Hans- Josef Klauck, Bernard McGinn, Choon-Leong Seow, Hermann Spieckermann, Barry Dov Walfish, Eric Ziolkowski (Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, 2013). Vol. 7 \u201cElephantine.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>The Eerdmans Dictionary of Early Judaism,<\/em>J. Collins and D. Harlow, General Editors (Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2010): \u201cElephantine,\u201d pp.574-577; \u201cSanballat,\u201d pp. 1190-1; and \u201cSlavery,\u201d pp. 1232-3.<\/p>\n<p><em>The New Interpreter\u2019s Dictionary of the Bible<\/em>, 5 Volumes. K. Doob Sakenfeld, General Editor (Nashville: Abingdon Press, 2006-2009): \u201cNethinim,\u201d (Vol. 4, 260-1; \u201cSea, Molten,\u201d (Vol. 5, 140-1), \u201cShemaiah,\u201d (Vol. 5, 225-6), \u201cSolomon\u2019s Servants,\u201d (Vol. 5, 334).<\/p>\n<h3>Short Contributions<\/h3>\n<p>\u201cExodus,\u201d \u201cLeviticus,\u201d and \u201cNumbers.\u201d In <em>Covenant Bible Study<\/em>, edited by Theodore Hiebert and Jamie Clark-Soles, (Nashville: Abingdon Press, 2014), 31-40.<\/p>\n<p>Year A \u2013 Gen. 12:1-4a; Ps. 121; Rom. 4:1-5, 13-17; Mt. 17:1-9.\u201d In <em>WJK Lectionary Commentary: Preaching for Social Justice &amp; Transformation,<\/em> edited by Ronald J. Allen, Dale P. Andrews, and Dawn Ottoni Wilhelm, 130-134. Louisville, KY: Westminster-John Knox, 2013.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYear C \u2013 Gen. 15:1-12, 17-18; Ps. 27; Phil. 3:17-4:1; Lk. 13:31-35.\u201d in WJK Lectionary Commentary: Preaching for Social Justice &amp; Transformation. Edited by Ronald J. Allen, Dale P. Andrews, and Dawn Ottoni Wilhelm (Louisville, KY: Westminster-John Knox, 2012).<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYear B \u2013 Gen. 17:1-7, 15-16; Ps. 22:23-31; Rom. 4:13-25; Mk. 8:31-38 in <em>WJK Lectionary<br \/>\nCommentary: Preaching for Social Justice &amp; Transformation<\/em>. Edited by Ronald J.<br \/>\nAllen, Dale P. Andrews, and Dawn Ottoni Wilhelm (Louisville, KY: Westminster-John Knox, 2011).<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIntroduction to Ezra,\u201d in <em>The People\u2019s Bible.<\/em> Edited by C. P. DeYoung, L. Guardiola-Saenz, W. Gaffney,T. Tinker, and F. Yamada (Minneapolis, MN: Augsburg Fortress, 2008), 588-9.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIntroduction to Nehemiah,\u201d in <em>The People\u2019s Bible<\/em>. Edited by C. P. DeYoung, L. Guardiola-Saenz, W. Gaffney,T. Tinker, and F. Yamada (Minneapolis, MN: Augsburg Fortress, 2008), 599.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLa realidad de la mujer hispana en los EE.UU: una relectura de Jueces 11;\u201d in A. Beltran-Gaetan, et.al. <em>M\u00f3dulo III: La mujer hispana-latina en el liderazgo de la Iglesia\u00a0<\/em>(UMC: Nashville, TN, 2005), 27.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c\u00bfQu\u00e9 es la Biblia y como se produce la interpretaci\u00f3n b\u00edblica?;\u201d in A. Beltran-Gaetan, et.al.\u00a0<em>M\u00f3dulo III: La mujer hispana-latina en el liderazgo de la Iglesi<\/em>a (UMC: Nashville, TN, 2005), 28-29.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cReflexi\u00f3n teol\u00f3gica: La mujer como socorrista del var\u00f3n: Una relectura de G\u00e9nesis 2:4b \u2013 25;\u201d in A. Beltran-Gaetan, et.al.\u00a0<em>M\u00f3dulo III: La mujer hispana-latina en el liderazgo de la Iglesi<\/em>a (UMC: Nashville, TN, 2005), 52-54.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEl supuesto patriarcalismo paulino y la participaci\u00f3n de la mujer en la Iglesia;\u201d in A. Beltran-Gaetan, et.al. M\u00f3dulo III: La mujer hispana-latina en el liderazgo de la Iglesia (UMC: Nashville, TN, 2005), 55-56.<\/p>\n<h3>Reviews<\/h3>\n<p>S. Hafthorsson, <em>A Passing Power: An Examination of the Sources for the History of Aram-Damascus in the Second Half of the Ninth Century B.C.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Coniectanea Biblica Old Testament Series 54 (Stockholm: Almqvist &amp; Wiksell, 2006), for <em>Svensk exegetisk \u00e5rsbok\u00a0<\/em>74 (2009), 224-6.<\/p>\n<p>Andrew D. Gross, Co<em>ntinuity and Innovation in the Aramaic Legal Tradition\u00a0<\/em>(Leiden: Brill, 2008), for\u00a0<em>Aramaic Studies<\/em>7 (2009), 91-96.<\/p>\n<p>Carlos J. Gil Arbiol, Los Valores Negados: Ensayo de ex\u00e9gesis socio-cient\u00edfica sobre la autoestigmatizaci\u00f3n en el movimiento de Jes\u00fas (Estella: Verbo Divino, 2003), 481 pp.<\/p>\n<p><em>Review of Biblical Literature<\/em>, SBL. January 2006.<\/p>\n<p>Mar\u00eda Teresa Ortega Monasterio, Las Masoras del Libro de \u00c9xodo: C\u00f3dice M1 de la Universidad Compluense de Madrid (Madrid: CSIC Instituto de Filolog\u00eda, 2002).<\/p>\n<p><em>Review of Biblical Literature<\/em>, SBL. October 2006.<\/p>\n<h3>Papers Read at Professional Meetings and Invited Lectures<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li data-gc-list-depth=\"1\" data-gc-list-style=\"bullet\">\u201cControl and Resistance <em>et<\/em>s<em>i deus non daretur<\/em>.\u201d Poverty in the Biblical World Section. Society of Biblical Literature Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA, November 22-25, 2014<\/li>\n<li data-gc-list-depth=\"1\" data-gc-list-style=\"bullet\">\u201cA Few (other) Remarkable Ancient Egyptian Women.\u201d Literature and History of the Persian Period Section. Society of Biblical Literature Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA, November 22-25, 2014.<\/li>\n<li data-gc-list-depth=\"1\" data-gc-list-style=\"bullet\">\u201cAramaic and Demotic Legal Terms\/Formulae and their Mesopotamian Equivalents. 12. Internationale Konferenz f\u00fcr demotische Studien \u2013 W\u00fcrzburg . August 31 \u2013 September 4th 2014.<\/li>\n<li data-gc-list-depth=\"1\" data-gc-list-style=\"bullet\">\u201cDemythologization and Biblical Studies.\u201d Hispanic Youth Leadership Academy (Graduate students section). Boston University, September 1st, 2014.<\/li>\n<li data-gc-list-depth=\"1\" data-gc-list-style=\"bullet\">\u201cThe Challenges of Biblical Studies in an Academic Setting.\u201d Hispanic Youth Leadership Academy Summer Program, (College students section). Boston University, August 31th, 2014.<\/li>\n<li data-gc-list-depth=\"1\" data-gc-list-style=\"bullet\">\u201cDelitos y fechor\u00edas en Egipto durante el per\u00edodo Persa.\u201d Paper presented at the Centro de Estudios de Historia del Antiguo Oriente (CEHAO), Pontificia Universidad Cat\u00f3lica Argentina, Buenos Aires, Argentina, October 23, 2013.<\/li>\n<li data-gc-list-depth=\"1\" data-gc-list-style=\"bullet\">\u201cWho Are My People? Jeremiah And Micah\u2019s Response to Foreign Threats\u201d. Prophecy and Politics in Ancient Near Eastern Cultures. 2012 International Meeting Department of Biblical Studies, University of Haifa, Israel, 28\u201330 May, 2012.<\/li>\n<li data-gc-list-depth=\"1\" data-gc-list-style=\"bullet\">\u201cLaw in Elephantine: Crimes and Misdemeanors,\u201d Society of Biblical Literature International Meeting, St. Andrews, Scotland, July 8th, 2013.<\/li>\n<li data-gc-list-depth=\"1\" data-gc-list-style=\"bullet\">\u201cThe Bible of the Oppressed,\u201d Society of Biblical Literature Consultation: \u201cLatino\/a and Latin American Biblical Interpretation,\u201d Annual Meeting in San Francisco, CA, November 19-22, 2011.<\/li>\n<li data-gc-list-depth=\"1\" data-gc-list-style=\"bullet\">\u201cThe Elephantine Papyri: Three Millennia of Continuity and Change,\u201d Literature and History of the Persian Period &amp; Aramaic Studies section, Society of Biblical Literature, Annual Meeting in San Francisco, CA, November 18-22, 2011.<\/li>\n<li data-gc-list-depth=\"1\" data-gc-list-style=\"bullet\">\u201cAncient Near Eastern Background of Demotic Legal Terminology\u2019 (with Brandon Simonson) Eleventh International Congress of Demotic Studies, Oxford, England, 30 August \u2013 3 September 2011.<\/li>\n<li data-gc-list-depth=\"1\" data-gc-list-style=\"bullet\">\u201dMarkers of Identity in the Jewish Colony of Elephantine.\u201d University of Chicago, The Divinity School and the Chicago Center for Jewish Studies, February 1st 2011.<\/li>\n<li data-gc-list-depth=\"1\" data-gc-list-style=\"bullet\">\u201cWho is the Borrower and Who is the Leander? A Reappraisal of the Legal Formulary at Elephantine.\u201d Literature and History of the Persian Period section, Society of Biblical Literature, Annual Meeting in Atlanta, GA, Nov. 19-23, 2010.<\/li>\n<li data-gc-list-depth=\"1\" data-gc-list-style=\"bullet\">\u201cThe Perils of Encaged (Biblical) Scholarship: Challenges from Latin America,\u201d Hebrew Bible\/Old Testament scholars Boston Theological Institute Meeting, October 18, 2010.<\/li>\n<li data-gc-list-depth=\"1\" data-gc-list-style=\"bullet\">\u201cOdio\u201d en el matrimonio y divorcio: nuevas perspectivas desde los Papiros Arameos de Elefantina.\u201d Conference: Cultura y pol\u00edtica en las sociedades del Cercano Oriente Antiguo.\u201d Buenos Aires, Universidad Cat\u00f3lica Argentina, August 23rd, 2010.<\/li>\n<li data-gc-list-depth=\"1\" data-gc-list-style=\"bullet\">\u201cTo Hate your Spouse or to Divorce Him\/Her? A Reassessment of the Use \u05e9\u05e0\u05d0 in Elephantine,\u201d Aramaic Studies Section, Society of Biblical Literature, Annual Meeting in New Orleans. Nov. 20-24, 2009.<\/li>\n<li data-gc-list-depth=\"1\" data-gc-list-style=\"bullet\">\u201cCroatto and Genesis.\u201d Society of Biblical Literature Consultation: \u201cLatino\/a and Latin American Biblical Interpretation,\u201d Annual Meeting in New Orleans. Nov. 20-24, 2009.<\/li>\n<li data-gc-list-depth=\"1\" data-gc-list-style=\"bullet\">Panelist: \u201cWhat Does it Mean to Be a Latino\/a Biblical Critic?\u201d Society of Biblical Literature Consultation: \u201cLatino\/a and Latin American Biblical Interpretation,\u201d Annual Meeting in Boston, Nov. 22-25, 2008.<\/li>\n<li data-gc-list-depth=\"1\" data-gc-list-style=\"bullet\">\u201cThree Additional Aramaic \/\/ Demotic Legal Formulae from Elephantine.\u201d 10th International Congress of Demotic Studies, Leuven, Belgium, August 26-30, 2008.<\/li>\n<li data-gc-list-depth=\"1\" data-gc-list-style=\"bullet\">\u201cLooking for Some Satisfaction: Egyptian Antecedents of \u05d8\u05d9\u05d1 \u05dc\u05d1\u05d1\u05d9.\u201d Aramaic Studies Section, Society of Biblical Literature, Annual Meeting in San Diego. Nov. 19, 2007.- \u201cAramaic-Demotic Equivalents. Additional Evidence and Methodological Considerations.\u201d Workshop (by invitation): \u201cFrom Sumer to the Genizah\u2014Diplomatic and Legal Documents in the Ancient World\u201d, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem. March 11-13, 2007.<\/li>\n<li data-gc-list-depth=\"1\" data-gc-list-style=\"bullet\">\u201cTraducci\u00f3n b\u00edblica y mediaci\u00f3n socio-anal\u00edtica.\u201d RIBLA\u2019s week, ISEDET Buenos Aires, Argentina. October 27, 2006.<\/li>\n<li data-gc-list-depth=\"1\" data-gc-list-style=\"bullet\">\u201cEl libro de Lev\u00edtico: problemas de interpretaci\u00f3n.\u201d Instituto Ministerial Hispano, Dallas, TX. March 26, 2006.<\/li>\n<li data-gc-list-depth=\"1\" data-gc-list-style=\"bullet\">\u201cRastreando el origen de f\u00f3rmulas legales en el Cercano Oriente antiguo: Reflexiones metodol\u00f3gicas.\u201d Universidad de Buenos Aires, Facultad de Filosof\u00eda y Letras, Instituto de Historia Antigua Oriental Dr. Abraham Rosenvasser. December 9, 2004.<\/li>\n<li data-gc-list-depth=\"1\" data-gc-list-style=\"bullet\">\u201cHow to Hide an Elephant on Fifth Avenue: Universality of Sin and Class Sin in the Hebrew Scriptures,\u201d Theology of the Hebrew Scriptures Section of the Society of Biblical Literature, Annual Meeting in San Antonio. November 20, 2004.<\/li>\n<li data-gc-list-depth=\"1\" data-gc-list-style=\"bullet\">\u201cThe Origins of the \u05e9\u05dc\u05d9\u05d8 Clause, A Reevaluation.\u201d Aramaic Studies Section of the Society of Biblical Literature, Annual Meeting in Atlanta. Nov. 23, 2003.<\/li>\n<li data-gc-list-depth=\"1\" data-gc-list-style=\"bullet\">\u201cTracing Ancient Near Eastern Legal Formulae: Methodological Issues,\u201d Oriental Institute, University of Chicago. March 5 2003.<\/li>\n<li data-gc-list-depth=\"1\" data-gc-list-style=\"bullet\">\u201cThe Beginnings of Israel: Historiographic Perspectives.\u201d Oriental Institute, University of Chicago. March 4 2003.<\/li>\n<li data-gc-list-depth=\"1\" data-gc-list-style=\"bullet\">\u201cEl libro de Cr\u00f3nicas: valoraciones historiogr\u00e1ficas,\u201d Instituto Universitario ISEDET. Buenos Aires. December 11, 2002.<\/li>\n<li data-gc-list-depth=\"1\" data-gc-list-style=\"bullet\">\u201cReading the Bible from a Latin American Perspective in a Hispanic Context.\u201d Hispanic Week, Garrett Evangelical Theological Seminary, Evanston, IL. Nov. 20, 2002.<\/li>\n<li data-gc-list-depth=\"1\" data-gc-list-style=\"bullet\">\u201cAramaic and Demotic Epistolary Formulae.\u201d International Conference for Demotic Studies. W\u00fcrzburg. August 25, 2002 (with Bezalel Porten).<\/li>\n<li data-gc-list-depth=\"1\" data-gc-list-style=\"bullet\">\u201cWoman as Holder of Rights in the Jewish Colony of Elephantine.\u201d Bridwell Library Judaica Lecture series, Southern Methodist University. May 5 2002.<\/li>\n<li data-gc-list-depth=\"1\" data-gc-list-style=\"bullet\">\u201cThe Cleansing of the Temple in the Light of the Hebrew Bible.\u201d United Methodist North Texas Conference Clergy Retreat, October 16, 2001.<\/li>\n<li data-gc-list-depth=\"1\" data-gc-list-style=\"bullet\">\u201c\u2018Get away from me!\u2019 An Egyptological Approach to the Withdrawal Clause in the Elephantine Papyri.\u201d Aramaic Studies Section of the Society of Biblical Literature, Annual Meeting in Boston, November 21-23, 1999.<\/li>\n<li data-gc-list-depth=\"1\" data-gc-list-style=\"bullet\">\u201cSojourners in Egypt: The Jewish-Aramaic Legal Formulary at Elephantine.\u201d Workshop on Ancient Societies, University of Chicago. March 9, 1999.<\/li>\n<li data-gc-list-depth=\"1\" data-gc-list-style=\"bullet\">\u201cThe Exodus in the New Testament,\u201d for the course \u201cNew Testament Interpretation,\u201d Prof. Osvaldo Vena. Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary, Evanston IL. February 25, 1999.<\/li>\n<li data-gc-list-depth=\"1\" data-gc-list-style=\"bullet\">\u201cJerusalem: Peoples, Places and the Past.\u201d Public Lecture aboard the Orient Lines Cruise Ship Marco Polo. October 29, 1998.<\/li>\n<li data-gc-list-depth=\"1\" data-gc-list-style=\"bullet\">\u201cHistoriograf\u00eda B\u00edblica e Historiograf\u00eda Moderna: Reflexiones acerca del Libro de Cr\u00f3nicas y la Revoluci\u00f3n de Mayo.\u201d Latin American Theological Fraternity, Chicago Group. Desplaines, IL. August 15, 1998.<\/li>\n<li data-gc-list-depth=\"1\" data-gc-list-style=\"bullet\">\u201cSin and Forgiveness in the Demotic Story of Setne I.\u201d Workshop: \u201cSin, Punishment and Forgiveness in Ancient Egypt,\u201d organized by the German-Israeli Foundation: The Hebrew University of Jerusalem \u2013 University of Leipzig. Jerusalem. 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