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Scholarship to Study at Sheffield

March 15, 2010 in Academia with 1 Comment

A scholarship to study at the University of Sheffield has recently been posted. It seems that you must be a UK resident to qualify, but that might apply to some of you. Sorry for getting everyone else’s hopes up!

A full AHRC scholarship is available for doctoral work in religious studies at the University of Sheffield, starting in the academic sessions 2010/11.

The scholarship is covers the cost of the UK/EU tuition fees and provides an annual, tax-free maintenance stipend at the standard UK research rate, which
for 2010/11 is £13,650 for doctoral students. A fees-only scholarship award covers the cost of the UK/EU tuition fees only. The type of scholarship awarded is based on an applicant’s residency status. UK applicants and EU applicants who have been resident in the UK for at least 3 years immediately preceding the
start of their course are eligible for the full scholarship. EU applicants that have not been resident in the UK for 3 years immediately preceding the start of
their course are eligible for a fees-only award. International applicants are not normally eligible. Awards for doctoral study are tenable for a
maximum of three years full-time and five years part-time subject to satisfactory progress.

Candidates will be required to have gained a Masters degree, or be working towards the completion of a Masters degree.

Deadline: Friday 9th April 2010 at 5pm (GMT)

Further details, including the application form, are available on the Department of Biblical Studies website:

http://www.shef.ac.uk/bibs/news/headlines/2009-10/scholarship.html

If there are any questions or queries, please contact James Crossley
(james.crossley@shef.ac.uk)

New Testament Post at King’s College, London

March 12, 2010 in Academia with 0 Comments

Lectureship in New Testament Studies with a Specialism in Second
Temple Judaism
Theology and Religious Studies
Kings College London

King’s College London seeks a Lecturer in New Testament Studies with a
specialism in Second Temple Judaism to join a cutting-edge and highly
motivated team in Biblical Studies with effect from 1 April 2011.

The successful candidate will research and teach New Testament Studies
(especially in the area of Jesus and the Gospels) in its historical
context within Second Temple Judaism.  He or she will teach
undergraduate courses in New Testament, especially in the area of
Jesus and the Gospels, and areas of Second Temple Judaism such as the
Dead Sea Scrolls.  He or she will contribute to MA programmes in
Biblical Studies and in Bible and Ministry, and will work in
collaboration with colleagues to ensure that the Department attracts
high quality students at both MA & PhD level and that the Department’s
research output is of world-leading quality.

Candidates should have a PhD in New Testament Studies, Second Temple
Judaism or early Christianity, with a research and publications record
appropriate to the stage of their career.  Experience of teaching the
New Testament in its Second Temple context and of teaching aspects of
Second Temple Judaism at both undergraduate and MA level is highly
desirable, as well as supervision of postgraduate research, preferably
at doctoral level.

The appointment will be made, dependent on relevant qualifications and
experience, within the Grade 6 scale, currently £30,070 to £39,038
inclusive of London Allowance.  Benefits include an annual season
ticket loan scheme and a final salary superannuation scheme.

Informal enquiries should be made to the Revd Professor Richard
Burridge on 0207 848 2333 or email richard.burridge@kcl.ac.uk

Further details and application packs are available on the College’s
website at www.kcl.ac.uk/jobs  or alternatively by emailing Human
Resources at jcmbjobs@kcl.ac.uk  All correspondence should clearly
state the relevant job title and reference number A6/AAT/061/10 – LA.

Closing date: 8th April 2010

Interviews are scheduled for 10th May  2010.

Congratulations to David M. Moffitt

February 25, 2010 in Academia with 0 Comments

Congratulations to my friend, David Moffitt, for being named an SBL Regional Scholar.

Strong work, David! You’ve earned it!

You Heard It Here Last: Phil Ryken as Wheaton President

February 20, 2010 in Academia with 10 Comments

The hits keep rolling for those who might have hoped that a presidential vacancy would enable their schools to move forward in a broader direction while staying deeply rooted in its past. First Baylor, now Wheaton.

Word on the street is the Phil Ryken, all around nice guy and pastor of Tenth Presbyterian Church in Philadelphia, is Wheaton’s selection for its next president.

I had numerous opportunities to hear Phil preach when we lived in the Philadelphia area in the late ’90s. Very good preacher. And by all accounts, a really nice guy.

But he is also a member of the Board of Trustees that helped Peter Lillback and Carl Truemann stage a kangaroo court to deal with Peter Enns. And that is reflective of not just his theology, but his theological posture. He is not one for theological innovation. Deeply committed to the Reformed Tradition, he often sides in denominational-type disputes with those who seem to think there’s nothing left to say that the Puritans didn’t already take care of.

Maybe breathing the air of a more broadly evangelical place will help move Ryken along? I do hope so, and I pray for a good future for him and for Wheaton.

But for now, I’m saddened that the alumni petition to serious consider a woman and minority was not only to no avail, but shunned in favor of someone who wouldn’t approve of a woman taking a pulpit, or a minority’s voice reshaping our understanding of the Bible’s theology.

Sorry, my wonderfully creative, out-of-the-box Wheaton alumni friends. Maybe next time.

You Heard It Here Last: Ken Starr as Baylor’s New President

February 15, 2010 in Academia with 16 Comments

The internets are swirling with the rumor: Kenneth Starr (yes, that Ken Starr) is going from Pepperdine Law to be Baylor’s next president.

Thoughts?

I find this an “interesting” choice from the perspective of a NT academic who recognizes that Baylor’s PhD program is on the rise. Sometimes guilt by association can be a tough thing to overcome. Starr is also involved with defending California’s enactment of Prop-8, the ban on gay marriage.

The sort of folks who would value the direction that the PhD program is moving (with bringing on Bruce Longenecker, etc.) and what it has to offer are also, likely, not to be all that thrilled about an institution with Clinton’s prosecutor, and a participant in the Prop-8 goings on, at the helm.

The value of the degree will depend, to some degree, on the religion department being able to separate its good work from the perception (whether true or not) of the university’s being headed by a conservative ideologue. None of this is to say that I think Starr should or should not have done x, y, or z, just that Baylor’s desire to be a certain kind of academic institution with a certain kind of reputation will be, in some ways, hindered by the perception of who Starr is and what he is committed to.

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