Reading Psalms with the Scribes
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Join us for an enthusiastic conversation about the book of Psalms from the Old Testament perspective |
About the event
The event will feature Wycliffe's own John Screnock, presenting his new publications Reading Psalms with the Scribes and Psalms 90–100: A Handbook on the Hebrew Text. Expect an exciting new look at well-known biblical texts and meet the ancient Scribes through what we can see of their work.
Reading Psalms with the Scribes sets a new agenda for biblical studies, demonstrating the continued viability of textual criticism and challenging scholars to reintegrate and center textual criticism in within biblical studies generally.
There are many different manuscripts of Bible that contain variant readings. Whereas past scholars have seen this as a problem to be solved, we will suggest instead that it is an opportunity to engage the texts in a richer way.
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Event details
Date: Wednesday 18th February
Time: 5.30-6.30pm
Venue: Wycliffe Hall, 52-54 Banbury Road, Oxford, OX2 6PW
Getting here: Wycliffe Hall is on major bus routes. Limited parking may be available on site (please contact us by email if you have any special access requirements) and pay-and-display on-street parking is available close by in Norham Gardens.
Photography and filming: This event will include photography and filming: please contact us directly if you have any questions about this: conferences@wycliffe.ox.ac.uk.
All are welcome: the event is open to the public and free to attend.
About our speaker
Dr John Screnock - Wycliffe's Tutorial Fellow in Old Testament/Hebrew Bible
John joined Wycliffe Hall as Tutor in Old Testament in 2021. From 2018–2021 he was Research Fellow in Hebrew Bible at Oxford, and from 2015–2018 he was Kennicott Fellow in Hebrew at Oxford. His research interests include the Hebrew Bible, the Psalms, Dead Sea scrolls, Hebrew linguistics, textual criticism and good whiskey.
John is the author of Traductor Scriptor: The Old Greek Translation of Exodus 1–14 as Scribal Activity (Brill, 2017), and articles in Journal of Biblical Literature, Vetus Testamentum, Biblica, Journal of Semitic Studies, Hebrew Studies, Textus, Revue de Qumran, and Dead Sea Discoveries. John's current project, Reading Psalms in the School of the Scribes (OUP), examines scribal activity in the textual witnesses to Psalms for insights into the language, poetics, and interpretation of the Psalms.
Dr John Screnock
