(Matthew Novenson) This Friday is the last Biblical Studies Research Seminar meeting for this teaching term (but there are a number of CSCO events still to come over the Spring […]
(Helen Bond) Just a small plug for a TV progra.mme tomorrow (Good Friday). Melvyn Bragg, well-known in the UK for ‘thinking persons’ programming, is presenting an hour-long show in search […]
(Matthew Novenson) Breaking news for early-career scholars: The University of Edinburgh is welcoming applications for Chancellor’s Fellows in the fields of Biblical Studies (Hebrew Bible); World Christianity; and Theology, Ethics, and […]
(Larry Hurtado): Professor Markus Bockmuehl, who has written two important books on the Apostle Peter and will be one of the featured speakers in our conference on Peter to be […]
(Matthew Novenson) Yesterday we had our annual roundup of MTh dissertation proposal presentations, in which each Biblical Studies MTh student gives a brief oral presentation of her intended dissertation research […]
(Matthew Novenson) Our Biblical Studies Research Seminar speaker for this week is Prof. John M. G. Barclay, Lightfoot Professor of Divinity at the University of Durham. Prof. Barclay is very […]
(Matthew Novenson) In a previous post on our recent guest lectures by Prof. Guy Stroumsa and Prof. Sarah Stroumsa, I mentioned the Research Network in Jewish Studies at the University of Edinburgh, a […]
(Matthew Novenson) Today and tomorrow (11-12 March 2013), we are enjoying a series of public lectures and seminar papers from Prof. Guy Stroumsa (Oxford University) and Prof. Sarah Stroumsa (Hebrew University) […]
(Matthew Novenson) This week’s Edinburgh Biblical Studies Research Seminar (Friday, 11:15am, Martin Hall, New College) features a paper from Prof. Joachim Schaper of the University of Aberdeen. Schaper’s expertise ranges […]
(Larry Hurtado): I’ve just been perusing a new book by one of our former PhD students, Brandon Crowe (2010), now Assistant Professor of New Testament in Westminster Theological Seminary. Brandon’s […]