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British New Testament Society @bntsoc.bsky.social · 3d

New from @thevcs.bsky.social - Bible and Art Daily will take you on a series of journeys through the world of Scripture and the history of art. Watch the exclusive preview by @benquash.bsky.social here: www.youtube.com/shorts/Mpy9w...

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Paul Middleton @profpaulmiddleton.bsky.social · Sep 2

The British New Testament Society conference is taking place in Manchester. Tonight, we have a panel on decolonising New Testament Studies. #bnts25
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James Maurice Morgan @lifeandtext.bsky.social · Sep 2

Very stimulating book panel on Steve Walton’s commentary on the Acts of the Apostles with Steve Walton and respondents Luke Mcnamara, David Horrell and Loveday Alexander at the Acts seminar of the British New Testament Conference in Manchester #bnts25

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British New Testament Society @bntsoc.bsky.social · Sep 3

Our final session of #BNTS2025 is a plenary lecture from Ben Wold of @tcddublin.bsky.social on 'Debt, Hunger, and the Inversion of Forgiveness in the Matthean Lord’s Prayer
in light of 4QInstruction'.

Title slide - Debt, Hunger, and the Inversion of Forgiveness in the Matthew Lord's Prayer in light of 4QInstruction

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British New Testament Society @bntsoc.bsky.social · Sep 3

It's our final day in Manchester, where the @uomreligion.bsky.social team have arranged a display of local culture ( = it's raining again). Our final seminar sessions are running at the moment, before our closing session plenary later this morning. #BNTS2025

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British New Testament Society @bntsoc.bsky.social · Sep 2

Our second plenary session is underway, with a panel on Decolonising the New Testament Curriculum. #BNTS2025

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British New Testament Society @bntsoc.bsky.social · Sep 2

This afternoon's simultaneous short papers are under way. In room 1 we have discussion of the historical Jesus in relation to Christian Zionism and enslavement, and in room 2 we have discussion of Codex H and the restoration of Israel in Mark. #BNTS2025

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Dr Siobhán Jolley @siobhanjolley.bsky.social · Sep 2

Our final paper comes from James Crossley, who is discussing the role of the Bible in the English uprising of 1381. #BNTS2025

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Dr Siobhán Jolley @siobhanjolley.bsky.social · Sep 2

I'm chairing our next session, which started with Cambry G Pardee on the reception history of the notion of the devil in disguise, and is continuing with U-Wen Low's analysis of Revelation and the body of Christ from the perspective of performance criticism. #BNTS2025

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Dr Siobhán Jolley @siobhanjolley.bsky.social · Sep 2

We're off to a great start in the new Reception, Critical Theory, and Interdisciplinary Studies seminar at #BNTS2025.

@tdbiii.bsky.social chaired our first session, which featured papers on decolonising hospitality, positionally and applying Bakhtin to Romans.

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SCM Press @scmpress.bsky.social · Sep 2

We are at #BNTS2025 today and tomorrow - come and say hi at our book stand and check out some lovely books!

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British New Testament Society @bntsoc.bsky.social · Sep 1

Good morning, conference goers! 👋

We’re looking forward to welcoming you online and in Manchester later on today. Please share your photos and updates on #BNTS2025 and tag us so we can repost.

BNTS conference graphic with the hashtag

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British New Testament Society @bntsoc.bsky.social · Sep 2

It’s a sunny day in Manchester (for now!) and our seminar sessions are underway with some excellent papers. Don’t forget to share your highlights! #BNTS2025

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British New Testament Society @bntsoc.bsky.social · Sep 1

The Graham Stanton Memorial Lecture marks the start of #BNTS2025, given this year by our former president Professor Helen Bond of @uoedivinity.bsky.social

Title slide - Luke's Rewriting of Matthew's Infancy Narrative, Helen Bond, University of Edinburgh

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British New Testament Society @bntsoc.bsky.social · Sep 1

The 44th meeting of the British New Testament Society is underway in Manchester, hosted by @uomreligion.bsky.social for the fourth time. #BNTS2025

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British New Testament Society @bntsoc.bsky.social · Sep 1

Good morning, conference goers! 👋

We’re looking forward to welcoming you online and in Manchester later on today. Please share your photos and updates on #BNTS2025 and tag us so we can repost.

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British New Testament Society @bntsoc.bsky.social · Aug 29

Booking for #BNTS2025 remains open until Sunday evening for online attendance, so don't miss out on what promises to be an excellent programme!

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British New Testament Society @bntsoc.bsky.social · Aug 29

You can read the abstracts at: bnts.org.uk/short-papers...

British New Testament Society @bntsoc.bsky.social · Aug 29

MiJa Wi will chair Emanuele Scier, ‘Codex H as a Living Artifact: Layers of Text and Layers of Use in a Fragmented Pauline Manuscript’ and Nathanael Vette, ‘“By Way of Sidon in the Region of the Decapolis” (Mark 7:31): Mark’s Jesus and the Restoration of the Land of Israel’

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British New Testament Society @bntsoc.bsky.social · Aug 29

SIMULTANEOUS SHORT PAPERS

Josh Bloor will chair Ronit Dassa, ‘The Land of Israel, Christian Zionism, and the Quest for the Historical Jesus’ and Norbert Nagy,‘Once in a Lifetime? The Historical Jesus and His Only Recorded Contact with a Slave’.

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British New Testament Society @bntsoc.bsky.social · Aug 29

Session 3, the joint session with Johannine Literature will feature John Nelson on ‘The Next Quest for Jesus’ Physical Appearance’ with a response from James Crossley.

You can read the abstracts at: bnts.org.uk/synoptic-gos...

British New Testament Society @bntsoc.bsky.social · Aug 29

Session 1 will feature Lydia Lee on ‘Not an Echo but a Reverb: Transformative Dynamics within Aesthetic Figural Interpretation’ and Session 2 will feature Aminta Arrington on ‘The Foreigner Who Returned: Narrative Repair and Counterstory in the Healing of the Ten Lepers’.

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British New Testament Society @bntsoc.bsky.social · Aug 29

SYNOPTIC GOSPELS, chaired by Tim Carter & Séamus O’Connell, will host two sessions and a joint session with Johannine Literature.

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British New Testament Society @bntsoc.bsky.social · Aug 29

...and James Crossley on ‘The Bible of the English Uprising of 1381: The Cases of William Grindecobbe and John Wrawe’.

You can read the abstracts at: bnts.org.uk/reception-cr...

British New Testament Society @bntsoc.bsky.social · Aug 29

Session 2 will feature Cambry G. Pardee on ‘Inheriting Satan’s Disguise: The Reception of 2 Corinthians 11:14 from the New Testament to Today’, U-Wen Low on ‘Re-reading the mutable body of Christ in the Book of Revelation’...

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British New Testament Society @bntsoc.bsky.social · Aug 29

...and Lynda Burnhope on ‘Reading the Vice List in Romans 1 with Bakhtin and “Novelised Dialogism”’.

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