Gospel of Mark
Thursdays, 8:00-9:30 pm ET | April 9-June 25
"The Good News" according to the Apostle Mark: How can the Christ suffer? This seminar is part of a series on Jewish and Christian texts, which alternates Jewish and Christian sacred texts. Anyone who is interested in a pluralistic, serious (with some playfulness), conversational approach to religious texts, read for the purpose of understanding the text is invited to join each quarter. We like to think we are contributing to interfaith dialogue by not adopting a theory of interfaith dialogue, but by just doing it.
Text: New Jerusalem Bible, New York and London: Doubleday, 1990, hardcover ISBN 9780385142649. We use translations that are excellent, fresh, and unfamiliar to readers to avoid tired, trite translations. This particular translation offers helpful, scholarly footnotes. If you do not wish to acquire this Bible, we are happy send you a PDF of the translation by Ronald Knox, with only a very few footnotes.
Reading Load: 3-4 pp./week
Leaders: Reynaldo Miranda-Zúñiga and Jason Happel. (See their bios above)