Dr Andrew Boakye (University of Manchester) discusses ‘A Justification of Life: Abraham, the Resurrection and a New(ish) Perspective on Romans 5–8’ at the Biblical Studies Seminar at the University of Edinburgh on October 8, 2020.
Professor David Downs (Oxford University) discusses ‘The Faithfulness of the Risen Christ in the Pauline Epistles’ in this Biblical Studies Seminar at the University of Edinburgh on October 29, 2020.
Dr Ola Wikander (University of Lund) discusses ‘Divine Sunburns: A Biblical Motif in Central Semitic and Afro-Asiatic Perspective’ in this Biblical Studies Seminar at the University of Edinburgh on February 11, 2021.
Dr Ekaterina Kozlova (London School of Theology) discusses ‘Jonah’s Psalm and the Intersection of Nature, Ritual, and Theology in the Book of Jonah’ in this Biblical Studies Seminar at the University of Edinburgh (September 29, 2020).
Associate Professor Laura Quick (University of Oxford) discusses ‘Bitenosh’s Orgasm, Galen’s Two Seeds, and Conception Theory in the Hebrew Bible’ in this Biblical Studies seminar at the University of Edinburgh on January 14, 2021.
Symposium website “The Social Worlds of Early Christians: A Symposium in Honor of L. Michael White” includes recorded presentations and live Zoom panel discussions (October 24, 2020, at 10:00am, 1:00pm, and 3:00pm CST). Registration is free, but required (scroll down to the bottom of the page to sign up).
Professor Wil Gafney (Brite Divinity School) provides a short talk on light and darkness in the Bible, and its employment as a basis for White Supremacist interpretations of the Bible.
NYU has made available full recordings from the Dead Sea Scrolls in Recent Scholarship: A Public Conference, which took place virtually on May 17-20, 2020.
Chair and Opening Remarks – Alex Jassen, New York University
Welcome- Emily Master, Friends of the Israel Antiquities Authority & Joe Uziel, Curator and Head of the Dead Sea Scrolls Unit
Contributions of the Israel Antiquities Authority to the Preservation and Study of the Dead Sea Scrolls – Pnina Shor, Israel Antiquities Authority
Where are We in the Study of the Dead Sea Scrolls? – Lawrence H. Schiffman, New York University
Chair: Eileen Schuller, McMaster University
Before the Canon – The Role of Extra-biblical Literature in Second Temple Judaism – Armin Lange, University of Vienna
Scribes as Authors in the Dead Sea Scrolls – Molly Zahn, University of Kansas
Chair: Dennis Mizzi, University of Malta
New Archaeological Investigations of Qumran Cave 3Q – Marcello Fidanzio, Faculty of Theology, Lugano
Inkwells residues as a Pre-screening Tool for Characterizing DSS Ink – Ilit Cohen-Ofri, Israel Antiquities Authority
Trade and Manufacture at Qumran, with Special Attention to the Inscriptions – Sidnie White Crawford, University of Nebraska
Chair: Alison Schofield, University of Denver
Mimetic and Literary Performance in Ancient Judaism – Hindy Najman, Oxford University
Mimetic and Scribal Performance in Ancient Judaism – Eibert Tigchelaar, KU Leuven
Chair: Lawrence H. Schiffman, New York University
Jubilees and the Visions of Amram – James C. VanderKam, University of Notre Dame
Deciphering Fragments: Tefillin or an Amulet? – Ariel Feldman, Brite Divinity School
Reimagining Israel: The Aramaic Dead Sea Scrolls and Judaism in the Hellenistic Period – Daniel Machiela, McMaster University
Digital Exploration of the Dead Sea Scrolls with Scripta Qumranica Electronica – Bronson Brown-deVost, Georg-August-Universität Göttingen
Chair: Robert Cargill, University of Iowa
Researching the DSS with Imaging Technologies – Orit Rosengarten, Israel Antiquities Authority
Modern Forgeries: The Scientific Analysis of Dead Sea Scroll Fragments in the Museum of the Bible Collection – Colette Loll, Art Fraud Insights, LLC
The Hands that Wrote the Bible. Digital Palaeography of the Dead Sea Scrolls for Identifying and Dating Manuscripts – Mladen Popović and Maruf Dhali, University of Groningen
Chair: Erik Larson, Florida International University
Virtue Signaling in the Dead Sea Scrolls – Charlotte Hempel, University of Birmingham
Metaphysics of Financial Relations in Qumran Wisdom – Jonathan Ben-Dov, Haifa University
Patterns of Prayer in the Dead Sea Scrolls – George Brooke, University of Manchester
Chair: Moshe Bernstein, Yeshiva University
Women in the Sectarian Texts from Qumran – Esther Chazon, Hebrew University of Jerusalem
The Importance of the Dead Sea Scrolls for Reconstructing the Life and Message of Jesus – Cecilia Wassén, Uppsala University
Why NOT the Essenes: How to Talk about the Dead Sea Sectarians – Maxine Grossman, University of Maryland
The Sectarian Movement and Qumran – John Collins, Yale University
Chair: Cana Werman, Ben-Gurion University
The Many Faces of the Bible in the Dead Sea Scrolls – Emanuel Tov, Hebrew University of Jerusalem
“2300 Evenings and Mornings” (Dan 8:13-14) Recalculated according to the Damascus Document – Michael Segal, Hebrew University of Jerusalem
The Perfect Marriage in the Genesis Apocryphon – Esther Eshel, Bar-Ilan University
Chair: Joseph Angel, Yeshiva University
Treasures from a Small Box: Recently Discovered Fragments from Cave 11 – Oren Ableman, Israel Antiquities Authority
The Hydra-headed Mysteries of the Temple Scroll – Andrew D. Gross, Catholic University of America
The Utopian Temple Plan of the Temple Scroll – Lawrence H. Schiffman, New York University
Chair: Jonathan Ben-Dov, Haifa University
What Was Given on Mt. Sinai? – Cana Werman, Ben-Gurion University
The Early Study of Jewish Law in the Damascus Document – Alex Jassen, New York University
Lawrence H. Schiffman, New York University &
Emily Master, Friends of the Israel Antiquities Authority
On August 4, 2020, Dr Fatima Tofighi (University of Religions, Qom) and Prof James Crossley discussed “Paul and the Construction of the European Self”.
The discussion is the 13th in the Centre for the Social-Scientific Study of the Bible’s 2020 Online Discussion Series.
On July 20, 2020, Dr Sarah Rollens (Rhodes College) and Prof Candida Moss discussed “The Difference Gender Makes in Scholarship, Publication, and Promotion”.
The discussion is the 12th in the Centre for the Social-Scientific Study of the Bible’s 2020 Online Discussion Series.
On July 13, 2020, Drs Sarah Rollens (Rhodes College), Chris Keith and James Crossley debated which terms should be retired from New Testament Studies.
The discussion is the 11th in the Centre for the Social-Scientific Study of the Bible’s 2020 Online Discussion Series.
On July 6, 2020, Professors Chris Keith and James Crossley had a Zoom discussion with Professor Adele Reinhartz (University of Ottawa). The subject of discussion is the Gospel of John and the Johannine community, also the subject of her most recent book, Cast Out of the Covenant: Jews and Anti-Judaism in the Gospel of John (2018).
The discussion is the tenth in the Centre for the Social-Scientific Study of the Bible’s 2020 Online Discussion Series.
On May 19, 2020, Professors John Kloppenborg and Chris Keith had a Zoom discussion on Kloppenborg’s recent book, Christ’s Associations (Yale UP, Nov 2019).
The discussion is the sixth in the Centre for the Social-Scientific Study of the Bible’s 2020 Online Discussion Series.
The seventh of the 2020 CSSSB Online Discussion Series was held on Monday, June 1, at 7pm BST (2pm EST/11am PST). Assistant Prof Jason Von Ehrenkrook and CSSSB’s Prof James Crossley discuss the shape-shifting use of the ‘Bible’ in American politics, especially in the era from FDR to LBJ, with a few comments on Trump too.
The fifth of the 2020 CSSSB Online Discussion Series is held on Monday, May 11, at 7pm BST (2pm EST/11am PST). Prof Mark Goodacre and CSSSB’s Prof Chris Keith discuss “John’s Knowledge of the Synoptics.”
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