The Binghamton University Chapter of Phi Beta Kappa will host a lecture, titled “Did the Early Christians Forget Jesus? Eyewitnesses, Oral Traditions, and Distorted Memories.” Bart D. Ehrman, James A. Gray Distinguished Professor of Religious Studies, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, author/editor of thirty books on the New Testament and Early Christianity, will deliver a public lecture open to the entire Binghamton community exploring the following: Scholars of memory in such fields as cognitive psychology (personal memories), sociology (collective memory), and anthropology (oral cultures) have shown how people remember, misremember, forget and invent memories. Such studies can help us better understand the Gospels of the New Testament as guides to the life of the historical Jesus. Do any of the stories about Jesus represent “false memories”?
Date and Time
Thursday Mar 23, 2017
7:30 PM - 9:00 PM EDT
Thursday, March 23
7:30 p.m.
Location
Binghamton University Campus
LH-B110 / Engineering Building
Fees/Admission
The event is free and open to the public.
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