David Gunn visiting lectureship

Distinguished Visitor in Religious Studies:
Professor David Gunn, the A. A. Bradford Professor of Religion at Texas Christian University, and a world-renowned scholar in Old Testament studies

Professor Gunn is an internationally renowned scholar whose main field of study is the cultural history and reception of the Hebrew Bible. He has written on narrative in the Hebrew Bible, drawing on literary criticism and feminist criticism; on the representation of biblical characters and stories in art, literature, and movies; and on the use of the Bible in colonial settings. Among his numerous publications are The Story of King David: Genre and Interpretation (1978), The Fate of King Saul: An Interpretation of a Biblical Story (1980), and a commentary on Judges (2005).

Events open to the public (no charge)

*Bible, Violence and Colonialism: A Tale from the Frontier.  Wednesday, 20 September 3:00 pm, CAB 239

*(Town and Gown Lecture) Covering David: Michelangelo's David from the Piazza della Signoria to my Refrigerator Door.  Thursday, 21 September 7:30 pm, Edmonton Art Gallery 

*Biblical Women and Subjectivity: From Peter Abelard to Harriet Beecher Stowe.  Tuesday, 26 September 3:30 pm, CAB 243  

*Bathsheba Bathing: An Illustrated History of a Biblical Woman.  Thursday, 28 September 3:30 pm, CAB 265

*Public Reception Wednesday, 27 September 5:00 - 7:00 pm, Faculty Club (Saskatchewan Room)