Grinfield Lectures

GRINFIELD LECTURES ON
THE SEPTUAGINT 2021–22

JAMES K. AITKEN
Professor of Hebrew and Early Jewish Studies, University of Cambridge

‘The Septuagint and the History of the Book’ (Second series)
5th and 6th Weeks, Hilary Term 2022
 

Monday 14th February, 5–6.30 p.m.
     The Septuagint within Egyptian Book Culture
Venue: Harris Lecture Theatre  this has moved to online only                                                      Please register on Eventbrite (whether attending in person or online): https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/grinfield-lectures-the-septuagint-within-...

Monday 21st February, 5–6.30 p.m. (Hybrid)
     The Septuagint within Greek Education
Venue: Harris Seminar Room
  Please register on Eventbrite (whether attending in person or online): https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/grinfield-lectures-the-septuagint-within-...
Wine reception to follow this lecture. For catering purposes, please let us know if you are attending the reception by writing to Stefania Beitia (stefania.beitia@oriel.ox.ac.uk)

Tuesday 22nd February, 2–3.30 p.m. (In-person lecture only. Re-scheduled from 15th February)
     The Septuagint within Textual Plurality
Venue: Room 207, Seminar in Jewish Studies in the Graeco-Roman Period, Oxford Centre for Hebrew & Jewish Studies, Walton Street, Oxford OX1 2HG
Tea and cake to follow in the Common Room.

Prof. Aitken’s research focuses on the Hebrew Bible, the literature and history of ancient Judaism, especially the Septuagint, including its language, exegesis and place within Second Temple Jewish society. He is the author of No Stone Unturned: Greek Inscriptions and Septuagint Vocabulary (2014), and editor of The T&T Clark Companion to the Septuagint (2015) and The Jewish-Greek Tradition in Antiquity and the Byzantine Empire (with James Carleton Paget, 2014).

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