Dr. Hopkins has been a featured speaker at a number of seminars, workshops and conferences. Selected events include the following:
2008
"The Discipline of Bible Study: Reading That Makes a Difference in Christian Ministry." Seminar presented (July 25th-26th, 2008) at the American Urban University in San Diego, California.
"The Dead Sea Scrolls in the Greco-Roman World: Examining Sacrifice in the Dead Sea Scrolls in Relation to Philo and Josephus." Accepted for the (February 2008) 'Dead Sea Scrolls in Context: Integrating the Dead Sea Scrolls in the Study of the Ancient Text, Languages and Cultures' conference in Vienna, Austria.
2007
"The Heavenly Cult: The View of Sacrifice in the Songs of the Sabbath Sacrifice." Delivered at the Sacrifice, Cult and Atonement Consultation at the 2007 Annual Society of Biblical Literature/American Academy of Religion conference in San Diego, California.
"Josephus, The Dead Sea Scrolls and the Qumran Essenes: Examining a Jewish Sectarian Movement." Delivered at the 'Josephus Seminar' at the 2007 Annual Society of Biblical Literature/American Academy of Religion conference in San Diego, California.
"Understanding the Dead Sea Scrolls Lecture and Tour: Celebrating the Sixtieth Anniversary of their Discovery." Invited lecture (27th-28th July, 2007) at the American Urban University in San Diego, California.
"Duty or Responsibility? The African-American Evangelical's Identity." Delivered at the 2007 Meeting of the Obsidian Society (10th March) at Fuller Theological Seminary in Pasadena, California.
"Overview of Mason's Impact on the Church of God in Christ." Delivered at the Annual C. H. Mason Founder's Day Conference and Inaugural Celebration (20th February) at Mason Theological Seminary of the Interdenominational Theological Center in Atlanta, Georgia.
"1QS Revisited: A Fresh Reading of Sacrifice in 1QS (Rule of the Community) in Light of Later Qumran Literary Findings." Presented (July 2007) at the International Organization for Qumran Studies in Ljubljana, Slovenia.
“The Authoritative Status of Jubilees at Qumran.” Invited paper presented (July 2007) at the Fourth Enoch Seminar (Enoch and the Mosaic Torah: The Evidence of Jubilees) in Camaldoli, Italy.
2006
“Gold, God, Glory.” Keynote address presented to the Phi Theta Kappa National Honor Society (7th October 2006) at Southwest Tennessee Community College, Macon Campus in Memphis, Tennessee.
“The Description of Sacrificial Worship in the Book of Jubilees: Its Interpretation by and Authoritative Status for the DSS (Dead Sea Scrolls) Movement.” Delivered (3rd July 2006) to the Apocrypha and Pseudepigrapha Section at the International SBL Conference in Edinburgh, Scotland.
Moderator for First Annual Ethnic Studies Roundtable, “Session One: The Role of Art, Language, and Geography in Ethnic and Racial Identity” (23rd May), at California State University San Bernardino, San Bernardino, California.
“Understand the Development of the Qumran Community: Using the Damascus Document and its Views on Sacrifice as a Case Study.” Delivered (13th March) at the SBL/AAR Pacific Coast Region Conference at Claremont Graduate University, Claremont, California.
“An Essene Filled With the Holy Spirit? An Pentecostal (Post Azuza) Reading of John the Baptist in Luke 1, Particularly in Light of the Dead Sea Discoveries.” Delivered (23rd March) at the Annual Society for Pentecostal Studies Conference at Fuller Theological Seminary, Pasadena, California.
2005
“Judaism in the Greco Roman Era: A Jewish Group’s View of Sacrifice According to Philo and Josephus.” Delivered (13th March) at the SBL/AAR Pacific Coast Region Conference at Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona.
“John the Baptist an Essene? The Pentecostal Factor.” Paper Accepted for the 2005 Annual Conference for the Society for Pentecostal Studies (10th-12th March), Regent University, School of Divinity, Virginia Beach, Virginia.
2003
“Sacrifice in the Dead Sea Scrolls: The View of Sacrifice in the Songs of the Sabbath Sacrifice.” Delivered (3rd April) at the University of Manchester the Ehrhardt Seminar, Manchester, England.
1998
“The Martyrdom of Polycarp: A Critical Introduction.” Delivered (20th May) at Fuller Theological Seminary the Apostolic Fathers Graduate Seminar, Pasadena, California.
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