Disability in the Bible: Moses' Speech Impediment in Early Christian Interpretation

The Department of History, the Department of Religion and the College of Arts & Sciences invite you to a fascinating lecture by Dominika Kurek-Chomycz, associate professor of History at Liverpool Hope University. Kurek-Chomycz’s lecture is entitled “A Perfect (Mis)Fit for a Leader? Moses’ Speech Impediment in Early Christian Interpretation.” The event will take place Thursday, November 21, from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. in the Nursing Amphitheater in Schwartz Hall.

Born in Kraków, Poland, Kurek-Chomycz began her university education in Warsaw, specializing in Classics and Early Christianity. She completed her MA, Ph.D., as well as canonical degrees (STB, STL and STD) at the Faculty of Theology at KU Leuven in Belgium.

Kurek-Chomycz’s research revolves mainly around the New Testament and other early Christian writings, with a particular focus on the Corinthian correspondence, as well as their reception up to the contemporary period. Subsequent projects have included emotions in ancient Jewish and Christian literature; women and gender in Early Christianity; disability in the Bible and in contemporary Christian contexts; the significance of material evidence for the interpretation of the New Testament; and biblical hermeneutics.

Kurek-Chomycz’s recent publications:

Kindness, Courage and Integrity in Biblical Texts and in the Politics of Biblical Interpretation: Festschrift Reimund Bieringer (BETL 333), Leuven: Peeters, 2023. Co-edited with M.M. Ibita, B. Lemmelijn, and S. Whitear.

(With Emma Swai) “Excluded from the Kingdom or Leading the Revolution? Môroi and the Question of Intellectual Disability in New Testament Writings,” in Ch. Laes & I. Metzler (eds.), ‘Madness’ in the Ancient World: Innate or Acquired? From Theoretical Concepts to Daily Life, Turnhout: Brepols, 2023, 123-157.

“The Wedded Wife of Romans 7:1-6,” in J.M.G. Barclay (ed.), Dying with Christ - New Life in Hope: Romans 5,12-8,39, Leuven: Peeters, 2021, pp. 107-135.

“Divine Generosity in the Midst of Conflict: Sin and Its Remedy in 2 Corinthians,” in N. Gupta and J. Goodrich (eds.), Sin and Its Remedy in Paul (Contours of Pauline Theology), Eugene, OR: Cascade, 2020, pp. 81-99.

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