BNTC 2014 Manchester
1September 2, 2014 by Harnessing Chaos

BNTC 2014
This year’s British New Testament Conference is in Manchester. Highlights from the Seminar Groups include:
Jesus
Jens Schröter
Helen K. Bond
James Crossley
Eddie Adams
Panel review of Jens Schröter’s From Jesus to the New Testament: Early Christian Theology and the Origin of the New Testament Canon (Baylor University Press, 2013)
Use and Influence
James Crossley
John Lyons
Jorunn Økland
Robert Myles
Crossley and Lyons will introduce and summarise their respective volumes before Økland and Myles respond to the books.
James Crossley, Harnessing Chaos: The Bible in English Political Discourse since 1968 (Bloomsbury T&T Clark, 2014)
William John Lyons, Joseph of Arimathea: A Study in Reception History (Oxford University Press, 2014)
There are probably all sorts of other things too but this year heralds the return of the… Simultaneous Short Papers
As mentioned in a genuine biblical studies article:
“Manchester, dance capital of England”
Historical Jesus, what? The Messiah is my sister.
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