The group meets several times each term on weeks alternate to the Senior OT/HB Seminar to discuss papers presented primarily by graduate students, but also by invited senior faculty. Our seminars are often used as a forum for discussing one's ongoing doctoral or magisterial research, as an opportunity to present a paper before a conference, and indeed as a testing ground for new ideas. It is a great opportunity to interact with each other's research, explore new ideas, and build relationships.
The Society exists primarily for the benefit of graduate students whose research focuses on the Hebrew Bible, the Septuagint, the Dead Sea Scrolls, Hellenistic Jewish literature, and related areas; however, all colleagues, from within and outside the Faculty, are always warmly welcome.
Please note that all our events are currently taking place online. For further information and Zoom links, please contact Sophia Johnson (srcj2) or Tyler Horton (tah53).
2020-21 ACTIVITIES
MICHELMAS
October 21 (14:30) - New PhD Student Presentations
Yanjing (Tara) Qu
Andrew Keenan
November 4 (14:30) - New PhD Student Presentations
Robert Walker
November 18 (14:00) - Pre-SBL Event w/NT Graduate Society
(please note the change in time from our usual events)
Ahreum Kim (NT) - "The Necessity of Nike, the Victory Goddess"
December 9: Community Rule Texts 1QS, 1QSa (1Q28a)
December 16: Liturgical Texts: 1Ha, 11Psa (Apocryphal Psalms XXII, XXVI, XXVII, XXVIII)
January 6: Eschatological Texts: 4Q521, 1QM (War Scroll)
January 13: Biblical interpretation: Pesher Habakkuk (1QpHab); Genesis Apocryphon (1Q20)
January 20: Biblical Interpretation II: Aramaic Levi Document, Prayer of Nabonidus (4Q242), The Book of Noah (1Q19, 4Q534-536, 6Q8, 19)
