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The Bentley Lecture Series, 2005The Bible in Crisis: A Weekend With John Dominic Crossan |
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Schedule of Events
Saturday September 24, 2005
Sunday September 25, 2005
Tickets Saturday night dinner will not be provided. Please see salemweb.com for a list of local restaurants. |
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About the Bentley Lecture Series
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The Reverend Dr. William Bentley was one of Salem's foremost citizens in the years following the Revolutionary War. An inveterate reader, correspondent, and diarist, he served in an unofficial translator for Thomas Jefferson during his Presidency (Bentley spoke twenty-one languages). Bentley was a founder of the Salem Athenĉum's predecessors, the Social Library and the Salem Philosophical Library, and was a charter member and founder of the Athenĉum. Local historian and Salem resident Jim McAllister has compiled an excellent biography of Bentley..
The Athenĉum perodically sponsors lectures and seminars in his name in honor of Dr. Bentley's contributions to medicine, theology, Salem, and the Athenĉum itself. |
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| John Dominic Crossan is Professor Emeritus of Religious Studies at De Paul University, and is widely considered to be one of the foremost scholars of the historical Jesus. Among his many publications are such titles as The Historical Jesus: The Life of a Mediterranean Jewish Peasant, The Cross that Spoke: The Origins of the Passion Narrative, and The Birth of Christianity: Discovering What Happened in the Years Immediately After the Execution of Jesus. He was born in Ireland and educated at Maynooth College, Ireland and the Pontifical Biblical Institute in Rome. [more info] |
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From all points:
Find your way to the I-95/MA-128 loop around Boston. Follow Interstate 95 North / MA-128 North toward New Hampshire. When I-95 and MA-128 split in Peabody, stay on MA-128 North toward Gloucester. (Travelers coming from points north: From I-95 South, exit onto MA-128 North in Peabody and continue as follows.) Take the second exit, #26A (Lowell Street toward Salem and Peabody), and turn right at bottom of ramp. Follow Lowell Street through downtown Peabody into Salem, where it becomes Boston Street. Once in Salem, Boston Street will terminate at Essex Street. Turn left onto Essex Street. The Athenĉum is 337 Essex Street, about 1/4 mile down on your right. The First Church of Salem, Unitarian is 316 Essex Street, just past the Athenĉum on your left. You can either park on Essex Street or for longer stays continue on past the Athenĉum, go straight through the traffic light at North Street, and park in one of the metered municipal lots near the YMCA (about 30 yards after the light, on your left and on your right.) | ||
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