AKMA’s Random Thoughts

Good News

In the frenzy of the past few days, I missed the chance to note that Seabury has confirmed that I’ll be giving an inaugural lecture as Professor of New Testament this coming spring. Seabury will include my lecture as one in a series of endowed lectures including presentations by my friends Francis Watson, Kirby Laing Chair in New Testament and Professor in New Testament Exegesis at the University of Aberdeen, and Stephen Fowl, Professor of New Testament at Loyola College in Maryland. We’ve invited another participant, from whom we haven’t received a response.

These will constitute the Winslow Lectures for 2005, an endowed lectureship that Seabury has left quiescent until recently. We’ll all be talking about biblical theology, in one or another way. Steve has indicated an interest in drawing on Aquinas’s commentary on John; Francis has recently written on Paul’s hermeneutics, which may provide a jumping-off point for his presentation. I’ll be speaking about biblical theology as a signifying practice, for which my working title is “Representing the Truth.” Since the Evanston area hotels will surely fill up instantly when the dates are set, we’ll see what we can do about making these presentations accessible online.

I’m also preaching Sunday and Monday (at Seabury) both, which counts as something less than unalloyed good news, considering how busy I’ll be between now and then. If I have something vaguely resemlbing an idea of what I’ll say, you will be the first to know.

Oh, and the Red Sox won again!!

Posted by AKMA at October 19, 2004 10:48 PM | TrackBack