Fridays, 11:15am - 12:30pm, Martin Hall Biblical Studies Research Seminar School of Divinity University of Edinburgh 2015-2016 Semester 1 Unless otherwise noted, all seminars are held on Fridays 11:15am-12:30pm in the Martin Hall, New College, University of Edinburgh. Date Seminar 25 Sept 2015 “Jesus and Authority in the Antitheses”, Mr. Steven Stiles, University of Edinburgh 2 Oct 2015 “YHWH’s Cosmology (Job 38:2-21)”, Prof. C. L. Seow, Vanderbilt University 9 Oct 2015 “Second Peter in New Perspective”, Prof. Jörg Frey, University of Zürich 16 Oct 2015 “‘Let the One with Understanding Calculate the Number of the Beast’: A Text-Critical Study of Early Christian Number Theology”, Mr. Zachary Cole, University of Edinburgh 23 Oct 2015 “The Priority of Luke-Acts in the Gospel of Judas”, Dr. Lance Jenott, University of Oslo 30 Oct 2015 “Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy: Prophetic Persona in Ezek 40-48”, Dr. Madhavi Nevader, University of St. Andrews 6 Nov 2015 “Israel and the Nations in the Book of Revelation”, Dr. Philippa Townsend, University of Edinburgh 13 Nov 2015 “The Gibeonite Deception: Reflections on the Interplay between Law and Narrative in Joshua 9”, Dr. Christoph Berner, University of Göttingen 20 Nov 2015 [No seminar this week] 27 Nov 2015 “Describing Pauline Messianism: A Comparison of Daniel 7 with 1 Corinthians 15 in Light of 4Q246”, Mr. Jay Thomas Hewitt, University of Edinburgh 4 Dec 2015 “Praying Biblical History: The Phenomenon of History in the Psalms”, Dr. Anja Klein, University of Edinburgh Semester 2 Unless otherwise noted, all seminars are held on Fridays 11:15am-12:30pm in the Martin Hall, New College, University of Edinburgh. Date Seminar 15 Jan 2016 “‘When the Messiah comes, no one will know where he is from’ (John 7:27): The Portrayal of Jesus as the Hidden Messiah in the Fourth Gospel”, Dr. Susan Miller, University of Glasgow 22 Jan 2016 “When Is a God Not a God? The Semantics of Biblical Monotheism”, Dr Chris Thomson, University of Edinburgh 29 Jan 2016 “Letters and the Formation of Community”, Prof. Judith Lieu, University of Cambridge 5 Feb 2016 “Inner-Biblical Quotations: Form, Function, and the Conventions of Text Production in Jewish Antiquity”, Dr. William Tooman, University of St. Andrews 12 Feb 2016 “How Did the New Testament Authors Read Proverbs?”, Prof. Susan Docherty, Newman University Birmingham 19 Feb 2016 (No seminar this week) 26 Feb 2016 “Evidence for a Compositional Strategy of the Second Temple Period: The Use of Long Poetic Units in Narrative Contexts”, Dr. Mika Pajunen, University of Helsinki 4 Mar 2016 “The Proskynesis of Jesus in the Book of Revelation”, Mr. Ray Lozano, University of Edinburgh 10 Mar 2016 Title TBA, Prof. Hindy Najman, University of Oxford N.B. This seminar session will be Thurs at 4:30pm in the Martin Hall 18 Mar 2016 “Dietary Laws or Decalogue in a Nutshell? Ancient Interpretations of Acts 15:20, 29”, Mr. Wojciech Rybka, University of Edinburgh 25 Mar 2016 “Anger, Holiness, and the Exclusion of Moses”, Mr. Kin Foon Man, University of Edinburgh 1 April 2016 “Debt Bondage as Punishment for Sin”, Dr. Nathan Eubank, University of Oxford This article was published on 2024-03-19
