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In the Beginning: Reading Genesis Theologically
October 5, 12, 19, and 26, 2006
Thursday evenings, 7:15–9:30 p.m.
Location: Erdman Hall, Erdman Art Studio and Cooper Conference Room
The Book of Genesis gives us diverse portraits of God and of God’s people. This course will reflect on those portraits and consider how they speak today. Some of the questions to be addressed are, “What is faithful, credible reading of the creation accounts?” “What is the nature of sin and why is human violence so prominent in the early chapters of Genesis?” “Why does God ask Abraham to sacrifice his son?” “How can Jacob be such an important ancestor of faith when he was such a trickster?” Through careful reading of the biblical texts, these and other questions will lead us to a deeper appreciation of the theologies of Genesis.
Seminar Leader: Jacqueline E. Lapsley is associate professor of Old Testament at Princeton Theological Seminary, specializing in literary approaches to the Old Testament and in the relation among theology, ethics, and the Old Testament. A member of the Presbyterian Church (USA), she has taught both adult and youth classes in her local congregation. Her book, Whispering the Word: Hearing Women’s Stories in the Old Testament, was published in November 2005. She is currently working on a commentary on Ezekiel.
Audience: This laity academy course is designed for the general public.
Registration Fee: $50 (for all 4 sessions)
Optional Light Supper: $10 per night
Contact Hours: 8
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“Let us make humankind
in our image, according
to our likeness, and let
them have dominion over
the fish of the sea, and
over the birds of the air,
and over the cattle, and
over every creeping thing
that creeps upon the earth.”
—Genesis 1:26
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