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Levine: Don’t judge Biblical widows by their stereotype

August 19, 2011 by The Chautauquan Daily 0 Comments

“Today, we’re going to talk about the widow and the judge. I have no clue what this thing means,” Amy-Jill Levine said. “The more I look at this, the more disturbed I get. The good news there is that if I’m disturbed by a parable, at least the parable is working.”

Levine, professor of New Testament and Jewish studies at Vanderbilt University’s Divinity School, returned to the Hall of Philosophy lectern at 2 p.m. Thursday to discuss the parable of the wily widow and the unjust judge. “Wiley Widow and Unjust Judge” was the fourth in the Week Eight lecture series theme, “Human Creativity, The Spark of the Divine.”

Interfaith Lecture Recaps

2011 Week Eight, Amy-Jill Levine, Emily Perper, Featured, Megan Tan

Photo | Megan Tan Amy-Jill Levine speaks Wednesday in the Hall of Philosophy. She closes her weeklong lecture series at 2 p.m. today.

Levine: ‘Prodigal son’ forces reassessment of Bible’s other brother pairs

August 18, 2011 by The Chautauquan Daily 0 Comments

“I should admit right up front: I don’t like this kid,” Amy-Jill Levine said.

The kid in question was the prodigal son of Jesus’ parable.

Levine, a New Testament and Jewish studies professor at Vanderbilt University, continued her weeklong study of Jesus’ parables at 2 p.m. Wednesday in the Hall of Philosophy. In Wednesday’s lecture, “The Provocation of the Prodigal,” Levine examined the parable of the prodigal son. The parable comes from Luke 15:11-32.

Interfaith Lecture Recaps

2011 Week Eight, Amy-Jill Levine, Emily Perper, Featured, Megan Tan

Levine: Good Samaritan parable teaches compassion for the enemy

August 17, 2011 by The Chautauquan Daily 0 Comments

Jewish and New Testament scholar Amy-Jill Levine returned to the Hall of Philosophy lectern Tuesday with “Dangers on the Road to Jericho” to focus on the parable of the Good Samaritan.

Like all parables, the Good Samaritan is subject to interpretation, Levine said.

Interfaith Lecture Recaps

2011 Week Eight, Amy-Jill Levine, Demetrius Freeman, Emily Perper, Featured

Levine: Parables should make us feel uncomfortable

August 16, 2011 by The Chautauquan Daily 0 Comments

Survive Week Eight in three easy steps: avoid allegory, listen for humor and exaggeration and find a message to look at the world in a new way.

These are tips Amy-Jill Levine gave the Hall of Philosophy audience at 2 p.m. Monday during her lecture, “Hearing the Parables: Pearls, Pharisees, Publicans and Pounds.”

Interfaith Lecture Recaps

2011 Week Eight, Amy-Jill Levine, Emily Perper, Eve Edelheit, Featured

Amy-Jill Levine
Afternoon Lecture
Week Eight
2 p.m. Ñ Hall of Philosophy

Levine finds spark of the divine through storytelling

August 14, 2011 by The Chautauquan Daily 0 Comments

When Amy-Jill Levine was little, she wanted to be the pope. Pope John XXIII was “good for the Jews,” as Levine’s mother said, got to live in Italy and eat spaghetti, was loved by everyone, got to ride around in a cool car and wave to people and was always on TV.

“You can’t,” responded Levine’s Jewish mother jokingly, “because you’re not Italian.”

Interfaith Lecture Previews

2011 Week Eight, Amy-Jill Levine, Emma Morehart

Crossan, Rieger: The nonviolence of Jesus and economy based on need

August 14, 2011 by The Chautauquan Daily 0 Comments

John Dominic Crossan addressed “Finale: Violence and Nonviolence,” and Joerg Rieger discussed “Economics and Resistance: Reshaping Desire from the Bottom Up” for Friday’s joint presentation in the Hall of Philosophy, concluding their Week Seven examination of “The Heart and Soul of Money.”

Interfaith Lecture Recaps

2011 Week Eight, Ellie Haugsby, Emily Perper, Featured, Joerg Rieger, John Dominic Crossan

Crossan, Rieger: Paul as visions of God and the importance of people

August 12, 2011 by The Chautauquan Daily 0 Comments

Authors and theologians John Dominic Crossan and Joerg Rieger returned Thursday to the Hall of Philosophy to discuss “The Heart and Soul of Money.”

‘Paul: Caesar or Christ?’

In his lecture Wednesday, Crossan placed Jesus in the northwest quadrant of his matrix of power and justice, in the midst of nonviolent power and distributive justice.

Interfaith Lecture Recaps

2011 Week Seven, Ellie Haugsby, Emily Perper, Featured, Joerg Rieger, John Dominic Crossan

Crossan, Rieger examine Jesus’ role in Christian theology

August 11, 2011 by The Chautauquan Daily 0 Comments

“So what if this Jesus that (John Dominic) Crossan is talking about, that I am starting to talk about here, is really taking us to the core of reality? What would be the implications for politics and economics, the way we live together?” Joerg Rieger asked.

Authors and theologians Crossan and Rieger returned to the Hall of Philosophy platform at 2 p.m. Wednesday to continue their afternoon lecture series, “The Heart and Soul of Money.”

Interfaith Lecture Recaps

2011 Week Seven, Ellie Haugsby, Emily Perper, Featured, Joerg Rieger

Crossan, Rieger: Alternate definition of justice leads to new economic world

August 10, 2011 by The Chautauquan Daily 0 Comments

John Dominic Crossan and Joerg Rieger, theologians and authors, pondered the nature of God and justice as they continued their week-long exploration of the Interfaith Lecture theme, “The Heart and Soul of Money,” with their dual lectures, “Covenant: Retribution or Distribution?” and “Justice and the Theologians: Alternative Visions.”

Interfaith Lecture Recaps

2011 Week Seven, Ellie Haugsby, Emily Perper, Featured, Joerg Rieger, John Dominic Crossan

Crossan: Does God really punish anyone? Rieger: Blind faith is the problem

August 9, 2011 by The Chautauquan Daily 0 Comments

John Dominic Crossan asked the Hall of Philosophy crowd to imagine a hypothetical scenario at 2 p.m. Monday.

He described a group of people who made a specific declaration of identity. This declaration stated that all people are created equal and have certain rights that can’t be taken away: life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness — purely a hypothetical situation, he stressed.

Interfaith Lecture Recaps

2011 Week Seven, Featured, Joerg Rieger, John Dominic Crossan

Levine: Don’t judge Biblical widows by their stereotype

Levine: ‘Prodigal son’ forces reassessment of Bible’s other brother pairs

Levine: Good Samaritan parable teaches compassion for the enemy

Levine: Parables should make us feel uncomfortable

Levine finds spark of the divine through storytelling

Crossan, Rieger: The nonviolence of Jesus and economy based on need

Crossan, Rieger: Paul as visions of God and the importance of people

Crossan, Rieger examine Jesus’ role in Christian theology

Crossan, Rieger: Alternate definition of justice leads to new economic world

Crossan: Does God really punish anyone? Rieger: Blind faith is the problem

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