Paul, the Theatre and Popular Culture (Lecture)

For History Week, Professor Larry Welborn will be delivering a free public lecture on Paul, the theatre and popular culture.

Details:

Wednesday 8 September 2010

6.00pm

Theatre 1, Building Y3A

Macquarie University

Free entry

Synopsis:
Paul, the apostle to the Gentiles, was immersed in the culture of the Greco-Roman cities where he preached. His letters draw metaphors from the stadium, the voting assembly, and the military barracks.
Paul's most fascinating metaphors are drawn from the theatre, the principle venue of public life in the first century. In his correspondence with Corinth, Paul portrays himself as a 'fool' in the mime. This lecture will combine texts with archaeological artifacts to illuminate Paul's portrait of himself as 'the fool of Christ'.

Laurence L. Welborn is Professor of Ancient History at Macquarie University and Professor of New Testament and Early Christianity at Fordham University in New York City. Welborn received his education at Yale, Tubingen, Vanderbilt and the University of Chicago.

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