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‘The word of God is living and active’ (Heb 4:12 )  

Strict Two-fold Repetitions in Mark as Keys to the Composition and Theology of the Second Gospel

Rev. Prof.  Séamus O'Connell

Church of Ireland Theological Institute

Braemor Park, Dublin

Tuesday, 9 February, 2010, at 8 p.m.

Admission: €5, students free

Rev. Prof. O'Connell has studied in Maynooth, the Pontifical Biblical Institute and in Fribourg.  He has served as chairman of the National Bible Society of Ireland's Committee on Scripture Use (1996–present), as  President of the IBA (2002–2005) and as a member of the Irish Episcopal Commission for Theology (1999–present). 

Among his many publications are From Most Ancient Sources: The Nature and Text-Critical Use of the Greek Old Testament Text of the Complutensian Polyglot Bible (2006),  "Towards the First Gospel: Redactional Development in the Gospel of Mark", Proceedings of the Irish Biblical Association 26 (2003): 66–91 and  "Let the Reader Understand: Recent Writing on Mark", The Furrow 60 (2009): 111–119.

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‘The word of God is living and active’ (Heb 4:12 )  

Annual Conference

Prof. Larry Hurtado

Who is 'God' in the New Testament?

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'God' and Jesus

Dr. Edward Adams

The New Testament House Church: A Reassessment

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Early Christian Meeting Places: Beyond Domestic Spaces

Purcell House

All Hallows College

Gracepark Road

Drumcondra

Dublin 9

Friday, 16 April, and Saturday 17 April, 2010

Prof. Larry Hurtado is the Head of the School of Divinity and  Professor of  New Testament Language, Literature and Theology in Edinburgh University. His vast interests include studies of the New Testament and the origins of Christianity. His research has considered issues such as how the New Testament came to us, how the Gospels were transmitted in the early centuries,  how Christian belief and practice were shaped by opposition and historical developments of the first two centuries.

A selection of his publications include:

The Earliest Christian Artifacts: Manuscripts and Christian Origins (2006)

How on Earth did Jesus Become a God? Historical Questions about

Earliest Devotion to Jesus (2005)

Lord Jesus Christ - Devotion to Jesus in Earliest Christianity (2003).  

Dr Eddie Adams is a Senior Lecturer in New Testament Studies at King's College, London and his interests include Paul and the Pauline Church, ancient cosmology and New Testament eschatology and interpretation. His research is generally interested in the origins and early development of Christianity as a social and religious movement in interaction with the social, religious and intellectual environment of which it was part. 

As well as many journal article he has written and co-edited:

Constructing the World. A Study in Paul's Cosmological Language (2000)

Christianity at Corinth: The Quest for the Pauline Church, Eddie Adams and  David G.Horrell (eds), (2004)

The Stars Will Fall from Heaven: 'Cosmic Catastrophe' in the New Testament and its World (2007).

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Dr David Shepherd, 'Do you love me?' A New Reading of John 21:15-17, St. Patrick's College, Maynooth, 13 October 2009.

Rev Prof Charles Conroy, Recent Study of the Enigmatic Servant Texts in Isaiah, Annual Conference, Avila Carmelite Centre, Donnybrook, Dublin, 25 April 2009.

Rev Prof Charles Conroy, Jonah and Nahum in the Book of the Twelve: Who has the Last Word? Avila Carmelite Centre, Donnybrook, Dublin, 25 April 2009.

Prof John J. Collins, Apologetics and Critical Scholarship: Biblical Scholarship at the Crossroads, Avila Carmelite Centre, Donnybrook, Dublin, 24 April 2009.

Prof John J. Collins, Beyond the Qumran Community: Current Scholarship on the Dead Sea Scrolls, Avila Carmelite Centre, Donnybrook, Dublin, 25 April 2009.

Mr Seán Goan, Passover and the Passion in St. John's Gospel, Church of Ireland Theological College Dublin, 2 March 2009.

Fr Murray Watson, Translation for Transformation: André Chouraqui, his Life and his Gospel Translations, Belfast Bible College, 12 November 2008. 

Mr Volker Glissmann, The Diaspora and the Final Redaction of Genesis: The Case of the Benevolent Foreign Rulers, Belfast Bible College, 12 November 2008. 

Dr Zuleika Rodgers, Translation and Theocracy: Flavius Josephus and Biblical Interpretation,  Weingreen Museum, Trinity College Dublin , 15 October 2008.

Prof Morna Hooker, Paul as Pastor: The Relevance of the Gospel, Annual Conference and AGM, Dominican Retreat Centre, Tallaght, Dublin, 4 April  2008.    

Prof Michel Gourgues OP,  « Remember Jesus Christ » (2 Tm 2: 8,11-13): From a Baptismal Instruction to an Encouragement Addressed to Missionaries, Annual Conference and AGM, Dominican Retreat Centre, Tallaght, Dublin, 5 April, 2008.    

Prof Morna Hooker, On Becoming the Righteousness of God: Conformity to Christ in 2 Corinthians,  Annual Conference and AGM, Dominican Retreat Centre, Tallaght, Dublin, 5 April, 2008.    

Prof Michel Gourgues OP, The Superimposition of Symbolic Time and Real Time in the Gospel of John -  The Symbolism of Light as Time Marker, Annual Conference and AGM, Dominican Retreat Centre, Tallaght, Dublin, 5 April, 2008.   

Prof Carmel McCarthy, The Word is Very Near to You, Some Reflections on BHQ Deuteronomy, Church of Ireland Theological College Dublin,  27 February 2008.

Fr Michael Mullins, Jesus' Passion and Death According to Matthew, Avila Carmelite Centre for Spirituality, Dublin, 16 February 2008.   

Fr Tony O'Leary CP,  Looking ahead to the Year of Matthew, Avila Carmelite Centre for Spirituality, Dublin, Dublin 4, 17 November  2007 . 

Dr  Kieran O'Mahony, Paul, Mapping the New Perspective, Belfast Bible College, 14 November 2007.  

Ms Karen Fulton, Co-Writers in Christ: Paul's Letters in the Light of Josephus and the Oxyrhynchus Papyri, Belfast Bible College, 14 November 2007.

Dr David Baker,  Why Care for the Poor? Theological Foundations of Old Testament Laws on Wealth and Poverty, Mater Dei Institute of Education, Dublin, 17 October 2007.  

Prof Frances Young, Prof Reimund Bieringer, Annual Conference and AGM , Marianella , Dublin, 20-21 April, 2007.

Dr Steve Moyise , Paul and Scripture in Dispute, Church of Ireland Theological College, Dublin, 26 February, 2007.

Dr Fearghus Ó Fearghail, The 1602 Irish Translation of the New Testament in its European Context and Rev Janet Unsworth, Forgiveness in the Fourth Gospel , Union Theological College, Belfast , 15 November 2006.

Dr Mark Finney, Conflict and Honour in the Ancient World: Some Thoughts on the Social Problems behind 1 Corinthians , Mater Dei Institute of Education, Dublin, 17 October 2006 .  

Prof John Barton, Dr Jeremy Corley, Annual Conference and AGM , Marianella, Dublin, 31 March-1 April 2006. 

Patricia McDonald SHCJ, “I am with you always, to the end of the age”: Presence in the Gospel According to Matthew, Church of Ireland Theological College, Dublin, 21 February 2006.

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