A Critique of The Jewish Annotated New Testament

Here's the announcement of my forthcoming lecture on the new book titled The Jewish Annotated New Testament. Please try to attend. We'll have a lively discussion afterward.

A critique of the book

The Jewish Annotated New Testament

New Revised Standard Version

Edited by Amy-Jill Levine and Marc Zvi Brettler

Published by Oxford University Press, 2011

by Adolfo Borromeo

Adolfo Borromeo, Englewood author and lecturer, will lead a discussion of this new book published by Oxford University Press. The book editors and 30 contributors juxtapose the New Testament to its Jewish historical background. This discussion becomes relevant in view of the current anti-Semitic fire bombings and Nazi graffiti in the Bergen County area. Borromeo is author of God of Abraham: The Final Testament. His latest lecture was The Evolution of God Concept, delivered last January at the Englewood Public Library.

March 14, 2012 * 7.30 pm * Englewood Public Library 31 Engle Street * Englewood * NJ 07631

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And here's a photo of the library where I'll conduct my lecture. As board member of the Friends of the Library I'm also active in saving the library from possible closure due to imminent budget cuts.

Charlene Taylor, head reference librarian of Englewood Public Library, NJ, listens to an inquiry from George Tsougarakis, patron, while Ashley Williams, technology page, looks on. The library is facing a budget cut this year which represents 34% of the total city budget cut. No other department budget would be cut as much.