An Introduction to John’s Gospel
Join the Community at the Crossing as they host distinguished guest scholars and teachers in a series of educational opportunities called The Bridge Seminars. Learn from these eminent thinkers, side-by-side with members of Community in an intimate, roundtable setting.
This Introduction to John’s Gospel will address such matters as Johannine spirituality and Christology; depictions of illness, disability, and death; antisemitic interpretations of the Gospel; John’s presentation of gender and sexuality; connections between the Fourth Gospel and the Tanakh/Old Testament; John’s rereading of the Synoptic tradition; and the implications of John’s view of salvation for religious pluralism.
Amy-Jill Levine is Rabbi Stanley M. Kessler Distinguished Professor of New Testament and Jewish Studies at Hartford International University. She is also University Professor of New Testament and Jewish Studies Emerita, Mary Jane Werthan Professor of Jewish Studies Emerita at Vanderbilt. She received the 2023 Hubert Walter Award for Interfaith Cooperation from the Archbishop of Canterbury.
The class schedule is
January 27, 10am – 12pm & 2:30pm – 4:30pm
January 28, 9:30am – 12pm & 2:30pm – 4:30pm
$100
Attendance is required at both days of this seminar.
