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Reading Scripture Together: The Land course

Throughout the Bible, the importance of land cannot be underestimated and it is mentioned over 1,500 times! Wars have been fought over it. It can be defiled, promised, cursed, or blessed. It cries out and it rejoices. The land mirrors its inhabitants and their actions, and we can read it theologically with a variety of lenses: political, geographical, social, and ecological. If that weren’t complicated enough, Jewish and Christian relationships to the land are heavily influenced by our respective experiences living in diaspora and the theologies that each community developed in response to that. On this day, we will explore some of the various Biblical ideas in relation to land as well as how those ideas have developed from then to today.  

 

Reading Scripture Together
This series of conversational one-day courses explores selected sacred texts in detail to consider the ways they have been interpreted, both in the written word and in art, and on their relevance and meaning to us today.

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Early bird in person ticket #2827 £65

In person early bird discount ticket This is a discounted early bird ticket offering the course for £65 rather than £70. This offer expires 60 days prior to the event and cannot be used in conjunction with any other discount. This course will be held onsite at Sarum College. The course fee includes lunch and refreshments for those attending in person. In person early bird discount ticket This is a discounted early bird ticket offering the course for £65 rather than £70. This offer expires 60 days prior to the event and cannot be used in conjunction with any other discount. This course will be held onsite at Sarum College. The course fee includes lunch and refreshments.

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In person standard price ticket #2827 £70

This course will be held onsite at Sarum College. The course fee includes lunch and refreshments.

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Dates & Times

17 Sep 2026
10:00 am - 4:00 pm

Tutor(s)

Dr Jayme Reaves
Rabbi Shoshana Boyd Gelfand

Course code

2827

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This course is being held onsite at Sarum College

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Tutor(s)

Jayme-Reaves

Dr Jayme Reaves

Lecturer in Biblical Studies and Theology

Rabbi Shoshana Boyd Gelfand

Visiting Scholar, Bible and Sacred Texts

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