Stripping Jesus of his Judaism

Stripping Jesus of his Judaism: Liberal Christianity’s "Jewish" Problem Dr. Amy-Jill Levine This prestigious program invites you to study with and learn from the world’s finest scholars and thinkers. Engage your mind in critical study and explore the essence of Jewish thought, philosophy and text. Appropriate for beginners as well as those well-versed in Jewish study. All texts are in English translation. Financial assistance is available. Please call Scholarship Services at 212.415.5699 or stop by the customer service desk. Light breakfast fare included.

The increasing separation of Jesus and Judaism in liberal Christian biblical studies and liberal Christian theology is bad for Christian theology, interfaith relations and biblical understanding. How and why is this separation occurring and what steps can be taken to stop it?

Amy-Jill Levine is the E. Rhodes and Leona B. Carpenter Professor of New Testament Studies at Vanderbilt University Divinity School and the author of The Misunderstood Jew: The Church and the Scandal of the Jewish Jesus, The Historical Jesus in Context and Feminist Companions to the New Testament and Early Christian Writings.

Date & Time: Sun, Jan 13, 2008, 9:30am-1:30pm

Location: Lexington Avenue at 92nd Street Directions

Code: T-BL5EV01-01

Price: $35.00