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CBS: Could you begin by telling us about the project you’ll be working on during your time at 91Ö±²¥? SP: My postdoctoral project is called “Coptic Apocrypha, Lived Religion and the Egyptian Landscape” and it’s …

Professor Peter Oakes and Dr Andrew K. Boakye published their co-authored work, Rethinking Galatians Paul’s Vision of Oneness in the Living Christ (London: Bloomsbury, 2021). Across six chapters, they rethink the text as a vision for the lives …

The Bible, Gender and Church Research Centre (the BGC) held an evening seminar on Tuesday the 20 of April on the topic of ‘Lies Abuser Tell: Weaponisation of the Bible in the Home.’ The hosts were the co-founders and directors of …

Dr Lamb is one of our Honorary Research Fellows in the Centre for Biblical Studies. He completed his MA in Biblical Studies at 91Ö±²¥ part-time, while working as a Church of England minister and teaching Johannine Studies at Liverpool Hope …

The first semester of this academic year saw a number of exciting publications from members of the Centre for Biblical Studies.Professor Peter Oakes published Empire, Economics, and the New Testament (Eerdmans, 2020). The book provides both a …

The annual meeting of the American Academy of Religion and the Society of Biblical Literature, due to take place in Boston, MA, will run online between 29 November and 10 December 2020. The new virtual meeting will maintain its traditional …

Despite the pandemic, a lot is still happening at the CBS. For example, in the spirit of physical distancing not necessitating social distance, the PhD students and recent ECR graduates are regularly meeting informally. Additionally, Professor …

Professor George Brooke is Rylands Professor Emeritus and one of the foremost experts on the Dead Sea Scrolls. He acted as consultant on the recent Leverhulme project which revealed text on the Rylands Dead Sea Scroll fragments. We sat down …

Rev. Dr Walter J. Houston, an Honorary Research Fellow at the Centre for Biblical Studies, had his book published by Wipf and Stock. Justice for the Poor? Social Justice in the Old Testament in Concept and Practice is a book of essays from …

Dr Holly Morse, Lecturer in Bible, Gender and Culture in the Department of Religions and Theology, has published a new volume offering a re-evaluation of the meanings and myths of Eve. Encountering Eve’s Afterlives: A New Reception Critical …

New research has revealed that four Dead Sea Scroll manuscript fragments housed at The University of Manchester’s John Rylands Library, which were previously thought to be blank, do in fact contain text.

The Centre for Biblical Studies extends its congratulations to Peter Oakes, currently Professor of New Testament, who has just been appointed to the Rylands Chair of Biblical Criticism and Exegesis. This prestigious Chair was established in 1904 …

Siobhán Jolley, a PhD candidate in the Centre for Biblical Studies, participated in the prestigious residential research programme at the British School at Rome (BSR).

A virtual guide that tells the story of what it was like to live in New Testament times has been launched by the Centre for Biblical Studies. Led by Prof Peter Oakes, this vivid new resource transports readers to Pompeii, where the …

Last month (17 October), the 2019 outing for the Manson Memorial Lecture brought lively discussions on religion and sociology thanks to an engaging talk by Prof Andréas Dettwiler of the University of Geneva. The professor of Theology gave …

Siobhán Jolley, a PhD candidate in the Centre for Biblical Studies, spent July in Germany, on a German (and) Theology Summer School at Johannes Gutenberg University, Mainz. Siobhán followed in the footsteps of fellow PhD …

Peter Oakes has just returned from the annual meeting of the Society of New Testament Studies (SNTS), held this year in Marburg, Germany. The Oberhessische Presse - on the 1 August 2019 - dedicated a half-page spread to the opening …

The BGC is a new research centre, bringing biblical and gender studies together with issues faced by men and women in the contemporary church. The Sophia Network’s ‘Minding the Gap’ report recently …

On 28 May 2019, PhD students and staff from the Centre for Biblical Studies travelled to Durham for the Northern Universities’ Postgraduate Day For Biblical Studies. The event brought together students from The University of Manchester, …

Prof Peter Oakes recently gave a paper at the Early Synagogue Archeology Conference in Lausanne. The last decade has seen a mushrooming of our awareness of remains of First- and early Second-Century synagogues in Galilee and Judaea. On …

Professor Peter Oakes has a new publication: ‘The Christians and their Politeuma in Heaven: Philippians 3:20 and the Herakleopolis Papyri’, In the Crucible of Empire: The Impact of Roman Citizenship upon Greeks, Jews and Christians. …

Members of the Centre for Biblical Studies participated in a two-day colloquium on the theme of Love, Boundaries and Sacred Texts. The colloquium, born in part from the long-standing association between the University of Manchester and the …

On 28 November members of the Centre for Biblical Studies were delighted to be among the audience for Prof Peter Oakes' Inaugural Lecture. Prof Oakes' distinguished career brought him to the University of Manchester in 1997 and his …

Members of the Centre for Biblical Studies had the opportunity to participate in an academic study trip to Northern Greece. The group also included faculty and postgraduate research students from two other universities (Liverpool Hope and KU …

On Saturday, 24 November 2018, members of the Ehrhardt Seminar were delighted to make a day-trip to Chester to visit the Dean John Saul Howson exhibition at the Cathedral Library. The visit was organised by Prof George Brooke, the Rylands …