Lenten Bible "Detox": Study of Mark 12:13-17 led by Dong Hyeon Jeong

Lenten Bible "Detox"

March 18, 2021, 7:30pm Eastern Time

Each Lent, CLBSJ focuses our attention on the misuse of the Bible to promote and justify violence and oppression. All are welcome on this journey of healing and reclaiming.

In this session, Rev. Dr. Dong Hyeon Jeong will share an Asian-American Pacific Islander (AAPI) perspective on Mark 12:13-17, in which Jesus discusses taxation with the Pharisees and Herodians. This passage contains the instruction to “Render to Caesar the things that are Caesar’s, and to God the things that are God’s,” which has often been used to imply the need for blind acceptance of authority.

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Rev. Dr. Dong Hyeon Jeong is an Assistant Professor of New Testament Interpretation at Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary, and serves on the Board of CLBSJ. His book With the Wild Beasts, Learning from Trees is forthcoming and will be published by the Society of Biblical Literature Press, Semeia Series. The son of Korean missionaries in the Philippines, Dong Hyeon is an ordained elder in the Philippine Central Conference, Manila Episcopal Area, Southwest Philippines Annual Conference of The United Methodist Church. Read his full bio here: https://clbsj.org/about/leadership/dong-hyeon-jong/