Women in the Bible- A Historical Perspecitive

DateSeptember 16, 2013
Time10:30 am - 5:00 pm
LocationArmstrong Browning Library and Kayser Auditorium
Baylor University
Waco, TX 76798
Description“The
Women and the Bible” symposium will feature a morning panel held in Armstrong Browning Library,spanning
the timeline of Christian history: from a reevaluation of 1st
Thessalonians in context of its female audience by Lindsey Trozzo
(Baylor University), to a discussion of female patronage of the Bible
during Reformation England by Melissa Franklin-Harkrider (Wheaton
College), to an examination of an early twentieth-century female
missionary who retranslated the Bible in a radically gender attentive
way by Kristin Kobes Du Mez (Calvin College). The afternoon, 2:00 session held in Armstrong Browning Treasury Room,  will feature the lecture, “Weak and Silent Vessels: The Impact of the English Bible
on Christian Women” by Beth Allison Barr (Baylor University), and
culminate with the 3:30 pm lecture, held in Kayser Auditorium, “Joanna—The Untold Story” by Ben Witherington
III (Asbury Theological Seminary). - See more at:
http://www.baylorisr.org/2013/06/women-and-the-bible-a-historical-perspective/#sthash.IVhY1fMi.dpuf
“The
Women and the Bible” symposium will feature a morning panel spanning
the timeline of Christian history: from a reevaluation of 1st
Thessalonians in context of its female audience by Lindsey Trozzo
(Baylor University), to a discussion of female patronage of the Bible
during Reformation England by Melissa Franklin-Harkrider (Wheaton
College), to an examination of an early twentieth-century female
missionary who retranslated the Bible in a radically gender attentive
way by Kristin Kobes Du Mez (Calvin College). The afternoon will feature
the lecture “Weak and Silent Vessels: The Impact of the English Bible
on Christian Women” by Beth Allison Barr (Baylor University), and
culminate with the lecture “Joanna—The Untold Story” by Ben Witherington
III (Asbury Theological Seminary). - See more at:
http://www.baylorisr.org/2013/06/women-and-the-bible-a-historical-perspective/#sthash.IVhY1fMi.dpuf



Registration


Pricing


• Morning Panel only (free)
• Afternoon Lecture only (free)
• Both morning panel and afternoon lecture (free)


Deadline


09/16/2013 3:30 PM


How to register

Register online below or call 254-710-7555.


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