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Joined May 2013
The Graham Stanton Memorial lecture is being given by our very own Prof Helen Bond. #BNTS2025
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Who else is on their way to #BNTS2025? Looking forward to seeing many current and former students from @uoedivinity!
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Delighted to see my bonkers article 'The Son of Man and the Sea' out today in the latest issue of JSNT! And what an honour to appear alongside so many great pieces by @alexichantz, @hagermjm and more (feel free to tag!). Check it out here: journals.sagepub.com/doi/ful…
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The latest issue of Horizons in Biblical Theology was edited by 3 recent @uoedivinity PhDs, @MiaVidal14, @AxolileQ, and @lam_daniel. It is a special issue titled, Decolonizing the Text: Postcolonial Interventions in Biblical Studies. Check it out here: brill.com/view/journals/hbth…
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Happening now: a book review panel for Prof Matt Novenson’s _Paul and Judaism at the End of History_ (@CambUP_Religion)
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Things are getting busy here at New College! With six events taking place in May and leading through into June & July we've got something for everyone 🗓️ Featuring @CSCOrigins, an open day, and conferences – check out everything on offer on our website 👇 edin.ac/46R1Me5
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To register for the event (in person and online!), head over to the Eventbrite page here: eventbrite.co.uk/e/book-laun…
Excited to announce that we will be hosting a book launch for Matthew Novenson's *Paul and Judaism at the End of History* (@CambUP_Religion, 2024). 15 May, 4-6pm in Room G.06 (50 George Square).
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Excited to announce that we will be hosting a book launch for Matthew Novenson's *Paul and Judaism at the End of History* (@CambUP_Religion, 2024). 15 May, 4-6pm in Room G.06 (50 George Square).
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Feels like the good ol’ days… Matt Novenson is back at @uoedivinity presenting in the biblical studies seminar.
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We've had yet another @RoyalSocEd Grant Success! 🤩 This time Professor Helen Bond has been awarded a collaboration grant for her project on ‘Crafting Lives of Jesus: Ancient and Modern Retellings’. Read the full story on our website now 👇 edin.ac/3Db4el7
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Great deals available on some wonderful volumes in the Edinburgh Studies in Religion in Antiquity series!
Time for the annual St Andrew's Day Flash Sale at @EdinburghUP. The Edinburgh Studies in Religion in Antiquity Series in 50% off! edinburghuniversitypress.com…
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Time for the annual St Andrew's Day Flash Sale at @EdinburghUP. The Edinburgh Studies in Religion in Antiquity Series in 50% off! edinburghuniversitypress.com…
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Congrats to Edinburgh alum @sofanit_abebe on her new post at Trinity College Bristol!
We are delighted to announce the appointment of Dr @sofanit_abebe as Tutor in New Testament and Lead Tutor for Potential Theological Educators, starting in February 2025. You can read more about the appointment and this new role here: trinitycollegebristol.ac.uk/…
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Putting together a thread on @uoedivinity students and faculty giving papers at #SBLAAR24 in San Diego. Follow along here!
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PhD cand. @daisy_andoh will be giving a paper on apocalypticism as trauma response in Revelation and 4 Ezra
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Hyun Bo Sim will presenting on Peter's Christology
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And @nathanaelvette will be presenting on Matthew's Zombie Apocalypse in Matt 27.
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Jessica F. Carter's paper is: Sin before Action: Reading Matthew 5:27-30 through the Lens of Inchoate Crimes
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Corinna Noonan Samuelson is presenting on Relational Reciprocity in Paul and Seneca
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Denis L. Salgado will be presenting on The Development of the Epistles Reading Cycle in the Greek
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Luis A. Quinones-Roman will be giving a paper on Sexual and Gender-Based Violence: The Case of the Pileges Woman
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