Speaker Series: The Bible and Human Rights with John J. Collins

Sunday, September 28 at 11:45 a.m.

 

Prof. John J. Collins is Holmes Professor Emeritus of Old Testament Criticism and Interpretation at Yale University. He received his Ph. D. from Harvard (1972) and holds honorary degrees from the University College Dublin and the University of Zurich. Collins’ most recent books are The Invention of Judaism. Torah and Jewish Identity from Deuteronomy to Paul (University of California, 2017), and What Are Biblical Values? (Yale, 2019). He served as general editor of the Anchor Yale Bible and Anchor Yale Bible Reference Library until this May and has received the Burkitt medal for biblical scholarship from the British Academy.

The St. John’s Speaker Series is free and open to the public. Enter through the front doors on Main Street. On-street parking is available, and there is a public lot behind the post office to the right before you reach the church.

Event Details:
11:45 a.m.

Event Contact:
Meghan Wrinn
Program and Events Coordinator

Meeting Instructions:
St. John’s Episcopal Church
Church