Oxford & Cambridge
Old Testament Graduate Seminar
Friday 17th May 2013
Faculty of Divinity, University of Cambridge
Chaired by Dr John Jarick and Dr James Aitken
Room 3
Faculty of Divinity, West Road, Cambridge CB3 9BS
PROGRAMME:
10.30–11.00
Tea/Coffee and Welcome
11.00–11.40
Session 1:
Kim Phillips (Cambridge): ‘The Meaning of kassuḥah
in Isaiah 5:25’
11.40–12.20
Session 2:
Troy Cudworth (Oxford): ‘Ahaz Attacked! The Fate of
Unfaithful Kings in Chronicles’
12.20–13.00
Session 3:
Chris Fresch (Cambridge): ‘The Peculiar Occurrences
of οὖν in Septuagint Genesis and Exodus’
13.00–14.00
Lunch:
14.00–14.40
Session 4:
Ekaterina Kozlova (Oxford): ‘Abraham’s Burial
(Genesis 25:9): An Idyllic Burial or a Dispute over Inheritance?’
14.40–15.20
Session 5:
Lindsey Askin (Cambridge): ‘Phineas and Scribal
Practices in Ben Sira (Sir 45:23-26)’
15.20–16.00
Session 6:
Alma Brodersen (Oxford): ‘“Neither delighteth he in
any man’s legs”: How to Explain Psalm 147’
16.00–16.20
Tea
Faculty of Divinity
16.30 Hebrew History: Walking tour of Hebrew-related sites in Cambridge
18.00 Optional dinner in Bella Italia, Newnham Road. CB3 9BR.
The Fitzwilliam Museum closes at 5pm, but reopens between 6 and 9pm for
“Museums at Night”; free entry, with live music and events.