“Why we should stop talking about ‘Christians’ in connection with the New Testament”

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• Dr Julia Snyder, Faculty of Divinity and Bye Fellow of Darwin College
• Tuesday 27 May 2025, 13:10-14:00
• Richard King room, Darwin College.

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Many people think of the New Testament as a set of Christian texts that provide information about the authors’ views on being Christian. There are problems with talking about “Christians” in connection with the New Testament, however. This talk will explore some of those problems, drawing on my research on the letters of the apostle Paul. It will discuss how reading through the lens of “Christians” can obscure the situation of women and enslaved persons in the ancient world. It will also explore how it may contribute to the phenomenon of accidental anti-Judaism among readers of the Bible today.

This talk is part of the Darwin College Humanities and Social Sciences Seminars series.

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