Annual Hein Fry Lecture March 5, 2009 at Lutheran Theological Seminary at Gettysburg Lecture is free and open to the public. Directions to LTSG

18th Annual Hein Fry Lectures
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March 5, 2009

Hearing the Word:
Lutheran Perspectives on Biblical Interpretation

Dr. Mary Hinkle Shore

Mary Hinkle Shore joined the Luther Seminary faculty as assistant professor of New Testament in the fall of 1997. She currently teaches in Biblical studies department and serves in a full time administrative position as associate dean for first theological degree programs.

Shore received the B.A. degree summa cum laude from Capital University in Columbus, Ohio, in 1982. In 1986 she graduated from Luther Northwestern Theological Seminary, and was ordained in the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America. Following ordination she served for six years in rural and suburban parish settings in North Dakota. She currently is rostered in the Southwestern Minnesota Synod of the ELCA.

She earned the Ph.D. degree in New Testament and Christian Origins from Duke University in 1997. Her dissertation is entitled, "Proclaiming Peace: The Use of Scripture in Ephesians." While at Duke, she was a teaching assistant in undergraduate religion courses, as well as a preceptor for New Testament and homiletics courses in the Divinity School.

Among Dr. Shore's recent publications is Signs of Belonging: Luther's Marks of the Church and the Christian Life, published by Augsburg Fortress in the Lutheran Voices series; and essays, "The Lord's Prayer: Empowerment for Living the Sermon on the Mount" (Word and World. 2002) and "Exegesis" (Lectionary Homiletics. 2002).

Order of the Day
9:00 a.m.—Registration
9:15 a.m.—Welcome and Introduction
9:30 a.m.—Lecture I 
10:30 a.m.—Break
10:45 a.m.—Lecture II  
11:50 a.m.—Chapel Worship
1:30 p.m.—  Lecture III
2:30p.m. —Q/A
2:45 p.m.—Conclusion and Prayers

What is the Hein Fry Lectureship?
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The Hein-Fry Lecture Series is an endowed theological lecture series of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America fostering original scholarship and enriching theological dialogue throughout the church and is coordinated by the Division for Ministry in cooperation with the eight seminaries of the ELCA.

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