The February 2007 SBL Forum is online and includes a number of interesting articles and news items. Any academics considering moving for work will want to read blogger Michael Bird‘s piece on the “biblical studies disaspora.” Those interested in my current series on ANE creation stories will want to read Mobley’s discussion of Chaos monsters where he begins by discussing Enuma elish, as well as the news update on ETANA.

Here is the full table of contents of the February 2007 (vol. 5, no. 2) edition:

In the Public Sphere

• The SGD Digital Collection: Previously Unknown and Uncatalogued Ethiopian Manuscripts in North America by Steve Delamarter

In the Profession

• Teaching the Bible in Babylon: Reflections on Joining the Biblical Studies Diaspora by Michael F. Bird

In Popular Culture

• The Return of the Chaos Monsters: A Biblical Myth by Gregory Mobley
• Climbing the Dragon’s Ladder: Perpetua, Felicitas, Graphic Novels, and the Possibility of Writing Modern Hagiography by Andrea Lorenzo Molinari
• The Grain of Sands: The Personal Exegesis of A. David Lewis by A. David Lewis

News

• Update on the ETANA (Electronic Texts and Ancient Near Eastern Archives) Digital Library Project

Letters to the Editor

• Study Bibles