Week 1
Week 1, 20 January
Arjen Bakker (Cambridge):
1QS 9:26–10:14
Biblical Hebrew Reading Group
The reading group provides an opportunity to read a biblical text under the guidance of great international scholars, Junior Research Fellows, and advanced postgraduate students. The Biblical Hebrew Reading Group allows students, ranging from undergraduates to doctoral students, to improve their fluency in Hebrew, and to connect the philological working of the biblical text with conceptual frameworks. This group also allows students to engage at all levels. Those with more fluency read and translate, and those with less experience contribute to the conceptual work and practice their reading and grammar.
Convenor: Cian Power (Oriel)
In Hilary Term 2025, the Biblical Hebrew Reading Group will run on Mondays 11:30 am – 12:30 pm unless stated otherwise.
Consult at the Oriel College porter’s lodge for the 4-digit passcode to enter the Harris Seminar Room.
Schedule for Hilary Term 2025
Week 2
Week 2, 27 January
Marcello Fidanzio (USI):
1QIsaa Col. 32. Isa 38, 9–22
Week 3 (no session)
Week 4
Week 4, 10 February
Bill Schniedewind (UCLA):
1QHod col. IX, lines 21–31
Week 5* (two sessions)
Week 5, 17 February
Noam Mizrahi (Hebrew University):
Isa 42–43 with special attention to Isa 43:22–28
Wednesday 19 February
9:30–10:30
Jakob Wöhrle (Tübingen)
Genesis 2:4-9
Week 6
Week 6, 24 February
Mladen Popović (Groningen) and Maruf Dhali (Groningen):
4Q109, Qohelet, and 4Q114, Daniel (no specific verses to prepare)
Week 7
Week 7, 3 March
Charlotte Hempel (Birmingham):
1QS 6:1c–8a
Week 8 (no session)
Reading Groups in Previous Academic Years
Other Events
20 JANUARY TO 10 MARCH
Hebrew Bible/Old Testament Seminar
