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About the The Bible with and without Jesus course

Jews and Christians are separated by a common Bible! Based on The Bible with and without Jesus by Amy-Jill Levine and Marc Zvi Brettler, this day course will explore the rich, multi-faceted traditions of biblical interpretation in both faith communities. Professor Amy-Jill Levine will join us online for the early afternoon session.

We will be challenged to look at familiar biblical passages in a new light, as we discover how very differently the same stories have been understood by Jews and Christians. The aim is to get beyond the old polemics, and develop a greater understanding and respect for the two interpretative traditions. Opportunities will also be provided to reflect on our own relationships with the Bible.

Participants may like to read The Bible with and without Jesus beforehand, but it is not essential. Do, however, bring a Bible.

About the Tutors

This course was designed by Dr Ann Conway-Jones, but will be delivered by Rabbi Shoshana Boyd Gelfand and Dr Jayme Reaves.

Rabbi Shoshana Boyd Gelfand is a rabbi, lecturer and public speaker on faith, identity and leadership. She is a board member of the International Jewish Committee for Interreligious Consultations.

Dr Jayme Reaves is a public theologian whose work explores socially-engaged biblical studies and considers the theological and social legacies created by social injustice, violence, peace, reconciliation and moral courage, with interests in both non-violent resistance and non-confessional and interfaith theological and ethical constructions and practice.

Amy-Jill Levine is the Rabbi Stanley M. Kessler Distinguished Professor of New Testament and Jewish Studies at Hartford International University for Religion and Peace. She is also University Professor of New Testament Studies Emerita and Mary Jane Werthan Professor of Jewish Studies Emerita at Vanderbilt.

Her books include The Misunderstood Jew: The Church and the Scandal of the Jewish Jesus; Short Stories by Jesus: The Enigmatic Parables of a Controversial Rabbi; The Meaning of the Bible: What the Jewish Scriptures and the Christian Old Testament Can Teach Us (with Douglas Knight); and The Gospel of Luke (with Ben Witherington III; the first full-length biblical commentary co-authored by a Jew and an Evangelical). She is co-editor (with Marc Zvi Brettler) of The Jewish Annotated New Testament.

Professor Levine has given close to 1000 lectures on the Bible, Christian-Jewish relations, and religion, gender, and sexuality across the globe.

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In Person Ticket #2822 £60

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

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In person ticket # 2822 with B&B the night before £118

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In person early bird discount ticket course #2822 £55

This is a discounted early bird ticket offering the course for £55.00 rather than the normal £60.00. 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 Early Bird ticket # 2822 with B&B the night before £113

This is a discounted early bird ticket offering the course for £113.00 rather than the normal £118.00. 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. The extra B&B on 2nd October 2023 includes accommodation in an en-suite room and breakfast the morning of the course. If the ticket you wish to purchase is showing as not available, please contact me on bclover@sarum.ac.uk, as we may be able to accommodate your request.

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Details

Dates & Times

03 Oct 2023

10:00 am - 4:00 pm

Tutor(s)

Rabbi Shoshana Boyd Gelfand

Dr Jayme Reaves

Course code

2822

Other Notes

This course will be held onsite at Sarum College. The course fee (£60) includes lunch and refreshments.

Early bird discount tickets available until 60 days prior to the event. Offer cannot be used in conjunction with any other discount.

Free places are set aside for those eligible for Salisbury CMD.

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PhD Research Programmes

Visual Artist Claire Reed

The complex and sometimes fractious relationship between contemporary art and religion has intrigued me throughout my art career, informing my direction as an artist. It has led me to work in sacred spaces with their immediate and wider communities, to study an MA in Theology, Imagination and Culture at Sarum College, and recently to become artist–researcher at Leo Baeck College of Jewish scholarship and learning.

My aim is to examine the extent to which this creative approach might generate fruitful inter-religious theological insights within a Jewish and Christian ministry training context.

Sarum College combines an open-minded embrace of the imagination and the arts with a supportive, questioning and diverse community. Crucially for me, the Sarum-Winchester PhD programme is one of the very few UK university programmes to offer a hybrid thesis in art and theology in which the creative process and resulting art output along with a written critical component are presented for examination.

This PhD research is a key part of my development as an artist engaged with theology and inter-religious dialogue.

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The Revd Greg Syler, is Rector of Ascension & St. George’s, Resurrection Parish in the Episcopal Diocese of Washington, DC USA, spent part of his ministry sabbatical at Sarum College in spring 2022.

His account of the experience begins: ‘I loved spending nearly three weeks of my ministry sabbatical at Sarum College earlier this year.

Not only did I rest, and rest well in the comfortable care of the Sarum College staff, I experienced very significant renewal and fresh insights.’

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Sarum Graduate Mike Truman

January 2022

Five years ago, I told my Warden of Readers that I would not be renewing my licence when it expired in 2019, as I thought my faith was becoming too unorthodox for a Church of England licensed lay minister. As someone who knew me well, she challenged me to actively explore what I did still believe. Thus started the journey that ended last August with the dissertation completing my MA in Theology Imagination and Culture (MATIC) at Sarum College.

Clergy Study Breaks

The opportunity for clergy to get away occasionally from their own context, to have an overnight stay in the beautiful setting of Sarum College and all that the Salisbury Cathedral Close offers is hugely valuable. All the clergy I have suggested who have spent 24hrs at Sarum College have benefit greatly from the experienced mentoring where they can talk, reflect, think, plan and pray.

The support and encouragement they receive is excellent and has a positive on their on going ministry. This is something the Diocese of Rochester encourages and supports financially in preparation for their clergy preparing for Extended Ministerial Development Leave (Sabbatical).

— Canon Christopher Dench, Diocese of Rochester Director of Formation and Ministry

Retreats and Private Stays

When I arrived, exhausted and sensitive, I was grateful not to be asked by Reception were I came from, whether I had had a good journey etc. That was the kind of hospitality I needed: a non-intrusive welcome that was found in ancient cultures and still survives in some societies today, where the host asks questions about a stranger and his journey only when the visitor has rested and been given food and drink.

— guest on a private stay

Biblical Study Breaks

I just found it very refreshing – as a leader of a church I don’t get as many opportunities to step out and do courses (my fault, not the church!) and so I loved it. I think it was run really well online – which is a difficult medium to work with.

Pádraig Ó Tuama (pictured) was outstanding in his balance of getting us to engage and sharing his learning. Also the quick availability of resources provided by Sarum College Librarian Jayne Downey was excellent.

— course participant, Story Theology: Narrative Approaches to Scripture

Tutor(s)

Rabbi Shoshana Boyd Gelfand

Visiting Scholar, Bible and Sacred Texts

Dr Jayme Reaves

Director of Academic Development

The Bible with and without Jesus