Show Notes:
- Diane Jacobson’s essay, “Does Sabbath Still Matter?“
1.14: Does Sabbath Still Matter?
Sabbath is marked by justice, not just relaxation and rest. What does Sabbath mean in our contemporary context?
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Today's Episode Hosted By
Kathryn Schifferdecker
Eric Barreto
Joined by
Diane Jacobson
Featuring:
Diane Jacobson
Dr. Diane Jacobson is a Phi Beta Kappa, magna cum laude graduate of Connecticut College, New London (1970). She earned the M.A. degree from Columbia University/Union Theological Seminary in 1975. She also holds the M.Phil. and Ph.D. degrees from Union Theological Seminary (1982 and 1990). Jacobson joined the Luther Seminary faculty as an assistant professor in 1982 and has been professor of Old Testament since 1999. Now a professor emeritus, Jacobson is a frequent speaker throughout the Church and currently serves as Director of the Book of Faith Initiative for the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America.
Hosted By:
Kathryn M. Schifferdecker
Kathryn M Schifferdecker came to Luther Seminary as an assistant professor of Old Testament in 2006. Ordained in the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America in 2001, Schifferdecker was associate pastor for five years at Trinity Lutheran Church, Arkdale, Wisc., before coming to Luther. Schifferdecker is a frequent contributor to workingpreacher.org, Word & World and the author of Out of the Whirlwind: Creation Theology in the Book of Job (Harvard University Press, 2008). She is currently writing a commentary on the book of Esther.
Eric Barreto
Eric D. Barreto is the Weyerhaeuser Associate Professor of New Testament. He holds a B.A. in religion from Oklahoma Baptist University, an M.Div. from Princeton Seminary, and a Ph.D. in New Testament from Emory University.
Prior to coming to Princeton Seminary, he served as associate professor of New Testament at Luther Seminary, and also taught as an adjunct professor at the Candler School of Theology and McAfee School of Theology.