New Book by David Sim
 FBS member David Sim, recently promoted to Associate Professor at Australian Catholic University, has co-edited a new book with Boris Respschinks, Associate Professor at Leopold-Franzens University, Innsbruck, Austria: David C. Sim and B. Repschinski (eds), Matthew and His Christian Contemporaries (Library of New Testament Studies 333; London: T & T Clark International, 2008). A short description of the book from the back cover can be downloaded here.
David has also written a review of the book by Markus Bockmuehl and Donald A. Hagner (eds), The Written Gospel for the Review of Biblical Literature.
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New Book by David Runia
 FBS member David Runia has co-edited a new book on Philo with Gregory E Sterling, The Studia Philonica Annual: Studies in Hellenistic Judaism, Volume XIX, 2007 (Atlanta: Society of Biblical Literature, 2007).
A review of the book can be read here.
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Book Review by Howard Wallace
FBS member Howard Wallace has recently reviewed the book by Mark D. Futato, Interpreting the Psalms: An Exegetical Handbook. The review can be read on the RBL site here.
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Subscription Rates for 2009 ABR Unchanged
Subscription rates for the 2009 issue of Australian Biblical Review will remain the same as for the 2008 issue—the third year at the same level. FBS membership fees will also remain unchanged for 2009 ($28.00/$18.00). ABR subscription and postage rates can be found at the ABR Home Page.
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Associate Professorships
Congratulations to Dr Mary Coloe and Dr David Sim for their recent promotion to Associate Professor at the Australian Catholic University (Melbourne, St Patrick Campus).
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Mary Coloe Delivers Paper at the June Symposium
 Dr Mary Coloe, Associate Professor at the Australian Catholic University delivered a paper entitled: The Johannine Pentecost: Are We Looking in the Right Place? at the second symposium for 2008 at the dinner at Queen’s College on 5 June. The ensuing discussion raised a number of issues about her proposal that the early part of John’s Gospel, especially John 2:1–12, alluded heavily to the Festival of Weeks.
Other upcoming symposiums are: 21 August (Professor David Runia) and 6 November (AGM and Presidential Address by Dr Brian Boyle: Holiness Has A Shape).
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Merrill Kitchen Delivers Paper at First Symposium for 2008
The first FBS Symposium for 2008 was held on 27 March at Queen’s College. The guest speaker was Merrill Kitchen, Principal of Churches of Christ Theological College. Her paper was entitled, “From Heaven to Jerusalem: Locating God in the Later Gospel Tradition.” Members who are interested in presenting a paper at future symposiums should contact the Secretary.
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 New Book by Dr Mary Coloe
FBS member and Book Review Editor of ABR Dr Mary Coloe has published a new book, Dwelling in the Household of God: Johannine Ecclesiology and Spirituality (Collegeville: Liturgical Press, 2007).
Mary has moved back to Melbourne from Queensland and is teaching at the St Patrick’s Campus of ACU in East Melbourne. See here for a list of her publications and activities.
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Annual General Meeting
The Annual General Meeting of the Fellowship was held on Thursday, 8 November, at Queen’s College. The President, Dr Anne Gardner, delivered a paper, entitled The Narrative of Solomon’s Reign in the Light of the Historiography of Other Ancient Civilisations.
Dr Brian Boyle has been elected President for the next year, and Dr Craig de Vos was elected Vice-President. Dr Anne Gardner has taken over as Old Testament editor of Australian Biblical Review, replacing the long-serving Dr Howard Wallace. The other officers and members of the Executive were re-elected unopposed.
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Tribute to Professor Eric Osborn
With the death on 11 May 2007 of the Rev. Professor Eric Osborn, Australia has lost an outstanding scholar.
Eric will be remembered, above all, for his passionate commitment to scholarship, especially to patristic studies, but also to the formation of an educated ministry. Few scholars can claim to have had no fewer than eight books published by Cambridge University Press. Eric could:
- The Philosophy of Clement of Alexandria (1957)
- Justin Martyr (1973)
- Ethical Patterns in Early Christian Thought (1976)
- The Beginning of Christian Philosophy (1981)
- The Emergence of Christian Theology (1993)
- Tertullian, First Theologian of the West (1997)
- Irenaeus of Lyons (2001)
- Clement of Alexandria (2005)
Eric had been an active member of the Fellowship for Biblical Studies for fifty years and contributed dozens of articles and scores of book reviews to Australian Biblical Review — far more than anyone else (see the ABR Author Index for his 19 articles, commencing in 1960).
He is survived by his wife of more than sixty years, Lorna, two sons and their wives, grandchildren and greatgrandchildren. As one who was Eric’s colleague for twenty-three years, I recall, with gratitude, many stimulating conversations with him, and also his genuine delight in the successes of his colleagues. Eric Osborn, ave atque vale!
Contributed by Nigel Watson
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The FBS Web Site
Welcome to the web site for the Fellowship for Biblical Studies which is designed to make the work of the Fellowship more visible to the public, particularly the Fellowship’s biblical journal, Australian Biblical Review — a journal that is now over 50 years old.
Visitors to the FBS site can peruse the Table of Contents of any issue of ABR, and read the book reviews from recent issue. The site contains the complete index of all articles that have been published in ABR since 1951, together with an index of the authors of all those articles.
Keep watching this page for news, or check out the Updates Page to see recent changes to the site.
Suggestions about the content of the site are welcome. Please email Brian Incigneri.
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