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Carmichael-Walling Lectures<\/h1>\n

Hosted by the Graduate School of Theology at ACU since 1987, the Carmichael-Walling Lectures on New Testament and Early Christianity<\/em> bring eminent scholars to Abilene every autumn.<\/p>\n

Funded through the generous support of members of the Carmichael and Walling families, the Lectures allow invited guests to present their research and to engage scholars and other interested persons from the Abilene area.<\/p>\n

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2023 \u2014 Laura Nasrallah (Yale University)<\/span><\/h4>\n
Getting Justice, Making Reparations<\/h5>\n<\/div>\n
\u201cHow do you get justice? Righteousness, curses, and the letters of Paul”<\/div>\n
\u201cPaul on the Areopagus: the Furies and God’s Judgment\u201d<\/div>\n
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2022 \u2014 Harold W. Attridge (Yale Divinity School)<\/span><\/h4>\n
The Fourth Gospel: Mystagogical Drama<\/h5>\n<\/div>\n
\u201cA Philosophical Evangelist? Theological Epistemology in the Fourth Gospel”<\/div>\n
\u201cA Feminist Evangelist? Women in the Fourth Gospel\u201d<\/div>\n
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2021 \u2014 Nijay Gupta (Northern Seminary)<\/span><\/h4>\n
Strange Religion: How the First Christians Were Weird, Dangerous, and Attractive<\/h5>\n<\/div>\n
\u201cPeople of Faith: Why the first Christians Called Themselves ‘Believers'”<\/div>\n
\u201cCult without Smoke and Blood: The Strange Worship of the Early Christians\u201d<\/div>\n
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2020 \u2014 Vincent L. Wimbush (Institute for Signifying Scriptures)<\/span><\/h4>\n
Scriptures and Race<\/h5>\n<\/div>\n
“‘Mystic Hieroglyphics of the Flesh:’ Scripturalization as Racialization”<\/i><\/div>\n
\u201c’Even the Bible was Made Over to Suit Our Vivid Imagination:’ Scripturalizing the Human”<\/i><\/div>\n
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2019 \u2014 A.-J. Levine (Vanderbilt Divinity School)<\/span><\/h4>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
A Fresh Look at Jesus the Storyteller: How Understanding Judaism is Imperative to Understanding Jesus<\/h5>\n<\/div>\n
\u201cUnderstanding Jesus Means Understanding Judaism: a Workshop”<\/div>\n
\u201cHearing the Parables through Jewish Ears: Sheep, Coins, Prodigals, and Samaritans\u201d<\/div>\n
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2018 \u2014 John T. Fitzgerald (University of Notre Dame)<\/span><\/h4>\n<\/div>\n
Friends and Drunks: Two Glimpses into the Social History of the Early Christians and their World<\/h5>\n<\/div>\n
\u201cThe Testament of Jesus: Wills, Friends, and the Fourth Gospel\u201d<\/div>\n
\u201cWine and the Problem of Intoxication in the World of Early Christianity\u201d<\/div>\n
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2017 \u2014 Mark Goodacre (Duke University)<\/span><\/h4>\n<\/div>\n
Transforming Gospels: Exploring John\u2019s Relationship to the Other Three<\/h5>\n<\/div>\n
\u201cJohn\u2019s Dramatic Transformation of the Synoptics\u201d<\/div>\n
\u201cJohn\u2019s Christological Transformation of the Synoptics\u201d<\/div>\n
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2016 \u2014 Father Justin of Sinai (St. Catharine\u2019s Monastery)<\/span><\/h4>\n
Encounters in the Desert: Holy Books and Sacred Texts<\/h5>\n
\u201cNewly Recovered Manuscripts of the Scriptures from Saint Catherine\u2019s Monastery, Sinai”<\/div>\n
\u201c\u2018For Moses Wrote of Me\u2019: Reflections from Mount Sinai\u201d<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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2015 \u2014 Adela Yarbro Collins (Yale University)<\/span><\/h4>\n
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Scripture & Women in the Apocalypse: Revelation\u2019s Elusive Text<\/h5>\n<\/div>\n
\u201cIntertextuality in the Book of Revelation\u201d<\/div>\n
\u201cWomen as Symbols in the Book of Revelation\u201d<\/div>\n
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2014 \u2014 Beverly Roberts Gaventa (Baylor University)<\/span><\/h4>\n
God\u2019s Outsized Faithfulness: Rethinking Romans<\/h5>\n
\u201cGod\u2019s Outsized Faithfulness to Israel: Thinking Again about Romans 9\u201311\u201d<\/div>\n
\u201cQuestions about Torah, Answers about Christ: A Strange Silence in Romans 9- 11 (especially Romans 10:4)\u201d<\/div>\n
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2013 \u2014 Carl Holladay (Emory University)<\/span><\/h4>\n<\/div>\n
\u201cThe Church of the Spirit\u201d<\/div>\n
\u201cThe Spirit of the Church\u201d<\/div>\n
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2012 \u2014 Stephen Fowl (Loyola College, Baltimore)<\/span><\/h4>\n<\/div>\n
Faithful Reading of Scripture<\/h5>\n
\u201cTheological Interpretation, Historical Criticism, and the Ends of the Christian Life\u201d<\/div>\n
\u201cReading Scripture in a Divided Church\u201d<\/div>\n
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2011 \u2014 Steve Friesen (University of Texas, Austin)<\/span><\/h4>\n
Apocalypse<\/h5>\n<\/div>\n
\u201cChanneling John: Plot and Persuasion in the Apocalypse\u201d<\/div>\n
\u201cChallenging John: Truth, Deception, and the Lake of Fire\u201d<\/div>\n
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2010 \u2014 Gail O’Day (Wake Forest University)<\/span><\/h4>\n
Jesus as Friend<\/h5>\n<\/div>\n
\u201cJesus as Friend in the Gospel of John\u201d<\/div>\n
\u201cSacraments of Friendship: Embodied Love in the Gospel of John\u201d<\/div>\n
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2009 \u2014 James D.G. Dunn (University of Durham)<\/span><\/h4>\n
From Jesus to Paul<\/h5>\n<\/div>\n
\u201cIn Search of the Historical Paul\u201d<\/div>\n
\u201cFrom Jesus\u2019 Proclamation to Paul\u2019s Gospel\u201d<\/div>\n
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2008 \u2014 Susan Ashbrook Harvey (Brown University)<\/span><\/h4>\n
Remembering Biblical Women in Ancient Syriac Christianity<\/h5>\n<\/div>\n
\u201cLiturgy, Song, and Exegesis: Tamar, Rahab, Ruth and Mary\u201d<\/div>\n
\u201cPreaching on Women as Images of the Church: Jephthah\u2019s Daughter, Tamar, Sinful Women\u201d<\/div>\n
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2007 \u2014 Wayne A. Meeks (Yale University)<\/span><\/h4>\n
Reading the Bible in a Cultural Crisis<\/h5>\n<\/div>\n
\u201cLiving by the Bible: the Bad, the Good & the Question\u201d<\/div>\n
\u201cTo Tell the Truth: Moving towards Greater Honesty\u201d<\/div>\n
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2006 \u2014 Margaret M. Mitchell (University of Chicago)<\/span><\/h4>\n
Looking for Biblical Literalism\u2014In All the Wrong Places<\/h5>\n<\/div>\n
\u201cCase 1: Antioch in Late Antiquity\u201d<\/div>\n
\u201cCase 2: The \u2018Christian Right\u2019 in Modern America\u201d<\/div>\n
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2005 \u2014 Abraham Malherbe (Yale University)<\/span><\/h4>\n
Indispensable Intermediaries<\/h5>\n<\/div>\n
\u201cPaul\u2019s Co-Workers\u201d<\/div>\n
\u201cMutual Ministry in the Pauline Churches\u201d<\/div>\n
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2004 \u2014 David Moessner (University of Dubuque Theological Seminary)<\/span><\/h4>\n
Reading with the Ancients: Contemporary Gospel Interpretation in the Light of Hellenistic Narrative Hermeneutics<\/h5>\n<\/div>\n
\u201cLosing One\u2019s Life: God\u2019s Saving Plan for the World\u201d<\/div>\n
\u201cGaining One\u2019s Life: The Church\u2019s Witness to the End of the Earth\u201d<\/div>\n
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2003 \u2014 Ben Witherington III (Asbury Seminary)<\/span><\/h4>\n
A New View of Romans 7 and 8<\/h5>\n<\/div>\n
\u201cWho is the \u2018I\u2019 in Romans 7?\u201d<\/div>\n
\u201cThe Role of the Spirit in a Normal Christian Life\u201d<\/div>\n
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2002 \u2014 Gregory Sterling (University of Notre Dame)<\/span><\/h4>\n
From Synagogue to Church: The Development of Christian Thought<\/h5>\n<\/div>\n
\u201cNew Creation in Christ: The Center of Paul\u2019s Theology\u201d<\/div>\n
\u201cNewness of Life: Obedience to God according to the Spirit\u201d<\/div>\n
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2001 \u2014 David Scholer (Fuller Theological Seminary)<\/span><\/h4>\n
Is New Testament Theology Possible Today?<\/h5>\n<\/div>\n
\u201cNew Creation in Christ: The Center of Paul\u2019s Theology\u201d<\/div>\n
\u201cNewness of Life: Obedience to God according to the Spirit\u201d<\/div>\n
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2000 \u2014 Klyne Snodgrass (North Park Theological Seminary)<\/span><\/h4>\n
Reading to Hear<\/h5>\n<\/div>\n
\u201cThe Hermeneutics of Hearing\u201d<\/div>\n
\u201cA Hermeneutics of Hearing Informed by the Parables\u201d<\/div>\n
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1999 \u2014 William Abraham (Southern Methodist University)<\/span><\/h4>\n
The Logic of Renewal in Christianity<\/h5>\n<\/div>\n
\u201cThe Advice from Conservatives and Charismatics\u201d<\/div>\n
\u201cTwo Voices from Across the Ocean\u201d<\/div>\n
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1998 \u2014 David Parker (University of Birmingham, U.K.)<\/span><\/h4>\n
Manuscripts of the Christian Faith<\/h5>\n<\/div>\n
\u201cManuscripts of the Gospels in the Electronic Age\u201d<\/div>\n
\u201cThe History of the One-Volume Collection of New Testament Books\u201d<\/div>\n
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1997 \u2014 Larry Hurtado (University of Edinburgh)<\/span><\/h4>\n
Monotheism and Christology: Early Devotion to Christ and Its Jewish Background<\/h5>\n<\/div>\n
\u201cWhat Do We Mean by \u2018First-Century Jewish Monotheism\u2019?\u201d<\/div>\n
\u201cPre-70 A.D. Jewish Opposition to Christ-Devotion\u201d<\/div>\n
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1996 \u2014 James Vanderkam (University of Notre Dame)<\/span><\/h4>\n
Scripture and the Dead Sea Scrolls<\/h5>\n<\/div>\n
\u201cScriptural Authority in the Dead Sea Scrolls\u201d<\/div>\n
\u201cBiblical Wilderness Themes and the Dead Sea Scrolls\u201d<\/div>\n
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1995 \u2014 Luke Timothy Johnson (Emory University)<\/span><\/h4>\n<\/div>\n
\u201cTraveling East with James: A Chapter in the History of Biblical Interpretation\u201d<\/div>\n
\u201cHow James \u2018Won the West\u2019\u201d The Canonical Acceptance of James in the Western Church\u201d<\/div>\n
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1994 \u2014 Richard J. Bauckham (University of St. Andrews)<\/span><\/h4>\n
James at the Centre<\/h5>\n<\/div>\n
\u201cJames and the Jerusalem Church\u201d<\/div>\n
\u201cThe Letter of James\u201d<\/div>\n
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1993 \u2014 E. Earle Ellis (Southwest Baptist Theological Seminary)<\/span><\/h4>\n<\/div>\n
\u201cNew Directions in the History of Early Christianity\u201d<\/div>\n
\u201cPaul and His Co-Workers Revisited\u201d<\/div>\n
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1992 \u2014 Joseph B. Tyson (Southern Methodist University)<\/span><\/h4>\n<\/div>\n
\u201cTheophilus and Other Readers: Godfearers in Luke-Acts\u201d<\/div>\n
\u201cGodfearers, Jews, and Christians: the Question of Anti-Judaism in Luke-Acts\u201d<\/div>\n
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1991 \u2014 Richard T. Oster (Harding Graduate School of Religion)<\/span><\/h4>\n<\/div>\n
\u201cRecent Attacks on Luke\u2019s Depiction of the Second Temple Synagogue in Light of Archaeological Evidence\u201d<\/div>\n
\u201cThe Dirt on New Testament Archaeology\u201d<\/div>\n
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1990 \u2014 Jakobus Petzer (Potchefstroom, South Africa)<\/span><\/h4>\n<\/div>\n
\u201cThe Textual Relationships of the Latin Vulgate\u201d<\/div>\n
\u201cThe Textual Affinities of Tertullian\u2019s Citations of Acts\u201d<\/div>\n
\u201cThe Textual Affinities of Augustine\u2019s Citations of Acts\u201d<\/div>\n
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1989 \u2014 Bruce M. Metzger (Princeton Theological Seminary)<\/span><\/h4>\n<\/div>\n
\u201cThe Role of Scribe and Translator\u201d<\/div>\n
\u201cThe Making and Character of the New Revised Standard Version of the Bible\u201d<\/div>\n
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1988 \u2014 J. Neville Birdsall (University of Birmingham, U.K.)<\/span><\/h4>\n<\/div>\n
\u201cThe Gospel of John in Georgian\u201d<\/div>\n
\u201cThe Pauline Epistles in Georgian\u201d<\/div>\n
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1987 \u2014 Tjitze Baarda (Rijksuniversiteit Utrecht)<\/span><\/h4>\n<\/div>\n
\u201cThe Calling of Nathaniel (John 1:43-51)\u201d<\/div>\n
\u201c\u2018The heavenly Dialogue\u2019 in Celsus\u2019 Alethes Logos <\/em>(Origen, Against Celsus<\/em> VIII: 15\u201316)\u201d<\/div>\n
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1987 \u2014 J. Keith Elliot (University of Leeds)<\/span><\/h4>\n<\/div>\n
\u201cThe International Greek New Testament Project\u2019s Edition of Luke: Editorial Reflections\u201d<\/div>\n
\u201cEclecticism in New Testament Textual Criticism\u201d<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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