Professor Alanna Nobbs is the President of the Society for the Study of Early Christianity. She earned a BA Hons1 and

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at the

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. She taught at

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and was Head of School. Her specialization being in

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Early Christian Early Christianity (up to the First Council of Nicaea in 325) spread from the Levant, across the Roman Empire, and beyond. Originally, this progression was closely connected to already established Jewish centers in the Holy Land and the Jewish d ...

and

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documents. She was recognised in the Queen’s Birthday 2012 list with the award of

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for her service to

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and the

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. Her husband is former fellow professor at

, Ray Nobbs, who was also Dean of the

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About the society

The society was established by the Vice-Chancellor on 8 May 1987, and a Constitution for the Society was approved by the Council of Macquarie University in December 1987. The society has no ecclesiastical ties, however it collaborates on academic occasions with

Christian Christians () are people who follow or adhere to Christianity, a monotheistic Abrahamic religion based on the life and teachings of Jesus Christ. The words ''Christ'' and ''Christian'' derive from the Koine Greek title ''Christós'' (Χρι ...

and

Jewish Jews ( he, יְהוּדִים, , ) or Jewish people are an ethnoreligious group and nation originating from the Israelites Israelite origins and kingdom: "The first act in the long drama of Jewish history is the age of the Israelites""The ...

theology Theology is the systematic study of the nature of the divine and, more broadly, of religious belief. It is taught as an academic discipline, typically in universities and seminaries. It occupies itself with the unique content of analyzing the ...

colleges and communities. Its president is Professor Alanna Nobbs. The society circulates three newsletters a year outlining its activities. # May SSEC Conference - an annual conference hosting international speakers on issues of the New Testament and early Christianity.

Publications

* ''Into all the world : emergent Christianity in its Jewish and Greco-Roman context'', 2017 * ''All things to all cultures : Paul among Jews, Greeks, and Romans'', 2013 * ''Jerusalem and Athens : cultural transformation in late antiquity'', 2010 * ''The content and setting of the Gospel tradition'', 2010 * ''Ungodly women in Revelation'', 1990 * ''Kambala : the first hundred years, 1887-1987'', 1987

References

External links

Society for the Study of Early Christianity Homepage

Society for the Study of Early Christianity Conference Page

Staff profile page of Prof Alanna Nobbs at Macquarie Uni
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