ANZABS

ANZABS AGM 2007

Minutes of the Annual General Meeting of the Aotearoa New Zealand Association for Biblical Studies held at the Bible College of New Zealand, Auckland, on Tuesday, December 4th, 2007; 1.40 p.m. – 2.05 p.m.

Present: Paul Trebilco (Chair), Helen Spencer, Tom Innes, Anthony Rimell, Gerard Ellis, Kayle de Waal, Matthew Clerkin, Miriam Bier, Peter Benzie, Angeline Song, Stephen Pattemore, Tim Bulkeley, Howard Pilgrim, John Douglas, Geoff Aimers, David Jeans, Elaine Wainwright, Kathleen Rushton, Kevin Waldie, Sarah Hart, Alesana Eteuati, Peter Carrell, Tim Meadowcroft, Derek Tovey (minutes).

Apologies: Alice Sinnott

The minutes of the last meeting were taken as read.

Forthcoming Meetings

1. SBL International Meeting: to be held in Auckland, July 6-11, 2008.
-ANZABS will have two sessions of 5 x 30 minute sessions: members are invited to submit abstracts of paper proposals to Derek Tovey by 15th January.
-Members were advised that it is also possible to submit proposals to sessions hosted by SBL. Information about these sessions may be found on the SBL website: www.sbl-site.org Those intending to submit were told that they need to ensure that they submit proposals via the website.
- Elaine reported that two sessions will be devoted to issues of contextual and regional concern.

2. ANZABS Conference 2009: Venue: Dunedin; Dates: Nov. 30 – Dec 1.
Conference organizing committee to follow rubric established at 2006 ANZABS AGM to “play it by ear” as regards the number of papers accepted.

Executive
The meeting agreed that the current executive arrangements should remain in place until the 2009 conference, namely, Paul Trebilco, Kevin Waldie, Derek Tovey and Mark Keown (subject to his availability). A further person may be co-opted in Dunedin to help with organising the 2009 conference.

Finances
Kevin Waldie reported that an amount of $951.60 is currently held in the ANZABS account.
Move (Trebilco/Innes) that a grant of $800 should be made to an institution in one of the Pacific islands to enable someone to attend the SBL International Meeting in 2008. The decision as to how this to be allocated is to be made in consultation with the local organising committee for the SBL meeting, and in consultation with ANZABS executive. (Agreed)

Visitors in 2008
It was noted that the following overseas visitors would be in New Zealand in 2008
Nicholas Wolterstorff (Yale) – in August, Otago.
Elaine Graham – 5 weeks in July-August (beginning semester 2), Auckland.
Robert Jewett – July for SBL International Meeting and following, Otago.
Gary Badcock – Information from Tim Meadowcroft
Mark Keown noted that Ben Witherington III would be in Australia, and suggested it might be worth contacting him to see whether he might also come to NZ.

Paul Trebilco reminded people that information about visitors, or other items of general interest, can be sent to Derek Tovey for circulation via the ANZABS email list.

Members’ Publications
It was noted that the following publications by members had appeared in the past year:
Susan E. Smith, Women in Mission: From the New Testament to Today (Maryknoll, NY: Orbis Books, 2007).
Derek Tovey, Jesus, Story of God: John’s Story of Jesus (Adelaide: ATF Press, 2007).
Paul R.Trebilco and Simon Rae. 1 Timothy, Asia Bible Commentary Series; (Singapore: Asia Theological Association, 2007).
Elaine M. Wainwright, Women Healing/Healing Women: The Genderization of Healing in Early Christianity (London: Equinox, 2006).
George M. Wieland, The Significance of Salvation: A Study of Salvation Language in the Pastoral Epistles (Milton Keynes: Paternoster Press, 2006).


Vote of Thanks
The meeting gave a vote of thanks to Mark Keown and Jenny Mackie for their work in preparing for this conference, and to BCNZ for hosting it.

posted by Derek Tovey @ 5:58 pm