The Centre for Jewish Studies
University of Manchester
Extra-Mural Lectures January-March 2000
For the full list of lectures, click here
Feb 15, Roger Tomes: "Divided by a common Scripture: Jewish and
Christian approaches to the Bible". For the full text, click here
Abstract: This talk will:
- survey the way the scriptures were read in the 1st
century C.E., before 'the Parting of the Ways';
- look at traditional Jewish and Christian interpretation
up to the rise of biblical criticism;
- discuss the response of both communities to biblical
criticism;
- ask why the historical-critical approach has not created
common ground for Jews and Christians to read and study the scriptures
together.
Roger Tomes is a Fellow of the Centre for Biblical Studies
and conducts research in the Hebrew Bible; Jewish Bible exegesis; and the
history of interfaith relations; Major Publications: contributions to Women
in the Biblical Tradition (1992); The Book of Jeremiah and its Reception
(1996). e-mail: tomesr@surfaid.org
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