Biblical Studies Research Seminar: Candlemas 2018
Temple and Cosmos – Joint Biblical Studies Seminar, Spring 2018: Thursdays at 2:30 pm, College Hall.
February
1 – Prof NT Wright (St. Andrews), Introduction to Theme and Its Challenges and Possibilities
8 – Dr Crispin Fletcher-Louis, ‘Solomon’s Cube (1 Kgs 6.20): its Meaning for Biblical Theology and History’
15 – Prof Grant Macaskill (Aberdeen), ‘Temple, Presence and Spirit in Paul: Covenant Ethics and their Experimental Backdrop’
22 – Dr Philip Jenson (Cambridge), ‘Genesis 1–3 and the Tabernacle’
March
1 – Cancelled – Inclement Weather
8 – Prof John Walton, ‘”Origins” vs “Identity” in Genesis 1-2’
15 – Dr Amy Peeler, ‘“Entrance Into the Holy Place”: Human Introduction Into God’s Presence In Hebrews’
22 – No Seminar – Spring Break
29 – No Seminar – Spring Break
April
5 – Prof John Barton, Oxford
12 – Prof Robert Hayward (Durham), ‘Praise and prayer on earth and in heaven’
17 – (n.b. Tuesday) Prof Philip Alexander (Manchester), ‘Philo and Josephus and the Cosmic Temple’
24 – (n.b. Tuesday) David Westfall, ‘Thine be the Glory: Christ the Mercy Seat in Romans 3:25’
30 – (n.b. Monday, rescheduled from 1 March) Dr Dru Johnson, ‘Temple Ritual as Israel’s Cosmological Classroom’
May
3 – Drs Brian Walsh and Sylvia Keesmaat (Toronto), ‘The Desecration of the Temple: Creation’s Lament’