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MISHKAN TORAH TO PRESENT PROGRAM COMPARING THE BIBLE AND THE QU'RAN

On Sunday, February 16, 2014 at 10:30 am, the Mishkan Torah Adult Education Committee will present a program entitled Noah's Other Son - Intertextuality of the Tanakh [Hebrew Bible] and the Qur'ān .

Using the story of Noah as a basis, the program will compare and contrast versions of the story in the Hebrew Bible and the Qu’ran, and discuss factors that might account for the differences. The origins and the development of the Qur'ān as text will also be discussed.  By exploring the similarities and differences between the Qur'anand the Hebrew Bible, participants in the study session will learn about the early Muslim community that gave birth to the Qur'an, plus ways of reading the Bebrew Bible.

Rabbi Dr. Jordi Gendra-Molina, a native of Barcelona, will be leading this discussion. Born in Spain to a multilingual family, he became proficient in Latin, Greek and Hebrew and, after completing his studies, began working with translations of sacred texts. From the beginning it was clear to him that texts of the same stories differ widely, in part because of the communities from which they spring, and in part because of what the translator brings in the context of his or her own background.

Rabbi Gendra holds a PhD in medieval Jewish literature from Universitat de Girona (2012). He received his Master in Hebrew Letters and Rabbinic ordination from the RRC in 2006, and his Master on Semitic languages from Universitat de Barcelona (1996). Currently serving as rabbi of Temple Beth Shalom in Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania, he is also adjunct professor of 
religion at Wilson College in Chambersburg, Pennsylvania.

The program is `free, and open to the whole community. Breakfast items may be purchased starting starting at 9:30 am.

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