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Jesus of Nazareth
Savior, Lord, or Wisdom Teacher?
Charles W. Hedrick & Hal Taussig
Conventional Christianity has emphasized Jesus as Savior and Lord stressing his saving death, his powerful deeds, or his prophetic social program. Recent scholarship, including the Jesus Seminar, has seen Jesus as a teacher of wisdom and part of a larger tradition of wisdom teaching in the ancient Mediterranean world. What difference does this change in perspective make for our understanding of the historical Jesus? This JSOR explores the ancient and contemporary significance of Jesus as wisdom teacher.
LECTURE
Jesus, the Peasant Sage
The importance of ancient wisdom traditions for understanding the historical Jesus. Part one: Comparing ancient wisdom traditions to other mythic/heroic traditions. Part two: The language of faith: comparing the idiom of Jesus to the theologians’ gospel.
Friday, 7:30–9 P.M.
WORKSHOPS
Finding wisdom in the quips of Jesus
Part one: Finding wisdom in hyperbole, humor, and ambiguity.
Part two: Jesus’s wisdom and the social upheaval of his Galilean setting.
Saturday, 9:30 A.M.–Noon
Finding wisdom in parables
Part one: Finding wisdom in open-ended fictional narratives about the ordinary. Part two: The promise of the wisdom of Jesus for making contemporary meanings in a (post) modern world.
Saturday, 1:30–4 P.M.
FACULTY
Charles W. Hedrick (Ph.D., Claremont Graduate School) is Distinguished Emeritus Professor of Religious Studies at Missouri State University. A member of the UNESCO team of scholars who reconstructed and translated the Nag Hammadi Codices, he is the author of several books, including Unlocking the Secrets of the Gospel according to Thomas (2010) and editor of When Faith Meets Reason (2008).
Hal Taussig (Ph.D., The Union Institute) is Visiting Professor of New Testament at Union Theological Seminary, NYC, Professor of Early Christianity at the Reconstructionist Rabbinical College in Philadelphia, and co-pastor at the Chestnut Hill United Methodist Church. His several books include In the Beginning Was the Meal (Fortress: 2009), The Thunder: Perfect Mind: A New Translation and Commentary (Palgrave: 2010) and A New Spiritual Home (2006).
ALL EVENTS AT
College Mennonite Church
1900 South Main Street
Goshen, IN 46526
FEES & REGISTRATION
All Sessions Pre-registration (by Apr 27) Registration (after Apr 27) Additional Family Member Single Sessions Friday Evening Lecture Saturday Morning Workshop Saturday Afternoon Workshop
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