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Adele Reinhartz, whose scholarly interests include the depiction of The Bible in film, has been appointed the 2015-2016 Corcoran Visiting Chair in Christian-Jewish Relations at the Center for Christian-Jewish Learning at Boston College.
A professor at the University of Ottawa Department of Classics and Religious Studies, Reinhartz plans to spend her tenure as Corcoran Professor completing her book on the Gospel of John and the “parting of the ways” between Judaism and Christianity. She also will organize a conference titled “Fringe Benefits: Marginality and Identity in the Ancient Mediterranean World,” and present public lectures.
Reinhartz, a researcher in the New Testament and early Jewish-Christian relations who earned her doctorate at McMaster University, has authored such books as Scripture on the Silver Screen, Jesus of Hollywood and Bible and Cinema: An Introduction. Her other works include Befriending the Beloved Disciple: A Jewish Reading of the Gospel of John and Caiaphas the High Priest.
She also is the general editor of The Journal of Biblical Literature and a member of the Royal Society of Canada and the American Academy of Jewish Research.
For information on the Center for Christian-Jewish Learning, see www.bc.edu/cjl.
In 2014, Adele Reinhartz presented the talk "The Gospel of John and the 'Parting of the Ways'" as part of the Boston College School of Theology and Ministry Continuing Education program. Click here to view the entire lecture.