Biblical Studies research seminar
Biblical Studies Faculty host weekly research seminars each semester. Postgraduates, faculty, and visiting scholars meet to discuss research on a chosen theme. Papers last between 45 and 60 minutes and are followed by discussion. After seminar, participants and presenters often continue conversation in a local pub.
In Semester 1, the seminar covers Hebrew Bible, Ancient Judaism, New Testament, and Early Christianity. In Semester 2, Hebrew Bible and New Testament Faculty each host their own weekly seminars.
Semester 2 2025
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- 4 February
- Professor David Moffitt (St Andrews)
“Jesus's Sacrifice in Romans” - 11 February
- Jonathan Hunter (St Andrews)
“Colometry, Cognition, and Time: An Approach to Reading Ancient Greek Prose” - 18 February
- Professor Dr Tobias Nicklas (Regensburg)
- 25 February
- Tessa Hayashida (St Andrews)
“The Transfigured Community: An Intertextual Reading of Luke 9:28-36” - 4 March
- Spring Vacation
No seminar - 11 March
- Gwangsoo Lee (St Andrews)
“The Shepherd-Sheep Analogy of Plato and Philo” - 18 March
- Professor Joey Dodson (Denver Seminary)
“Unsolved Mysteries and Burdensome Superstitions: Seneca’s Epistle 95 and the Colossian Error” - 25 March
- Professor Louise Lawrence (Exeter)
“Age, Ageing, and Disability in Early Christianity” - 1 April
- Professor Matthew Novenson (Princeton Seminary)
“The Universal Polytheism and the Case of the Apostle Paul” - 8 April
- Independent Learning Week
No seminar - 15 April
- Joel Butcher (St Andrews)
“Matthew’s Evocation of Isaiah’s God-With Statements beyond the Immanuel Quotation: A Production-Oriented Intertextual Approach” - 22 April
- Dr Matt Sharp (St Andrews)
“Supercelestial Gods Among Pagans, Jews, and Christians” - 1 July
(Bespoke session) - Dr David Wilhite (Baylor University)
“Jesus is ‘Lord’ in the Earliest Christian Sources: Tracing YHWH Christology”
Contact Dr Madhavi Nevader ([email protected]) for the Teams link
- 6 February
- Professor James Davila (St Andrews)
“The Book of Giants” - 13 February
- Dr Michael Lyons (St Andrews)
“Scribal Assimilation as Inter-textual Allusion” - 20 February
- Professor Anselm Hagedorn (Osnabruck)
“Cant 3:1–5 and Hellenistic Gynaikonomoi: A Proposal” - 27 February
- Dr Madhavi Nevader (St Andrews)
“Seconding Moses? Reading Ezekiel in Conversation with and against Moses” - 6 March
- Spring Vacation
No seminar - 13 March
- Dr Tobias Siegenthaler (St Andrews)
“Scribes at Work at Me-turan (Tell-Haddad)” - 20 March
- Professor Ronnie Goldstein (HUJI)
“Magic and the Hebrew Bible: Some Old/New Cases” - 27 March
- Professor Bruce Wells (Austin)
“Are There Signs of Legal Education for Biblical Scribes?” (online) - 3 April
- Dr Suzanna Millar (Edinburgh)
“Animals, Power, and Intersectionality in the Books of Samuel” - 10 April
- Independent Learning Week
No seminar - 17 April
- Dr Leah Cleath (Princeton)
“Royal Scribal Performance: Imperial Treaty Contact Zone” (online) - 24 April
- Dr Madadh Richey (Brandeis)
“The Nimrud Ninurta Reliefs: Doubling, Mirroring, and Elite Assyrian Visual Culture” - 1 May
- Dr Doren Snoeck (St Andrews)
“Did an Ephraimite Woman Build Cities”
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