We have collaborated with the Oxford Centre for Hebrew and Jewish Studies on a two-day workshop for Finalists and Masters students. The workshop is free to attend, but please RSVP to Stefania Beitia so that we have an idea of numbers.
Tuesday 26 April – Lecture Room, OCHJS
2.00pm – 3.30pm
Dr Tuukka Kauhanen (Helsinki) – Theory and Practice of Textual Criticism of the Septuagint (Chapter Draft for the Oxford Handbook of Textual Criticism of the Bible)
3.30pm – 4.00pm
Tea and Coffee
4.00pm – 4.20pm
Joseph Harrison (Oriel) – St Jerome’s Latin Rendering of Song of Songs
4.30pm – 4.50pm
Jolanda Kopp (Blackfriars) – St Jerome’s Attitude to Translation and His Handling of Certain Hebrew Idioms
Wednesday 27 April – Harris Lecture Theatre, Oriel College
9.00am – 9.20am
Yovella Ball (Oriel) – Love and Loss: Exploring the Interplay of Eroticism and Trauma in Biblical Texts
9.30am – 9.50am
Nathan Batten (Oriel) – Exemplar and Perfection in the Testament of Abraham
10.00am – 10.20am
Break
10.30am – 10.50 am
Sonja Inkinen (Helsinki) – The Hexaplaric Readings in the CII Manuscript Group in 2 Samuel
11.00am – 11.20am
Pilvi Sarjala (Helsinki) – King David’s Masculinity and Emotions in 2 Samuel 19:1–9
11.30am – 11.50am
Ruthanne Brooks (Wolfson) – The Rhetorical Effect of Lady Folly’s Banquet (Prov. 9:13-18)
12.00pm – 1.30pm
Light Lunch
The workshop is free to attend, but please RSVP to Stefania Beitia so that we have an idea of numbers.