Biblical Studies Research Seminar: Martinmas 2019

All seminars will take place on Thursdays from 2:15-4:00 pm in College Hall, St Mary’s College.

September

19 – Dr David Moffitt (St Andrews), ‘Covenant Dynamics in the Epistle to the Hebrews’

26 – Prof Michael Segal (Hebrew University), ‘Innerbiblical Exegesis and the Development of the Book of Daniel’
Please note this seminar will begin at 2 pm.

October

3 – Dr Marilyn Burton (St Andrews), ‘Conventional Structuring in the Book of Ruth: An Alternative Look at Type-Scenes’

10 – Prof Douglas Campbell (Duke Divinity School), ‘Paul’s Future Eschatology: A Dogmatic Appraisal’

17 – Prof Stuart Weeks (Durham), Title TBC

24 – Dr Nathan Eubank (University of Notre Dame), ‘“Merit” as Criterion for Identifying Deuteropaulinism since Schleiermacher’

31 – Dr Lindsey Askin (Bristol), ‘Medicine in the Hebrew Bible and Second Temple Sources’

November

7 – Prof Hindy Najman (Oxford), ‘Pseudepigraphy as an Interpretative Construct: Rethinking the concept of Authenticity in Hellenistic Judaism’

14 – Prof Helen Bond (Edinburgh), ‘A Fitting End? Self-Denial and a Slave’s Death in Mark’s Life of Jesus’

21 – No Seminar – SBL

28 – No Seminar – SBL

December

5 – Prof Louise Lawrence (Exeter), ‘Reason, Right Minds and Sane Privilege in New Testament Studies’