Tuesdays, beginning February 21, 2023 

Time: 9:00 am    OR    7:00 pm

Bishop Larry invites you to join him in an online Bible study each Tuesday in Lent, beginning on February 21, 2023.

The study will be offered at 9:00 am and again at 7:00 pm each Tuesday until Holy Week.  Each participant will be asked to purchase their own copy of Witness at the Cross, by Amy-Jill Levine.  The book is available in printed, digital, and audio versions from Amazon and local booksellers.  Prereading in preparation for each will be expected.

Each 75-minute session will view the crucifixion from the viewpoint of a different witness:    bystanders and scoffers, the other victims, the soldiers, the beloved disciple, the women, Joseph of Arimathea and Nicodemus.

Discussions will include historical contexts, different biblical texts, and social backgrounds and contexts for each of the people at the cross.

The author of the study, Amy-Jill Levine, is an eminent Jewish Biblical scholar, a professor of New Testament and Jewish Studies at Hartford Seminary and professor of Jewish Studies Emerita and Professor of New Testament Studies Emerita at Vanderbilt University.  She is considered one the best teachers and scholars alive.