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Hebrew Bible/Old Testament Seminar

This seminar, co-sponsored by the Faculty of Theology and Religion, is the flagship seminar of the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament subject area in Oxford. It runs each term and hosts an international array of scholars in the field of Biblical Studies. The seminar is attended by a variety of faculties across the University of Oxford. Students and faculty members participate in discussions during the formal sessions, as well as in more informal discussions each week after the seminars.

Trinity Term 2025

Weeks 1–8, please note variations in dates and time

Convened by Hindy Najman

 

Consult at the Oriel College porter’s lodge for the 4-digit code to enter the Harris Seminar Room & Harris Lecture Theatre

Please direct any enquiries to ocsb@oriel.ox.ac.uk

Week 1

Friday, 2 May 10:00 – 15:00, H.B. Allen Centre, Keble College; 15:00 – 19:00, Harris Lecture Theatre and Harris Seminar Room, Oriel College

Oxbridge Day

Schedule TBD

 

Week 2

Monday, 5 May 14:30 – 16:30, Harris Seminar Room, Oriel College

Nature and Creation Lecture Series

Hindy Najman (Oriel) and Lea Niccolai (Cambridge)

Nature, Creation, and Hope in ancient Jewish and Greek writers

 

Week 3

Monday, 12 May 14:30 – 16:30, Harris Seminar Room, Oriel College

Nature and Creation Lecture Series

Anna Angelini (Siena)

Nature and its Laws in the Second Temple Period

 

Week 4

Monday, 19 May 14:30 – 16:30, Harris Seminar Room, Oriel College

Nature and Creation Lecture Series

Mark Wynn (Oriel)

Divine glory in nature: some theological and philosophical perspectives

 

Week 5

Monday, 26 May 14:30 – 16:30, Harris Seminar Room, Oriel College

Nature and Creation Lecture Series

Mark Harris (Harris Manchester)

Is “the sea” of the crossing (Exodus 14) to be found in nature or supernature?

 

Week 6

Thursday, 5 June 10:00 – 11:30, Harris Lecture Theatre, Oriel College

Speaker’s Lectures Series

Judith H. Newman (Toronto)

The Anticipatory Past:  Rethinking Time and Text in Jewish Antiquity

 

Week 7 (Three sessions)

Monday, 9 June 14:30 – 16:00, Harris Lecture Theatre, Oriel College

Speaker’s Lectures Series

Judith H. Newman (Toronto)

Birth and Re-Creations

 

 *Special Session – Wednesday, 11 June 17:00 – 18:00, Harris Lecture Theatre, Oriel College

Book launch: Scriptural Vitality: Rethinking Philology and Hermeneutics, Hindy Najman (OUP 2025)

Followed by a drinks reception in the Provost’s Lodgings

 

Thursday, 12 June 10:00 – 11:30, Harris Lecture Theatre, Oriel College

Speaker’s Lectures Series

Judith H. Newman (Toronto)

Transformational Encounters

 

Week 8

Monday, 16 June 14:30 – 16:00, Harris Lecture Theatre, Oriel College

Speaker’s Lectures Series

Judith H. Newman (Toronto)

The Latter Days

 

Tuesday, 17 June 12:00 – 13:30, Harris Lecture Theatre, Oriel College

Speaker’s Lectures Series

Judith H. Newman (Toronto) with Hindy Najman (Oriel)

The Future of Prayer and Hermeneutics in Biblical Studies

 

For programme updates please see the website: https://www.centreforbible.oriel.ox.ac.uk/events/hebrew-bible-old-testament-seminar/

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