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Kirby Laing Doctoral Studentships in Old and New Testament

KIRBY LAING DOCTORAL STUDENTSHIPS IN NEW AND OLD TESTAMENT AT THE UNIVERSITY OF GLOUCESTERSHIRE (CHELTENHAM) STARTING 1 OCTOBER 2023 The University of Gloucestershire is offering up to three full fees doctoral studentships in New Testament funded by the Kirby Laing Trusts to commence on 1st October 2023. Preference will be […]


Meetings 2023

Previous Year Next Year Winter Meeting 2023 Katharine Dell (Cambridge) “Covenant and wisdom: Arguing with a premise from absence”  Moritz Adam (Zurich) “Reflections upon History in Ecclesiastes and its Context in the Hellenistic Period”  Megan Daffern (Cambridge) “Talking to yourself? The Psalms and Self-Address in the HB/OT”  David Firth (Bristol) […]


Winter Meeting 2023

Endcliffe Village Campus, Sheffield The venue for all sessions is The Edge, Endcliffe Student Village, Sheffield, S10 3ED  3-5 January 2023 Under the presidency of Prof. Katharine Dell. Publishers are invited to display books for sale during the Meeting. Members who have had books published recently are also invited to display copies. Attendees are […]


Meetings 2022

Previous Year Next Year Winter Meeting 2022 Charlotte Hempel (Birmingham) – ‘The Legacy of the People of the Land in the Dead Sea Scrolls’ Stuart Weeks (Durham) – ‘Why Do We Read Qohelet the Ways We Do?’ William Tooman (St. Andrews) – ‘Genesis 34 and the Law’ Lindsey Askin (Bristol) […]


Summer Meeting 2022

Jubilee Campus, Nottingham The venue for all sessions is the Exchange Building, Jubilee Campus, Nottingham, NG8 1BB.  25–28 July 2022 Under the presidency of Prof. Charlotte Hempel. The (18th) Joint Meeting with the Oudtestamentisch Werkgezelschap in the Netherlands and Belgium  Publishers are invited to display books for sale during the […]


Winter Meeting 2022

Online 4-6 January 2022 Under the presidency of Prof Charlotte Hempel TUESDAY 4 January 2.00 pm Committee Meeting 7.15 pm Charlotte Hempel (Birmingham) – ‘The Legacy of the People of the Land in the Dead Sea Scrolls’ WEDNESDAY 5 January 9.15 am Stuart Weeks (Durham) – ‘Why Do We Read […]


Meetings 2021

Previous Year Next Year Winter Meeting 2021 Prof Hugh Paper, ‘Old Testament Studies after Covid-19? Precedents for Dealing with the Unprecedented’ Megan Warner, ‘Are You Indeed to Reign Over Us? Politics in Genesis 37-50’  Mark Awabdy, ‘Is Leviticus Ironic? Exploring Narratival and Priestly Ironies in the Centre of the Torah’  James […]


Summer Meeting 2021

Online 12-14 January 2021 Under the presidency of Prof Hugh Pyper MONDAY 12 July 2.00 pm Committee Meeting 7.15 pm Martti Nissinen – ‘Female Voices in Akkadian Love Poetry and in the Song of Songs’  TUESDAY 13 Jul 9.15 am Alison Gray – ‘Bringing a dead language to life? Teaching and learning Biblical […]


Winter Meeting 2021

Online 5-7 January 2021 Under the presidency of Prof Hugh Pyper TUESDAY 5 January 2.00 pm Committee Meeting 7.15 pm Presidential Address: Prof Hugh Paper, ‘Old Testament Studies after Covid-19? Precedents for Dealing with the Unprecedented’  TUESDAY 7 January 9.15 am Megan Warner, ‘Are You Indeed to Reign Over Us? Politics in Genesis 37-50’  […]


Meetings 2020

Previous Year Next Year Winter Meeting 2020  Walter Houston (Manchester), ‘What is “Work”? Reception and Theology the Sabbath Commandment in the Decalogue’ John Day (Oxford), ‘What Does it Mean that Humanity is Made in the Image and Likeness of God (Gen 1:26-27; 5:1; 9:6)?’  Sarah Nicholson (Glasgow), ‘All Sex (Work) […]