The Biblical Hebrew Reading Group provides an opportunity to read biblical texts under the guidance of great international scholars, junior Research Fellows and advanced postgraduate students. The reading group allows students, ranging from undergraduate to doctoral ones, to improve their fluency in Hebrew and connect the philological working of the biblical text with conceptual frameworks. This group also allows students to engage at all levels—those with more fluency read and translate, and those with less experience contribute to the conceptual work while practicing reading and grammar.
MICHAELMAS TERM 2026
BIBLICAL HEBREW READING GROUP
Weeks 2, 3, 5, & 6
Mondays, 11:30–12:30
Harris Seminar Room (Oriel College)
Convened by Hindy Najman and Rebekah Van Sant
Week 2, 19 October
Daniel Machiela (University of Notre Dame), Genesis 14
Week 3, 26 October
Vladimir Oliviero (Faculty of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies), Judges 13:1–15
Week 5, 9 November
Jonathan Ben Dov (Tel Aviv University), 4Q418. End of column XXVIII: frag. 81 [transcript will be precirculated]
Week 6, 16 November
Gary Rendsburg (Rutgers University), 1 Samuel 28: 6–17
Consult the Oriel College porter’s lodge for the 4-digit code to enter the Harris Seminar Room.
If you have any queries, please write to ocsb@oriel.ox.ac.uk