Fridays, 11.15am - 12.30pm unless otherwise specified, Martin Hall For more information, contact Dr Suzanna Millar. Email Suzanna.Millar@ed.ac.uk Semester 2: Spring 2019 Date Speaker Topic 18 January 2019 Dr Benedikt Eckhardt Edinburgh From Club to Church? Organisation and Identity in Early Christian History 25 January 2019 11.15am-12.45pm (1) Phil Foster, PhD candidate (2) Sofanit Abebe, PhD candidate (1) Is Everything “Beautiful” or “Appropriate” in its Time?: ָyāfeh and Semantic Change (2) Peter and the Patriarch: The End Time in 1 Enoch and 1 Peter 1 February 2019 Dr Matthew Novenson Edinburgh Did Paul Abandon Either Judaism or Monotheism? 8 February 2019 Prof Joachim Schaper Aberdeen Elements of an Ancient Near Eastern History of the Soul: Aramaic inscriptions from Zinçirli/Sam'al and the biblical nefeš 15 February 2019 Prof Judith Gärtner Rostock The Silence of YHWH in Isa 64f 22 February 2019 No meeting - reading week No meeting - reading week 1 March 2019 Prof Louise Lawrence Exeter Ivory Towers and the Banishment of Bedlam: Reason, Right Minds and Sane Privilege in Biblical Studies 8 March 2019 11.15am-12.45pm (1) Timm Hein, PhD candidate (2) Prof Helen Bond (1) “Oh, Oh, it's magic, you know? Matthew’s magi in Early Christianity” (2) Physical Appearance and Gender-fluidity: the Appeal of the Markan Jesus. 15 March 2019 Prof Walter Moberly Durham A Voice from the Fire: A Reading of Exodus 3 22 March 2019 Prof Johanna Stiebert Leeds Religious Violence and Rape Culture - Reflections on the Woman Accused of Adultery in Numbers 5 29 March 2019 Dr Mika Pajunen Helsinki The Changing Functions of Psalms and Prayers in the Second Temple Period 5 April 2019 Dr Hannah Strømmen Chichester Not Peace but Terror: On the Use and Abuse of Bibles Semester 1 Autumn 2018 Date Speaker Topic 21 September 2018 Prof Paul Middleton, University of Chester “Those Whom I Love I Chastise” (Rev. 3.19; Heb. 12.6): Divine Violence Against Christians in Hebrews and Revelation 28 September 2018 Dr Michael A Lyons, University of St Andrews Trito-Isaiah’s ‘Servants’ in the Psalms 5 October 2018 Dr Anja Klein, University of Edinburgh Uncovering the Nymphomaniac – Exile as Sexual Violence in Ezek 16 and 23 12 October 2018 Prof David Jasper, Honorary Fellow, University of Edinburgh A Conversation between Two Literary Geniuses – James Joyce and St. Mark (who almost understand each other) 19 October 2018 Julia Lindenlaub, PhD candidate, University of Edinburgh Nathanael Vette, PhD candidate, University of Edinburgh The Beloved Disciple Portrayed Through the Use of Scripture in the Gospel of John How Mark Wrote: Scripturalization in the Gospel of Mark and the Second Temple Period 26 October 2018 Dr Lena-Sofia Tiemeyer, University of Aberdeen Isaiah 40-55: A Redefinition of the Temple and its Cult 2 November 2018 Dr Katharine Dell, University of Cambridge Wisdom in Exile in Babylon: An Intertextual Approach 9 November 2018 Prof Konrad Schmid, University of Zurich How God became a Lawgiver: The Torah’s Place in the History of Ancient Near Eastern Law 16 November 2018 * No meeting * * No meeting * 23 November 2018 Dr Marion Carson, Honorary Fellow, University of Edinburgh Suffering, Character and Hope: Two Views of Romans 5:1-5 and their Implications for Pastoral Care 30 November 2018 Ryan Collman, PhD candidate, University of Edinburgh Matthew Sharp, PhD candidate, University of Edinburgh Dogs and Evil Workers and Mutilation! Oh My! Identifying Paul’s Opponents in Philippians 3 The Voice of God in Rom 9:6-18: Paul, Plutarch, Pausanias (and Others) on Deriving a God’s Character from his Oracles This article was published on 2024-03-19
