Fridays, 11:10am, in the Martin Hall unless otherwise stated All welcome. For enquiries, please contact Dr Matthew Novenson: matthew.novenson@ed.ac.uk. Centre for the Study of Christian Origins Semester 2: Spring 2024 Date Speaker(s) Topic 26 January Alan Garrow (St Peter’s Church Harrogate and Sheffield Centre for Interdisciplinary Biblical Studies) “The Didache Discoveries: Two Missing Texts in One” 16 February George van Kooten (University of Cambridge) “The Localisation of the Anonymous Author of the Gospel of John in Herodian and Early-Roman Jerusalem” Monday 19 February 3pm on Zoom TBD Copenhagen/Edinburgh Joint Seminar 8 March Esau McCaulley (Wheaton College) “Reading the Bible with the Abolitionists” 22 March Logan Williams (University of Aberdeen) “Oozing Evil Thoughts: A NominalistAllegorical Interpretation of Discharge Impurity in Mark” Semester 1: Autumn 2023 Date Speaker(s) Topic Monday 4 September 4pm, Senate Room Janette Ok (Fuller Theological Seminary) “Home Economics and Communal Flourishing in the Johannine Literature” 6 October Kate Cooper (Royal Holloway, London) Kennedy-Wright Opening Lecture “Family and Memory in Augustine’s Confessions” 20 October Ryan Collman (University of Sheffield) Philippa Townsend (University of Edinburgh) Book Launch Ryan Collman, 'The Apostle to the Foreskin' (De Gruyter, 2023) Wednesday 1 November 12pm, Martin Hall Joshua Jipp (Trinity Evangelical Divinity School) “Paul and the Impossibility of Human Flourishing” 3 November John Barclay (Durham University) “The Construction of Community and the Circulation of Grace: Thinking with Paul” (Joint event with New College Book Festival) 17 November Decolonising Biblical Studies Reading Group 1 December CSCO Big Christmas Panel Event This article was published on 2024-03-19
