Director's Class — The Human Vocation: Reading Genesis 1-5

Students (undergraduates and graduates) are encouraged to join us for a weekly lecture where lunch will be provided.

Genesis is a book of beginnings. It is the first book of the Torah and the first book of the Christian Bible. It tells the story of creation, and thus of the beginning of all things. Within the first five chapters, we read about the beginning of the human race as well as the beginning of sin and strife and the beginning of human civilization. These stories about God, the world, and our place in relation to both are also the beginning of wisdom. In this class, we will read these chapters with care and with the help of commentators ancient and modern. Join us as we turn to some of the most influential words ever written, seeking wisdom and understanding about what it means to be a human being, made of…