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David Trobisch
Professor of New Testament
  Email: DTrobisch@BTS.edu //  Curriculum Vitae / short CV  

 

Upcoming Events // (Recent Events)

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12/05-12/07/2008 Amherst, NY. The Jesus Project. 

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01/09/2009 New York. Translation Committee meeting.

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Trip to Ethiopia 01/12-1/24/2009 with students and friends of BTS.

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02/04-02/05/09 Board meeting, American Bible Society, NY

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02/06-02/08/09 IOWA Center/Learn program, Des Moines, IA

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06/8-13/09. Summer Course 2009 (Monday - Saturday): Book of Acts. Bangor Theological Seminary. Three Credits. Campus will be announced.

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07/06-07/07/2008 London, British Library. Codex Sinaiticus Project

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Publications

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Books in print by David Trobisch

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Codex Boreelianus (F 09) online. 9th century codex of the four-gospel-book. University of Utrecht, Netherlands.

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Codex Boernerianus (G 012) online. 9th century codex of the letters of Paul. Sächsische Landes und Universitätsbibliothek, Dresden, Germany. Virtuelle Schatzkammer.

Recent Events
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11/21-11/25/2008 Boston. Society of Biblical Literature.

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11/20/2008 Paul: From Tarsus to China. Public lecture sponsored by the American Bible Society. Boston. Union Club.  Contact: Paul Veerman 

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11/9-12/2008 Second International Conference on Religion and Media, Tehran and Qom, Iran. Paper.

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10/27/2008 Theologische Runde. Christusgemeinde,  Wiesloch, Germany. Kindheitsevangelium des Jakobus.

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10/20-21/2008 West Virginia - Western Maryland Synod. ELCA. Continuing Education Event, Will O’the Wisp, McHenry, MD. Storytelling and Preaching.

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10/10-12/2008 Muscatine, Iowa. Faith United Church of Christ. From Ancient Manuscripts to Modern English Translations: Challenges and Joys of Biblical Scholarship. All day Saturday workshop. Sermon on Sunday.

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09/17-19/2008 American Bible Society, New York.

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08/11-16/08 Summer Course 2008 (Monday - Saturday): The Letters of Paul (NT 1502). Portland Campus. Three Credits. Syllabus

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08/03-05/2008 Muenster, Germany. Paper. Münster Colloquium on the Textual History of the Greek New Testament

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07/26/2008 Berlin, Germany. Sermon. St. George's Anglican Episcopal Church. 10:00; 18:00.

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07/17/2008 Augsburg, Germany. Methodist congregation. Lecture and discussion: The Book of Acts.

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07/19/2008 Salzburg, Austria. Midrash.

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07/04-07/06/2008 Heidelberg, Germany. Gerd Theißen symposium. Paper.

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06/23-07/3/2008 Iliff School of Theology. Denver, Colorado. Summer Course: Performance of Biblical Texts. Paul's Letters to the Corinthians. 3 credit course.

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06/05-06/06/2008 Philadelphia,PA. American Bible Society.

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05/12-22/08 Trip to China with the American Bible Society.

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05/11/08 Pentecost Sunday. Preaching at Trinity Lutheran Church, Westbrook. Everyone is invited.

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05/09/08 New York. Museum of Biblical Art.

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05/08/08 Thursday 7:30 pm. Abschiedsvorlesung (Departure Lecture). "How to translate the word 'Gentile' from English into English." Portland Campus. Everyone is invited.

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Spring semester 2008 (Tuesday 1-4): Exegetical Methods (BS 1502)

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Spring semester 2008 (Wednesday 1-4): Gospel According to John (NT 1701)

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05/02-04/08 Retreat for spouses of UCC pastors. Reading the Gospel of John. For details contact Karen Nielsen

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04/07/08 Juda Pearl (father of Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl who was kidnapped and murdered in Pakistan in 2002) Schair memorial lecture: “Beyond the Clash of Civilizations: A Dialogue for Muslim-Jewish Understanding,” 7-9 p.m. in USM’s Hannaford Lecture Hall, Bedford Street, Portland.

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03/13-14/08 Des Moines, Iowa. Center Learn Program.

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02/15/08 New York. Board meeting Museum of Biblical Art.

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02/22-03/08/08 Trip to Timbuktu, Mali. Arabic manuscripts.

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02/17/08 Immanuel Baptist Church, Portland,156 High St. 9:30-10:15 AM Sunday. Adult forum (2nd session): Who is Paul?

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02/17/08 Immanuel Baptist Church, Portland,156 High St. 10:30 Sermon on John 3:1-12 (Nicodemus).

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02/10/08 Midrash and sermon: "Here I am, LORD. Please send someone else!" Marilyn Sargent ordination. 3 PM. Des Moines. Urbandale UCC Church.

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02/08-09/08 Des Moines, Iowa. Center Learn Program.

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02/07/08 New York. Board meeting American Bible Society.

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02/05/08. Lecture: Introducing the Gospel of Matthew and the Gospel of Mary. Hon 112, Tuesday, February 5, from 3:30P to 5:15P in 101 Neville Hall, University of Maine at Orono 

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02/03/08 Immanuel Baptist Church, Portland, 156 High St. 9:30-10:15 AM Sunday. Adult forum: Who is Paul?

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Fall semester 2007: Gospel According to Matthew (NT1703)

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12/07-09/2007. Translation, Identity and Heterogeneity . Hosted by the University of San Marcos, Lima, Peru.

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11/27/2007, 5-6:30. Old South Church, Farmington, Maine. UCC. 227 Main Street. Who is Jesus? Public discussion.

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11/17/2007, San Diego. Towards the Fifth Edition of the UBS Greek New Testament. 9:00 AM to 11:30 AM, Room: Del Mar A - GH. AM17-20. 2007 SBL Annual Meeting.
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11/01-03/2007 “Editing the Bible,” the Forty-Third Conference on Editorial Problems, convened by John Kloppenborg, Centre for Religion, 1–3 November 2007 at St Michael's College, University of Toronto.

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Ingrid Hult Trobisch Youngdale died on October 23, 2007. Obituary.

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Spring 2007: Sabbatical Project

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Spring 2007. Footnotes.

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07/01-20/2007. Trip to Iran.

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03/20/2007. Tuesday, 20th of March 2007, 15-17h Utrecht, Netherlands, “Each Manuscript Has a Story to Tell”
Codex Boreelianus (F 09) online. 9th century codex of the four-gospel-book. University of Utrecht, Netherlands.

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02/11/07. "The number of the beast in John's Revelation". Messiah Lutheran Church, Springfield, MO, 9:45-10:30 am. 

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01/30/07 Introducing the Gospel of John and the Gospel of Judas. Lecture for Hon 112, Tuesday, January 30 from 3:30P to 5:15P in 101 Neville Hall, University of Maine at Orono 

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01/24-01/29/07: "Who published the Christian Bible?" (1/27/07 9:15 AM),  Scripture and Skepticism: The Use of Doubt in Biblical and Qur'anic Studies, University of California at Davis, Committee for the Scientific Examination of Religion.

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01/17-01/21/07: Heidelberg, Germany. 

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01/12/07: American Bible Society, New York.

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01/04-01/05/07: IOWA Center LEARN program

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01/06/07: Manuscripts of the Bible, Des Moines, IA, Urbandale UCC, 2:00 PM 

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Fall Semester 2006: Jesus of Nazareth (NT1725) 

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Fall Semester 2006: The Background of the New Testament  (NT1505) 

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12/3/06: Trip to Ethiopia

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11/17/06: 12:55 PM. Smithsonian, Freer Gallery of Art. Auditorium. Society of Biblical Literature, Annual Meeting, Washington, DC. SBL symposiumReading a Page of the Freer Gospels Codex.

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11/3-11/4/06: IOWA Center LEARN program

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11/01/06: 10 AM First Parish, Saco (Rev. Doug Neilson), UCC York Association Clergy. "Insights into the Advent Scriptures and stories". For more info contact Rev. Bruce Burnham. Directions

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10/21/06: Bangor Campus. Full Day with participants of NT1505 (Background of NT).

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10/29/06: 10 AM. State Street Church, Portland. Reformation Sunday. Sermon.

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10/01/06 Sermon, 10:30. Trinity Lutheran Church, Westbrook. // Map.

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09/30/06: Bangor Campus. Full Day with participants of NT1725 (Jesus of Nazareth).

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09/24-9/26/06, Fall Theological Conference for rostered leaders and spouses of the Northeastern Minnesota Synod, Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, Ruttger's Sugar Lake Lodge, Grand Rapids

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7/16/06, Clinton, Iowa: "Pray that a message will be given to me!" Sermon, Ordination of Debby Jean Manion, Clinton Community Christian Congregation.

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7/12/06 UCC, North Waterford, ME, "Homosexuality and the Bible", 6:00 PM.

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7/2-7/6/06: Edinburgh, Scotland. International meeting of the Society of Biblical Literature.

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5/19/06 - 5/26/06: From Maine to Florida: Dicke Berta

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Spring Semester 2006: Exegetical Methods (BS 1502) //  Syllabus

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Spring Semester 2006: New Testament Greek (NT/BL1511) // Syllabus

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Gospel of Judas:
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The full text in English (PDF)

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Wikipedia // National Geographic Web Site

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Resources collected by the Society of Biblical Literature

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5/7/06: UCC Franklin Association Annual meeting on Sunday May 7, 2006 at the Phillips Community House, Phillips, ME. 1 PM: In the Footsteps of Paul. PowerPoint presentation.

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4/30/06: Acton Congregational Church. 10 am. Sermon. 225th Anniversary. Acton, ME 04001. Tel (207) 636 3430.

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4/24/06:“Never Again?” Lecture by Paul Rusesabagina, Hero depicted in film Hotel Rwanda, recipient of U.S. Presidential Medal of Freedom, April 24, 2006, 7:30 p.m., University of Southern Maine, Portland, Hannaford Lecture Hall. // Map

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4/16/06: Cairo - Ephesus - Rome

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4/5/06: "A Story! A Story!" Wednesday, 4/5, 2:00-2:30PM, Portland Campus. Five students doing an independent study on Biblical Story Telling will prepare a chapel service in the tradition of story telling. Every story needs an audience. Please join us. "Let it come! Let it go!" 

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3/30/06: Public Reading (Last Reading). Thursday 3/30. 5:30-6:45. Bangor, Temple of the Feminine Divine. // Map

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3/26/06: Dialogue Now. Interfaith dialogue.

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3/24/06: IOWA Center LEARN program,  March 24-25, 2006

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3/16/06: Public Reading. Thursday 3/16. 5:30-6:45. Bangor, Temple of the Feminine Divine. // Map

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3/10/06: Wrangell, Alaska March 2006.

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2/23/06: Public Reading. Thursday 2/23. 5:30-6:45. Bangor, Temple of the Feminine Divine. // Map

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2/19/06: The Revelation of Paul. First & Calvary Presbyterian Church, Springfield, MO. Sunday 2/19/06, 9:40 AM.

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2/10/06: IOWA Center LEARN program February 10-11, 2006

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2/09/06: Public Reading. Thursday 2/9. 5:30-6:45. Bangor, Temple of the Feminine Divine. // Map

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2/05/06: Sermon: Love, hope, faith. Sunday 2/5/06, 10:30. Universalist Church of Westbrook // Map

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1/31/06: Lecture: Introducing the Gospel of John and the Gospel of Mary. Lecture for Hon 112, Tuesday, January 31 from 3:30P to 5:15P in 101 Neville Hall, University of Maine at Orono

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1/29/06: Sermon with Rev. Kate Braestrup: Moral Courage, Sunday 1/29/06, 10:30. Trinity Lutheran Church, Westbrook. // Map.

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Trip to GREECE, January 9-19, 2006 // Travelogue

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The Four Gospels - NT 1501

2005
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12/7/05: 8:30 PM: University of Southern Maine, G38 Masterton: Gospel of Mary in the context of New Testament Studies.

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11/16/05: 60 years after the Holocaust. Rabbi Harry Sky and Dr. David Trobisch talk about their trip through Germany and Austria. PowerPoint presentation. Wednesday, 11/16/2005, 10:00 AM Ocean View. 20 Blueberry Lane, Falmouth.

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11/16/05: Anna, Mother of Mary and grandmother of Jesus. Chapel Service, Portland campus, Wednesday, 11/16/2005, 2:00 PM. Everyone welcome!

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Trip to Syria  -- January 2006 -- CANCELLED

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11/09/05: The Rabbi who became friends with a Lutheran. Rabbi Harry Sky and Dr. David Trobisch share their insights, experiences, and visions. Wednesday, 11/9/2005, 10:00 AM Ocean View. 20 Blueberry Lane, Falmouth.

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10/30/05: "Woe to you, Pharisees and New Testament Professors!" Sermon on Mt 23:1-12, Sunday 10/30/2005, 10 AM, State Street Church, 159 State Street, Portland.

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10/26/05: Chapel Service, Bangor Campus, 10/26, 11 AM. Preparing for Reformation Sunday.

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10/05/05: PowerPoint Presentation on Syria 10/5 (Portland), 10/6 (Bangor)

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09/18/05: "I can do with my money whatever I want to", Sermon on Mt 20:1-15, Stratham, NH, (directions)

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09/12/05-09/14/05:  "I Love to Tell the Story", Professional Leadership Conference, Eastern North Dakota Synod, ELCA //  Brochure // Home

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Europe Summer 2005

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From coast to coast on motorcycle...

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Religion and the Challenge of America: Judaism, Christianity and Islam (June 19-24) 

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NT 1707 - Acts and General Letters (course Spring 2005)

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04/27/05: Living in an Age of Genocide. 4/27/2005

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04/09/05: Malta, the Island of the Goddess (David Trobisch) Saturday 4/9/05  

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03/30/05: Book Signing with Rabbi Harry Sky: Ocean View, Falmouth, 3/30/2005, 1:00 PM

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Exploring the New Testament, Iowa UCC LEARN program 2005

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Introducing the Gospel of John, Lenten Series, 2/9, 2/16, 3/2, St. Luke's Episcopal Church, Portland.

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Sermon: Woodfords Congregational Church, Seminary Sunday, 2/27/05.

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Sermon: "Holocaust", Edgecomb, Town Hall, Sunday 2/20/05, 10:30 am (Directions)

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Community Meal and Worship with David Trobisch & Harry Sky  Wednesday, February 16th, 1- 2:30 Portland Campus

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Lecture: Introducing the Gospel of Matthew and the Gospel of Thomas. Lecture for Hon 112, Tuesday, January 18 from 3:30P to 5:15P in 101 Neville Hall, University of Maine at Orono

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Fall Course: Early Christian Gospels and Ancient Fiction (NT 1718) [Bangor and Portland] // Syllabus

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Let the Context Interpret: A Narrative Critical Approach to the Letters of Paul, San Antonio, 11/23/2004

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Workshop: Working with Biblical Manuscripts, Sunday 11/7/04 Grace Evangelical Lutheran Church in Auburn, ME. Everyone is invited.

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Public lecture and workshop Defiance College, Ohio

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Islam and the Challenge of America: A New Vision for Jews, Christians and Muslims October 13, 2004 • 7-9 p.m. Temple Beth El, 400 Deering Avenue Portland, Maine.

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International SBL conference, Groningen, The Netherlands, July 25-28. 
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Working with Biblical Manuscripts (Abstracts)

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Codex Boernerianus and Its Sister Manuscripts (David Trobisch)

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Workshop: Performance of Paul's Letter to the Galatians. Rangeley, June 6-10. Signup Information // Description // Bibliography

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The Letters of Paul (NT 1502): Bangor: Monday 6:00 pm - 9:00 pm // Portland: Wednesday 9:00-12:00

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David Trobisch on TV in Europe (April 2004) 

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Lecture: What does Paul have to say about Jesus? Tuesday 3/30, Newman Center, Orono. Driving directions

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In the News: March 2004: A New Look at the Letters of the Apostle Paul (PDF)l

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New Manuscript of the Psalms discovered! lxx1r.jpg (110344 bytes)
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More information on the Greek Old Testament:
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What is the Septuagint?

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David Trobisch's Sabbatical project: Codex Boernerianus in Dresden.

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Digital Edition of Codex Boernerianus. Virtuelle Schatzkammer

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Turkey Trip January 5-19, 2003, Reports from  the trip!

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Professional Activities June 2000-October 2002 (David Trobisch)

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Who Am I? In Search of a New Christian and Jewish Identity (2002)

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International Septuagint Conference, Bangor, September 8-11, 2002

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