exegesis and hermeneutics in the churches of the east: select papers from the sbl meeting in san diego, 2007

Exegesis and Hermeneutics in the Churches of the East contains the proceedings of the Bible in the Eastern and Oriental Orthodox Traditions unit of the Society of Biblical Literature's (SBL) 2007 meeting in San Diego, California. Biblical professors and scholars from the Eastern and Oriental Orthodox traditions (the latter including Aramaic, Syriac, Armenian, Arabic, Georgian, and Coptic, among others) gathered to engage in critical study of the role of the Bible in eastern Christianity, past and present. The collection of articles in Exegesis and Hermeneutics in the Churches of the East examines the latest scholarly findings in the field of the utilization and interpretation of the Bible in the Christian communities in the East during the first five centuries of Christianity. They offer critical evaluations of the early church's hermeneutical and exegetical tools and methodologies.

The Editor: Vahan S. Hovhanessian holds a Ph.D. in biblical studies from Fordham University. He is currently the chairman of the Bible in the Eastern and Oriental Orthodox Traditions unit of the Society of Biblical Literature (SBL) and Professor of Biblical Studies at St. Nersess Armenian Seminary in New Rochelle, New York. He has published books, chapters in books, and many articles in the fields of biblical and Armenian Church studies. He is a member of the Monastic Order of the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin in Armenia.