Judaic Studies Lecture Set for March 4

Adam Gregerman, Ph.D., an accomplished professor, author and scholar of Jewish-Christian studies, will present a Weinberg Judaic Studies Institute Lecture titled “How the State of Israel Became ‘the Jew’ Writ Large.”  The lecture will take place on Tuesday, March 4 at 7:30 p.m. in the Pearn Auditorium of Brennan Hall and is free and open to the public.

Dr. Gregerman is a professor of Jewish Studies in the Department of Theology and Religious Studies and associate director of the Institute for Jewish-Catholic Relations at Saint Joseph’s University in Philadelphia.

He studies and teaches courses on Jewish-Christian Relations and focuses on Christian theologies of Judaism in diverse settings, from antiquity to the present. He is the author of Building on the Ruins of the Temple: Apologetics and Polemics in Early Christianity and Rabbinic Judaism. His published works include recent chapters in the Encyclopedia of Jewish-Christian Relations and The Cambridge Companion to Law and the Hebrew Bible and articles in Modern Theology, Journal of Ecumenical Studies, Theological Studies and Studies in Christian-Jewish Relations.

Dr. Gregerman has also written on topics such as mission and conversion, theodicy, biblical interpretation and theologies of the land of Israel. He serves as chair of the Council of Centers on Jewish-Christian Relations and is on the board of the National Council of Synagogues and the International Jewish Committee for Interreligious Consultation. 

The Weinberg Judaic Studies Institute was created in 1979 through an endowment funded by the local Jewish community. The Institute fosters a better understanding and appreciation of Judaism, Israel and their histories. It supports visits to the University by Jewish scholars and writers and supports library acquisitions, publications, faculty research, travel and other scholarly endeavors. The work of the Institute was further enhanced by a $1 million gift from Harry Weinberg in 1990.

For further information, contact Marc Shapiro, Ph.D., professor of theology/religious studies and the Weinberg Chair of Judaic Studies at The University of Scranton, at 570-941-7956 or marc.shapiro@scranton.edu.