This Research Group is focused on the Old Testament historical books that are set in the pre-exilic period, including the so-called deuteronomistic history as well as the book of Ruth. Emphasis is placed on historical-cultural and literary-theological approaches to interpretation.
The Pentateuch
The Pentateuch Research Group will not meet in 2024.
Emerging Scholarship on the New Testament
This group showcases cutting-edge scholarship from emerging New Testament scholars sponsored by Fellows of the Institute for Biblical Research. All are welcome to attend. Summaries of the papers will be read at the session, leaving opportunity for discussion. PhD Supervisors, Readers, and Examiners: Please consider nominating your best Ph.D. student or recent Ph.D. graduate (within 5 years of completion) for …
Linguistics and the Biblical Text
This research group addresses issues in applied linguistics and the biblical text. Our aim is both to bring more students and scholars into the discussion as well as to advance the discussion within scholarship. We consequently have all papers available well in advance and we spend most of our meeting time in discussion.
Emerging Scholarship on the Old Testament
This group showcases cutting-edge scholarship from emerging Old Testament scholars sponsored by Fellows of the Institute for Biblical Research. All are welcome to attend. Summaries of the papers will be read at the session, leaving opportunity for discussion. PhD Supervisors, Readers, and Examiners: Please consider nominating your best Ph.D. student or recent Ph.D. graduate (within 5 years of completion) for …
Scripture and Doctrine Seminar
Historically doctrine has developed as the church needed to give an account of what it believed and to protect itself from heresy. The Scripture and Doctrine Seminar (SADS) explores the move from Scripture to the formulation of doctrine, and how doctrine and tradition illuminate our reading of the Bible. Insofar as doctrine captures the message of the Bible it also …