University of Michigan Near Eastern Studies Department: Mendenhall Symposium - (Ancient) Law, Society, and Religion and Professor Bart Ehrman Keynote Address on Jesus, the Law, and a "New" Covenant 10/6-7th/16

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Dwyer Regular Member   Join Date: February 26, 2007 Posts: 1,361 Religion: Byzantine Catholic

University of Michigan Near Eastern Studies Department: Mendenhall Symposium - (Ancient) Law, Society, and Religion and Professor Bart Ehrman Keynote Address on Jesus, the Law, and a "New" Covenant 10/6-7th/16 The material will be presented from a secular perspective. It appears to be a free event and no registration required. University of Michigan Near Eastern Studies Department: Mendenhall Symposium - (Ancient) Law, Society, and Religion and Professor Bart Ehrman Keynote Address on Jesus, the Law, and a "New" Covenant October 6-7th, 2016 Mendenhall Symposium - Law, Society, and Religion: Keynote Address Professor Bart Ehrman - Jesus, the Law, and a "New" Covenant Thursday, October 6, 2016 7:00-8:30 PM Rackham Auditorium Rackham Graduate School Quote: Jesus of Nazareth was a Torah-observant Jewish teacher whose followers, after his death, came to adopt a variety of attitudes toward the Law of Moses. Some of them insisted on strict observance; others argued that only parts of the Law needed to be observed; and yet others claimed that Law had never been part of God’s plan. These early Christian groups did, however, agree on one point: Jesus’ own words were to form the basis for his followers’ ethical and communal lives. This lecture will examine how the Christian faith moved from embracing the “old” covenant focused on Torah to adopting a “new” covenant centered on the life, death, and teachings of Jesus. Professor Bart Ehrman is the James A. Gray Distinguished Professor at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. https://lsa.umich.edu/neareast/news-...8-4381768.html Mendenhall Symposium - (Ancient) Law, Society, and Religion Friday, October 7, 2016 8:30 AM-5:00 PM The Henderson Room Michigan League 9:00-11:00 a.m.: Welcome and Opening remarks Professor Gottfried Hagen, Chair, Department of Near Eastern Studies, University of Michigan Law and Covenant in the Hebrew Bible: Chair: Brian Schmidt, University of Michigan Respondent: Rebecca Wollenberg, University of Michigan Panelists: Bernard Levinson, University of Minnesota - "Revisiting the "and" in Law and Covenant in the Hebrew Bible" Jacob L. Wright, Emory University "Defeat and the Biblical Origins of Covenant" Joel S. Baden, Yale University "The Transformation of the Decalogue into Law and Covenant" 11:15 a.m.-12:00 p.m. Tribute to Professor George E. Mendenhall with an introduction by Gary Herion, Hartwick College 1:00-3:00 p.m.: Law and Covenant in the Ancient Near East: Chair: Gary Beckman, University of Michigan Respondent: Jay Crisostomo, University of Michigan Panelists: David Wright, Brandeis University "The Adaptation and Fusion of Near Eastern Treaty and Law in Law Collections of the Hebrew Bible" Bruce Wells, St. Joseph’s University "Law and Covenant in the Neo-Babylonian Period" Rachel Magdalene, United Theological Seminary "On Contracts and Covenants in the Ancient Near East" 3:30-5:00 p.m.: Law and Scripture after the Bible: Chair: Gabriele Boccaccini, University of Michigan Respondent: Yaron Eliav, University of Michigan Panelists: Ishay Rosen-Zvi, Tel Aviv University "To See the Voices: Midrash as Revelation" Carol Bakhos, University of California Los Angeles "Revelation and Law: Mount Sinai and Mecca" Reception to follow https://lsa.umich.edu/neareast/news-events/all-events.detail.html/30879-3849103.html __________________ "It's a free country; you can say whatever you want." --Old American Saying (U.S. Postal Service stamp-- from 1977 Americana series which extols freedom of speech and features a Speaker's Stand decorated with an American Flag shield.)

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PaulfromIowa Senior Member   Join Date: September 7, 2012 Posts: 6,094 Religion: Catholic

Re: University of Michigan Near Eastern Studies Department: Mendenhall Symposium - (Ancient) Law, Society, and Religion and Professor Bart Ehrman Keynote Address on Jesus, the Law, and a "New" Covenant 10/6-7th/16 It is something of an understatement to say that Bart Ehrman presents "from a secular perspective."

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Tomdstone Banned   Join Date: January 21, 2013 Posts: 11,614 Religion: other

Re: University of Michigan Near Eastern Studies Department: Mendenhall Symposium - (Ancient) Law, Society, and Religion and Professor Bart Ehrman Keynote Address on Jesus, the Law, and a "New" Covenant 10/6-7th/16 Quote: Originally Posted by PaulfromIowa It is something of an understatement to say that Bart Ehrman presents "from a secular perspective." He says that the Resurrection was most likely a hallucination of some sort.

#4   Sep 25, '16, 4:02 am

tomgosse Junior Member Prayer Warrior   Join Date: March 17, 2014 Posts: 334 Religion: Orthodox (Antiochian)

Re: University of Michigan Near Eastern Studies Department: Mendenhall Symposium - (Ancient) Law, Society, and Religion and Professor Bart Ehrman Keynote Address on Jesus, the Law, and a "New" Covenant 10/6-7th/16 I would not waste my time with Bart Ehrman.

#5   Sep 25, '16, 9:19 am

ctb95 Regular Member   Join Date: December 22, 2014 Posts: 828 Religion: Roman Catholic

Re: University of Michigan Near Eastern Studies Department: Mendenhall Symposium - (Ancient) Law, Society, and Religion and Professor Bart Ehrman Keynote Address on Jesus, the Law, and a "New" Covenant 10/6-7th/16 Quote: Originally Posted by tomgosse I would not waste my time with Bart Ehrman. I certainly dissagree with him about a lot of things, but I wouldn't pass up a lecture if I was in Ann Arbor. __________________ Stat crux dum volvitur orbis Jesus, I Trust in You!