A Rabbi and a Priest re-read the story of Adam and Eve

We can promise you a thought-provoking and entertaining evening when a Rabbi and a Priest together re-read the story of Adam and Eve at the next meeting of CCJ Staines.

The event is part of Inter Faith Week. The Revd Patrick Morrow is an Anglican priest and a national programme manager for CCJ. Rabbi Debbie Young-Somers is the Community Educator for the Movement for Reform Judaism.

Christians may not realise how differently to Christianity Judaism interprets the story of Adam and Eve. So the question our guest priest and rabbi are posting for the audience is: “Adam and Eve – falling up or falling down?” “In our society the story of Adam and Eve has had a huge impact. Christians, and not only the most devout, think of it as about ‘the Fall’, which brought sin and death into the world, and gave rise to the need for a heavenly Saviour,” explains Patrick. “Judaism interprets the story differently, sometimes as one of Eve and Adam growing up, learning good and evil. Hence the idea of ‘the Fall Upwards!’ This will be a close reading by a rabbi and a priest trained in their respective traditions, for the text holds secrets in every detail. Come and join the discussion.”

Entry free but donations invited to CCJ funds.

Contact CCJ Staines and District Branch at ccjstaines@gmail.com or on 01252 622978.