Spartanburg Interfaith Scholar-in-Residence Program

Spartanburg Interfaith Connections will present an Interfaith Scholar-in-Residence program in November 2011 featuring noted New Testament scholar Dr. Rabbi Michael Cook. He will present four public programs on the theme of “Modern Jews and Christians Engage the New Testament” at four different venues in Spartanburg, SC. SC Humanities supported this program through a Mini Grant in August 2011.

Spartanburg Interfaith Connections is a partnership between Temple B’nai Israel, Morningside Baptist Church, and USC Upstate that champions interfaith education and study, offering panel discussions, social events, and other educational forums. The 2011 Interfaith Scholar-in-Residence program will present Dr. Rabbi Michael Cook in four lectures about the New Testament:

Friday, November 11 | 07:30 pm
Close Encounters of the Religious Kind: Jewish Children and Their Christian Friends – Lecture
Lecture presented by Dr. Rabbi Michael Cook
Sponsored by Spartanburg Interfaith Connections
Temple B'Nai Israel, 146 Heywood Avenue, Spartanburg, SC 29302
Free and open to the public
Info: 864-582-0045

Saturday, November 12 | 11:00 am
Parables of Jesus Through a Jewish Filter – Lecture
Lecture presented by Dr. Rabbi Michael Cook
Sponsored by Spartanburg Interfaith Connections
Morningside Baptist Church, 897 South Pine Street, Spartanburg, 29302
Free and open to the public
Info: 864-582-0045

Saturday, November 12 | 04:00 pm
Is There Really Prejudice Against Jews in the Bible? And How to Approach the Problem – Lecture
Lecture presented by Dr. Rabbi Michael Cook
Sponsored by Spartanburg Interfaith Connections
USC Upstate (Tukey Auditorium), 800 University Way, Spartanburg, SC 29303
Free and open to the public
Info: 864-582-0045

Sunday, November 13 | 09:45 am
Annunciations, Magi, and Nativities: Revealing the Symbols of Judaism
Lecture presented by Dr. Rabbi Michael Cook
Sponsored by Spartanburg Interfaith Connections
Central United Methodist Church, 233 North Church Street, Spartanburg, SC 29306
Free and open to the public
Info: 864-582-0045

Dr. Rabbi Michael Cook is Professor of Intertestamental and Early Christian Literatures at Hebrew Union College – Jewish Institute of Religion in Cincinnati. His specialty is the New Testament, and he may be the only rabbi in the United States with a professorial Chair in the New Testament.

For more information about the 2011 Interfaith Scholar-in-Residence program, please contact Spartanburg Interfaith Connections at 864-582-0045.

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