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Studies of ancient material culture, from excavations to papyri, from Greece to Israel.
| Associate Professor Gil Davis | Ancient Israel/southern Levant, Greece, numismatics, archaeometry |
| Associate Professor Michael Theophilos | Material culture, papyri, inscriptions, coins and their interpretive value in exegesis |
| Dr Gareth Wearne | Syro-Palestinian archaeology (Late Iron Age/Greco-Roman), epigraphy, Palestinian archaeology during British Mandate |
| Professor Ian Young | Ancient Northwest Semitic inscriptions |
We have expertise in a wide range of ancient languages, valuable for classical, biblical, and other historical studies.
| Dr Michael Barbezat | Medieval Latin (scholastic) language and literatures |
| Associate Professor Stephen Carlson | Greek and Latin, including linguistic, grammatical, lexicographical and exegetical studies |
| Associate Professor Michael Theophilos | Lexicography, Classical and Hellenistic Greek, Biblical Hebrew, Aramaic |
| Professor Michael Champion | Greek, Latin, classical language teaching, justifications for classical language learning |
| Professor Matthew Crawford | Greek, Syriac, Armenian |
| Associate Professor Benjamin Edsall | Koine Greek and early translations of the New Testament (esp. Latin and Coptic) |
| Dr Sarah Gador-Whyte | Latin, Greek |
| Associate Professor Michael Hanaghan | Latin and Greek, historiography, panegyric, epistolography, philosophy, epic, epigrams and epitaphs |
| Dr Gareth Wearne | Classical Hebrew, Northwest Semitic dialects, Northwest Semitic epigraphy |
| Professor Ian Young | Hebrew, Aramaic, other Northwest Semitic languages |
| Associate Professor Jonathan Zecher | Classical, Koine, and Byzantine Greek; Latin |
Historical, theological, and literary studies of the texts and world of the Hebrew Bible (or, Old Testament).
| Dr Gareth Wearne | Prophetic literature, 1&2 Samuel, 1&2 Kings, historical contexts, scribal culture, canonisation |
| Professor Ian Young | Daniel, Enoch, textual criticism |
Historical, theological, and literary studies of the texts and world of Second Temple Judaism, as well as the Qumran community and the Dead Sea Scrolls.
| Associate Professor Kylie Crabbe | |
| Associate Professor Benjamin Edsall | Koine Greek and early translations of the New Testament (esp. Latin and Coptic) |
| Dr Gareth Wearne | Qumran, Dead Sea Scrolls, 4QMMT, history of Dead Sea Scrolls scholarship, decolonisation |
Historical, theological and literary studies of the texts and world of the New Testament, including studies of hermeneutics, reception, Bible-as-object, and theoretically engaged approaches.
| Associate Professor Stephen Carlson | Textual criticism, Paul’s life and thought, Synoptic Gospels (including Synoptic problem and historical Jesus), origins of NT canon and sub-collections |
| Associate Professor Kylie Crabbe | |
| Associate Professor Benjamin Edsall | Pauline literature, Gospels, New Testament hermeneutics |
| Dr Janine Luttick | |
| Dr Emmanuel Nathan | |
| Associate Professor Michael Theophilos | Greco-Roman context, intertextuality with the Hebrew Bible, material culture, canonical theology |
| Reverend Dr Michael Trainor | Gospels with a focus on ecological interpretation, hermeneutics and pastoral ministry, interfaith and inter-religious relations |
Studies in early Christian theology, practice, and history. See also Late Antique studies and liturgy and sacraments.
| Professor Lewis Ayres | Fourth century Christianity (Nicaea, Trinitarian debates, Christologies), Augustine of Hippo, patristic theology |
| Associate Professor Stephen Carlson | Second century Christianity (Apostolic Fathers incl. Papias; Justin; Irenaeus) and NT reception |
| Professor Michael Champion | Early Christian thought; asceticism; Gaza; education |
| Associate Professor Michael Hanaghan | Ecclesiastical politics, the First Origenist Controversy |
| Professor Matthew Crawford | Cyril of Alexandria, Tatian, Eusebius of Caesarea, Ecumenical Councils |
| Associate Professor Benjamin Edsall | Reception of the New Testament, Christian Initiation |
| Dr Sarah Gador-Whyte | Early Christian liturgy, hymnography, Church roles for women, liturgical theology |
| Associate Professor Jonathan Zecher | Early Christianity, monasticism, emotions, Evagrius, Cassian, John Climacus, Ps-Dionysius |
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