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The Centre is delighted to announce that one of its members, Dr David Shepherd, has been awarded a Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences Benefactions Fund Grant to support his research on the following project: 'See this great sight': the visualisation of Moses/Exodus traditions in stained glass in Presbyterian churches in Ireland.

Sponsored by the Ireland Fund of Canada to promote academic links between Ireland and Israel, the Trinity Centre for Biblical Studies hosted leading biblical scholars from Hebrew University, Tel Aviv University, Bar-Ilan University, and Ben Gurion University of the Negev. Pictured here are invited guests, together with the Ambassador of Israel to Ireland, viewing Papyri 45, 46, and 47 at the Chester Beatty Library.

Leo Lefebure is Professor of Theology at Georgetown University and currently Visiting Fellow at the Trinity Long Room Hub. He will offer a research seminar at the Centre for Biblical Studies on the 12th of April 2019 from 11 a.m. – 1 p.m. in the ISE/LI Building (Room G7). The title of his paper is: Hostility and Generosity: Interpreting the Bible in Relation to Jews and Muslims. All are welcome.

Pictured here are the speakers at our recent symposium: Anthony Bash (Durham) Dianne Bergant (Chicago) Richard Briggs (Durham) David Firth (Bristol) Gordon McConville (GLoucester) David Reimer (Edinburgh) David Shepherd (Dublin) Lena-Sofia Tiemeyer (Aberdeen) Benjamin Wold (Dublin) along with participants.