Michaelmas Term 2025
Weeks 2-6, Week 8
Tuesdays from 14:00-15:30
Catherine Lewis Lecture Theatre, Clarendon Institute, Walton Street Oxford, OX1 2HG
All lectures will be presented in a hybrid format which will be accessible both online (see below) and in person in the Catherine Lewis Lecture Theatre (followed by coffee, tea and biscuits in the Common Room, situated in the basement of the Clarendon Institute)
Convened by Meron Piotrkowski
Week 1, Tuesday 14 October
No Seminar (Jewish Holiday)
Week 2, Tuesday 21 October
Alison Salvesen, ‘So excellent and sacred and accurate a translation’: Hebrew Scriptures in Greek form, from 3rd century BCE – 2nd century CE
In order to participate in this lecture via Zoom, please register at this link: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/Vw7S-DX2TeWiktCJOIjN0g
Week 3, Tuesday 28 October
Guillermo Velilla Guerra, Beyond Ptolemaic and Halachic Boundaries: Expanding the Linguistic Fabric of the Septuagint Exodus Covenant Code
In order to participate in this lecture via Zoom, please register at this link: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/DMierpLpTzmScRIfRqjmzw
Week 4, Tuesday 4 November
Thomas Schmidt, Jesus in the Writings of Josephus: Stylistic and Social Networking Analysis
In order to participate in this lecture via Zoom, please register at this link: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/qU0ieENAQzyH6pIZe4CTmg
Week 5, Tuesday 11 November
Asaf Gayer, New Insights into the Reception and Transmission of the Book of Isaiah in the Hellenistic–Roman Period
In order to participate in this lecture via Zoom, please register at this link: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/ESXrrO21RT2QcCuRN1ntJw
Week 6, Tuesday 18 November
Sacha Stern, Qumran and the Rabbis: ‘Realism’ and ‘Nominalism’
In order to participate in this lecture via Zoom, please register at this link: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/swrJEn9QRVWJbifmNwd1Uw
Week 7, Tuesday 25 November
No Seminar
Week 8, Tuesday 2 December
Lindsey Davidson, Orality in Ben Sira and Related Wisdom Literature
In order to participate in this lecture via Zoom, please register at this link: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/1x8aZrgYSmiZYCautPi9Bw