Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge
7–9 January 2019
Under the presidency of Prof. Susan Gillingham
Printable version of the programme.
MONDAY 7 January
- 2.00 pm Committee Meeting
- 4.30 pm Registration
- 6.00 pm Reception sponsored by the Faculty of Divinity, University of Cambridge
- 6.30 pm Dinner
- 8.15 pm Presidential Address: Prof. Susan Gillingham (Oxford) “Bifocal reading: Textual Analysis and a Critical Imagination in Biblical Studies”
TUESDAY 8 January
- 8.00 am Breakfast
- 9.15 am Prof. John Goldingay (Oxford), “On Reading Genesis 49”
- 10.00 am Dr Siobhán Dowling-Long (Cork), “An Exploration of Biblical Pathos Through Music”
- 10.45 am Coffee
- 11.15 am Dr Ekaterina Kozlova (London), “Acedic Kingship in ANE: Gilgamesh and David as Paradigmatic Kings of ‘Unfocused Energy’”
- 12 noon Dr Katharine Dell (Cambridge), “‘The Lord loved Him’ (2 Sam 12:24): Solomon as idealized character and paradigm for character ethics within the ‘Solomonic’ canon”
- 1.00 pm Lunch
- 4.30 pm Tea
- 5.00 pm Dr Holly Morse (Manchester), “Seeing Sense: Prophetic Visuality as a Response to Trauma”
- 6.00 pm Reception
- 6.30 pm Dinner
- 8.15 pm Dr John Jarick (Oxford), “God as Gambler”
WEDNESDAY 9 January
- 8.00 am Breakfast
- 9.15 am Prof Joseph Blenkinsopp (South Bend), “Re-Reading Isaiah in the Light of Psalms”
- 10.00 am Dr James Aitken (Cambridge), “The Idea of the Septuagint”
- 10.45 am Coffee
- 11.15 am Dr Alastair Hunter (Glasgow), “Transports of Delight: Adventures in Psalms Translation”
- 12 noon Business Meeting (Members only)
- 1.00 pm Lunch, followed by departure