SCHOLARLY SEMINARS–FOR EVERYONE
For the past five years, the Lanier Theological Library in Houston, Texas has provided, without charge to the public, a series of seminars featuring professors, scientists, and expert practitioners on current events, topics of special interest, and biblical subjects in the news.
Following are the titles of seminars conducted in 2015 and 2016, and the participants in those seminars. For infomation regarding seminars from 2012-2014, or to view videos of any of these seminars at your leisure and at no charge to you, go to: www.laniertheologicallibrary.org/seminar-videos-2/
May 6, 2016
Five New Testament Scholars on Two Topics: The Gospel of Jesus Wife
& Atonement in Pauls Writings
David Capes — Moderator
Graham Cole — Dean, Professor of Biblical and Systematic Theology, Trinity Evangelical Divinity School, Deerfield, IL
Craig Evans — Dean, School of Christian Thought, John Bisagno Distinguished Professor of Christian Origins, Houston Baptist University, Houston, TX
Simon Gathercole — New Testament Scholar/Teacher, University of Cambridge, England
David Moessner — Professor, A. A. Bradford Chair of Religion, Texas Christian University, Fort Worth, TX
April 1, 2016
Problems in Understanding Paul
Mark Lanier — Moderator
Joseph Shulam — Hebrew scholar and Christian minister, Jerusalem
Mark Hamilton — Robert & Kay Onstead Professor of Old Testament, Abilene Christian University
George Goldman — Associate Dean, Undergraduate Bible, Lipscomb University
David Rudolph — Director of Messianic Jewish Studies, The Kings University, Southlake, TX
October 30, 2015
Slavery and the Bible
Mark Lanier — Moderator
Peter Williams — Warden of Tyndale House, Cambridge
James Hoffmeier — Professor, Trinity Evangelical Divinity School
Andy Dearman — Associate Dean and Professor, Fuller Theological Seminary, Houston
Dick Averbeck — Professor, Trinity Evangelical Divinity School
September 11, 2015
Paul and His Jewish Background
Mark Lanier — Moderator
Lynn Cohick — Professor, Wheaton College
Ben Blackwell — Interim Dean, School of Christian Thought, Houston Baptist University
Todd Still — Dean and Professor, Baylor Universitys Truett Theological Seminary
Steve Young — Assistant Professor, Fuller Theological Seminary
May 22, 2015
Figural Reading Old Testament in the New
Mark Lanier — Moderator
Richard Hays — Dean, Duke Divinity School
Lynn Cohick– Professor, Wheaton College
Carey Newman– Director, Baylor University Press
David Capes — Dean, Professor of New Testament, Houston Graduate School of Theology, Houston, TX
February 27, 2015
John Milton & Theology
Mark Lanier — Moderator
Dennis Danielson — Professor, University of British Columbia
Phillip Donnelly — Associate Professor, Honors College of Baylor University
Emily Stelzer — Assistant Professor, Houston Baptist University
January 16, 2015
Historical and Archaeological Evidence for the Jewish Diaspora After 722 B.C.
K. Lawson Younger — Trinity Evangelical Divinity School
James K. Hoffmeier Trinity Evangelical Divinity School
Richard Hawes Archaeology Forum, Tyndale House Cambridge
Benjamin Scolnic Southern Connecticut State University
Gary A. Rendsburg Rutgers University
Thomas W. Davis Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary