Biblical Studies Post-graduate Research Seminar

2024–2025 Academic Year (Archive)

ARCHIVED - 2025 (Hilary Term 2024-25)

January 20th – PhD Student presentations: Jadesmon Saragih and Jesse Sykes

February 10th – ‘Judges 19-21: Legal Aspects of the Narrative and Their Conceptual Implications’, International Guest Lecturer

February 24th – PhD Student presentations: Simon Brummer and Kyle Young

March 10th – PhD Student presentations: Hairuo Wang and Krueger Tumiwa

March 24th – ‘The immanent inconsistency of the book of Micah’, International Guest Lecturer

April 7th – PhD Student presentation: Ivan Petrovski

For further information please contact the Director, Prof David Shepherd at shepherd@tcd.ie.

ARCHIVED 2024 (Michaelmas Term 2024-25)

January 29th 2024 – Andrew Perrin (Athabasca University): “Fools Gold and Silver Linings: Issues and Insights from Forged and Alleged Dead Sea Scroll Fragments”

February 12th 2024 – Hairuo Wang (TCD): The Syro-Phoenecian Woman in Early Christian Literature; Maicol Cortes (TCD): The Qumran War Scroll and John’s Apocalypse

February 19th 2024 – Ivan Petrovski (TCD): Divine Revelation in the Books of Samuel; Irene Barbotti (TCD): Beatitudes and Woes in the Synoptic Tradition

February 26th 2024 – Rachel Wilkowski (TCD): Genesis 1-3 in Children’s Bibles; Kyle Young (TCD): Aquila and Targum Onkelos

March 25th 2024 – Jadesmon Saragih (TCD): Literary Allusions to Jeremiah in Luke’s Gospel: Portrayals of the Destruction of Jerusalem; Jesse Sykes (TCD): Matthew’s “Poor in Spirit”

April 8th 2024 Simon Brummer (TCD): Anti-Judaism in Luke-Acts: A Cognitive Science Approach; Stephen Huws (TCD): Reception of Mary in Stained Glass

September 16th  2024 -1pm, Trinity Dining Hall – Lunch – Academic staff associated with the centre are looking forward to meeting and catching up with each other and new and continuing research students as we enter a new academic year.  We’ll meet in the Dining Hall Foyer at 1pm.

September 30th 2024 -3pm, G7, School of Religion, Theology and Peace Studies – ‘The Equivalent Project on the Targums: The Power of Cross-Textual Study’, International guest lecturer

October 14th 2024 - 3pm, G7, School of Religion, Theology and Peace Studies –  Round-table discussion of Robert Kraft, "Para-mania: Beside, Before, and Beyond Bible Studies," JBL 126.1 (2007): 5-27.

November 4th 2024 - 3pm, G7, School of Religion, Theology and Peace Studies – 1st PhD QUIP session (Rachel Wilkowski and Maicol Cortes)

December 9th 2024 - 3pm, G7, School of Religion, Theology and Peace Studies – ‘The Vision of the Menorah in Zechariah and Its Meaning’, International guest lecturer