“In the Beginning was the Word”: Historical and Theological, Jewish and Christian, Perspectives on the Prologue to the Gospel of John

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“In the Beginning was the Word”: Historical and Theological, Jewish and Christian, Perspectives on the Prologue to the Gospel of John

Name: “In the Beginning was the Word”: Historical and Theological, Jewish and Christian, Perspectives on the Prologue to the Gospel of John
Start: 2026-03-08T12:30:00-04:00
End: 2026-03-08T14:00:00-04:00
Location: Cathedral of St. John the Divine

Date & Time:

March 8 @ 12:30 pm - 2:00 pm

A Dialogue on Divinity featuring Prof. Amy-Jill Levine (Hartford International University for Religion and Peace) in conversation with the Very Rev. Winnie Varghese (Dean, Episcopal Cathedral of St. John the Divine)

Sunday, March 8, 2026
12:30-2:00 pm Eastern
Cathedral of St. John the Divine
1047 Amsterdam Avenue
New York, NY 10025

Join us at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine as Dean Winnie Varghese hosts an important interfaith conversation with Dr. Amy-Jill Levine, taking up the Prologue of the Gospel of John in light of its long and complex history of effects.

Amy-Jill Levine is Rabbi Stanley M. Kessler Distinguished Professor of New Testament and Jewish Studies at Hartford International University for Religion and Peace and University Professor of New Testament and Jewish Studies Emerita at Vanderbilt University. She is a world-renowned scholar of biblical studies and Jewish-Christian relations and recipient of the 2023 Hubert Walter Award for Interfaith Cooperation from the Archbishop of Canterbury.

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Paul Wattson Lecture Series

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Faith and Order Commission of the National Council of Churches

National Council of Churches’ Regional and Local Ecumenical Networks

United States Conference of Catholic Bishops-National Council of Synagogues

Annual

Week of Prayer for Christian Unity.

North American Academy of Ecumenists

American Academy of Religion

Ecclesiological Investigations International Research Network

Council of Centers on Jewish-Christian Relations.

Summer Course on Ecumenical and Interreligious Dialogue from a Roman Catholic Perspective at the Centro Pro Unione in Rome

Periodic

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