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Special Day Conference The Society for Old Testament Study presents the JOHN DAY CONFERENCE Simpkins Lee Lecture Theatre Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford in honour of Professor John Day, President of The Society for Old Testament Study THURSDAY 24th JULY 2014 8.00 am Breakfast [for SOTS delegates only, at St Hilda’s College] 9.30 am Introduction – Dr Stuart Weeks 9.45 am Professor John Barton (Oxford) “Rational Obedience to God in the Old Testament” 10.30 am Coffee / Tea 11.00 am Dr Adam Carlill (Reading) “Snakes and Ladders: Step changes in Isaiah's saraph oracles” 11.45 am Dr Stuart Weeks (Durham) “Human and Divine, in Genesis and the Wisdom Literature” 12.45 am Lunch 2.00 pm Professor Hugh Williamson (Oxford) “Who Spent the Night at Geba? The who, what, when, and where of Isaiah 10:27–32” 2.45 pm Dr Molly Zahn (University of Kansas) “Scribal Exegesis in the Second Temple Period: Not just for biblical texts!” 3.30 pm Coffee / Tea 4.00 pm Professor Graham Davies (Cambridge) “The Passover as the New Year Festival in P” 4.45 pm Conclusion – Professor John Barton, followed by departure BOOKING FORM The Society for Old Testament Study JOHN DAY CONFERENCE – 24th July 2014 LADY MARGARET HALL, OXFORD Please tick the appropriate boxes and enter the relevant information, then send the completed form together with payment to James Patrick, Mansfield College, Mansfield Road, Oxford OX1 3TF, or by email attachment to [email protected]. For forms sent digitally, payment may be done by direct bank transfer or else by a cheque sent subsequently by post. The form must be received by Thursday 26th June 2014; no bookings can be accepted after that date. Electronic acknowledgements will be sent to those who supply an email address. N.B. Those also wanting to attend the SOTS Meeting 21-24 July 2014 can book for both conferences on that form. A. PERSONAL DETAILS Name (in block letters): ................................................................................................................................... Address: .......................................................................................................................................................... ......................................................................................................................................................................... Telephone: ............................................ E-mail: ............................................................................................ q I have the following special requirements (e.g. dietary constraints – vegetarian / kosher / etc., mobility / hearing difficulties, etc.): .................................................................................................................................................................. q I wish to be considered for one of the ten parking spaces, for the following reason: ............................. B. PARTICIPATION DETAILS Refreshments and lunch will be laid out in the Monson Room adjoining the Simpkins Lee Lecture Theatre, for those who have booked them. For accommodation options at St Hilda’s College, refer instead to the SOTS Summer Meeting 2014 booking form, and send an email to the above address. q Dining – sessions, quality buffet lunch, morning & afternoon refreshments ................ £35.00 q Sessions Only – sessions and refreshments, but no lunch ............................................. £20.00 C. PAYMENT DETAILS Please pay the full amount for the options you have selected in Section B. Specific queries can be directed to the SOTS Hospitality Secretary, James Patrick, at the email address given above. q I have made a direct bank transfer of £......................, being the full amount for ........... person(s), to the SOTS bank account (Sort Code: 20-25-29 Account Number: 70810886), giving as a reference the words “DAY CONFERENCE 2014”. Date that payment was made: .................................... q I enclose a cheque for £......................, made payable to 'The Society for Old Testament Study', being the full amount for .............. person(s). q I cannot pay by British bank transfer or cheque, so (adding a £3 handling charge onto the total in Section B) please charge my credit card for £......................., being the full amount for ............... person(s): Card number Expiry date Security Code q MasterCard q Visa Print name as it appears on card: .............................................................................................................. Cardholder’s address: ................................................................................................................................ ................................................................................................................................................................... Signature: ..................................................................................... Date: .................................. PRACTICAL DETAILS The venue for the John Day Conference is the Simpkins Lee Lecture Theatre, Lady Margaret Hall, Norham Gardens, Oxford, OX2 6QA, and the telephone number for the Conference Office is 01865 611079. All visitors should report to the temporary Porter's Lodge at 1 Fyfield Road. For visitors coming to Oxford by car, the recommended route is north Oxford - Banbury Road - Norham Road - Fyfield Road (further details are provided on the Lady Margaret Hall [LMH] website – <www.lmh.ox.ac.uk/Conferences/Maps-and-directions/Directions.aspx>). Parking is limited to only ten spaces for cars at the college, so please use public transport wherever possible. There is a space on the booking form for delegates to indicate their special reasons for needing a car parking space at the college. A Park&Ride service operates every fifteen minutes from Water Eaton (service 500), costing £2 to park and £2.40 return bus fare. After about a 10 minute journey, get off the bus outside the Cotswold Lodge Hotel by the pelican crossing, and walk a few minutes down Norham Road until you reach Fyfield Road, second road on the right. Enter via the Porters' Lodge at 1 Fyfield Road. From the train or bus stations it takes respectively about 20 or 15 minutes on foot through the centre of town and across (or around) the lovely University Parks to get to LMH. The exit from the Parks is the Lady Margaret Gate. Alternatively, you can walk a short distance to Magdalen Street and take a bus from the stop outside Debenhams and Sainsbury’s Local shop, either number 2 (Oxford Bus Company, red bus) or number 7A/7B (Stagecoach, blue bus). The bus journey only takes a few minutes. You need to get off at the Keble Road stop, go to the other side of Banbury Road using the pedestrian crossing, turn left following the corner and the entrance of Norham Gardens is immediately on your left. LMH is at the end of Norham Gardens. Enter via the Porters' Lodge at 1 Fyfield Road. If you prefer not to walk, there are taxi ranks at both stations and, unlike some journeys across the centre of Oxford, this one is (usually) quick and straightforward. For those who have been attending the SOTS Summer Meeting, 21st – 24th July at St Hilda’s College, Lady Margaret Hall is a pleasant half hour walk (approx. 1.3 miles) north past the Oxford city centre, along the High Street, Longwall Street, St Cross Road, and through the University Parks. Local guides will be provided to ensure delegates reach their destination! Alternatively, there will be the option of sharing taxis for the short journey each direction. .
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