SANE (Students of the Ancient Near East) presents a symposium of original student research on topics related to the ancient Near East.

Full schedule:

12:00 Welcome
12:05 Paul Bryner — Necromancy in Ancient Israel
12:25 Jared Corbett — A Philistine Heroine: Reclaiming the Story of Delilah through the lens of Minority Criticism
12:45 Nicholas Axt — The Serpent as Yhwh
1:05 Katherine Davidson Bekker — The Marian Iconographical Type of the Maria Lactans
1:25 Lunch Break
2:00 Aaron Gorner — Mazar’s Modified Conventional Chronology: A Bridge to Further Knowledge
2:20 Derek Baker — Biblical Origins of Satan
2:40 Chris Cox — Father Abraham, the First Christian: The Religion of the Patriarchs According to Eusebius of Caesarea and Joseph Smith
3:00 Ally Huffmire — Immersive Rituals in the Qumran Community and Early Christianity
3:20 Gerardo Juarez — Insights on the Relationship between Qos and Yahweh in the 10th Century
3:40 Recess
4:00 Dr. Mark Ellison [Keynote Speaker] — Reimagining Eve with Early Christian Women: Texts, Artifacts, and Biblical Reception