Short Stories by Jesus - Online Study
Six-Week Online Video Study
Begins Wednesday, Sept 4th at 7 p.m.
"Short Stories by Jesus" by Amy-Jill Levine.
Hosted by Pastor Jerry McBroom
Join us on Zoom Wednesday evenings from 7 - 8 p.m. for a six-week online video study that will explore Jesus’ most popular teaching parables, exposing their misinterpretations and making them lively and relevant for modern readers.
Jesus was a skilled storyteller and perceptive teacher who used parables from everyday life to effectively convey his message and meaning. Life in first-century Palestine was very different from our world today, and many traditional interpretations of Jesus’ stories ignore this disparity and have often allowed anti-Semitism and misogyny to color their perspectives.
In this wise, entertaining, and educational study, Amy-Jill Levine offers a fresh, timely reinterpretation of Jesus’ narratives. In Short Stories by Jesus, she analyzes these “problems with parables,” taking participants back in time to understand how their original Jewish audience understood them. Levine reveals the parables’ connections to first-century economic and agricultural life, social customs and morality, Jewish scriptures and Roman culture. With this revitalized understanding, she interprets these moving stories for the contemporary reader, showing how the parables are not just about Jesus, but are also about us—and when read rightly, still challenge and provoke us two thousand years later.
This study happens on Zoom each Wednesday, at 7 p.m., beginning September 4. Each session lasts approximately one hour and is open to all.
For more info, contact Pastor Jerry McBroom.
Class and Zoom info!
Classes are on Zoom on Wednesday evenings @ 7 p.m.
Attending is easy! All you need is a computer, tablet, or smartphone with video camera capabilities and access to the internet. If you need more information or have never used Zoom before, please contact Gina for assistance.
At (or just before) the start of class, follow this link on your computer:
OR
enter the following meeting ID in your device's Zoom app: 842 4669 8436
It is a live session, so please try to be there on time. Upon joining the meeting, you will be placed in a waiting room for approval.
We look forward to seeing you there!
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