Lennox Lecture @ Trinity U – Reinventing The Bible w/ Michael Satlow, “Who in Antiquity Read the Bible?”

The guest speaker for this Lennox Lecture – Reinventing the Bible is Michael Satlow of Brown University. “Who in Antiquity Read the Bible?”

Summary: Over the course of a millennium, an odd and disparate collection of ancient Israelite texts were transformed into Scripture, to which both Jews and Christians attributed religious authority. Despite the critical importance of this transformation, it is one that is remains largely shrouded in mystery. To make matters worse, modern scholars are themselves often unclear about what they mean by such key terms as “Scripture,” “authority,” “religious,” and “canon.” In this talk I will suggest a more precise terminology and theoretical model for understanding the development of the Bible and show how this could change our thinking about how, when, and why Scripture came to be.

His most recent book is How the Bible Became Holy. This is event is sponsored by the Department of Religion. There will be a reception to follow.