English German Colloquim - last international Zoom Meeting in the winter semester

News from Tübingen

by B. Hallmann and D. Lindsay

On February 9, the English- German Colloquium f. NT met for the last time in this winter semester. The Colloquium now functions routinely as a „hybrid“ event, thanks to the new and improved technical equipment at the Theologicum, with participants from all over the world (Norway, Italy, Poland, Romainia). This time Merete Hodt from the Norwegian School of Theology, Religion and Society presented a paper entitled: „Unveiling Paul: Discerning the Theological Significance of Paul's Weak Appearance in his 2 Corinthians Correspondence“.  Dennis Lindsay’s Theological English class also wrapped up this month with an end-of-semester „pot-luck“ gathering in the Lindsay’s apartment with students from Germany, Romainia, and Turkey.  Several students commented that Theological English was their favorite class this semester!

Finally guests again in the Institute

Updates from Tübingen    

by Birgit Hallmann 

Karsten Kopp, January 2023

Here in Tübingen, the winter semester is coming to a very busy close. Along with the final sessions of the Theological English classes and the weekly English German Colloquium, we have begun intensive planning for the next international Symposium. (Be watching for future details!) We are also making preparations for a visit of the TCM board to Tübingen this year. With the further relaxing of Corona restrictions, there are also more requests for our guest rooms again. As the first guest this year we welcomed Mr. Karsten Kopp, a doctoral student from the University of Gießen. Mr. Kopp presented a paper at the Colloquium and was very grateful for the opportunity to stay in the guest room.

This week we will hosting Mr. Luke Ogden, also a speaker at the Colloquium. In addition to all these tasks, Dennis and Karen have been finishing the work of setting up their new home in Tübingen after the container with their personal belongings FINALLY arrived in Tübingen after five long months of waiting!

We wish you all a blessed New Year

Update from Tübingen     

by Dennis Lindsay

 In Germany, “business as usual” takes a restful and reflective break during the Christmas and New Year holidays.  It has been quiet at the Institute as Birgit has been able to spend time with her family in northern Germany, and as Karen and I have enjoyed precious moments with our daughter Mia who is visiting from Portland, Oregon.   

As we embark upon this new year, we do so with the programs of the Institute in full swing.  Colloquium sessions are booked up with presenters for the remainder of the Winter Semester and the Theological English class at the Institute continues to stimulate lively discussion surrounding texts and scholarly reflections on early Christian literature. 

From all of us at the Institute and EES, I wish you and your loved ones rich blessings in this new year as we all work in our own ways and callings to serve the ONE who is making all things new. 

The Lord´s Prayer: Symposium volume published in November

News from Tübingen
by Birgit Hallmann

We are in the middle of the winter semester in Tübingen and a very busy time.
The English German Colloquium continues to draw a strong demand for scholars wishing to deliver papers. The hybrid version also allows for great international networking among speakers and students.
Some examples of international scholars presenting via zoom include:
Dr. Grzegorz Olek, Christian-Theological Academy in Warsaw,
“Hendiadys in Philippians 1,1? About the origins, misunderstandings and argumentation of constantly reappearing theory”;
Prof. Dr. Beate Kowalski,(TU Dortmund),
“Exodus Motifs in the NT Writings”;
And Merete Hodt, MF Norwegian School of Theology, Religion and Society,
​(topic to be announced later).
The Theological English class is also well under way.  Dennis Lindsay is leading the students through a series of readings related to “The History of Early Christian Literature.” The readings alternate between scholarly essays and primary texts from the first and second centuries AD.
We are also pleased to announce that the WUNDT volume on the symposium "The Lord´s Prayer" is finally available in print as of the first of November. The printed volume includes a special tribute to Dr. Beth Langstaff, who passed away on March 20th of this year.

The Lord's Prayer

Edited by Beth Langstaff, Loren T. Stuckenbruck, and Michael Tilly

2022. XI, 321 Seiten. WUNT I 490 Leinen 139,00 €

ISBN 978-3-16-161440-8

Links fort he Order of the new Symposium Publication „The Lord´s Prayer“ (price = 139€,hardback, also available as a kindle ebook edition)

https://www.amazon.de/Lords-Prayer-English-Beth-Langstaff-ebook/dp/B0BL24886C/

https://www.mohrsiebeck.com/buch/the-lords-prayer-9783161614408

Start of the new Wintersemester in Tübingen

News from Tübingen:

by Dennis Lindsay

As the “Winter Semester” kicks off the new academic year for the University of Tübingen, activities are coming into full swing at the Institute for the Study of Christian Origins.  The English-German Colloquium for New Testament, jointly sponsored with the Protestant faculty of the University, dates back to the early 1960’s and is one of the hallmarks of our Institute.  Meeting weekly throughout the academic year, the Colloquium serves as an academic crucible where theological scholars, both students and established professionals, can share their latest research projects, receive critique and feedback, and advance insight and understanding in a wide variety of areas related to New Testament studies.  The opening session this October was attended by scholars from Egypt, Romania, and America, in addition to the German participants—both in-person and via Zoom—and we have a robust lineup of presenters and presentations for this semester.  Our first presenter was Mark Hoover, a doctoral student in Tübingen, who completed undergraduate studies at the University of Pennsylvania and earned his M.Div. from Princeton Theological Seminary.  One of Mark’s areas of research interest is in Syrian and Ethiopian Christianity, and his paper for the colloquium addressed the topic of the “Two-Law” hermeneutic (i.e., the principle that the Old Testament Torah was comprised of “good laws” and “bad laws”) in the writings of third century Syrian Christians.