20 October
We are delighted to welcome Rabbi Burton Visotzky, Appleman Professor Emeritus of Midrash and Interreligious Studies, Jewish Theological Seminary, NY, USA, to lead a session of the Psalms in Interfaith Contexts Reading Group.
Here are the details of this fascinating session.
Topic: Midrash Tehillim on Psalm 24.
Abstract: Rabbi Burt Visotzky will lead us through the midrashic commentary on Psalm 24, focusing on a section that explicates the “headers” to various Psalms. Following the explication of the text, Visotzky will lead the participants in a discussion of how the spirit comes upon us today, as we pray, write, sing, and love.
Speaker: Rabbi Burton L. Visotzky, PhD is Appleman Professor Emeritus of Midrash and Interreligious Studies at the Jewish Theological Seminary, NY, USA. There, he directs the Milstein Center for Interreligious Dialogue. In 1985-86, he was a Visiting Scholar at the Oxford Centre for Hebrew and Cognate Studies as well as a Visiting Fellow of Clare Hall, University of Cambridge. He has taught as visiting faculty at Union Theological Seminary, Princeton Theological Seminary, The Pontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas, and the Pontifical Gregorian University.
In 2012, he was awarded the Goldziher Prize for his contributions to Jewish-Muslim Dialogue. On October 23, 2022, he will be awarded the Shevet Achim award by the US Council of Centers for Jewish-Christian Relations for his contributions to Jewish and Christian Understanding. He serves on the Executive Committee of the Board of Governors of the International Jewish Committee for Interreligious Consultations and is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations.
Chair: Revd Dr John Goldingay, Oxford, UK.
Date: 20 October, 2022
Time: 18:00-19:00 BST I 20:00-21:00 Israel Time | 10:00-11:00 PDT | 13:00-14:00 EDT
Venue: Online
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