School of Divinity

Christian Origins

Lectures and book launch events hosted by the Centre for the Study of Christian Origins.

Semester 2: Spring 2023

Date Speaker(s) Topic

Tuesday 31 January

4.10pm, Elizabeth Templeton Lecture Theatre

Dr Matthew Sharp (University of St Andrews)

Dr J. Thomas Hewitt (University of Aberdeen)

Book Launch

Matthew T. Sharp, Divination and Philosophy in the Letters of Paul (EUP, 2022)

Monday 13 February Online, Zoom Edinburgh/Copenhagen Joint Seminar: Daniel Maier (Copenhagen) “Lost in Transmission? The Apocalypse of Peter in Its Different Traditions and Their Chances for a Better Understanding of Early Christian Paradise Conceptions” 

Tuesday 7 March

[RESCHEDULED from Tuesday 21 February]

4.10pm, Elizabeth Templeton Lecture Theatre

Dr Margaret Williams (University of Edinburgh)

Dr Kimberley Czajkowski (University of Edinburgh)

Professor Helen Bond (University of Edinburgh)

Book Launch

Margaret Williams, Early Classical Authors on Jesus (Bloomsbury, 2022)

Cancelled

Tuesday 21 March

4.10pm, Elizabeth Templeton Lecture Theatre

TBD

TBD

Monday 5 June

9am-6pm, All New College rooms

 

Scottish Universities Postgraduate Day Conference in Biblical Studies

Semester 1: Autumn 2022

Date Speaker(s) Topic

Monday 17 October

5.10pm, Elizabeth Templeton Lecture Theatre

Yii-Jan Lin (Yale University)

Kennedy-Wright Opening Lecture

“Music and the New Testament Text: The Possibilities of Creative Philology”

Tuesday 8 November

4.30pm, Online (Zoom)

Philippa Townsend (University of Edinburgh)

Copenhagen/Edinburgh Seminar

"Ethnicity and Sacrifice: Ancient and Modern Intersections"

Monday 14 November

5.10pm, Elizabeth Templeton Lecture Theatre

Ken Dark (Kings College London)

Lecture

“The Archaeology of First-Century Nazareth”

Tuesday 6 December

5.10pm, Elizabeth Templeton Lecture Theatre

James McGrath (Butler University)

Lecture

“What does John the Baptist have to do with Christmas?"

Contact Dr Matthew Novenson, Director, Centre for the Study of Christian Origins: Email matthew.novenson@ed.ac.uk

Centre for the Study of Christian Origins