Oct 22, 2019
Carol A. Newsom, Charles Howard Candler Professor of Old Testament at Emory University’s Candler School of Theology, explores how cultural practices and resources shape a society’s concepts of self, focusing particularly on the function of introspection in the Second Temple period.
Oct 22, 2019
Siang-Yang Tan, professor of psychology, responds to Carol A. Newsom’s lecture by considering the ideas of self through the lenses of psychotherapy and Eastern contemplative traditions.
Oct 22, 2019
Chris Blumhofer, visiting assistant professor of New Testament, poses the question of how Carol A. Newsom’s lectures inform our reading of the New Testament, and particularly the Pauline epistles.
Oct 8, 2019
Carol A. Newsom, Charles Howard Candler Professor of Old Testament at Emory University’s Candler School of Theology, speaks about the shifting understanding of sinfulness and moral agency during Israel’s Second Temple period.
Oct 8, 2019
Pamela Ebstyne King, Peter L. Bensor Associate Professor of Applied Developmental Science, responds to Carol A. Newsom’s lecture, speaking on the psychological transformation that happens through vulnerability and dependence on God.