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In a weekend of lectures, Amy-Jill Levine will help us to explore three familiar passages that reveal Jesus from a new angle:

  • Entering Jerusalem
  • Clearing the Temple
  • Sharing the Last Supper

Dr. Levine is internationally renowned as a scholar of the highest caliber who infuses her presentations with wit, humor and great generosity of mind and heart.

Join us for an unforgettable weekend
of learning, insight and renewal.


Schedule

Friday Evening Lecture

7:30pm Entering Jerusalem
Note: This lecture is free - no registration required

Saturday Lectures and Discussion

8:30am Coffee and Registration
9:00am Clearing the Temple
11:30am Lunch
1:30pm Sharing the Last Supper
Each lecture is followed by a Q&A session.
Saturday Registration $30 (Student $15)

Dr Levine would welcome questions in advance on the interpretation and meaning of these three events. Please submit them with your registration or email the Church Office.


Amy-Jill Levine

Amy-Jill Levine Amy-Jill Levine is an extraordinary phenomenon: a Yankee Jewish feminist who teaches New Testament to students in Nashville, Tennessee: the "buckle of the Bible belt."

She is the E. Rhodes and Leona B. Carpenter Professor of New Testament at Vanderbilt University Divinity School, and describes her writing and teaching as embodying a commitment to eliminating anti-Jewish, sexist and homophobic readings of scripture.

With a B.A. from Smith College, an M.A. and Ph.D. from Duke University, and honorary Doctorates from the University of Richmond and the Episopal Theological Seminary of the Southwest, Levine has been awarded grants from the Mellon Foundation, the National Endowment for the Humanities, and the American Council of Learned Societies. She has held office in the Society of Biblical Literature, the Catholic Biblical Association, and the Association for Jewish Studies, and recorded for the Teaching Company's "great lectures" series.


The Misunderstood JewThe Misunderstood Jew
The Church and the Scandal of the Jewish Jesus

"Levine does a masterful job of describing the subtleties of anti-Semitism across the years and across the religious spectrum, from the conservative evangelical mission to convert the Jews to the liberation theologians who picture Jews as adherents to an older, less merciful religion"
    Publishers Weekly

"Ms. Levine has spent a lifetime exploring the profound connections and equally profound divisions between Christianity and Judaism — and, perhaps more important, between Christians and Jews."
    Julie Galambush, New York Times

 

Registration

The Friday evening lecture is free and does not require prior registration. Advance registration for the Saturday lectures includes lunch.

• Registration: $30
• Student Registration: $15

Note: If you have not already registered, it will be possible to register for the Saturday lectures after the Friday evening lecture. However, it is possible that lunch will not be included in the registration fee if the demand is too high.


Childcare

To arrange for childcare for Friday night, please contact the Church Office.


Contact

First United Methodist Church

1032 Maple Avenue

Downers Grove, IL 60515

Phone: (630) 968-7120

Fax: (630) 968-4901

Email: dgfumc@dgfumc.org


Downloads

Download the brochure and poster of this event if you wish to publicize it in your church or neighborhood.

    Brochure — PDF 450kB
    Poster (Ledger) — PDF 120kB
    Poster (Letter) — PDF 120kB

 
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