Biblical Studies (New Testament) Research Seminar
Semester 2, 2012-2013
The Seminar will meet on Tuesdays from 2.30 to 4 pm in College Hall when we shall be reading and discussing extracts from N.T. Wright's forthcoming book, Paul and the Faithfulness of God.
| 29th January 2013 | N.T. Wright introduces Paul and the Faithfulness of God. |
| 5th February 2013 | Chapter 9, section 3, on Monotheism and Christology (part ii) |
| 12th February 2013 | Chapter 9, section 3, Monotheism and Christology part (iii) |
| 19th February 2013 | Chapter 9, section 7, ‘The dark side of monotheism’ |
| 26th February 2013 | Chapter 10, section 3 (Messiah as focus of election), parts (i) – (iii) |
| 5th March 2013 | Chapter 10, section 3 (Messiah as focus of election), parts (iv) – (vi) |
| 12th March 2013 | Chapter 10, section 4 (Justification) |
| 2nd April 2013 | Chapter 10, section 4 (Justification) |
| 9th April 2013 | Chapter 10, section 5 (question of Israel) |
| 16th April 2013 | Chapter 10, section 5 (question of Israel) |
| 23rd April 2013 | t.b.a. |
| 30th April 2013 | Chapter 11 (eschatology revised) |
Biblical Studies Research Seminar
Semester 1, 2012-2013
In Semester 1 the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament and New Testament subject areas hold a joint Biblical Studies research seminar. In Semester 2 there will be separate seminars for the respective disciplines.
Meetings will be held at 2:30pm on Thursdays in College Hall, unless indicated below.
| 20th September 2012 | Dr. Carly Crouch – Lecturer in Hebrew Bible/Old Testament, University of Nottingham. The Creation of ¿¿¿, the Creation of the King, and the Chaoskampf of Yhwh. |
| 27th September 2012; | Prof. Sidnie White Crawford – Willa Cather Professor and Chair of Classics & Religious Studies, University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Eleven Caves, Many Hands: The Qumran Scrolls as a Scribal Collection. |
| 4th October 2012 | Dr. Grant Macaskill – Senior Lecturer in New Testament, University of St Andrews. Apocalyptic Union in the New Testament. |
| 11th October 2012 | Prof. Jan Joosten -- Professeur d'Ancien Testament, Faculté de Théologie Protestante, Université de Strasbourg B.P. Literary Criticism, Textual Criticism and the History of Hebrew in the Biblical Period. |
| 18th October 2012 | Dr. David Lincicum – Departmental Lecturer in New Testament Studies, Mansfield College, University of Oxford. Mirror-Reading a Pseudepigraphal Letter. |
| 25th October 2012 | Dr. James Aitken – Lecturer in Hebrew Old Testament and Second Temple Studies, Faculty of Divinity, University of Cambridge. Scribal Culture and the Making of the Septuagint. |
| 1st November 2012 | Dr. Matthew Novenson – Lecturer in New Testament and Christian Origins, New College, University of Edinburgh. Against the Jewish Messiah – Christian Messiah Distinction. |
| 8th November 2012 | Prof. Paul Joyce – Samuel Davidson Chair in Old Testament/ Hebrew Bible, King’s College London. The Book of Lamentations in Jewish and Christian Reception. |
| 15th November 2012 | Dr. William A. Tooman – Lecturer in Hebrew Bible/Old Testament, University of St Andrews. The Hermeneutics of Scribal Rewriting in Targum Jonathan Ezekiel 1. |
| 22nd November 2012 | AAR/SBL = no meeting |
| 29th November 2012 | Dr. Matthew Collins – Senior Lecturer in Biblical Studies, Dep. of Theology and Religious Studies, University of Chester. A Tale of Two Teachers: Questioning the Priestly Nature of the Teacher of Righteousness. |
Note: Prof. Steven Mason (Kirby Laing Chair of New Testament Exegesis School of Divinity, History, and Philosophy; University of Aberdeen) will be speaking on the Judeo-Roman war in the department of Classics on Friday, October 19 (time t.b.a.; check Classics website).