May 2014

Videos of the conference can be viewed here.
Transcripts can be read here.

Second Annual Conference of the
BYU New Testament Commentary Project

Wednesday, May 14, 2014, 9:00a-4:00p
Harold B. Lee Library Auditorium, 1060 HBLL, Brigham Young University

Maurine Proctor, conducting

Morning Session: The Gospel of Luke
9:00    Welcome and Conducting, Maurine Proctor
9:05    S. Kent Brown — “Jesus Tells It All in the Nazareth Synagogue”
9:35    Eric D. Huntsman — “Rebuking the Devil and Healing the Fallen: Jesus’ Miracles in Luke”
10:05    Stephen H. Webb, Wabash College — “Luke and Mormonism”
10:35    Q&A
10:45    Break
10:55    Julie M. Smith, Independent Scholar — “Reading between the Lines: Luke’s Omission of Mark 14:3–9”
11:25    Lincoln H. Blumell — “Jesus’ Bloody Sweat and Ancient Sources”
11:55    Philip L. Barlow, Utah State University — “Mormon Hermeneutics of Luke”
12:20    Response — S. Kent Brown
12:30    Lunch (no host; food available nearby in the Wilkinson Student Center)

Afternoon Session: The Book of Revelation
1:30    Welcome and Conducting, Maurine Proctor
1:35    Panel Discussion of The Revelation of John the Apostle
.        Moderator: John W. Welch
.        Panelists: Tod Harris, Brent J. Schmidt, Gaye Strathearn
.        Responses: Richard D. Draper, Michael D. Rhodes
2:45    Open Discussion
3:30    Conclude
3:30    Reception in room 1131 Harold B. Lee Library

We also announce a lecture on the next day: “Mormon Christianity:
What Other Christians Can Learn from the Latter-day Saints”

A lecture by author Stephen H. Webb, Wabash College
discussing his recently published book by this title, from Oxford University Press
Thursday, May 15, 2014, 11:00a-12:15p
Harold B. Lee Library Auditorium, 1060 HBLL, Brigham Young University

11:00 Welcome and Introduction, by David L. Paulsen
11:10 Stephen H. Webb
11:45 Open Discussion
12:15 Conclude