AAR-SBL

Cambridge at SBL & AAR, San Francisco 2011

Some Cambridge scholars will be attending the annual meetings of the Society for Biblical Literature (SBL) and the American Academy of Religion (AAR) in San Francisco (19-22 November 2011). If you would like to meet them to find out more about studying in Cambridge biblical, early Jewish and early Christian studies, theology, philosophy of religion or religious studies, or to discuss possible research opportunities, please feel free to contact them. Details are on their personal pages.

• Aitken, Dr James (SBL papers: S19-205, P20-227a)
  Lecturer in Hebrew, Old Testament and Second Temple Studies
  Supervision areas: Persian period Hebrew Bible, Septuagint, Septuagint language (esp. vocabulary), second temple and Hellenistic Jewish literature (especially Ben Sira, Wisdom, Judith, Tobit), Hebrew semantics.
• Coakley, Professor Sarah
  Philosophical theology 
• Dell, Dr Katharine (SBL paper: S20-147' Presiding: S19-349)
  Senior Lecturer, Old Testament Studies
  Supervision areas: Wisdom literature, Prophecy, Old Testament Theology, the Writings.
• Ford, Professor David
  Regius Professor of Divinity 
• Gathercole, Dr Simon
  Senior Lecturer in New Testament Studies
  Supervision areas: Pauline studies, the christology of the Gospels, and extra-canonical Gospels.
• Head, Dr Peter M. (SBL paper: S21-136)
  Sir Kirby Laing Senior Lecturer in New Testament
  Supervision areas: The Gospels, Early manuscripts of the Greek New Testament and Textual Criticism, Epistolary Communication in Early Christianity, History of New Testament Scholarship.
• Hedley, Dr Douglas
  Reader in Hermeneutics and Metaphysics
  Supervision areas: Contemporary philosophy of religion; History of Platonism-Neoplatonism; Early modern philosophy; Romanticism and Idealism.
• Jongkind, Dr Dirk (SBL paper: S20-233)
  Research Fellow, Tyndale House
  Supervision areas: Textual criticism, Early manuscripts of the Greek New Testament, lexicography and grammar.
• Lieu, Professor Judith
  Lady Margaret's Professor of Divinity
  Supervision areas: New Testament; Johannine literature; 'Parting of the ways'; Jews and Christians in the Graeco-Roman world; second century Christianity; feminist readings of New Testament and early Christian writings.
• Mein, Andrew Dr (Presiding: S21-248)
  Lecturer in Old Testament, Westcott House
  Supervision areas: Ezekiel, Old Testament Ethics, reception history.
• Williams, Dr Peter J. (SBL paper: S20-233; Presiding: P21-325)
  Warden, Tyndale House
  Supervision areas: Ancient Bible translations of the Old or New Testament, especially as they relate to textual criticism or to the development of terminology.

Others are unable to attend this year, but reflect the range of possible supervision subjects in the field. Please see the list of people in the Faculty.

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