Congratulations to two former and one current ACU student who are presenting at the Dorushe Conference at Duke next month! The Fifth Dorushe Graduate Student Conference on Syriac Studies, which will be held at Duke University on March 28-29, 2014. For further information and conference program see www.tinyurl.com/dorushe. ACU connected presenters are:
- James Walters (Princeton Theological Seminary), Aphrahat and the Construction of Christian Identity in Fourth-Century Persia.
- James Prather (Abilene Christian University), The Liturgical Impact of the Gospel of John on the Syriac Church.
- Jacob Lollar (Florida State University), An “Unorthodox” Defense of “Orthodoxy”: The Setting, Sources, and Purpose of the Syriac History of John the Son of Zebedee.
ACU is well represented in Syriac studies thanks to the leadership of Dr. Jeff Childers.