Biblical Studies Research Seminar: Autumn 2021

September

23 – Dr Andrew Mein (St Andrews), “Biblical Scholarship and Political Propaganda in First World War Britain”

30 – Dr David Moffitt (St Andrews), “Elements of Sacrifice”

October

7 – Prof Jodi Magness (UNC), “ T o Sit or to Squat: The Qumran T oilet Revisited”

14 – Fr Isaac Augustine Morales (Providence College), “Becoming a Temple for the Lord: Baptism in the Name”

21 – Prof Hugh Pyper (Sheffield), “Lamentations for the Makars: Translating the Hebrew Bible into Scots”

28 – Dr Matt Sharp (St Andrews), “Plato, Plutarch, Posidonius, and Paul on the Materiality of Divine Communication”

November

4 – Prof Pamela Barmash (St Louis), “Jerusalem as a Focal Point of Religious Devotion”

11 – Dr Kelsie Rodenbiker (Glasgow), “Cain, Balaam, and Korah and the Porous New Testament Canon”

18 – No Seminar – SBL

25 – No Seminar – SBL

December

1 – Prof Judith Newman (Toronto), “Memory and Place in Early Judaism” (Please note that this seminar is on a Wednesday.)