27 May 2017 Interview with Richard Hays Here’s a fascinating and thoughtful interview from Books and Culture with Richard Hays by Garrett Brown about his work, focusing on his study of the way the NT authors read the OT. Well worth your time! HT Nijay Gupta Categories Books and articles/People/Research Comments: 0
19 May 2017 The new St Mary’s MA in Biblical Studies is open for applications Have you heard about our exciting new MA in Biblical Studies at St Mary’s University, Twickenham, available from September this year, 2017. You can study full-time (one year) or part-time (up to three years). It’s ideal preparation for PhD work, or as ongoing ministerial development for those serving churches and within reach of our campus in west London. It’s taught... Categories Research Comments: 0
14 May 2017 Some recent writing and publishing from me I had a quite spell away from on the blog in the Spring, partly because I’ve been writing and publishing quite a bit. Here’s a note of four that are out and available, and a couple of others that are forthcoming. More are in the pipeline, but I can’t tell you about... Categories Articles and papers/Books and articles/Conferences/Research/Speaking Comments: 0
7 September 2016 New Testament PhD scholarship at St Mary’s University, Twickenham We are delighted to announce a fully-funded PhD scholarship in New Testament studies in our Centre for the Social-Scientific Study of the Bible at St Mary’s University, Twickenham, starting in October 2017. Come and work with two from me, James Crossley, Chris Keith and Chris Meredith (OT/HB scholar just joining us from the University of Winchester)—this will be fun! Details... Categories Research Comments: 3
1 August 2016 Review: John Barclay’s new booklet on grace in Paul Can you sum up a massive (672 pages) book in 28 pages? Professor John Barclay demonstrates in this fine Grove Biblical booklet that the answer is ‘Yes’. I had the privilege of being in a reading group which worked through Barclay’s big book, Paul and the Gift (Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2015) in the earlier part of this year, and I am hugely impressed... Categories Books and articles/People/Research/Reviews Comments: 0
5 July 2016 How I researched and wrote a conference paper Our St Mary’s education journal ReflectED has just published an article of mine reflecting on the process of writing a conference presentation, called ‘Thinking it through: researching and writing a conference paper’. It’s freely available online in the full pdf issue here. The reference is: Steve Walton, ‘Thinking it through: Researching and Writing a Conference Paper’, ReflectED 7 (2016), 3-5.... Categories Articles and papers/Conferences/Research Comments: 0