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Dr Matt Williams

New appointee to the Sir Henry Stephenson Fellowship

SCIBS is pleased to announce the new appointee to the Sir Henry Stephenson Fellowship: Dr Matt Williams.
David J.A. Clines at Burkitt Medal lecture
David Clines won the British Academy’s Burkitt Medal in 2015 for his significant contribution to the study of the Hebrew Bible and Hebrew lexicography.

In memory of David J.A. Clines

It is with great sadness that we inform you that David J.A. Clines, Professor of Biblical Studies, passed away in December 2022.
Dr Ryan Collman

Dr Ryan Collman is joining the “Reimagining Paul" project

SCIBS is happy to announce that Dr Ryan Collman is joining the “Reimagining Paul" project as a research assistant.
Three suasage rolls on wooden chopping board

The Greggs sausage roll debate is quite appropriate - Jesus did describe himself as meat

Read Dr Meredith Warren's article in i newspaper on the story of the moment - Greggs the bakers' depiction of the Nativity scene - and how we might interpret both the image and the outrage.

| i newspaper
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Why ‘Judeo-Christian values’ are a dog-whistle myth peddled by the far right

Read Dr Meredith Warren's article on the troublesome reappearance of the phrase 'Judeo-Christian values', published on The Conversation.

| The Conversation
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Dr Warren publishes her article in the SAGE Journals

Dr Meredith Warren has published her article entitled "Tasting the Little Scroll: A Sensory Analysis of Divine Interaction in Revelation 10.8-101" in the SAGE Journals.

| SAGE Journals
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Dr Minna Shkul awarded an Early Career Senate Award

A huge congratulations to our Dr Minna Shkul on being awarded an Early Career Senate Award for her work liberating and diversifying the curriculum with her groundbreaking module LGBT* Studies.
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Don’t believe The Handmaid’s Tale: the original Jezebel has been much maligned

SCIBS PhD researcher Aysha Musa writes for The Conversation on the TV adaptation of Margaret Atwood’s The Handmaid’s Tale, looking at episode eight, “Jezebel’s”, which draws on the memory of a biblical queen from the Old Testament.

| The Conversation