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    <p class="news-item-summary">Swansea University’s Theology public lecture series 2013/14 continues with a lecture by Dom Henry Wansbrough OSB.</p>

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<p><strong>Title:</strong> &nbsp;&ldquo;Can we know anything about the historical Jesus?&rdquo;</p>
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<p><strong>Speaker:</strong> Dom Henry Wansbrough OSB (Benedictine Monk of Ampleforth Abbey York; former Master of St Benet&rsquo;s Hall Oxford)</p>
<p><strong>Date:</strong> Monday, 11th November 2013</p>
<p class="DefaultCxSpFirst"><strong>Time:</strong> 7.00pm</p>
<p class="DefaultCxSpMiddle"><strong>Venue:</strong> Faraday Lecture Theatre &lsquo;A&rsquo;, Swansea University</p>
<p><strong>Admission: </strong>Free all welcome</p>
<p><strong>Contact details:</strong> For more information please contact the Reverend Nigel John, Senior Chaplain, Swansea University. Tel: 01792 606444 or email: <a href="mailto:n.john@swansea.ac.uk">n.john@swansea.ac.uk</a></p>
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