Biblical Studies 2017
Fridays, 11:15am - 12:30pm, Martin Hall
Unless otherwise noted, all seminars are held on Fridays 11:15am-12:45pm in the Martin Hall, New College, University of Edinburgh.
Semester 2
| 19 Jan |
Prof John Sawyer, University of Edinburgh, “Isaiah and His Readers: Some Reflections on the Value of Reception History” |
| 26 Jan |
Prof Grant Macaskill, University of Aberdeen, “Autism and the New Testament: Taking the Conversation Forward” |
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2 Feb |
Francesco Arena, University of Edinburgh, “ ‘They shall not be in the council of my people’: The prophets of Israel and their excision from the community in Ezek 13:1-16” and Hannah Clardy, University of Edinburgh, “ ‘My Corpse Will Rise’: Cohesion, Coherence, and the Poetry of Resurrection in Isaiah 26” |
| 9 Feb |
Dr Amy Peeler, Wheaton College, “Paternal/Filial Relationship in the Gospel of John” |
| 16 Feb |
Prof Philip Alexander, University of Manchester, “The Heavenly Tabernacle in the Epistle to the Hebrews” |
| 23 Feb |
Dr Christina Harker, University of Bern, “The Transfiguration among the Epiphanies and Metamorphoses” |
| 2 March |
Mark Lamas, University of Edinburgh, “Summer of 69: Reviving Libertas and the Odium of Kingship in Mark 6:14-29” and Sydney Tooth, University of Edinburgh, “Comparing Apples and Oranges? The Eschatologies of 1 and 2 Thessalonians” |
| 9 March |
Dr Marilyn Burton, University of Edinburgh, “Conventional Structuring in the Book of Ruth: An Alternative Look at Type-Scenes” |
| 16 March |
Dr Jennifer Strawbridge, University of Oxford, “Seeing Is Believing: Blindness and Perception in the Gospel of John” |
| 23 March | Prof Paul Foster, University of Edinburgh, “Why I Still Believe in Q” |
| 30 March |
Patrick McMurray, University of Edinburgh, “Bodies as a Living Sacrifice and the End of Time” and Dr Alison Jack, University of Edinburgh, “Reconfiguring the Prodigal Son in Literature in English” |
| 6 April | Dr David Reimer, University of Edinburgh, “The Wisdom of Forgiveness” |
Semester 1
| 22 Sept 2017 |
Dr. Jane Heath, Durham University, “Picturing the Scriptures with Irenaeus, or, Meeting God in the Library”
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| 29 Sept |
Prof. Markus Bockmuehl, University of Oxford, “The Fourth Gospel on Knowing God”
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| 6 Oct |
Chris Lee, University of Edinburgh, “‘You Shall Surely Die’: The Meaning of Genesis 2:17” and Dr. David Reimer, University of Edinburgh, “Once Again, Jeremiah 43:6bα”
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| 13 Oct |
Prof. Cindy Chapman, Oberlin College, “The Hebrew Mother of Seven: An Ingathering of Antecedents”
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| 20 Oct |
Teresa McCaskill, University of Edinburgh, “A Disservice to Diakonia? Pressing Beyond ‘Service’ and Ministry’ to Appraise the Charisma of Rom 12:7 in a Gentile Cultic Context” and Jacob Peterson, University of Edinburgh, “GA 1739: A Monk, His Manuscript, and the Text of Paul”
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| 27 Oct |
Prof. Yvonne Sherwood, University of Kent, “Grammars of Sacrifice: Futures, Subjunctives, and what would/could have happened on Mount Moriah”
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| 3 Nov |
Brian Bunnell, University of Edinburgh, “The Kingdom of God before Christianity” and Simeon Burke, University of Edinburgh, “The Sayings of Jesus as Maxims: The Patristic Use of the ‘Render to Caesar’ Command as a Case Study”
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| 10 Nov |
Prof. Susan Ackerman, Dartmouth College, “Drumming Away Demons”
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| 17 Nov |
No seminar this week
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| 24 Nov |
Prof. Graeme Auld, University of Edinburgh, “Following Words: Pairing Kings”
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| 1 Dec |
Prof. Anne Katrine de Hemmer Gudme, University of Copenhagen, “In the Presence of the Dead: Traces of Mortuary Ritual Practices in Roman Palestine” N.B. On 1 Dec the seminar will meet in the Elizabeth Templeton Lecture Room.
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