Faculty members present research at major international biblical studies conferences in Indonesia, Australia, and the United States
From 23–28 June 2026, Associate Professor Robert Myles participated in the bi‑annual conference of the Society of Asian Biblical Studies, held this year in Jakarta, Indonesia. The conference theme, Bible, Labour, and Migration, brought together scholars from across the region. Assoc Prof Myles presented new research in a paper titled “Urbanisation and Upheaval in the […]
New Publication in Leading International Journal
Associate Professor Robert Myles has published a major new article in the Journal of Biblical Literature, the flagship journal in the field of biblical studies. His article, “Soft Clothing Hard Jesus: Toughness and Class Conflict in Q 7:24-5,” offers deeper insight into how ideas of toughness and resilience influenced the historical early Jesus movement. By […]
New publication: T&T Clark Handbook of Sexualities in the Bible and its Reception
T&T Clark Handbook of Sexualities in the Bible and its ReceptionCo-edited by Christopher Greenough & Caroline Blyth (T&T Clark, 2026) Honorary Research Associate Dr Caroline Blyth has co‑edited the newly released T&T Clark Handbook of Sexualities in the Bible and its Reception, a major international volume bringing together leading scholars to explore one of the […]
New publication: A Valiant Woman – Words of Wisdom for the Sake of Transformative Action
Associate Professor Robert Myles has co-edited along with several colleagues a posthumous collection of essays written by Professor Elaine Wainwright (1948-2024), Robert’s former mentor and doctoral supervisor at the University of Auckland. A Valiant Woman: Words of Wisdom for the Sake of Transformative ActionElaine Wainwright; co-edited by Elizabeth Dowling, Anne Elvey, Veronica Lawson, and Robert […]
Faculty members present their research at conferences in Australia and the USA
In November and December, two of our faculty members presented their research at conferences in Australia and the USA. From 22-25 November 2025, Dr Meg Warner travelled to the Society of Biblical Literature’s Annual Meeting in Boston, USA, where she presented a paper entitled “Genesis as Torah: Making a Case” and chaired a session of […]
Faculty member presents research to SBL International Meeting in Sweden
In June, Assoc Prof Robert Myles travelled to the University of Uppsala in Sweden to participate in the Society of Biblical Literature’s International Meeting (June 23-27, 2025), funded by a competitive research grant from the University of Divinity. His paper, ‘From Nets to Networks: Social and Material Contexts of Fishing in the Early Jesus Movement’, presented to […]
Assoc Prof Mark Jennings Shortlisted for ANZATS Book Prize
Congratulations to Assoc Prof Mark Jennings who has been shortlisted for the Australia New Zealand Association of Theological Schools (ANZATS) 2025 Book Prize in the Established Scholars category for his 2023 monograph, Happy: LGBTQ+ Experiences of Australian Pentecostal-Charismatic Christianity (Palgrave Macmillan). See original story here: https://vox.divinity.edu.au/news/ud-faculty-shortlisted-for-2025-anzats-book-prizes/
