Closer to home - Biblical Reception in Oxford

Centre for Reception History of the Bible

http://www.crhb.org/index.html

The Centre for Reception History of the Bible (CRHB) is a research centre based at the University of Oxford. It aims to foster exchange between scholars working on the biblical text across the Humanities, creating a research network which focuses on exploring the use and influence of the Bible.

The Centre organises a regular seminar series (‘The Bible in Art, Music and Literature’) during University term time, runs conferences, and promotes publications that examine the reception history of the Bible.

Seminars this academic year

17th Oct
Dr Jorunn Økland (University of Sheffield)
1 Corinthians and Protestant Women: An Uneasy Relationship

31st Oct
Prof Kenneth Newport (Liverpool Hope University)
'A Vision for the Appointed Time' (Cf. Habakkuk 2.3): Reading the Bible as the Remnant of God

14th Nov
Dr Emma Francis (University of Warwick)
'Under the Lash of the Egyptian': Olive Schreiner's Woman and Labour and the Old Testament

28th Nov
Dr Jo Carruthers (University of Bristol)
'The Letter that Never Arrives': Reception in and of the Book of Esther

23rd Jan
Prof Christopher Rowland (University of Oxford)
William Blake and the New Testament

6th Feb
Prof John Harvey (University of Wales, Aberystwyth)
Hussey Seminar: 'The Vision ... as the Words of a Book' (Isa. 29.11)

20th Feb
Dr Helen Leneman (University of Amsterdam)
The Scroll of Ruth Re-told through Librettos and Music: Biblical Interpretation in a New Key ('Biblical Women and their Afterlives' series)

6th Mar
Dr Liliana M. Nutu (University of Sheffield)
Framing Judith ('Biblical Women and their Afterlives' series)