… is cultivated, shaping a more integral understanding of home. This interpretative process is enriched by textual engagement alongside those for whom an agrarian mode of life is normative, namely by conducting contextual Bible studies with the chiTumbuka speaking people of Northern Malawi.

People are increasingly disconnected from their sources of food and their local environment, perpetuating a colonial dynamic regarding natural and human resources. Focusing on certain biblical texts can help to make a connection between where people (and other creatures) dwell and where land …

While a visiting researcher at the University of Sheffield, Dr Williams will undertake a research project examining an agrarian conception of “home”, reading the biblical text against characteristically Western biases that have obscured this element.

… The publication of translations of great works of world literature into Scots is a crucial part of demonstrating its continuing vitality as a literary language.”

…Hebrew Scriptures: The Sang o Sangs, Ruth, Lamentatiouns, Qoheleth and Esther. These books, besides being important Jewish scriptures and part of the Christian Old Testament, are fascinating and still relevant examples of ancient literature for those of any religion or none. …

Abstract: “Based on his recent publication, The Sang O Sangs, Ruth, Lamentations, Qoheleth And Esther Owerset frae the Hebrew intil Scots (Handsel Press 2023), this talk will give an overview of Pyper’s translation from the original Hebrew into Scots of five books from the…