Hosea Scripture and Theology Spring 2017 Colloquium

Come to the Wycliffe Centre for Scripture and Theology Spring 2017 Colloquium!

Book of Hosea

Friday May 5th - Saturday May 6th

Morning refreshments and Friday lunch provided. For more information visit the Scripture and Theology Webpage or contact Dr. Ephraim Radner.

Guest Presenters:

Eugen J. Pentiuc

Is a professor of Old Testament and Hebrew at Holy Cross Seminary (Brookline) and St. Vladimir’s Seminary (Crestwood, NY). He devotes the bulk of his time to teaching and research in the areas of Old Testament and Semitic languages and civilizations. He is currently engaged in research on religious and literary ties of Emar civilization to the Hebrew Bible as well as the ways the Eastern Orthodox tradition received and interpreted the Old Testament. Aside from journal articles and public presentations, he authored the following books: The Book of Prophet Hosea: Introduction, Translation and Commentary (in Romanian), Albatros, 2001; West Semitic Vocabulary in the Akkadian Texts from Emar (Harvard Semitic Studies 49), Eisenbrauns, 2001; Long-Suffering Love: A Commentary on Hosea with Patristic Annotations, Holy Cross Press, 2002, 2005; Fear of Real (in Romanian), Cartea Romaneasca, 2003; Jesus the Messiah in the Hebrew Bible, Paulist Press, 2006. He is also one of the editors-in-chief of The Orthodox Study Bible: The Old Testament, Nelson Press, 2008. His most recent book The Old Testament in Eastern Orthodox Tradition was published by Oxford University Press (January 9, 2014).

Mark S. Gignilliat

Is a Professor of Divinity Old Testament at Beeson Seminary (Birmingham, AL). Mark has taught Hebrew, Old Testament Exegesis, and Biblical Theology at Beeson Divinity School since 2005. Before coming to Beeson, he taught at Wycliffe Hall, University of Oxford. Gignilliat published Paul and Isaiah’s Servant in 2007, Karl Barth and the Fifth Gospel: Barth’s Theological Exegesis of Isaiah in 2009, and A Brief History of Old Testament Criticism. Gignilliat serves as Canon Theologian at the Cathedral Church of the Advent in Birmingham. He is married to Naomi and they have three sons and one daughter.

Donald Collett

Don is an associate professor of Old Testament at Trinity School for Ministry (Pittsburgh). His research interests include The Book of the Twelve, the history of OT canon and biblical criticism, canonical hermeneutics, sensus literalis and the history of biblical interpretation, and literary theory and textual hermeneutics 

More information to come.

Wycliffe College is a vital institution of Christian teaching and learning, engaging scholars, seminarians, masters, and doctoral students across the theological disciplines. Among its special commitments is the intellectual renewal of Scriptural and Theological study as a mutually informing discipline in the service of the Christian Church. The Wycliffe Centre for Scripture and Theology serves this purpose by:

1. Offering regular for-credit seminars on the theological study of Scripture, which will include exegesis, hermeneutics, history of interpretation, and Scriptural theology.
2. Organizing regular colloquia at Wycliffe – one per semester – that will bring more established and younger scholars together with faculty and Advanced Degree students for discussion of current work being done in these areas.
3. Foster an atmosphere among interested faculty and students at Wycliffe and the Toronto School of Theology that strengthens scholarly collegiality and mission.