Mulberry Street United Methodist Church,
719 Mulberry Street, Macon, GA, 31201
Sunday, February 16, 2014, 3:30 – 7pm
The Christian claim to have “seen salvation” distinguishes it from the other religions of the Book (Judaism and Islam). Based on Luke’s Canticle of Simeon, this claim acknowledges the redefinition of the boundaries between humans and God: God is incarnate in Christ. But how does one retell this “seeing” of “salvation?”
Surprising as it may seem, the four translations of the Bible that have most influenced Western culture and languages—Jerome’s Vulgate, The Erasmus/Luther Bible, the King James Bible, and the Enlightenment (Wertheim and Berleburger) Bible—each offer strikingly different visions of “seeing salvation.”
Some prominent post-Enlightenment thinkers noticed these differences and began to sketch an understanding of the historical reception of Christ. Although largely overlooked, their inquiry rivals, if not surpasses, the so-called “Quest for the Historical Jesus” with which we are more familiar.
In these lectures, we will explore differing biblical images of Christ, as well as their historical representations in art and architecture, that offer different ways of “seeing salvation” and of seeing ourselves as fully human before God.
Program Leader: Dr. David S. Pacini, Professor in the Practice of Historical Theology.Emory University, Candler School of Theology
Location: Historic Mulberry United Methodist Church, Macon GA
Dinner served at 5:30 pm. No reservations required. Donations accepted.
University Event Topic: Alumni, Lectures & Meetings, Religion & Ethics, Theology, Other
Department/Organization: Candler School of Theology Office of Life Long Learning
Speaker/Presenter: Dr. David Pacini
Event Open To: All
Building/Room: Off Site
Contact Name: Rick Kravako
Contact Phone: 404-727-1276
Contact Email: rkravako@emory.edu
719 Mulberry Street, Macon, GA, 31201
Sunday, February 16, 2014, 3:30 – 7pm
The Christian claim to have “seen salvation” distinguishes it from the other religions of the Book (Judaism and Islam). Based on Luke’s Canticle of Simeon, this claim acknowledges the redefinition of the boundaries between humans and God: God is incarnate in Christ. But how does one retell this “seeing” of “salvation?”
Surprising as it may seem, the four translations of the Bible that have most influenced Western culture and languages—Jerome’s Vulgate, The Erasmus/Luther Bible, the King James Bible, and the Enlightenment (Wertheim and Berleburger) Bible—each offer strikingly different visions of “seeing salvation.”
Some prominent post-Enlightenment thinkers noticed these differences and began to sketch an understanding of the historical reception of Christ. Although largely overlooked, their inquiry rivals, if not surpasses, the so-called “Quest for the Historical Jesus” with which we are more familiar.
In these lectures, we will explore differing biblical images of Christ, as well as their historical representations in art and architecture, that offer different ways of “seeing salvation” and of seeing ourselves as fully human before God.
Program Leader: Dr. David S. Pacini, Professor in the Practice of Historical Theology.Emory University, Candler School of Theology
Location: Historic Mulberry United Methodist Church, Macon GA
Dinner served at 5:30 pm. No reservations required. Donations accepted.
University Event Topic: Alumni, Lectures & Meetings, Religion & Ethics, Theology, Other
Department/Organization: Candler School of Theology Office of Life Long Learning
Speaker/Presenter: Dr. David Pacini
Event Open To: All
Building/Room: Off Site
Contact Name: Rick Kravako
Contact Phone: 404-727-1276
Contact Email: rkravako@emory.edu