Annual Lecture
Contact: Lissa Wray Beal
The IBR Annual Lecture presents IBR members and guests with important research in the field of biblical studies that includes cross-discipline respondents and concludes with Q&A. It is followed each year by a publisher-sponsored reception with a free book for IBR members. Non-members are warmly welcomed to attend both.
Due to COVID-19 and the move of our annual meeting to an online format, the Annual Lecture has been postponed until 2021.
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Recent Lectures

2019
- Craig A. Evans, Houston Baptist University
“When Abiathar was High Priest”: Is the Reading in Mark 2:26 an Error? Observations on Pre-Text Textual Criticism - Elizabeth Shively, University of St. Andrews, Respondent
- Karl Kutz, Multnomah University, Respondent
2018
- Richard Hays, Duke University
Figural Exegesis and the Retrospective Re-cognition of Israel’s Story - Jeannine Brown, Bethel Seminary (San Diego, CA), Respondent
- Scot McKnight, Northern Seminary, Respondent
2017
- John Walton, Wheaton College (Illinois)
Understanding Torah: Ancient Legal Text, Covenant Stipulation, and Christian Scripture - Myrto Theocharous, Greek Bible College, Athens, Respondent
- Bruce Wells, Saint Joseph's University (Philadelphia, PA), Respondent