October
27
This event has taken place
The Book of Jonah: How Anti-Jewish Readings Are Created
Is the Book of Jonah a warning about divine wrath or an assurance of divine mercy? A book about repentance or a prophecy of resurrection? A hymn to Jewish inclusivity, or a condemnation of Jewish ethnocentrism? How are Jewish texts turned against Jews, and where can better readings be found?
Tuesday, October 27 |
6:00 pm Eastern
Free
Free
A virtual series
Co-Presented with Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church.
Sponsored by Barbara Ritchin.
Watch our Jesus and the Jews Lecture from spring 2020
Read. Prof. Levine’s biography
Interview with Prof. Levine from US Catholic Magazine
Tuesday, October 27 |
6:00 pm
Free
Free
Is the Book of Jonah a warning about divine wrath or an assurance of divine mercy? A book about repentance or a prophecy of resurrection? A hymn to Jewish inclusivity, or a condemnation of Jewish ethnocentrism? How are Jewish texts turned against Jews, and where can better readings be found?
This event has taken place
A virtual series
Co-Presented with Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church.
Sponsored by Barbara Ritchin.
Watch our Jesus and the Jews Lecture from spring 2020
Read. Prof. Levine’s biography
Interview with Prof. Levine from US Catholic Magazine
Agreeing to Disagree:
How Jews and Christians Read Scripture Differently
with Dr. Amy-Jill Levine
Although Jews and Christians share common books — the Jewish Tanakh and the Christian Old Testament — differences in translation, punctuation, definitions, theology, emphasis and even canonical order all lead to differences in community self-definition. What prompts these differences, and what do they suggest about Jewish and Christian priorities?
Join us as we see how and why Jews and Christians have disagreed over biblical interpretation in the past, and how, with knowledge of history and theology, we can today better appreciate each other’s interpretations.
Dr. Amy-Jill Levine, University Professor of New Testament and Jewish Studies and Mary Jane Werthan Professor of Jewish Studies at Vanderbilt Divinity School and Department of Jewish Studies, is a self-described Yankee Jewish feminist who teaches biblical studies in Nashville, the buckle of the Bible Belt. Her most recent book, coauthored with Marc Z. Brettler, is The Bible With and Without Jesus.