Biblical Studies
Thursdays, 4.10 - 5.40pm in the Elizabeth Templeton Lecture Theatre and online, unless otherwise specified
For more information and the zoom link, please contact Dr Suzanna Millar. Email Suzanna.Millar@ed.ac.uk
Seminar Recordings can be found on Media Hopper Create
Semester 2: Spring 2023
| Date | Speaker(s) | Topic |
| 19 January |
Dr Jan Dochhorn (University of Durham) |
The Israelite Continuum: Tanakh, Septuagint, Parabiblica, Early Christian Literature, and the Rabbis |
| 2 February |
Dr Sarah Parkhouse (University of Manchester) |
Fatal Charades and the Christian Imagination |
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Cancelled |
Dr Rebekah Welton (University of Exeter) |
‘Others’ and Monsters: Biblical Reception in The Shape of Water and Venom |
| 9 March |
Dr Peter Atkins (University of Edinburgh) |
The Feathered Man: The Reception of Daniel 4 in Thomas Poyntz’s Tapestry of Nebuchadnezzar’s Transformation into a Beast |
| 23 March |
John Nelson (PhD candidate, University of Edinburgh)
Edward Wong (PhD candidate, University of Edinburgh) |
Don't Behold the Man: The Puzzle of Jesus' Missing Appearance
Evaluating Editorial Stress and Traumatisation in the Fourth Gospel: A Quantitative Psycholinguistic Approach |
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6 April |
Prof Timothy Lim (University of Edinburgh) |
The Canonization of the Song of Songs |
Semester 1: Autumn 2022
| Date | Speaker(s) | Topic |
| Thursday 22 September |
Professors Rachel Muers, Jolyon Mitchell & Emma Wild-Wood, and Drs Anja Klein & Salam Rassi, chaired by Dr Holtschneider |
Inter-disciplinary panel event reflecting on Professor Rachel Muers’ article '"Justly Shall You Pursue Justice": Theological Approaches to Evaluative Injustice' |
| 29 September |
Professor Charlotte Hempel (University of Birmingham) |
Yahwistic Diversity in the Land of Israel: The Contribution of the Dead Sea Scrolls |
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13 October |
Connor Boyd (PhD candidate, University of Edinburgh)
Edmund Leung (PhD candidate, University of Edinburgh) |
The Septuagint Problem of Jeremiah and Its Bearing on the New Covenant Passage (Jeremiah 31:31–34)
A Narrative-Critical Analysis of Ezek 34:5 in Mark 6:34 in the Lens of Metalepsis |
| 27 October |
Dr Nathan MacDonald (University of Cambridge) |
Correlating Literary and Textual Criticism in the Tabernacle Accounts of Exodus |
| 10 November |
Dr David Johnston (University of St Andrews) |
Paul, His Opponents, and Contingency |
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24 November |
Manse Rim (PhD candidate, University of Edinburgh)
Dr Nathanael Vette (University of Edinburgh) |
When Messiah Meets Righteousness: 1 Corinthians 1:30 as a Test Case
The Son of Man and the Sea: Jesus and the Sea of Galilee in the Gospel of Mark |
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1 December *3.30pm in Rainy Hall |
Dr Kelsie Rodenbiker (University of Glasgow) |
New Testament Pseudepigraphy and Ancient Authenticity Criticism |