Loneliness and Companionship
“It is not good that the man should be alone”
Two well-known Bible scholars, John Barton (A History of the Bible) and Walter Moberly (The Bible in a Disenchanted Age), go head to head on a fascinating journey through the stories of the book that has shaped our culture.
From the loneliness of Adam to the care of Ruth by her mother-in-law Naomi; from Moses' friendship with the Lord to the strange companion on the road of the disciples of Emmaus, does the Bible still have something to say to the problems of our time?
speakers
Ignacio Carbajosa
Ignacio Carbajosa is Professor of Old Testament at San Damaso University (Madrid). He is a Catholic priest. He has written a Commentary on the book of Psalms in two volumes (2018-2023). Among his books in English the following stand out: Hebraica veritas versus Septuaginta auctoritatem. Does a Canonical Text of the Old Testament Exist? (2024); Faith: the Fount of Exegesis. The Interpretation of Scripture in Light of the History of Research on the Old Testament (2013). He has been a Visiting Scholar at the Catholic University of America, Oxford University, Harvard University and Trinity College (Dublin).
John Barton
John Barton has been the Oriel and Laing Professor of the Interpretation of Holy Scripture at the University of Oxford (until his retirement in 2014). He is priest in the Church of England and fellow of the British Academy. His book A History of the Bible: The Book and Its Faiths (2019) was shortlisted for the 2020 Wolfson History Prize and won the 2019 Duff Cooper Prize. It was adapted for radio and broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 2020. Other books include: What is the Bible? (1991), Understanding Old Testament Ethics (2003), The Word: On Translations of the Bible (2022).
Walter Moberly
Walter Moberly has been Professor of Theology and Biblical Interpretation at Durham University (until his retirement in 2022). He is priest in the Church of England. He is known for his creative, accessible, and provocative writing, always concerned with the continuing relevance of the biblical text today. Some of his books include: The God of the Old Testament: Encountering the Divine in Christian Scripture (2020). The Bible in a Disenchanted Age: The Enduring Possibility of Christian Faith (2018) and Old Testament Theology: Reading the Hebrew Bible as Christian Scripture (2013).
