David
November 3 – 24, 2024, 11:00 am
Paul Navarre
St. Andrew Room
Shepherd, musician, poet, slayer of Goliath, king, ancestor of Jesus. David is not just a central figure for Christians but is also revered by Jews and Muslims alike. In this class we’ll look at the life and works of David as recorded in the Bible, while also looking to Jewish, Islamic and non-secular sources for additional clues about who David was – if he actually existed at all.
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November 3
November 10
November 17
November 24
The Words of God: Languages and Translations
November 3 – 24, 2024, 11:00 am
Lynn Santelmann
Fellowship Hall
Why is it so hard to agree on the words of the Bible? This course will take a linguistic and cultural lens to the issues of Bible translation. We will explore why understanding the languages and cultures of the time is important to translations, early translations into the vernacular (hello, St. Jerome!), and why translating anything, especially scripture, is devilishly tricky. We’ll conclude with a look at the latest translation, the New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition.
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