2009 CBAP Convention - Video & Photos

The 2009 Catholic Biblical Association of the Philippines (CBAP) Convention was held at the Phinma Training Center in Tagaytay City last July 17-19. Dr. James H. Charlesworth of Princeton Theological Seminary delivered two major papers, one on "Did the Serpent Deceive Eve?", the other on "Qumran and the Origins of Christianity.” Miriam Alejandrino, OSB, also gave a major paper on "The Disciples' Journey of Faith in the Johannine Perspective.” The workshops were conducted by Michael Lapid (“Early Christian Thought on Philippians 2:6-11”), Noli Mendoza (“Jeremiah’s Vision of a Suffering Earth”), and Freddie Billanes (“The Penitent Criminal in Luke 23:39-43”). CBAP is celebrating its tenth anniversary this year.

Click this to watch a video of the convention:

Click this to see various photos of July 17 (Friday):

Click this to see various photos of July 18 (Saturday):

Click this to see various photos of July 19 (Sunday):

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Dr. James Charlesworth's Public Lecture at LST

Wednesday, 15 Juily 2009 -- Dr. James H. Charlesworth delivered a public lecture to a full packed crowed of students, professors, and guests at the Cardinal Sin Center in Loyola School of Theology on "Reconstructing Jesus' Life and Thought in the Gospel of John."

Charlesworth has another speaking engagement at Loyola School of Theology on 22 July 2009, at 8:00 in the evening on the topic of "The Dead Sea Scrolls and the Origins of Christianity. He is in the Philippines as a guest speaker at the 2009 Annual Convention of the Catholic Biblical Association of the Philippines, in Tagaytay City, on July 17-19.

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Dr. James H. Charlesworth: 2009 CBAP Convention Speaker

Dr. James H. Charlesworth will deliver a major paper in the 2009 Annual Catholic Biblical Association of the Philippines Convention at Phinma Training Center in Tagaytay City on July 17-19.

Dr. Charlesworth is Princeton Seminary’s George L. Collord Professor of New Testament Language and Literature and director and editor of the Seminary’s Dead Sea Scrolls Project. He holds a B.D. from Duke Divinity School, a Ph.D. from Duke University Graduate School, and an E.T. (Eleve Titulaire) from the Ecole Biblique de Jerusalem. His academic interests include the Dead Sea Scrolls, apocryphal works, the historical Jesus, the Gospel of John, and the Revelation of John. He teaches courses on the relationship between the Jesus traditions in the gospels and the theologies of the Dead Sea Scrolls, the life and thought of Jesus of Nazareth, the Old Testament in the New, the Gospel and Epistles of John, and the Hebrew and Theology of the Dead Sea Scrolls.