The Kolloquium für Graduierte/Graduate Colloquium is a bi-lingual (German-English) forum aimed at foreign doctoral students and visiting professors, which offers the opportunity to present "works in progress" for critique by a group of peers. It is cosponsored by the Institute for the Study of Christian Origins and the New Testament Department of the Protestant Theological Faculty of the University of Tübingen . The Kolloquium is listed in the Kommentiertes Vorlesungsverzeichnis (expanded course catalog) of the Evangelische-theologische Fakultät, Universität Tübingen.
Wintersemester 2005/2006
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Some Recent Presentations
| 08 Nov |
Dr. Scott Caulley, Institut zur Erforschung des Urchristentums “Structure and Paraenesis in 1 Peter” |
| 22 Nov |
Prof. Mark Seifrid, Southern Baptist Seminary “Scripture Allusions and Citations in Romans 4” |
| 06 Dec |
Mr. Volker Rabens, doctoral student, London Bible College "Spirit and Sacraments in Paul" |
| 10 Jan | Matthias Weigold, doctoral student, University of Tübingen “An Ancient Book of Noah” |
| 24 Jan | Prof. John Marshall, University of Toronto "Postcolonial Readings in Early Christianity. Hybridity: The Divided Subject" |
| 31 Jan | Mr. Ryan Jackson, doctoral student, University of Cambridge "New Creation and Roman Imperial Ideology in Galatia: Conflicting Eschatologies?" |
| 07 Feb | Prof. Darrell Bock, Dallas Theological Seminary "The Bauer Thesis on Orthodoxy and Heresy and the Issue of Redemption: A Look at Nag Hammadi and Traditional Sources " |
| 19 Juli | Mr. Volker Rabens,
doctoral student, London Bible College "The Holy Spirit and the Sacraments in Paul" |
(doctoral students listed by where they are from/where they are pursuing the PhD)
In the past years we have had presentations by visiting professors and doctoral students from Germany , the UK , the US , Finland , Korea , and Japan. Topics have included: Virtue and vice in Matthew and Philo; beatitudes in the Dead Sea Scrolls; the use of tradition material in 2 Peter; resurrection in the Similitudes of Enoch; "righteousness" in the Sermon on the Mount; Theodicy in Luke; angelology in the Dead Sea Scrolls. Other papers have been presented on women in 4Q Instruction, intertextual readings of Luke 24; rhetorical devices in Luke; righteousness in Matt 6:25-34; the background of the Adam-Christ antithesis in Romans 5:12-21.
By virtue of our contractual relationship with the University, the director of the Institute offers every semester a course on “ Readings in Theological German Literature for Non-native Speakers“ (German readings and discussion of important theological German texts). While this course is open to all international students, it has been especially popular with American exchange students who need a German credit to transfer. 4 credits. “ Readings in Theological German Literature for Non-native Speakers“ is listed in the Kommentiertes Vorlesungsverzeichnis (expanded course catalog) of the Evangelische-theologische Fakultät, Universität Tübingen.
Dr. Caulley has begun offering a “Theological English” course for non-native speakers of English who wish to improve their reading and speaking skills. In the Summer Semester 2006 Dr. Caulley will offer a course on 2 nd Peter and Jude through the Protestant Faculty of Theology.
The English Vesper Service is an interconfessional worship service in the English language. We meet Sundays at 6:00 p.m., at the Institute building, Wilhelmstrasse 100. Our group is typically made up of some students and some non-students. Anyone else interested in worshiping in English is welcome. The English Vesper Service runs during the regular University semesters (not during the spring or summer University breaks, nor during the Christmas break). The first service each semester is the Sunday evening after classes start. Check with us for exact dates.
Recent events include an American Thanksgiving dinner, an Advent music program, and a Christmas carol sing-along. In the Summer we had a "4th of July" Barbecue.
This program encourages professors from Stone-Campbell post-secondary institutions to spend their sabbatical in Tübingen. A Visiting Scholar will be provided a study room, access to the University library and the Theologicum, and, as necessary, help in finding housing. Participation is expected in the Kolloquium für Graduierte. A stipend is offered to help defray the costs. For specific information and application, contact the EES office in Atlanta (see below).
The purpose of this program is to provide an avenue for students pursuing a call to the ministry of Christian scholarship to spend a time of focused learning at the Institute of Christian Origins under the direction of the Institute Director. This program, aimed mainly at seminary students, is primarily designed to take place in the summer—May-August—to take advantage of both the American summer break and the Tübingen Sommersemester. Other time frames are possible. Undergraduates are welcome to apply, although preference will be given to master's level and above. For specific information and application materials, contact the EES office in Atlanta (see below).