Auguries: The Jubilee Volume of the Sheffield Department of Biblical Studies (Jsot Supplement Series, 269)

For this volume, sequel to The Bible in Three Dimensions, the seven full-time members of the research and teaching faculty in Biblical Studies at Sheffield-Loveday Alexander, David Clines, Meg Davies, Philip Davies, Cheryl Exum, Barry Matlock and Stephen Moore-set themselves a common task: to reflect on what they hope or imagine, as century gives way to century, will be the key areas of research in biblical studies, and to paint themselves, however modestly, into the picture. The volume contains, as well as those seven principal essays, a 75-page'intellectual biography'of the Department and a revealing sketch of the'material conditions'of its research and teaching, together with a list of its graduates and the titles of their theses. The Sheffield Department Of Biblical Studies : An Intellectual Biography / David J.a. Clines -- Marathon Or Jericho? : Reading Acts In Dialogue With Biblical And Greek Historiography / Loveday C.a. Alexander -- The Future Of 'biblical History' / Philip R. Davies -- A Future For Paul? / R. Barry Matlock -- Is There A Future For New Testament Ethics? / Meg Davies -- Developing Strategies Of Feminist Criticism/developing Strategies For Commentating The Song Of Songs / J. Cheryl Exum -- Que(e)rying Paul : Preliminary Questions / Stephen D. Moore -- The Postmodern Adventure In Biblical Studies / David J.a. Clines -- Research, Teaching And Learning In Sheffield : The Material Conditions Of Their Production / David J.a. Clines -- The Department's Staff And Students Over Fifty Years, 1947-1997. Ba Graduates. Ma Graduates (by Examination). Ma Graduates (by Thesis). Mphil Graduates. Phd Graduates. Staff, Academic And Secreterial. Edited By David J.a. Clines And Stephen D. Moore. Essays Presented At The Fiftieth Anniversary Of The Dept. Of Biblical Studies At Sheffield. Includes Bibliographical References And Indexes. For this volume, sequel to The Bible in Three Dimensions, the seven full-time members of the research and teaching faculty in Biblical Studies at Sheffield-Loveday Alexander, David Clines, Meg Davies, Philip Davies, Cheryl Exum, Barry Matlock and Stephen Moore-set themselves a common task: to reflect on what they hope or imagine, as century gives way to century, will be the key areas of research in biblical studies, and to paint themselves, however modestly, into the picture. The volume contains, as well as those seven principal essays, a 75-page 'intellectual biography' of the Department and