Genesis & Christian Theology - Conference Schedule

Tuesday 14 July

Arrival: Throughout the afternoon
2.00-6.00: Registration - The Gateway
From 6.00: Dinner - New Hall
8.00: Musical performance: T.B.A. - Holy Trinity Church

Wednesday 15 July

From 8.00: Breakfast - New Hall
9.00-12.30: Election in Genesis - The Gateway

9.00-10.30: 'Did God Choose the Patriarchs? Reading for Election in the Book of Genesis', Dr. Nathan MacDonald
10.30-11.00: Coffee & Tea
11.00-12.30: 'Rebecca's Twins: Augustine on Election in Genesis', Prof. Ellen Charry

1.00: Lunch - New Hall
2.15-5.45: Afternoon Session - The Gateway

2.15-3.45: Short Papers
3.45-4.15: Coffee & Tea
4.15-5.45: Human Society in Genesis: 'Origins and Identity: Genesis as Israel's Foundation Story', Prof. Walter Moberly and Dr. Mark Elliott - papers circulated in advance.

6.15: Dinner - New Hall
8.00: First Keynote Lecture: 'Genesis since Charles Darwin', Prof. David Fergusson - Parliament Hall

Thursday 16 July

From 8.00: Breakfast - New Hall
9.00-12.30: The Presence of God in Genesis - The Gateway

9.00-10.00: 'A Divine Polarity', Prof. Bill Brown
10.00-10.30:Coffee & Tea
10.30-11.30: 'Perspectives from Systematics', Prof. Rusty Reno,
11.30-12.30: Dialogue Session - Responses & Discussion

1.00: Lunch - New Hall
2.15-5.45: Afternoon Session - The Gateway

2.15-3.45: Short Papers
3.45-4.15: Coffee & Tea
4.15-5.45: 'Humanity and Environment in Genesis', Prof. Richard Bauckham and 'The Mandate of Earth: Human Responsibility for Life in Genesis', Prof. Michael Northcott - papers circulated in advance.

6.15: Dinner - New Hall
8.00: Second Keynote Lecture: 'The Binding of Isaac in Canonical Perspective', Prof. Gary Anderson - The Gateway

Friday 17 July

From 8.00: Breakfast - New Hall
9.00-10.30: Genesis 1-3 in the History of Interpretation - The Gateway

'Augustine's Interpretation of Gensis 3.18', Prof. Karla Pollmann
'Milton's Fall', Prof. Trevor Hart
'Genesis 1-3: A Case of Inner-Textual History of Interpretation', Prof. Christoph Levin

10.30-11.00: Coffee & Tea
11.30-1.00: Genesis in Canonical Perspective - The Gateway

'Rivers of Living Water (Genesis and Job)', Prof. Manfred Oeming
'"Before Abraham was, I am': The Book of Genesis and the Genesis of Christology', Prof. Knut Backhaus
'Food, Famine and the Nations', Dr. Stephen Chapman

1.00: Lunch - New Hall
4.00: Coffee & Tea - The Gateway
4.30-5.30: Worship Service - St Salvator's
6.15: Dinner - New Hall
8.00: Third Keynote Lecture: 'Christ as the Image of God in Genesis 1', Prof. Kathryn Tanner - The Gateway

Saturday 18 July

From 8.00: Breakfast - New Hall
By 10.00: Depart from New Hall