Research Unit Biblical Studies
Biblical Studies in Leuven
Biblical studies is a vast research area, with many possible research fields and approaches.
The Leuven research covers both the Old and the New Testament, but also, for example, the Dead Sea Scrolls and early Christian texts. In our research we apply historical, philological and literary methods, as well as modern linguistic and other contemporary approaches. We study the Bible in its historical contexts, and also raise hermeneutical questions with regard to the meaning of he Bible for present-day societies and theology.
Here we present the most important fields of Leuven research in 10 key words.
Below you can link through to the members of the research unit and their individual pages, and to the groups and centres of the research unit.
At the bottom of this page you can find lectures, congresses, and symposia, organized by the Research Unit or its members.
Leuven Biblical Studies Research in 10 Keywords
- Pentateuch
- Metaphors
- Septuagint
- Dead Sea Scrolls
- Textual criticism
- Hermeneutics
- Synoptics
- Q
- John
- Paul
Members, Research groups and centres
Presently, the research unit is composed of eight tenured professors, six postdocs, and more than thirty PhD students. A list of all the members can be found on a separate page. Also the advanced Masters students are expected to attend the meetings of the research unit.
The research unit has three research groups and centres:
- Research Group Exegesis, Hermeneutics and Theology of the Corpus Paulinum and Corpus Johanneum
- Centre for Septuagint Studies and Textual Criticism
- The Leuven Centre for the Study of the Gospels
Members of the research unit are also involved in:
- the Colloquium Biblicum Lovaniense
- the Vlaamse Bijbelstichting (Flemish Bible Society)
- the Leuven Old Testament Study group (LOTS)
Lectures, Congresses, Symposia, and so on
- July 23-24, 2012 (Amsterdam): Joint meeting of the Oudtestamentisch Werkgezelschap in Nederland en België (OTW) with the Society for Old Testament Study (SOTS) (presidents: Pierre Van Hecke en George Brooke)
- July 26-28, 2012 (Leuven): Colloquium Biblicum Lovaniense: Old Testament Pseudepigrapha and the Scriptures
- July 31 - August 4, 2012 (Leuven): General Meeting of the Society of New Testament Studies (only for SNTS members and invited guests)
