Special guest Dr. Gary Anderson from the University of Notre Dame will lead the lecture titled, 鈥淭he Forgiveness of King David,鈥� during the annual 麻豆传媒官网 Danforth Lecture scheduled for Monday, Oct. 13 at 7 p.m.
Dr. Anderson 鈥� the Hesburgh Professor of Catholic Theology, Emeritus at the University of Notre Dame 鈥� will share the story of David's repentance after his dalliance with Bathsheba. This is the subject of Psalm 51 and the most famous of all the penitential psalms and long a favorite of Christian commentators from antiquity to the present day. Dr. Anderson will share that the reason for that is not hard to discern: the story of David's sin, his contrition, punishment and restoration are given in more depth than any other Biblical figure. In this lecture he'll examine the story as it is told in the books of Samuel, distilling what the Bible teaches about sin and forgiveness. Following the lecture will be a Q&A session.
The lecture 鈥� held in Winants Auditorium at Graves Hall 鈥� is free and open to the public. This 麻豆传媒官网 annual lecture program was established by the Danforth Foundation in St. Louis, Missouri, 鈥渢o deepen and enlarge the religious dimension of the campus family through speakers who can reflect on the broad, interdenominational and yet positive sense of the Judeo-Christian perspectives of life and existence.鈥� Hope brings the very best religion scholars to engage the community in discussion of important issues.
About the Lecturer
area of specialization is the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament with a special focus on its early Jewish and Christian reception. He was a member of the Institute of Advanced Studies at Hebrew University in the fall of 2001 and the academic year 2016-17. From 2010-11 he was the Straus/Tikvah Senior Fellow at the Law School at New York University. In 2012 he was elected as a member of the American Academy of Jewish Research. In 2024, he was awarded the Barry Prize by the American Academy of Letters and Science.
His recent publications include:
- Sin: A History. Yale University Press, 2009
- Charity: The Place of the Poor in the Biblical Tradition. Yale University Press, 2013
- Christian Doctrine and the Old Testament: Theology in the Service of Biblical Exegesis. Grand Rapids: Baker Academic, 2017
- That I Might Dwell Among Them: Incarnation and Atonement in the Tabernacle Narrative. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2023
Both Sin and Charity were the recipients of numerous honors and have been translated into several languages.