I presented the main ideas for this essay as part of the 2013 COMCAR trip to Turkey, and I am appreciative of the feedback I received from other participants.Īn earlier version of this essay was presented as “Faka(l)ongo e Folofola: Silencing/Hearing Jonah with Sia Figiel” at the meeting of the Oceania Biblical Studies Association at Piula Theological College, Samoa, 11 September 2015. I met Dennis by participating in COMCAR, an organization that has contributed greatly to my understanding of the material cultures in which the writings of the New Testament are embedded. This essay is dedicated to my friend and colleague Dennis Smith, whose love of life and family knows no bounds. Thanks to Stephen Moore, Virginia Burrus, Caroline Vander Stichele, and Todd Penner for their patient reading of and helpful comments on earlier drafts of this essay. Scott Spencer, RBS 90 (Atlanta: SBL Press, 2017). SBL Press prefers not to use such markers.Īn earlier version of this essay appears as “Why the Johannine Jesus Weeps at the Tomb of Lazarus,” in Mixed Feelings and Vexed Passions: Exploring Emotions in Biblical Literature, ed. Some publishers use a special character, such as an asterisk (*), to distinguish the note from the bibliographic and discussion notes that follow. SBL Style SBL uses footnotes and a bibliography to reference material in your work.
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