The French Biblical and Archaeological School of Jerusalem is pleased to invite you to its next EBAF Thursday, which will be held on Thursday, November 20, at 6:00 p.m. in the EBAF conference room. The session will be led by Brother M.-Augustin Tavardon, ocso, professor of New Testament at the School.
A renowned specialist in New Testament exegesis and a connoisseur of the history of textual criticism, Brother M.-Augustin will take us on a journey in the footsteps of Erasmus, Theodore Beza, and Johann Jakob Wettstein.
How, between humanism, philology, and theology, did these authors contribute to the development of modern criticism in the study of the New Testament?
Following in their footsteps, we will try to understand the mechanisms and stages that, through spiritual, intellectual, and sometimes polemical issues, accompanied these developments: how did the editing of the text ultimately transform the reception of the Scriptures? What dialogues—or tensions—between faith, scholarship, and humanism emerged over the centuries? And what lessons can we learn today from these three essential milestones to better understand contemporary work in biblical scholarship?