New Testament research seminar – Candlemas 2024

Schedule for NT Research Seminar, Candlemas 2024

In-Person in St Mary’s College Hall (except for 13 February)

Tuesdays 2:30-4:00

23 January: Dr T.J. Lang (University of St Andrews), “Bright-eyed Athena and Burning Hearts: Encountering Divine Beings in the Cosmos”

30 January: Dr Tyler Hoagland (University of St Andrews), “Restoring the Kingdom to the Holy Ones: The Use of Daniel in Acts 1.”

6 February: Dr Andrew J. Byers (University of Cambridge), “Narrative Ecclesiology: How the Canonical Gospels Reflect and Shape Early Christian Social Identity”

13 February: Alicia Hein (University of St Andrews – Session will be held via Teams), “Elijah Is the People: A Central Key to the Book of Revelation.”

20 February: Dr David M. Moffitt (University of St Andrews), “Exploring Hebrews’ Kaleidoscopic Engagement with the Old Testament”

27 February: February Break, No Seminar

5 March: Dr J. Thomas Hewitt (University of Aberdeen), “Christ Above and Colossians”

12 March: Eric Foster-Whiddon (University of St Andrews), “What has Callirhoe to do with Jesus? Reading the Fourth Gospel with Ancient Novels”

19 March: Dr Jane M. F. Heath (Durham University), “Clement of Alexandria and the Judgement of Taste”

26 March: Prof. Dr Stefan Alkier (Goethe Universität, Frankfurt am Main), “Intertextuality as Intermediality”

2 April: Melissa Barciela Mandala (University of St Andrews), “Christ’s Suffering Body and Ancient Philosophical Exemplarity in Philippians 2:5–13”

Bespoke Sessions:

14 May: Prof. Paul Anderson (George Fox University), TBD

27 May: Prof. Maren Niehoff (The Hebrew University of Jerusalem), TB