Agenda for 2005 Annual Meetings
               - Philadelphia

                                                             By:
                                              Daniel I. Block Ph.D.

Institute for Biblical Research Board of Directors Meeting

Friday Afternoon, November 18
1:00 pm-5:30 pm
Location: Philadelphia Marriott Downtown, ROOM: 414

For additional information about this session, contact Daniel Block (President, IBR) at 630-752-5272 or Daniel.Block@wheaton.edu.

Institute for Biblical Research Annual Meeting (1)

Friday Evening, November 18
7:00 pm-11:00 pm
Location: Philadelphia Marriott Downtown, ROOM: Salon H

7:00 Welcome and Devotions

George Guthrie (Union University)

7:15 Annual Lecture

Gordon Wenham, University of Gloucestershire

Some Unexploited Resources for Old Testament Ethics

8:15 Formal Response: Chris Wright, International Ministries Director, Langham Partnership Intl

8:30 Discussion from the floor

8:45 Reception hosted by Baker Book House

For additional information about this session, contact Daniel Block (President, IBR) at 630-752-5272 or Daniel.Block@wheaton.edu.

Institute for Biblical Research Annual Meeting (2)

Saturday Morning, November 19
8:30 am-12:30 pm
Location: Loews Philadelphia Hotel, ROOM: Regency B

8:30 Devotions: Bryan Beyer, Columbia International University

8:45 Old Testament Paper

Richard Averbeck, Trinity International University

Foundations of History, Myth, and Ritual in Old Testament Biblical Theology

9:30 Formal Response: Kenneth Mathews, Beeson Divinity School

9:45 Business Meeting

10:00 Coffee Break

10:30 New Testament Paper

Rikki Watts, Regent College

The Word Become Flesh: What would biblical Theology look like if truth were personal?

11:15 Formal Response: Robert Yarbrough, Trinity International University

11:30 Discussion from the floor

12:00 Adjournment

For additional information about this session, contact Daniel Block (President, IBR) at 630-752-5272 or Daniel.Block@wheaton.edu.

Institute for Biblical Research Annual Meeting (3)

Sunday Morning, November 20
7:30 am-8:30 am
Location: Philadelphia Marriott Downtown, ROOM: Salon G & H

The Institute for Biblical Research is sponsoring a worship service in the protestant evangelical tradition to be held from 7:30-8:30 am. Fellows, Associates, Friends of IBR, and all interested participants at the various annual meetings are invited. The service, led by Wayne Johnson, Dean of the Chapel, Trinity Evangelical Divinity School, will include prayer, congregational singing, selected readings, and a meditation by Don A. Carson, Trinity Evangelical Divinity School, Deerfield, IL. For additional information about this session, contact Daniel Block (President, IBR) at 630-752-5272 or Daniel.Block@wheaton.edu.