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Date: 3/20/03
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MATHENY LECTURE SERIES PRESENTS HISTORICAL JESUS SCHOLAR HAMMOND – New Testament and historical Jesus scholar Bart Ehrman will be the guest speaker for Southeastern Louisiana University’s Matheny Lecture Series on Science and Religion. On April 10-11, Ehrman, the Bowman-Gray Professor and chair of the Department of Religious Studies at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, will present three lectures focusing on historical Jesus research and the emergence of Christianity in the first century: – April 10 at 3:30 p.m. in the Student Union Theatre: “Jesus the Apocalyptic Prophet” – April 10 at 7:30 p.m. at St. Albert’s Church across from the SLU campus: “Jesus Through Many Eyes: The Diversity of Our Early Gospels” – April 11 at 10 a.m. in the Student Union Theatre: “The Quest for the Historian’s Jesus.” Winner of numerous university awards and grants, Ehrman is the recipient of the 1993 UNC Undergraduate Student Teaching Award, the 1994 Phillip and Ruth Hettleman Prize for Artistic and Scholarly Achievement, and the Bowman and Gordon Gray Award for excellence in teaching. Since completing his master’s and doctoral degrees at Princeton Seminary, he has published extensively on New Testament and early Christianity subjects. He has written and edited eight books, numerous articles, and dozens of book reviews. His most recent books include “Jesus: Apocalyptic Prophet of the New Millennium” and “Lost Christianities: The Battles Over Scripture and the Faiths We Never Knew.” In addition to these books, he has also published a college-level textbook on the New Testament and two anthologies of early Christian writings. Ehrman has served as president of the Southeast Region of the Society of Biblical Literature, chair of the New Testament textual criticism section of the Society, book review editor of the “Journal of Biblical Literature,” and editor of the monograph series “The New Testament in the Greek Fathers.” He is co-editor of the series New Testament Tools and Studies and on several other boards for monographs in the field. The annual lecture honors the late Tom Matheny, a Hammond attorney and 1954 Southeastern graduate. Matheny, who was named Southeastern Alumnus of the Year in 1981, had a long and distinguished record of service to the community and to his church, including serving for more than two decades as president of the world-wide Judicial Council of the United Methodist Church. He was also active in numerous civic organizations and as an advocate for the rights of the mentally ill. For more information, contact Matt Rossano at mrossano@selu.edu. |
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