Carol Meyers, Mary Grace Wilson Professor of Religion at Duke University and current president of the Society of Biblical Literature, delivered the presidential address in a plenary session of the annual meeting entitled "Was Ancient Israel a Patriarchal Society?"
For more on the address, as well as the annual conference, please visit the SBL website at: http://www.sbl-site.org/meetings/Congresses_ProgramUnits.aspx?MeetingId=23