Religious scholar Amy-Jill Levine to Speak at Plymouth Congregational UCC Nov. 9-11

PLYMOUTH — On November 9,10 and 11, the Charlotte Reynolds Wakefield Lectures of Plymouth Congregational UCC, and the New Hampshire Bible Society along with New Hampshire Conference UCC will present a unique opportunity to be inspired by a major contemporary religious scholar— Vanderbilt University Professor Amy-Jill Levine.

The title of Dr. Levine's series, "Common Roots, Different Gardens: Christians and Jews in Dialogue" reflects her lifelong goal of promoting better relations between Christians and Jews. With humor and sensitivity she speaks the "problems and possibilities of "Jesus, Judaism and the Bible," the different way Jews and Christians read the same Scripture, the Jewish stories that Christians know as Parables and exactly how misunderstandings occur.

Amy-Jill Levine is University Professor of New Testament and Jewish Studies, E. Rhodes and Leona B. Carpenter Professor of New Testament Studies, and Professor of Jewish Studies at Vanderbilt University. She has produced lecture series for "The

Great Courses" and was one of the experts in the "Saving Jesus" seminars. Her writings include "The Misunderstood Jew" and "The Meaning of the Bible: What the Jewish Scriptures and the Christian Old Testament Can Teach Us."

For more details, exact titles and a registration form to download, visit www.uccplymouth.org. or call the Plymouth Congregational UCC church office at 536- 2626 to have this information sent by mail.