Biblical Studies
Thursdays, 16.10 - 17.10pm on Zoom, unless otherwise specified
Details of how to join online will be emailed round before the relevant seminar. For more information, contact Dr Suzanna Millar. Email Suzanna.Millar@ed.ac.uk
Seminar Recordings can be foud on Media Hopper Create
Semester 2: Spring 2021
| Date | Speaker(s) | Topic |
| 14 January |
Prof Laura Quick (University of Oxford) |
Bitenosh’s Orgasm, Galen’s Two Seeds, and Conception Theory in the Hebrew Bible |
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28 January |
Josiah Peeler (PhD candidate, University of Edinburgh)
Alex Muir (PhD candidate, University of Edinburgh) |
Properly Visualising Ṣiba: The Function of the Spelling צובא in 2 Sam 10
Our politeuma is in heaven’ (Philippians 3:20): Paul’s Consolation Without Borders |
| 11 February |
Dr Ola Wikander (University of Lund) |
Divine Sunburns: A Biblical Motif in Central Semitic and Afro-Asiatic Perspective |
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4 March |
Prof Timothy Lim (University of Edinburgh) Dr Philippa Townsend (University of Edinburgh) Axolile Qina (University of Edinburgh) |
A conversation about decolonising biblical studies |
| 18 March |
Dr Katherine Hockey (University of Aberdeen) |
Turning the other cheek: Personal well-being and virtue in Luke’s emotional directives |
| 1 April | Rev Dr Michael Hull (Scottish Episcopal Institute) | The Outpouring of the Holy Spirit in Titus 3.6 and the Filioque Controversy |
Semester 1: Autumn 2020
| Date | Speaker(s) | Topic |
| 24 September |
Dr Ekaterina Kozlova (London School of Theology) |
Jonah's Psalm and the Intersection of Nature, Ritual, and Theology in the Book of Jonah |
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8 October |
Dr Andrew Boakye (University of Manchester) |
A Justification of Life: Abraham, the Resurrection and a New(ish) Perspective on Romans 5–8 |
| 29 October |
Professor David Downs (University of Oxford) |
The Faithfulness of the Risen Christ in the Pauline Epistles |
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12 November |
Gordon Kennedy (PhD candidate, University of Edinburgh) |
Eccl 6:3-6: What value is there in abundance |
| 3rd December |
Professor Candida Moss (University of Birmingham) |
Large Letters: Invisible Labour, Disability, and Paul’s Use of Scribes |