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

 

THE IRISH BIBLICAL ASSOCIATION ANNUAL CONFERENCE AND AGM will take place 

on Friday 17th and Saturday 18th February 2012 at Purcell House, All Hallows College, Drumcondra, Dublin 9.


Our guest lecturers this year are: Olivier-Thomas Venard OP, Studies Secretary at École Biblique, Jerusalem and Prof Peter Oakes, the Greenwood Senior Lecturer in the New Testament at Manchester University


PUBLIC LECTURE:
Fri 17 Feb, 8.00pm (registration from 7.30pm)


Olivier-Thomas Venard OP: "Reading the Scriptures and Receiving the Eucharist"


Reception


Sat 18 Feb, 9.00am (for 9.30am start)


Prof Peter Oakes: "Using Pompeian Evidence to Think about Early House Church Life"

Tea/Coffee

Olivier-Thomas Venard OP: "From the Last Supper to the Eucharist: Key Propositions" 

Lunch

 
Prof Peter Oakes: "Galatians for First-Century House Churches"

 


Cost: €40 (lunch included), €25 (no lunch), €7 individual lectures. No prior booking is necessary - please pay at the door.


The Conference is followed by the member's AGM


Previously Held Events

Dr. James McKeown, The Marriage of Ruth - Unravelling the Ambiguity, in association with QUB Institute of Theology, Belfast Bible College, Dunmurry, 13 October 2011.

Dr. Desi Alexander, The Implied Context of the Book of Ruth and its Implications for Interpretation,  in association with QUB Institute of Theology, Belfast Bible College, Dunmurry, 13 October 2011.

Ms Anne Ryan, A Feminist Perspective on the Book of Ruth,  in association with QUB Institute of Theology, Belfast Bible College, Dunmurry, 13 October 2011.

Dr Wendy Sproston-North, Points and Stars: John and the Synoptics, Church of Ireland Theological Institute, Dublin 14, 6 April 2011.

Prof Robert Hayward, Introduction to the Targumim, Annual Conference, All Hallows College, Drumcondra, Dublin, 18 February 2011.

Dr Jessie Rogers, Filling in the Gaps: 'Faithful' readings of the Book of Job, Annual Conference, All Hallows College, Drumcondra, Dublin, 19 February 2011.

Prof Robert Hayward, Different Aramaic Translations of Genesis, Annual Conference, All Hallows College, Drumcondra, Dublin, 19 February 2011.

Dr Jonathan Kearney, The Torah of Israel in the Tongue of Ishmael: Saadia Gaon and his Arabic Translation of the Pentateuch, Annual Conference, All Hallows College, Drumcondra, Dublin, 19 February 2011.

Prof Larry Hurtado, Who is ‘God’ in the New Testament? The Particulars of the New Testament Deity in a World of Gods, Annual Conference, All Hallows College, Drumcondra, Dublin, 8 October 2010.

Dr Edward Adams, The New Testament House Church: A Reassessment, Annual Conference, All Hallows College, Drumcondra, Dublin, 9 October 2010.

Dr. Edward Adams, Early Christian Meeting Places: Beyond Domestic Spaces, Annual Conference, All Hallows College, Drumcondra, Dublin, 9 October 2010.

Prof Larry Hurtado, ‘God’ and Jesus: The Implications of Jesus for ‘God’, Annual Conference, All Hallows College, Drumcondra, Dublin, 9 October 2010.

Rev  Prof  Séamus O'Connell, Strict Two-fold Repetitions in Mark as Keys to the Composition and Theology of the Second Gospel, Church of Ireland Theological Institute, Dublin, 9 February 2010.

Rev  Declan Hurley, Reading the Drama of Job through its Questions, Queen's University Belfast, 4 November 2009.

Mr John Lenschow,  The Beginning and the End: Echoes of Genesis in Revelation, Queen's University Belfast, 4 November 2009.

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.  

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 .  

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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