The next Postgraduate Research Seminar takes place on Monday 27th November 2023. We are looking forward to hearing from Seamus O‘Connell, University of Maynooth, who will share his research on ‘More than Agent or Advocate: the Holy Spirit in Mark‘. See our website for more details and how to register.

Congratulations to Rachel, who was awarded in the category of Material and Visual Culture and Reception of the Bible for her paper entitled “Snakes on a Page: Visual Receptions of the Eden Serpent Throughout the History of Western Art and Their Survivals in Modern Children‘s Bibles.“

Simon Brummer, Ph.D. candidate in the Centre, presents his research at the IBA held in the Trinity Long Room Hub Arts and Humanities Research Institute.

Prof. David Shepherd publishes new book on ‘King David‘ with Oxford University Press. Purchase same via Amozon follow this link.

Ben Wold publishes new monograph on the Dead Sea Scrolls and New Testament with Cambridge University Press

Danny Daley, who completed his Ph.D. in the Centre in 2019, has been appointed in New Testament Studies at Calvin Theological Seminary in Grand Rapids, Michigan.

Simon Brummer, Ph.D. candidate in the Centre, presents his research at the IBA held in the Trinity Long Room Hub Arts and Humanities Research Institute.

Kyle Young, Ph.D. candidate in the Centre, winner of the IOSCS John W. Wever Prize. Awarded for outstanding paper in LXX studies, Kyle‘s paper is titled: “Aquila‘s Secunda Editio: Evaluating the Appropriation and Evolution of a Concept”

Irene Barbotti, Ph.D. candidate in the Centre, to present at a research seminar organized by the library Centro Studi Educativi, Milan, Italy this December. Her paper is titled: “The Clash between Caesar and Christ in Ambrose of Milan: From the Political Competition to the Ecclesial Radicalization”

Who recently discussed her research on Children’s Bibles - THE PITFALLS OF CHILDREN’S BIBLES - which is available here.

Lynn Mills successfully defended her Ph.D. on “Cleansing by Water and Spirit” in the New Testament and Early Judaism under the supervision of Ben Wold, examined by Susan Docherty and Daniele Pevarello

Trinity Centre for Biblical Studies member Wenhua Shi’s new book makes Top 10 list of the year in Chinese academic rankings.

This project, funded by the Templeton Religious Trust, tests the way that light variation transmitted through stained glass affects the viewer’s perception of the biblical imagery in the window. It is considering the impact of static light variation such as a shadow from a buttress or a neighbouring building and/or different qualities and intensities of light. But it is also considering the kind of dynamic light variation produced by leaves fluttering in the wind, or a cloud or bird passing behind the window. Using eye tracking and questionnaires, the project attempts to measure the extent to which static and dynamic light variation impacts how viewers attend to, remember and feel a sense of awe in response to the biblical imagery in these windows.

Principal Investigator – David Shepherd. Co-Investigator – Fiona Newell (Psychology)

The Centre's research seminar in biblical studies runs regularly during the Michaelmas and Hilary terms and offers staff, associates, research students and others the opportunity to share, hear and discuss current research in biblical studies being undertaken here in Ireland and beyond. Find additional information here

In a world in which genuine forgiveness seems as rare a commodity as ever, this collection of essays offers an opportunity to explore where and in what forms forgiveness may be found in the Hebrew Bible--a text which is foundational for Western religions and the cultures they have influenced over the last two millennia. In the wake of renewed interest in forgiveness in antiquity and recent suggestions that it bears little resemblance to modern conceptions, this book investigates the ways in which the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament itself conceptualizes forgiveness. For more information and to purchase the book click here.

Miriam De Cock is a Marie Curie postdoctoral fellow in the field of Early Christianity at Aarhus University’s Department of Theology. She is visiting Trinity’s Centre of Biblical Studies for the months of April and May 2022.

Katie Brown, a second year M.Litt. student in the Centre, is participating in the Erasmus programme at Hebrew University 2022. Katie was hosted by Prof. Noam Mizrahi in the Orion Center for the Study of the Dead Sea Scrolls.

Katie Brown, a first-year post-graduate student in the Centre, working with Prof. Ben Wold, published an article in the most recent edition of the journal Search. Katie explores the weighty topic of the Bible and suicide.

November 20, 2020, Centre for Medieval Studies, University of York (UK) - First-year PhD student Stephen Huws discussed his recently published article on a William Morris and Edward Burne-Jones stained glass window in Yorkshire, reconstructing the damaged window in its original context and the religious significance it held for its community.

Kate Oxsen, who is completing her Ph.D. with Prof. David Shepherd, has been appointed to a tenure track position in biblical studies at Catholic Theological Union, Chicago

Danny Daley successfully defended his Ph.D. thesis on “Inheritance in the Gospel of Matthew and Antecedent Tradition“. Pictured here: Danny together with external examiners Catrin Williams (Trinity St David) and James Aitken (Cambridge), and supervisor Ben Wold.

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.

Congratulations to Lynn Mills, a second year Ph.D. student in the Trinity Centre for Biblical Studies, who was recently awarded funding by the Canadian Friends of the École Biblique et Archéologique, Jerusalem to research this summer on her project “Spirit, Water, and the Self in Early Judaism and Christianity”.

One stop on a guided tour of stained glass in various churches and the cathedral of the United Dioceses of Dublin and Glendalough. Clergy and parishioners from the respective churches were introduced to the way in which the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament has been interpreted in stained glass within their churches as part of a project funded by the Irish Research Council.

Speakers pictured with participants: William Horbury (Cambridge), David Shepherd (TCD), George J. Brooke (Manchester), Asaf Gayer (Haifa), Benjamin Wold (TCD), Jonathan Ben-Dov (Haifa), Daniele Pevarello (TCD), Elisa Uusimäki (Helsinki/Aarhus), Cana Werman (Ben Gurion), Lynn Mills (TCD), Kate Oxsen (TCD).

On 3-4 December 2019 a public symposium will be held on Jewish Wisdom. Plenary speakers: William Horbury (Cambridge), George Brooke (Manchester), Elisa Uusimäki (Helsinki), Jonathan Ben-Dov (Haifa), Cana Werman (Ben Gurion), Asaf Gayer (Haifa), Jeremy Corley (Maynooth), Daniele Pevarello (TCD), Ben Wold (TCD). All are welcome.

Please Join the School of Religion for the launch of Ben Wold's recent volume 4QInstruction: Divisions and Hierarchies published this year in Brill's series Studies on the Texts of the Desert of Judah. In the Trinity Long Room Hub – 29 January at 6:30 p.m. followed by a reception. The book will be launched by Dr Garrick Allen (Dublin City University)