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.
Michaelmas Term 2024
Weeks 1-6, 8 (no session Week 7), Mondays 14:30-16:00
Harris Seminar Room (unless otherwise stated)***
Convenor: Hindy Najman
Week 1, October 14
Induction session
14:00-16:00, Harris Lecture Theatre
Followed by reception in Harris Seminar Room
Week 2, October 21 CANCELLED
Jacob Wöhrle (Tübingen), “There was no Human to till the Ground”: The Formation and the Religious Historical Background of the Non-Priestly Creation Account Genesis 2-3
***Week 3, October 28
Hugh Williamson (Christ Church), The Valley of Vision: A Speculative Reconsideration of Isaiah 22:1–8a
This lecture will be held in the British Museum
Further details to be disseminated via email for the trip
Week 4, November 4
The Making of the Tabernacle and the Construction of Priestly Hegemony
Book Launch for Nathan MacDonald (Cambridge)
14:30-17:00, Harris Lecture Theatre
Followed by reception in the Harris Seminar Room
For this event’s schedule and list of speakers, please see OCSB’s event page: https://www.centreforbible.oriel.ox.ac.uk/events/book-launch-the-making-of-the-tabernacle-and-the-construction-of-priestly-hegemony-by-nathan-macdonald/
Week 5, November 11
Friedhelm Hartenstein (LMU), Exodus: Event, Memory, Expectation: On the Symbolic Potential of the Biblical Exodus Narrative
Week 6, November 18
Katherine Southwood (St John’s), The Refusal to Recognize Job as a Reliable Witness and the Significance of Epistemic and Hermeneutical Injustice for Wisdom and Law
Week 8, December 2
Ambiguities of Exile
Joint Conference, University of Oxford and King’s College London
Convened by Andrea Schatz (KCL) and Rebekah Van Sant (Oriel)
Further details will be circulated closer to event
Please consult at the Porter’s lodge at Oriel College to get the 4-digit code to access the area where the Harris Seminar Room is located.
Please direct any enquiries to ocsb@oriel.ox.ac.uk
For programme updates please see the website: https://www.centreforbible.oriel.ox.ac.uk/events/hebrew-bible-old-testament-seminar/