Variations on the Shema: How Multiple Yahwisms Played a Positive Role in Israelite Religion

Selected talks from the 2009 National Meeting of the Evangelical Theological Society, held in New Orleans. Personal and Social Ethics—the theme of this year’s conference addresses a climate of relativism and pluralism that characterizes the present generation. Plenary speakers are: E. DAVID COOK, Wheaton College on “Individual and Community: Lessons from Bioethics,” SAMUEL KUNHIYOP South African Theological Seminary on “Towards Communal Christian Ethics: An African Perspective,” JOHN F. KILNER, Trinity International University on “Biblically-Based Ethics: What’s Missing,” SCOTT B. RAE, Talbot School of Theology on “On the Intersection of Faith, Economics, and Social Ethics.”

Item	Speaker
Christ and the Shema in the Parable of the Sower, Mark 4:1-20	Don Westblade
Max Rogland - The Shema as Christian Prayer	Max Rogland
The Contribution of the Shema Deut 6:4 to No Other Name	Matthew C Simpson
The Shema and the Commandment: An Integrated Reading of Deuteronomy 6	Max Rogland
The Shema in the Synoptics: Great Variation	Jeff Cate