Fridays, 11:10am, in the Martin Hall unless otherwise stated All welcome. For enquiries, please contact Dr Peter Atkins: peter.atkins@ed.ac.ukSemester 2: Spring 2025DateSpeaker(s)Topic31 JanuaryCasey Strine (University of Sheffield)“Dim? Narrow? Non-existent? Ezekiel’s View on the Restoration of Israel”Tuesday 11 February4:10pmJakub Zbrzezny (University of Aberdeen) and Ahmad Hroub (Independent Scholar)“(A) Reading (of) the Bible among Muslims of the rural West Bank: Initial Outcomes and Prospective Directions” (Joint session with Islam and Christian-Muslim Relations using ICMR Zoom information)28 February(Held on Zoom only)Emily Gathergood (University of Nottingham)“Not Killing Eve: Divine Midwifery in the Eschatological Age”14 MarchWilliam Tooman (University of St Andrews)“Crafting Complexity: Character Comparison/Contrast in Ancient Greek and Hebrew Literature”21 MarchAlison Jack (University of Edinburgh)“The Bible in the Poetry of Seamus Heaney”28 March Matthew Novenson, Princeton Theological Seminary “The Universal Polytheism and the Case of the Apostle Paul” Followed by Drinks ReceptionSemester 1: Autumn 2024DateSpeaker(s)Topic27 SeptemberStuart Weeks (Durham Univeristy)“Why Do We Read Qohelet the Ways We Do?”11 OctoberHelen Bond (The University of Edinburgh)“Life Writing and the Fall of Jerusalem: Mark’s Gospel in its Historical and Literary Context”Wednesday 16 October Book Launch of: 'David Grumett, The Bible and Farm Animal Welfare' & Arthur Walker-Jones and Suzanna Millar, 'Ask the Animals: Developing a Biblical Animal Hermeneutic' (Joint session with Theology & Ethics and CTPI)25 OctoberHolly Morse (University of Manchester)“Seeing Hidden Crimes: Visual Art as Witness to Violence against Biblical Women”1 NovemberNathanael Vette (University of Edinburgh)“Noon of the Living Dead: Romans Omens and Matthew’s Zombie Apocalypse (Matt 27:51-53)”22 November Decolonising Biblical Studies Postgraduate Reading Group This article was published on 2024-03-19
