Fridays, 11:10am, in the Martin Hall unless otherwise stated All welcome. For enquiries, please contact Dr Suzanna Millar: Suzanna.Millar@ed.ac.uk Semester 2: Spring 2026 DateSpeaker(s)Topic23 JanuarySam Newington (University of Aberdeen)“Beautification and Defilement in Biblical and Ancient Greek Creation Narratives”6 FebruaryOn ZoomLindsey Davidson (University of Bristol)“Writing on the wall: Aramaic papyri and Judean economic history.”13 February CSCO Event with Prof Catrin Williams, University of Wales/Honorary Fellow, University of Edinburgh. Editor SNTS, former editor NTS. “New Perspectives on John’s Gospel” “How to publish in NTS/SNTS”27 FebruaryDavid Janzen (Durham University)“The Hermeneutical Misunderstanding of Meaning in White Biblical Studies, and an Ethical Solution”13 MarchDavid Horrell (University of Exeter)Title TBC27 MarchElizabeth Hare (Cranmer Hall)"The Ethics of Intertextuality" Previous Seminars Semester 1: Autumn 2025DateSpeaker(s)Topic18 SeptemberIn-Person and Online Divinity Cross-School Seminar: Religion and PlaceRegister25 September Divinity All School Seminar: Book Launch of Bruce Gordon’s “The Bible: A Global History”3 OctoberSuzanna Millar (University of Edinburgh)“Recent Research on Biblical Beasts: Reflections on the Oxford Handbook of the Bible and Animals”10 OctoberSandra Jacobs (Leo Baeck College & King’s College London)“Women’s Financial Agency in the Persian Period: A Glimpse Outside the Hebrew Bible” [on Zoom]24 OctoberDoren Snoek (University of St Andrews)“Odysseus’ Scar, Aqhatu’s Bow, and Taxonomy in the Hebrew Bible”7 November Lloyd Llewellyn-Jones, University of Cardiff “The Cleopatras: The Forgotten Queens of EgyptJoint event with New College Festival of Books and BeliefRegister28 NovemberSam Newington (University of Aberdeen)“Cosmic Beautification and Defilement in Greek and Biblical Creation Narratives” This article was published on 2024-03-19
