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 Dr. Dreisbach is Professor of Justice, Law and Society in the School of Public Affairs at American University in Washington, D.C. Dreisbach received a Doctor of Philosophy degree from Oxford University, where he studied as a Rhodes Scholar, and a Juris Doctor degree from the University of Virginia. He has authored or edited seven books, including Thomas Jefferson and the Wall of Separation between Church and State, and is currently writing a book on the Bible and American Culture.
A private reception in the Dunham Bible Museum Theater will be held after the lecture for Dr. Dreisbach and Dunham Bible Museum Friends. RSVP to Diana Severance
- Sunday, September 27, 2009 - “Johann Sebastian Bach: His Bible and His Music," by Dr. Thomas D. Rossin, 3pm, Dunham Theater in the Morris Cultural Arts Center. This lecture, part of the dedication of the University’s pipe organ, will be followed by an organ concert at 5 pm in the Belin Chapel.
A special exhibit on the Bible and music will feature Johann Sebastian Bach’s personal Bible. The Bible will be on loan from Concordia Seminary in St. Louis. The Seminary was given the three-volume Calov Bible in 1934 by the Reichle family, whose ancestors had purchased the volumes in Philadelphia in the 1830s. In 1934, Rev. Christian Riedel, visiting the Michigan farm of his cousin, Leonard Reichle, noticed “J.S. Bach 1733” written in the lower right hand corner of the title page. Additional writing in Bach’s own hand reflects on his music. In the margin of I Chronicles 25, Bach wrote, “This chapter is the true foundation of all God-pleasing church music.”
 Dr. Rossin is a composer, church musician, and the founder and conductor of the choral group Exultate. His choral compositions have been published by Concordia Publishing House and Kjos Music Press. He holds the Bachelor of Music Education degree from Valparaiso University, the master of Fine Arts degree in choral conducting from the University of Minnesota, and the Doctor of Philosophy degree from the University of Minnesota. Rossin’s Doctoral dissertation topic was an analysis of the marginal notations made by J.S. Bach in his personal Bible.
 Thursday, October 1, 2009 - “The Bible as a Literary Classic,” by Dr. Leland Ryken, 7 pm in the Belin Chapel in the Morris Cultural Arts Center.
Dr. Ryken is professor of English at Wheaton College and the author of numerous books on the Bible as Literature and Christian perspectives on literature. Among his works are Worldly Saints, ESV Literary Study Bible, The Word of God in English: Criteria for Excellence in Bible Translation, Milton and Scriptural Tradition, and The Apocalyptic Vision in Paradise Lost. Dr. Ryken is currently working on a book on the King James Version and its legacy.
A private reception in the Dunham Bible Museum Theater will be held after the lecture for Dr. Ryken and Dunham Bible Museum Friends. RSVP to Diana Severance
- Monday, November 16, 2009 - "Moral Objections to the Old Testament," by Dr. Peter Williams, 7 pm in Dillon II in the Hinton Building (please notice this is a change from an earlier announced location in Mabee Theater).
 Dr. Williams is the Warden of Tyndale House in Cambridge, England. Educated at Cambridge University, where he received his MA, MPhil, and PhD in the study of ancient languages related to the Bible, Dr. Williams has been on the faculty of Cambridge University and the University of Aberdeen. He has written numerous articles and monographs on the Biblical texts and was co-editor of The New Testament in its First Century Setting.
- Thursday, January 28, 2010 - "The Bible and Higher Education," by Dr. David Lyle Jeffrey, 7 pm in Dillon II in the Hinton Building. With a historical sweep from the early church through the founding of the univesity by medieval Christians, Dr. Jeffrey will focus on the way Scripture study gave rise to the academic disciplines, providing a coherent framework for reference and constituting a "wisdom" tradition.
 Dr. Jeffrey is Distinguished Professor of Literature and Humanities at Baylor University. He received his BA from Wheaton College and his MA and PhD from Princeton University. A noted scholar in medieval studies and the Bible and literature, Jeffrey is the author or editor of 12 books, including People of the Book: Christian Identity and Literary Culture, Houses of the Interpreter: Reading Scripture, Reading Culture, and The Bible in the University.
The Soli deo Gloria exhibit and the Dunham Bible Museum Lectures Series are made possible in part by a grant from Humanities Texas, the state affiliate of the National Endowment for the Humanities.
For additional information, contact the Museum
Updated 11/16/2009
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