On 18 October Midlands Bible College and Divinity School (now King's Evangelical Divinity School) held an all-day Israel seminar in Reading. (see here for details). This was a highly successful and well-attended event (over 150 attended), and further information about the programme, speakers and audio downloads now available for purchase from this site can be found at http://collegeblog.midbible.ac.uk/2008/10/dont-miss-the-extra-israel-seminar-and-these-audio-resources/.

The latest interview in our Talks With Scholars series was conducted last week when Andy Cheung interviewed leading evangelical scholar Klyne Snodgrass, Professor of New Testament Studies at North Park Theological Seminary in Chicago, USA. Dr Snodgrass talks about his recent work on the parables.

King's Evangelical Divinity School (formerly Midlands Bible College and Divinity School) will be holding all-day seminar in Reading, Berkshire, on Saturday 18 Oct 2008 entitled The Jews, Modern Israel and the New Supercessionism: Resources for Christians. Speakers are Dr Calvin Smith, Dr Stephen Vantassel, Revd Jacob Prasch, Tony Pearce and Dr Paul Wilkinson.

This all-day seminar will provide Christians broadly supportive of the view that God has not finished with the Jewish people with a series of resources aimed at challenging anti-Israel theology and the recent wave of supercessionism to hit the Evangelical Church. The programme will consist of a short introduction and five papers examining Israel and the Middle-East conflict from theological, hermeneutical, historical and political perspectives by Bible college lecturers and experts with published work on the subject. Each session culminates with an opportunity for delegates to raise questions. We also envisage adding further papers (several have been commissioned already) with a view to negotiating a conference volume with a publisher at some stage, providing lay Christians with a package of resources pitched between the popular and academic levels. So don’t miss this opportunity to be present in person at this biblically and theologically challenging event, with plenty of opportunity for delegates to participate. There will also be exhibits and tables with a wide array of teaching materials, books and literature on sale.

Last week, King's Evangelical Divinity School (formerly Midlands Bible College and Divinity School) tutor Andy Cheung caught up with leading O.T scholar Tremper Longman III to discuss his recent writing activities notably the recently released Dictionary of the Old Testament: Wisdom, Poetry & Writings published by IVP. Professor Longman (PhD, Yale University) is the Robert H. Gundry Professor of Biblical Studies and the chair of the religious studies department at Westmont College in Santa Barbara, California.