Featuring an outstanding array of presenters, the conference will include speakers and panelists representing a diverse spectrum of views within their own religious traditions. In addition to faculty from Hebrew College and Andover Newton Theological School, guests will include Dr. Azizah Y. Al-Hibri from the University of Richmond School of Law, who will discuss her groundbreaking work to bridge Islamic and American laws regulating marriage. Other guests will include leading biblical scholar Dr. Tikvah Frymer-Kensky , of the University of Chicago Divinity School, and Dr. Nancy T. Ammerman of Hartford Seminary, who has written extensively on Christian communities. The conference is funded in part by a grant from the Gloria and Sidney Danziger Foundation . Designed for Jewish educators and other interested students, this two-week Institute will engage a team of outstanding faculty to explore biblical texts and the creative process of bringing those texts to life in the classroom.
Courses range from biblical text study to the nuances of translating biblical Hebrew.
Faculty will include Dr. Everett Fox, Dr. Nehemia Polen, Dr. Steven Copeland, Michelle Kwitkin-Close, Dr. Alvan Kaunfer and Erica Brown .