A shared reading of Isaiah 52.13-53.12: Council of Christians and Jews Vic
From
March 19, 2017 15:00
until
March 19, 2017 18:00
The Council of Christians and Jews (Victoria) would like to invite you to:
A shared reading of Isaiah 52.13-53.12
Date: Sunday 19 March 2017 Time: 3pm to 6pm
Location: St Dominic's Primary School, 145 Highfield Road, Camberwell, Victoria
Speakers: Dr Mark Brett and Rabbi Allison Conyer discuss ISAIAH 52.13-53.12, a passage traditionally read in churches on Good Friday and interpreted by many Christians as referring to the coming Messiah.
About the speakers:
- Dr Mark Brett is Professor of Hebrew Bible at Whitley College, within the Melbourne College of Divinity. He is author of Biblical Criticism in Crisis? (Cambridge 1991) and Genesis: Procreation and the Politics of Identity (Routledge 2000), and editor of Ethnicity and the Bible (Brill 1996/2002). His most recent scholarly articles have focussed on the indigenous origins of Israel and postcolonial biblical studies. He is a deacon at the Collins Street Baptist Church.
- Rabbi Allison Conyer is Senior Rabbi at Etz Hayim Progressive Synagogue in Bentleigh, with experience in Jewish education, community outreach, counselling, fundraising, outreach to the youth, young adults and young families. She is passionate about scuba diving, acting, bushwalking and camping, as well as social justice, Israel, interfaith dialogue and Jewish growth.
Admission: $10 including Kosher afternoon tea
If possible please advise attendance by contacting the CCJ office | 326 Church Street, Richmond 3121 | (03) 9429 5212 |
ccjvic@bigpond.net.au