Aberdeen Divinity
@abdndivinity.bsky.social
Department of Divinity at the University of Aberdeen — over 500 years of world leading research and teaching!
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The Rise of “National” Scripts in the Iron Age II: A Proposal | Maarav: Vol 29, No 1-2
Northwest Semitic paleographic data has inspired a consensus that several “national” scripts had become well-established by the Iron IIB. Many treat these scripts as expressions of self-contained iden...
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🚨 New faculty publication! 🚨
Ever wondered how the alphabet became what it is today? Part of the answer lies in Dr. Nathaniel E. Greene's new article (co-authored w/Prof. Jeremy M. Hutton, @uwmadison.bsky.social) investigating the origins of Hebrew, Aramaic, and Phoenician scripts.
bit.ly/4pgYUiD
Ever wondered how the alphabet became what it is today? Part of the answer lies in Dr. Nathaniel E. Greene's new article (co-authored w/Prof. Jeremy M. Hutton, @uwmadison.bsky.social) investigating the origins of Hebrew, Aramaic, and Phoenician scripts.
bit.ly/4pgYUiD
We are elated to announce that Dr. Jamie Davies has been appointed as the new Kirby Laing Professor of New Testament Exegesis! Welcome, @jamiedavies.bsky.social!!
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New Kirby Laing Professor of New Testament Exegesis appointed
Dr Jamie Davies has been appointed to the post of Kirby Laing Professor of New Testament Exegesis
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November 20, 2025 at 4:22 PM
We are elated to announce that Dr. Jamie Davies has been appointed as the new Kirby Laing Professor of New Testament Exegesis! Welcome, @jamiedavies.bsky.social!!
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In case anyone thought this was a viral joke (and I don't blame you) the official announcement is now out from Aberdeen: www.abdn.ac.uk/news/24854/
New Kirby Laing Professor of New Testament Exegesis appointed
Dr Jamie Davies has been appointed to the post of Kirby Laing Professor of New Testament Exegesis
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November 20, 2025 at 10:12 AM
In case anyone thought this was a viral joke (and I don't blame you) the official announcement is now out from Aberdeen: www.abdn.ac.uk/news/24854/
The newly established Centre for Images and Texts in Antiquity @uniofaberdeen.bsky.social has its inaugural event on the anthropology of images and of figuration on Thur, 20 Nov 2025, featuring Prof. Philippe Descola (Collège de France). Click through for more info!
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World-Making: An Anthropology of the Visible
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November 17, 2025 at 7:54 PM
The newly established Centre for Images and Texts in Antiquity @uniofaberdeen.bsky.social has its inaugural event on the anthropology of images and of figuration on Thur, 20 Nov 2025, featuring Prof. Philippe Descola (Collège de France). Click through for more info!
www.abdn.ac.uk/dhpa/events/...
www.abdn.ac.uk/dhpa/events/...
Prof. Brock appeared recently on the Christianity Now Podcast to talk about Creatures and Creation. The link is just below!
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Episode XXVII: Brian Brock on Creatures and Creation
YouTube video by Christianity Now Podcast
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November 14, 2025 at 11:03 AM
Prof. Brock appeared recently on the Christianity Now Podcast to talk about Creatures and Creation. The link is just below!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=peVN...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=peVN...
🚨 New faculty publication! 🚨
Ever wondered how the alphabet became what it is today? Part of the answer lies in Dr. Nathaniel E. Greene's new article (co-authored w/Prof. Jeremy M. Hutton, @uwmadison.bsky.social) investigating the origins of Hebrew, Aramaic, and Phoenician scripts.
bit.ly/4pgYUiD
Ever wondered how the alphabet became what it is today? Part of the answer lies in Dr. Nathaniel E. Greene's new article (co-authored w/Prof. Jeremy M. Hutton, @uwmadison.bsky.social) investigating the origins of Hebrew, Aramaic, and Phoenician scripts.
bit.ly/4pgYUiD
The Rise of “National” Scripts in the Iron Age II: A Proposal | Maarav: Vol 29, No 1-2
Northwest Semitic paleographic data has inspired a consensus that several “national” scripts had become well-established by the Iron IIB. Many treat these scripts as expressions of self-contained iden...
www.journals.uchicago.edu
November 6, 2025 at 8:36 PM
🚨 New faculty publication! 🚨
Ever wondered how the alphabet became what it is today? Part of the answer lies in Dr. Nathaniel E. Greene's new article (co-authored w/Prof. Jeremy M. Hutton, @uwmadison.bsky.social) investigating the origins of Hebrew, Aramaic, and Phoenician scripts.
bit.ly/4pgYUiD
Ever wondered how the alphabet became what it is today? Part of the answer lies in Dr. Nathaniel E. Greene's new article (co-authored w/Prof. Jeremy M. Hutton, @uwmadison.bsky.social) investigating the origins of Hebrew, Aramaic, and Phoenician scripts.
bit.ly/4pgYUiD
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Our runner-up is Christopher West @christophernwest.bsky.social from @abdndivinity.bsky.social with a wonderful neep representing his PhD 'Inordinate Rites: Symbolic Actions in Irish Anglican Ordinations and the God-Talk of the Infrequent Worshipper'
November 4, 2025 at 10:35 AM
Our runner-up is Christopher West @christophernwest.bsky.social from @abdndivinity.bsky.social with a wonderful neep representing his PhD 'Inordinate Rites: Symbolic Actions in Irish Anglican Ordinations and the God-Talk of the Infrequent Worshipper'
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Very proud to be part of the PGR student cohort at @abdndivinity.bsky.social. Achieving 90% for research quality (top of the list when sorted by that criterion) is no mean feat! I can’t recommend Aberdeen highly enough to potential PGs.
Theology & Religious Studies Subject League Table 2026
Theology & Religious Studies focus on the world's major religions from a non-biased, academic perspective
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September 19, 2025 at 9:33 AM
Very proud to be part of the PGR student cohort at @abdndivinity.bsky.social. Achieving 90% for research quality (top of the list when sorted by that criterion) is no mean feat! I can’t recommend Aberdeen highly enough to potential PGs.
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Happening tonight!
Still time to register or join us at 6.30pm UK time on MS Teams, DM me for event link.
Still time to register or join us at 6.30pm UK time on MS Teams, DM me for event link.
"Incredible Women: Chronic Pain, Credibility, and Gender Bias"
📆 Wednesday 17th Sept, 6.30pm on MS Teams
📢 Dr Eilidh Galbraith discusses the findings of her @abdndivinity.bsky.social @leverhulme.ac.uk research project with a panel of guests.
🔗 DM me for event link or see poster for details!
📆 Wednesday 17th Sept, 6.30pm on MS Teams
📢 Dr Eilidh Galbraith discusses the findings of her @abdndivinity.bsky.social @leverhulme.ac.uk research project with a panel of guests.
🔗 DM me for event link or see poster for details!
September 17, 2025 at 10:58 AM
Happening tonight!
Still time to register or join us at 6.30pm UK time on MS Teams, DM me for event link.
Still time to register or join us at 6.30pm UK time on MS Teams, DM me for event link.
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"Incredible Women: Chronic Pain, Credibility, and Gender Bias"
📆 Wednesday 17th Sept, 6.30pm on MS Teams
📢 Dr Eilidh Galbraith discusses the findings of her @abdndivinity.bsky.social @leverhulme.ac.uk research project with a panel of guests.
🔗 DM me for event link or see poster for details!
📆 Wednesday 17th Sept, 6.30pm on MS Teams
📢 Dr Eilidh Galbraith discusses the findings of her @abdndivinity.bsky.social @leverhulme.ac.uk research project with a panel of guests.
🔗 DM me for event link or see poster for details!
September 11, 2025 at 8:35 AM
"Incredible Women: Chronic Pain, Credibility, and Gender Bias"
📆 Wednesday 17th Sept, 6.30pm on MS Teams
📢 Dr Eilidh Galbraith discusses the findings of her @abdndivinity.bsky.social @leverhulme.ac.uk research project with a panel of guests.
🔗 DM me for event link or see poster for details!
📆 Wednesday 17th Sept, 6.30pm on MS Teams
📢 Dr Eilidh Galbraith discusses the findings of her @abdndivinity.bsky.social @leverhulme.ac.uk research project with a panel of guests.
🔗 DM me for event link or see poster for details!
As Prof. Brock's new book has appeared recently, join him as he discusses things with @jaredstacy.bsky.social. Click through for more!
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Living As Creatures
A Conversation with Brian Brock
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August 28, 2025 at 11:09 AM
As Prof. Brock's new book has appeared recently, join him as he discusses things with @jaredstacy.bsky.social. Click through for more!
jaredstacy.substack.com/p/living-as-...
jaredstacy.substack.com/p/living-as-...
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A wee bit of good news! I’ve recently become editor of "Theology in Scotland," a journal rooted in Scottish theology with a broad, inclusive scope 📝🏴
You can learn more about the journal here: ojs.st-andrews.ac.uk/index.php/TI...
You can learn more about the journal here: ojs.st-andrews.ac.uk/index.php/TI...
August 27, 2025 at 4:03 PM
A wee bit of good news! I’ve recently become editor of "Theology in Scotland," a journal rooted in Scottish theology with a broad, inclusive scope 📝🏴
You can learn more about the journal here: ojs.st-andrews.ac.uk/index.php/TI...
You can learn more about the journal here: ojs.st-andrews.ac.uk/index.php/TI...
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Job: Kirby Laing Chair of New Testament Exegesis
University of Aberdeen - Divinity, History, Philosophy & Art History @abdndivinity.bsky.social
Closing date 31 August
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DOK118/k...
University of Aberdeen - Divinity, History, Philosophy & Art History @abdndivinity.bsky.social
Closing date 31 August
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DOK118/k...
Kirby Laing Chair of New Testament Exegesis at University of Aberdeen
An academic position as a Kirby Laing Chair of New Testament Exegesis is being advertised on jobs.ac.uk. Click now to find more details and explore additional academic job opportunities.
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August 21, 2025 at 8:04 AM
Job: Kirby Laing Chair of New Testament Exegesis
University of Aberdeen - Divinity, History, Philosophy & Art History @abdndivinity.bsky.social
Closing date 31 August
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DOK118/k...
University of Aberdeen - Divinity, History, Philosophy & Art History @abdndivinity.bsky.social
Closing date 31 August
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DOK118/k...
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If you're planning on being around Aberdeen this autumn or can make it to us for the mornings of 20 Sep, 18 Oct, and 22 Nov, please come join us for this exciting series of Aberdeen Academy of Theology workshops on interpreting the Hebrew Bible led by the Univ of Aberdeen's Dr Nathaniel Greene.
August 5, 2025 at 1:00 PM
If you're planning on being around Aberdeen this autumn or can make it to us for the mornings of 20 Sep, 18 Oct, and 22 Nov, please come join us for this exciting series of Aberdeen Academy of Theology workshops on interpreting the Hebrew Bible led by the Univ of Aberdeen's Dr Nathaniel Greene.
From Englewood Review of Books, Prof. Brian Brock's _Joining Creation’s Praise: A Theological Ethic of Creatureliness_ tops the list of most anticipated theological books! Click through to read more:
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Fall 2025 - Most Anticipated Books for Christian Readers! - Page 3 of 9 - The Englewood Review of Books
The second half of 2025 promises a ton of excellent new books! Here are 60+ of our most anticipated books of Fall 2025 for Christian Readers…
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July 30, 2025 at 9:13 AM
From Englewood Review of Books, Prof. Brian Brock's _Joining Creation’s Praise: A Theological Ethic of Creatureliness_ tops the list of most anticipated theological books! Click through to read more:
englewoodreview.org/fall-2025-mo...
englewoodreview.org/fall-2025-mo...
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Job: Kirby Laing Chair of New Testament Exegesis
University of Aberdeen - Divinity, History, Philosophy & Art History @abdndivinity.bsky.social
Closing date 31 August
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DNP093/k...
University of Aberdeen - Divinity, History, Philosophy & Art History @abdndivinity.bsky.social
Closing date 31 August
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DNP093/k...
Kirby Laing Chair of New Testament Exegesis at University of Aberdeen
Apply for the Kirby Laing Chair of New Testament Exegesis role on jobs.ac.uk, the top job board for academic positions in higher education. View details and apply now.
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July 18, 2025 at 9:55 AM
Job: Kirby Laing Chair of New Testament Exegesis
University of Aberdeen - Divinity, History, Philosophy & Art History @abdndivinity.bsky.social
Closing date 31 August
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DNP093/k...
University of Aberdeen - Divinity, History, Philosophy & Art History @abdndivinity.bsky.social
Closing date 31 August
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DNP093/k...
New faculty publication!
How to Do Christian Ethics: Living the Grammar of Christian Life Every Day, edited by Brian Brock, Nadine Hamilton, and Daniel R. Patterson.
Click through for more info!
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How to Do Christian Ethics: Living the Grammar of Christian Life Every Day, edited by Brian Brock, Nadine Hamilton, and Daniel R. Patterson.
Click through for more info!
www.bloomsbury.com/uk/how-to-do...
How To Do Christian Ethics
Discover how pressing contemporary moral issues can be approached and discussed in a distinct and coherently theological fashion. This book displays a more dir…
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July 7, 2025 at 8:15 AM
New faculty publication!
How to Do Christian Ethics: Living the Grammar of Christian Life Every Day, edited by Brian Brock, Nadine Hamilton, and Daniel R. Patterson.
Click through for more info!
www.bloomsbury.com/uk/how-to-do...
How to Do Christian Ethics: Living the Grammar of Christian Life Every Day, edited by Brian Brock, Nadine Hamilton, and Daniel R. Patterson.
Click through for more info!
www.bloomsbury.com/uk/how-to-do...
Call for Papers:
Beyond Eurocentrism and Arabocentrism: Race, Ethnicity, and Knowledge Production in the Arabo-Islamic 'Golden Age'
Hosted by DHPA on 12–13 September 2025.
The deadline for abstract proposals is 30 July 2025. Click through for more information:
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Beyond Eurocentrism and Arabocentrism: Race, Ethnicity, and Knowledge Production in the Arabo-Islamic 'Golden Age'
Hosted by DHPA on 12–13 September 2025.
The deadline for abstract proposals is 30 July 2025. Click through for more information:
agya.info/publications...
Beyond Eurocentrism and Arabocentrism: Race, Ethnicity, and Knowledge Production in the Arabo-Islamic 'Golden Age'
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July 4, 2025 at 11:30 AM
Call for Papers:
Beyond Eurocentrism and Arabocentrism: Race, Ethnicity, and Knowledge Production in the Arabo-Islamic 'Golden Age'
Hosted by DHPA on 12–13 September 2025.
The deadline for abstract proposals is 30 July 2025. Click through for more information:
agya.info/publications...
Beyond Eurocentrism and Arabocentrism: Race, Ethnicity, and Knowledge Production in the Arabo-Islamic 'Golden Age'
Hosted by DHPA on 12–13 September 2025.
The deadline for abstract proposals is 30 July 2025. Click through for more information:
agya.info/publications...
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After enthusiastic feedback on the pilot, the
@asdsdeath.bsky.social PGR/ECR 2025-26 mentoring scheme is open for applications - closing 8/9/2025!
Further information is available at deathandsociety.org/mentoring/ - or feel free to get in touch by email.
@asdsdeath.bsky.social PGR/ECR 2025-26 mentoring scheme is open for applications - closing 8/9/2025!
Further information is available at deathandsociety.org/mentoring/ - or feel free to get in touch by email.
June 25, 2025 at 7:22 AM
After enthusiastic feedback on the pilot, the
@asdsdeath.bsky.social PGR/ECR 2025-26 mentoring scheme is open for applications - closing 8/9/2025!
Further information is available at deathandsociety.org/mentoring/ - or feel free to get in touch by email.
@asdsdeath.bsky.social PGR/ECR 2025-26 mentoring scheme is open for applications - closing 8/9/2025!
Further information is available at deathandsociety.org/mentoring/ - or feel free to get in touch by email.
Come and work with us!
With our vibrant research culture and robust postgraduate research community, we look forward to welcoming a new Kirby Laing Professor of New Testament. Please see the job ad just below for furthers and particulars. Please share widely!
www.abdn.ac.uk/jobs/vacanci...
With our vibrant research culture and robust postgraduate research community, we look forward to welcoming a new Kirby Laing Professor of New Testament. Please see the job ad just below for furthers and particulars. Please share widely!
www.abdn.ac.uk/jobs/vacanci...
Kirby Laing Chair of New Testament Exegesis, Divinity, History, Philosophy & Art History (DHP145A) | The University of Aberdeen
www.abdn.ac.uk
June 25, 2025 at 9:46 AM
Come and work with us!
With our vibrant research culture and robust postgraduate research community, we look forward to welcoming a new Kirby Laing Professor of New Testament. Please see the job ad just below for furthers and particulars. Please share widely!
www.abdn.ac.uk/jobs/vacanci...
With our vibrant research culture and robust postgraduate research community, we look forward to welcoming a new Kirby Laing Professor of New Testament. Please see the job ad just below for furthers and particulars. Please share widely!
www.abdn.ac.uk/jobs/vacanci...
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@feministtheology.bsky.social is running their first summer writing room on Wednesday this week (25th) 2-4pm BST
Doesn’t matter what you’re working on, just a couple of hours of dedicated and accountable writing time!
Link sent out via email - sign up to join. All welcome #writing
Doesn’t matter what you’re working on, just a couple of hours of dedicated and accountable writing time!
Link sent out via email - sign up to join. All welcome #writing
June 22, 2025 at 5:34 PM
@feministtheology.bsky.social is running their first summer writing room on Wednesday this week (25th) 2-4pm BST
Doesn’t matter what you’re working on, just a couple of hours of dedicated and accountable writing time!
Link sent out via email - sign up to join. All welcome #writing
Doesn’t matter what you’re working on, just a couple of hours of dedicated and accountable writing time!
Link sent out via email - sign up to join. All welcome #writing
Calling all alumni!
You're invited to an online event on how postgraduate study can support your goals.
Thur 26 June, 1300-1400
Register: abdn.io/1ug
👉Career benefits of postgrad qualifications — upskilling to career changes
👉Flexible study options
👉Exclusive financial support for alumni
You're invited to an online event on how postgraduate study can support your goals.
Thur 26 June, 1300-1400
Register: abdn.io/1ug
👉Career benefits of postgrad qualifications — upskilling to career changes
👉Flexible study options
👉Exclusive financial support for alumni
June 19, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Calling all alumni!
You're invited to an online event on how postgraduate study can support your goals.
Thur 26 June, 1300-1400
Register: abdn.io/1ug
👉Career benefits of postgrad qualifications — upskilling to career changes
👉Flexible study options
👉Exclusive financial support for alumni
You're invited to an online event on how postgraduate study can support your goals.
Thur 26 June, 1300-1400
Register: abdn.io/1ug
👉Career benefits of postgrad qualifications — upskilling to career changes
👉Flexible study options
👉Exclusive financial support for alumni
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Have you attended a Church of Ireland ordination service or know someone who has? I’m conducting a survey as part of my PhD project at @abdndivinity.bsky.social, supervised by the wonderful @drkatiecross.bsky.social, and would love to hear from you! Please get in touch and feel free to share.
![Call for Participants
Have you attended a Church of Ireland ordination service? Are you interested in sharing your experiences and insights? This study is for you!
It focuses on the experiences of individuals who have attended Church of Ireland ordination services as part of a PhD research project at the University of Aberdeen. It is led by you, aiming to represent how you talk about your experiences of these services in your own words. The focus is on your personal beliefs whether they are a form of Christianity or something else, particularly whether certain actions performed during the ordination you attended made a difference to these. The study will involve a short survey and the possibility of a follow-up interview, all conducted online for your convenience.
Who can take part?
Adults aged 18 or older
Anyone who has attended a Church of Ireland ordination service (including the making of deacons, the ordination of priests/presbyters, or the consecration of bishops – you do not have to know which service to take part)
People who do not regularly attend church are particularly welcome
What will it involve?
Completing a short online survey (approximately 20 minutes) via Microsoft Forms at your convenience
Option to participate in a follow-up interview conducted via Microsoft Teams
Confidentiality and anonymity:
Your responses will be kept confidential and anonymised
Only provide your contact details if you agree to follow-up with an interview
You can withdraw from the study at any time without explanation
Interested in taking part?
Please contact me at c.west.24[at]abdn.ac.uk to express your interest or for more information. This study is supervised by Dr Katie Cross who can also be contacted at k.cross[at]abdn.ac.uk with any questions. Your experiences and perspectives are important to me, and I look forward to hearing from you!](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:eem6pcud2xmhamaqq6iknbx3/bafkreicuvc4plbsuasu3zywbwrrtm6uowkvtmaco3lj2m7i5rsvwzkwx44@jpeg)
June 5, 2025 at 9:24 AM
Have you attended a Church of Ireland ordination service or know someone who has? I’m conducting a survey as part of my PhD project at @abdndivinity.bsky.social, supervised by the wonderful @drkatiecross.bsky.social, and would love to hear from you! Please get in touch and feel free to share.
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It's TEDx talk time 😍
You've been waiting for it! Now here it is: Dr. @jen-studies-death.bsky.social's TED talk on Death, Ritual, and Grave Goods!
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What do you want to be buried with? | Dr. Jennifer Riley | TEDxAberdeen
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May 20, 2025 at 10:24 AM
It's TEDx talk time 😍
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Publication day!
My article, “Introductory Matters: Tracing the Aims of Proverbs 1:1–7 through the Book’s First Collection,” published in SJT, is now up under FirstView
doi.org/10.1017/S003...
The article is a minor rework of a paper I gave last year at the @abdndivinity.bsky.social PGR Symposium
My article, “Introductory Matters: Tracing the Aims of Proverbs 1:1–7 through the Book’s First Collection,” published in SJT, is now up under FirstView
doi.org/10.1017/S003...
The article is a minor rework of a paper I gave last year at the @abdndivinity.bsky.social PGR Symposium
Introductory matters: Tracing the aims of Proverbs 1:1–7 through the book's first collection | Scottish Journal of Theology | Cambridge Core
Introductory matters: Tracing the aims of Proverbs 1:1–7 through the book's first collection
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May 21, 2025 at 8:01 AM
Publication day!
My article, “Introductory Matters: Tracing the Aims of Proverbs 1:1–7 through the Book’s First Collection,” published in SJT, is now up under FirstView
doi.org/10.1017/S003...
The article is a minor rework of a paper I gave last year at the @abdndivinity.bsky.social PGR Symposium
My article, “Introductory Matters: Tracing the Aims of Proverbs 1:1–7 through the Book’s First Collection,” published in SJT, is now up under FirstView
doi.org/10.1017/S003...
The article is a minor rework of a paper I gave last year at the @abdndivinity.bsky.social PGR Symposium