Research seminars
The Department hosts a prominent research seminar programme with research papers given by visiting scholars, Sheffield members of staff, and our own research and MA students.
Research seminars provide the opportunity to hear the latest research from some of the leading biblical scholars in the world. The seminars are open to all.
Location: Jessop West Exhibition Space, Leavygreave Road, Sheffield (unless otherwise stated).
Time: 2pm - 4pm
Research seminar programme Spring 2013
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Monday 4th February 2013 |
Emeritus Professor Keith Whitelam 'Architectures of Enmity: The Abuse of Palestine's Past' |
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Monday 11 February 2013 |
Postgraduate Presentations Towan AM Greene 'Romans 9-11 and the Christian Zionist Movement' Tsutomu Mizutani 'Paul and Conflictual Relations in Corinth: The Influence of Roman Imperial Freedom' |
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Monday 18 February 2013 |
Professor Hugh Pyper (The University of Sheffield) 'Why the 'Old Testament' Matters: Culture Consequences of a Divided Scripture' |
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Monday 25 February 2013 |
Dr Paul Middleton (University of Chester) 'Violence and Martyrdom in the Apocalypse' |
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Monday 4 March 2013 |
Postgraduate Presentations Melody Briggs (Title tbc) Michael J Kok 'The Reception of the Gospel of Mark in Irenaeus's Adversus Haeresis' Ben Carrigan 'Reading Ephesians Through the Prism of the Hermeneutics of Paul Ricoeur' |
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Monday 8 April 2013 |
Dr Catrin Williams (University of Wales Trinity St David) 'Abraham as a Figure of Memory in John 8'. |
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Monday 15 April 2013 |
Dr Mark Finney (University of Sheffield) 'Afterlives of the Afterlife: Hell in its Literary and Artistic Contexts.' |
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Monday 22 April 2013 |
Postgraduate Presentations Tiffany Webster 'Can There Ever be an 'Authentic' Communal Exegete?' Buyoung Son (title tbc) Heui Young Lee 'An Exploration into the Significance of Moral and Ethical Living in Paul’s Concept of Kingdom of God and Its Relevance to the Believers’ Lives' |