Empire, the British Museum, and the Making of the Biblical Scholar in the Nineteenth Century

Gregory L. Cuéllar is Associate Professor of Old Testament at Austin Presbyterian Theological Seminary, USA. His research reveals a transdisciplinary scope, focusing primarily on the intersections of elite power and master archives as well as religion and migration.

• 1. Introduction: Historicizing the Master Archive.- 2. Mastering Biblical History in the British Museum.- 3. Books and Bodies in the British Museum Reading Room.- 4. The Biblical Critic as Collector.- 5. Biblical Scholar as Imperial State Agent.- 6. Epilogue: Contextualizing a Museum of the Bible.

“Cuéllar’s work is incisive, persuasive, and important. … Cuéllar’s task in Empire, the British Museum, and the Making of the Biblical Scholar in the Nineteenth Century is hermeneutically-minded and immanently relevant to the shifting tides of biblical criticism in the twenty-first century.” (Erin J. Beall, Horizons in Biblical Theology, Vol. 44 (1), 2022)