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Prof Sebastian Brock

Retired Reader in Syriac Studies at the Oriental Institute and currently a Professorial Fellow at Wolfson College, Oxford

Events this person is speaking at:

Tuesday 31 January 2017

17:00 - “Syriac Christianity as a crossroads of cultures”
Prof Sebastian Brock (Retired Reader in Syriac Studies at the Oriental Institute and currently a Professorial Fellow at Wolfson College, Oxford)
Eastern Christianity: Historical, Literary & Cultural Heritage

Saturday 11 November 2023

09:00 - Holy Women of the East and West
Prof Sebastian Brock (Retired Reader in Syriac Studies at the Oriental Institute and currently a Professorial Fellow at Wolfson College, Oxford), Cressida Marcus, Dr. Paula Clifford

Monday 15 January 2024

17:00 - Ephrem the Syrian and a New Beginning in Syriac Poetry
Professor Alberto Rigolio (Durham University, UK), Prof Sebastian Brock (Retired Reader in Syriac Studies at the Oriental Institute and currently a Professorial Fellow at Wolfson College, Oxford)
Eastern Christianity in Interfaith Contexts

Thursday 22 August 2024

17:00 - The Origins of the First Anti-Jewish Good Friday Hymns
Prof George Demacopoulos (Fordham Univeristuy), Prof Sebastian Brock (Retired Reader in Syriac Studies at the Oriental Institute and currently a Professorial Fellow at Wolfson College, Oxford)
Eastern Christianity in Interfaith Contexts

Monday 25 November 2024

17:00 - The Monastic Homilies of Isaac of Antioch
Revd Dr Shafiq Abouzayd (Oxford Interfaith Forum), Prof Sebastian Brock (Retired Reader in Syriac Studies at the Oriental Institute and currently a Professorial Fellow at Wolfson College, Oxford)
Eastern Christianity in Interfaith Contexts

Monday 19 May 2025

17:00 - Narsai’s Memra 49, on Adam and Eve: O Instructive Fault!
Professor Andrew Younan (ohn Paul the Great Catholic University in Escondido, California), Prof Sebastian Brock (Retired Reader in Syriac Studies at the Oriental Institute and currently a Professorial Fellow at Wolfson College, Oxford)
Eastern Christianity in Interfaith Contexts

Thursday 12 June 2025

17:00 - The Peshitta and the Making of the Antioch Bible
Dr George A. Kiraz (Institute for Advanced Study), Prof Sebastian Brock (Retired Reader in Syriac Studies at the Oriental Institute and currently a Professorial Fellow at Wolfson College, Oxford)
Eastern Christianity in Interfaith Contexts