My colleague at the School of
Divinity, Graham Twelftree, will
give a lecture entitled “The Gospel According to Paul” on Tuesday, Nov. 5 from
4 to
5:30 pm.
This lecture is the inaugural lecture for the Charles L. Holman Professorship
of New Testament and Early Christianity. Details of the event are available
here, and a live video feed of the lecture is
available at this link beginning
at
4pm (EST) on Nov. 5. The lecture will
draw from Graham’s research on Paul for his latest book just released by Baker,
Paul and the Miraculous: A Historical Reconstruction*, in which he claims “the
more we distance Paul from the miraculous, the less we understand him, his
theology, and his mission” (6). Along these lines, Graham summarizes:
The proposal of this project is that, despite scholarly
interest being almost entirely in him as a thinker and theologian, the
historical Paul is to be understood not only in terms of his theological
enterprise but also through taking into account his life and work, which
includes his understanding and experience of the miraculous and the place of
miracle working in his mission. (26)
Originally from
Australia, Graham did his doctoral work with James D. G. Dunn. Between his scholarly
erudition, his Australian accent, and his topic, this promises
to be a stimulating lecture.
*The preface and chapter one of Graham's book are available for download here.
