Vermont Public Radio: Middlebury symposium examines legacies of the death of Jesus

Vermont Public Radio: Middlebury symposium examines legacies of the death of Jesus: “How did a singular event more than 2,000 years old come to shape much of Western Civilization as we know it? The question is central to a lecture series starting today at Middlebury College called “Engaging Passions: The Death of Jesus and its legacies.

“Over the course of three days, the story of Jesus’s death will be examined through art, literature, drama, music and film with a wide variety of speakers bringing their own passions and expertise to the forefront. VPR’s Mitch Wertlieb spoke recently with two of them. Larry Yarbrough is a professor of Religion at Middlebury and scholar of the New Testament. And Elizabeth Cook is an author and composer who collaborated with Francis Grier on the libretto for a new interpretation of ‘The Passion of Jesus of Nazareth.’ “