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SBL Session in Boston - P22-306s Celebrating the Work and Legacy of James W. Watts in the Study of Iconic Books and Texts

  • Marriott Copley Place Boston, MA (map)

All are welcome to join this appreciation and celebration for SCRIPT and Iconic Books Project co-founder, James W. Watts, upon his retirement. Proceedings of this session will become part of a special issue of PostScripts Journal.

Session Chairs

Respondent
David Dault, Loyola University of Chicago

Respondent
Dorina Parmenter, Spalding University

Respondent
S.B. Rodriguez-Plate, Hamilton College

Presentations

Ritual, Rhetoric, and the Non-semantic Dimensions of Sacred Texts: James W. Watts’s Pioneering Work on the Non-semantic Studies of Scriptures

Yohan Yoo, Seoul National University

The Ritualization of Non-textual Icons

Lauren K. McCormick, Princeton University

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