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2025 Mid-Atlantic Regional Meeting

The Mid-Atlantic Region includes NY, NJ, PA, DE MD, DC, VA, WV

Saturday, March 15, 2025
8:00 AM - 10:30 PM (EDT)

Princeton Theological Seminary Erdman Center

20 Library Place
Princeton, NJ 08540-6824
United States

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Princeton Theological Seminary Erdman Center

20 Library Pl, Princeton, NJ 08540

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Parking, at the Seminary Library, is free.
The Parking pass (see below) must be displayed on the driver’s side of the dashboard of your vehicle.

  Parking Pass

Click on the campus map below for a pdf version.

 


Keynote

7:15 - 8:45 PM (followed by Reception)


Dale Allison,
Richard J. Dearborn
Professor of New Testament at
Princeton Theological Seminary

“Jesus and the Scriptures:
Skepticism versus Patterns”

Abstract: Some important scholars have been inclined to dissociate Jesus from most of the scriptural quotations and clear allusions that are attributed to him. They assign them rather to the post-Easter community. This presentation outlines the reasons for their position, critically analyzes and rejects those reasons, and mounts a case to the contrary. It then contends that one plausible way of approaching the topic of Jesus and the Scriptures is to hunt for patterns that run across the sources. One outcome of doing this is that Jesus appears to have had a strongly Mosaic self-conception.

  Handout


Registration Options

Credits Price
In-Person Participant
Includes lunch and coffee breaks.

Registration Ended 3/5/25 at 11:59 PM EST
FREE Donation
Virtual Participant
Ability to attend sessions via the Zoom link provided in the registration confirmation e-mail. Registration Ended 3/13/25 at 2:00 PM EST
FREE Donation
Graduate Student Virtual Participation
Virtual registration one person enrolled in a graduate student program...not transferable. Registration Ended 3/13/25 at 2:00 PM EST
FREE Donation
Graduate Student In-Person Participant
For those enrolled in a graduate student program, includes lunch and coffee breaks. Registration Ended 3/5/25 at 11:59 PM EST
FREE Donation

Agenda

March 15
8:00 AM - 8:45 AM Breakfast no charge
8:45 AM - 8:50 AM Welcome Jonathan Lee Walton, President of Princeton Theological Seminary
9:00 AM - 10:30 AM Session 1: Panel Panelists: Mahri Leonard-Fleckman, James VanderKam, Peter Spitaler, Elizabeth Schrader Polczer
10:30 AM - 10:45 AM Coffee Break no charge
10:45 AM - 12:15 PM Session 2: Papers Michael Kochenash, John J. Peters
12:15 PM - 1:00 PM Lunch no charge
1:00 PM - 2:30 PM Session 3: Papers Tyler Brown-Cross, Daniel Frayer-Griggs
2:30 PM - 2:45 PM Coffee Break no charge
2:45 PM - 4:15 PM Session 4: Papers Hryhoriy Lozinskyy, Ilona Rashkow
4:15 PM - 5:45 PM Session 5: Papers Mark Kiley, Peter Vale
4:45 PM - 7:15 PM Dinner on your own
7:15 PM - 8:45 PM Keynote: Dale Allison, PTS Professor of New Testament "Jesus and the Scriptures: Skepticism versus Patterns"
8:45 PM - 10:30 PM Reception Cash bar
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For More Information:

Joshua Scott - CBA Events
Joshua Scott - CBA Events
M.Div., Th.M., Ph.D. The Catholic Biblical Association of America

Travel Information

Google Map 

Parking Pass

By Air: Newark Liberty International Airport is the most convenient airport, although airports in Philadelphia or New York City are also accessible. At Newark, the AirTrain takes you from all airport terminals to the Newark Liberty International Airport Train Station. Take New Jersey Transit southbound (Northeast Corridor Line) trains to Princeton Junction. From Princeton Junction take the “Dinky” shuttle train to Princeton.

By Train: From New York City (and north) and Philadelphia (and south). New Jersey Transit services Princeton from the north (New York City, Newark), with connecting service from the south (Trenton, Philadelphia, Baltimore, Washington DC). Amtrak trains stop in Trenton and some at Princeton Junction. Take the train to Princeton Junction and transfer to the “Dinky” shuttle train into Princeton. Walk or take a taxi to the Seminary. The approximate walking time is five minutes. Closeup map with the “Dinky” train station in the lower right.

By Bus: From Port Authority Bus Terminal in New York City (41st Street and 8th Avenue). Purchase a Suburban Transit bus ticket to Princeton at windows 16 through 19 on the first floor. Board the bus on the third floor (fourth level) at gates 420 through 422. The bus leaves every half hour between 6:00 a.m. and 11:00 p.m. on weekdays and between 9:00 a.m. and 11:00 p.m. on weekends, and every half hour on the hour until 1:00 a.m. The trip is one and one-half hours. Ask the driver to let you off at the end of Nassau Street, where it meets Mercer Street and walk the short distance to Library Place.

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