Fridays, 11:15am - 12:30pm, Martin Hall Biblical Studies Research Seminar School of DivinityUniversity of Edinburgh2015-2016Semester 1Unless otherwise noted, all seminars are held on Fridays 11:15am-12:30pm in the Martin Hall, New College, University of Edinburgh.DateSeminar25 Sept 2015“Jesus and Authority in the Antitheses”, Mr. Steven Stiles, University of Edinburgh2 Oct 2015“YHWH’s Cosmology (Job 38:2-21)”, Prof. C. L. Seow, Vanderbilt University9 Oct 2015“Second Peter in New Perspective”, Prof. Jörg Frey, University of Zürich16 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 Edinburgh23 Oct 2015“The Priority of Luke-Acts in the Gospel of Judas”, Dr. Lance Jenott, University of Oslo30 Oct 2015“Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy: Prophetic Persona in Ezek 40-48”, Dr. Madhavi Nevader, University of St. Andrews6 Nov 2015 “Israel and the Nations in the Book of Revelation”, Dr. Philippa Townsend, University of Edinburgh13 Nov 2015“The Gibeonite Deception: Reflections on the Interplay between Law and Narrative in Joshua 9”, Dr. Christoph Berner, University of Göttingen20 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 Edinburgh4 Dec 2015 “Praying Biblical History: The Phenomenon of History in the Psalms”, Dr. Anja Klein, University of EdinburghSemester 2Unless otherwise noted, all seminars are held on Fridays 11:15am-12:30pm in the Martin Hall, New College, University of Edinburgh.DateSeminar15 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 Glasgow22 Jan 2016“When Is a God Not a God? The Semantics of Biblical Monotheism”, Dr Chris Thomson, University of Edinburgh29 Jan 2016“Letters and the Formation of Community”, Prof. Judith Lieu, University of Cambridge5 Feb 2016“Inner-Biblical Quotations: Form, Function, and the Conventions of Text Production in Jewish Antiquity”, Dr. William Tooman, University of St. Andrews12 Feb 2016“How Did the New Testament Authors Read Proverbs?”, Prof. Susan Docherty, Newman University Birmingham19 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 Helsinki4 Mar 2016“The Proskynesis of Jesus in the Book of Revelation”, Mr. Ray Lozano, University of Edinburgh10 Mar 2016 Title TBA, Prof. Hindy Najman, University of Oxford N.B. This seminar session will be Thurs at 4:30pm in the Martin Hall18 Mar 2016“Dietary Laws or Decalogue in a Nutshell? Ancient Interpretations of Acts 15:20, 29”, Mr. Wojciech Rybka, University of Edinburgh25 Mar 2016“Anger, Holiness, and the Exclusion of Moses”, Mr. Kin Foon Man, University of Edinburgh1 April 2016“Debt Bondage as Punishment for Sin”, Dr. Nathan Eubank, University of Oxford This article was published on 2024-03-19