Talk Examines Paul, His Relationship to Jews
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Mark D. Nanos, a Reform Jew who has lectured at the University of Kansas since 2005, probes the identity of the Apostle Paul in a lecture, Pauls Relationship to Jews and Judaism in First-Century Context: Revisiting the Translation of Romans 11, Monday, March 24, at 6 p.m. in Founders Room at 做厙惇蹋app. The lecture, sponsored by the 做厙惇蹋app Religious Studies Department, is free and open to the public.
Romans 11 continues to be a central text for Christian perceptions of Jews and Judaism, Nanos says. Current translations give the impression that Paul was a Christian who perceived Jews who did not believe in Jesus as Christ to be hardened and cut off from the covenants God made with Abraham and Israel, as if Judaism no longer represented Pauls own identity.
Nanos will explain why these are not the most accurate choices for interpreting Pauls message in its original first-century context. He will also explore how a new approach to Pauls message from within Judaism can contribute to advancing Christian-Jewish relations today.
Nanos, who earned a doctorate at the University of St. Andrews, Scotland, wrote The Mystery of Romans: The Jewish Context of Pauls Letter, which won the 1996 National Jewish Book Award for Christian-Jewish Relations. He has also written The Irony of Galatians: Pauls Letter in First-Century Context and edited The Galatians Debate. He is currently writing To the Synagogues of Rome: A Jewish Commentary on Romans and co-editing Paul Within Judaism: A Post-New Perspective Approach to the Apostle.
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