Upcoming events

Small amulets, large inscriptions on walls, and papyrus recipes reveal aesthetic experimentation with vowels and symbols and so-called nonsense language.” This is a context in which to understand discussion within the New Testament, particularly 1 Corinthians, of “speaking in tongues.” This talk will consider the limits of language in antiquity, using contemporary poetry on the violence of colonial language and recent study of speaking in tongues as an experiment at the limits of language.

The Areopagus, a rocky outcropping in Roman Athens, is a particularly potent site to think about justice

The lecture: Dress, Adornment and Coloniality of Gender and Desire in New Kingdom Egypt and Nubia is presented by Dr. Uroš Matić.

Justice or Righteousness? Discussing δικαιοσύνη in the light of ancient inscriptions

Paul and violence

The lecture: Notorious Cross-Dressers? (Re)styling Hercules and Omphale in Roman Antiquity is presented by Dr. Sarah Hollaender

The lecture: Levantine Seals between the Material, Sensory, and the Social: Archaeological, Iconographic, and Exegetical Perspectives on Beauty, Power, and Dress is presented by Dr. Bruno Biermann.

The lecture: Eye-paints in the Hebrew Bible: Looking for Meaning is presented by Dr. Susannah Rees.

The lecture: Blossoms for eternity – floral jewellery in ancient Egypt is presented by Dr. Melanie Wasmuth