This seminar, co-sponsored by the Faculty of Theology and Religion, is the flagship seminar of the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament subject area in Oxford. It runs each term and hosts an international array of scholars in the field of Biblical Studies. The seminar is attended by a variety of faculties across the University of Oxford. Students and faculty members participate in discussions during the formal sessions, as well as in more informal discussions each week after the seminars.
During Michaelmas Term 2023, this seminar series has a specific title, ‘Materiality and Hermeneutics Across Scriptural Traditions’, as it is jointly convened by Professor Hindy Najman, Professor Kirsten Macfarlane and Dr César Merchán-Hamann.