First Person: Gearing up for Conference Season

As we go to press, a group of us from the Biblical Archaeology Society (BAS) are preparing for a trip to Atlanta. Four scholarly associations will be assembling there for their annual meetings at the end of November and your Biblical Archaeology Society (BAS) will be holding its Sixth Annual Bible and Archaeology Fest (taking advantage of the powerhouse of scholars already assembled).

The four scholarly associations holding annual meetings are the Society for Biblical Literature (SBL), the American Academy of Religion (AAR), the American Schools of Oriental Research (ASOR) and the Near East Archaeological Society (NEAS). Together, more than 8,000 scholars from all over the world will attend and deliver hundreds of papers.