Dru Johnson, PhD, Associate Professor of Biblical and Theological Studies, The King’s College
will give a lecture entitled “Justice for All: How the Jewish Bible Revolutionized Ethics,” presented by The Judaic Studies Program and the Department of English and Philosophy of Drexel University.
Johnson will cull lessons from the new book in the Jewish Publication Society Essential Judaism Series, "Justice for All: How the Jewish Bible Revolutionized Ethics" by Jeremiah Unterman (University of Nebraska Press, 2017). Unterman applies lessons from biblical texts to pressing issues, such as the gap between the rich and the poor, homelessness and asylum, the meaning of ritual, and reconciliation after destruction.
Johnson is the author of several books, including "Biblical Knowing: A Scriptual Epistomology of Error" (2013) and "Scripture’s Knowing: A Companion to Biblical Epistomology" (2015).
Free and open to the public. Refreshments will be served. Books will be sold by the Penn Book Center. Support for this event comes from the Louis and Bessie Stein Foundation, The Milton and Miriam Handler Foundation, and the Friends of Judaic Studies. Info: judaicstudies@drexel.edu, 215-895-6388.
Hosted by the Judaic Studies Program.
