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Seminar Talk: "The Plague of Anti-Palestinian Hostility in Jewish-Christian Relations"

Rev. Michael G. Azar Seminar

Rev. Michael G. Azar Seminar
Palestine

A young Muslim woman holding a Palestinian flag participates in an "against racism, against Islamophobia" march in Paris, France, on 21 April 2024 (Hans Lucas/Reuters)

As part of the CIRD, ICCJ, and DCU's Theology, Philosophy, and Research Seminars, this Thursday at 3 PM, in a ZOOM lecture, we welcome Rev. Michael G. Azar (University of Scranton) who will give a talk titled:


 

  "The Plague of Anti-Palestinian Hostility in Jewish-Christian Relations"


 


 

The talk will be delivered by ZOOM but a group of us also meets together in Drumcondra House on the DCU All Hallows Campus for the seminar. All welcome!

 

Those who would like the ZOOM details should email: peter.admirand@dcu.ie

 

Note that the purpose of this talk is dialogue and engagement, especially bearing in mind the many victims on all sides of the conflict and the rise of anti-Semitism (and anti-Judaism) and ongoing anti-Palestinian racism!

 

Rev Michael Azar

Rev. Michael Azar

BIO

 

Rev. Michael G. Azar

 

Rev. Azar, a priest of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America, holds a PhD in New Testament from Fordham University (2013) and an MA in theology

from St. Vladimir's Orthodox Theological Seminary (2005). He is currently Professor of Theology/Religious Studies at the University of Scranton, where he teaches

classes primarily on the Bible, early Christian-Jewish formation, and Christianity in the Middle East. He is the author of Exegeting the Jews: The Early Reception of the

Johannine “Jews” (Brill 2016) as well as several articles related to Christian-Jewish relations, and he is currently writing a book on Orthodox Christian-Jewish interaction (both ancient and contemporary). He is Chair of the Biblical Exegesis from Orthodox Perspectives unit at the Society of Biblical Literature and a Lady Davis Fellow at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem (postponed from 2024–25). He continues to serve as an advisor to the Orthodox Chair of the Orthodox Christian-Jewish dialogue and as a member of its planning committee.