Neustadt Lectures 2017
February 9, 2017

Jewish and Christian Scriptural Traditions: Canonicity - Considering Dead Sea Scrolls and Other Discoveries
February 9, 2017
FREE TO THE PUBLIC
2501 N. Blackwelder
Oklahoma City University
1 PM: Bishop Angie Smith Chapel
Psalm 11 in Jewish and Christian Tradition
Different Religious Perspectives
Rabbi Vered L. Harris, Rabbi Abby Jacobson, Rev. Dr. Marty Alan Michelson, Rev. Dr. Lisa M. Wolfe
2:30 PM: Watson-Lounge Chapel
Dead Sea Scrolls Research in Oklahoma
An Unknown Fragment and a Psalm 11 Fragment
Dr. Marty Alan Michelson and Dr. Lisa M. Wolfe
7:00 PM: Temple B'nai Israel
What Constitutes Scripture in Judaism and Christianity?
Rabbi Vered L. Harris, Rabbi Abby Jacobson, Rev. Dr. Marty Alan Michelson, Rev. Dr. Lisa M. Wolfe
In the Fall of 2013, Drs. Lisa Wolfe at OCU and Marty Michelson at SNU began working with their students to research previously unpublished Dead Sea Scroll fragments from the Museum of the Bible collection. They discovered new insights as they examined these scrolls, but how do those insights affect the way scripture is viewed? Representatives from the Jewish and Christian communities will share and engage in discussion as they examine how such discoveries affect their own understanding of canon.
Speakers:

Rabbi Vered L. Harris, RJE, has served Temple B’nai Israel in Oklahoma City since July 2012. Her Master of Arts degrees in Hebrew Letters and Jewish Education are from Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion, and her undergraduate degree in Liberal Studies is from California State University Northridge. Rabbi Harris’ professional interests include teaching, building bridges between the Temple and other communities in Oklahoma City, and intentionally applying religious values to daily living. Prior to moving to Oklahoma, Rabbi Harris was the Education Rabbi at Congregation Beth Torah in Overland Park, KS, 2000-2012. Rabbi Harris and her husband Benjamin married in 1996, and live in Edmond with their three daughters.