Plus Marilynne Robinson on the Bible
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Alma Guillermoprieto and Michael Ignatieff Thursday, February 5th at 5 PM EST New York Review Advising Editor Fintan O’Toole hosts Alma Guillermoprieto and Michael Ignatieff for a wide-ranging discussion on the Trump administration’s imperial ambitions in Venezuela, Greenland, and beyond. The event, conducted via Zoom, will last approximately ninety minutes including an audience Q&A session. This event is pay-what-you-wish (with a suggested fee of $10) and open to the public. Also Available:
Marilynne Robinson on the Bible The New York Review is pleased to announce a new series of seminars on the Bible, hosted by contributor and Pulitzer Prize–winning author, Marilynne Robinson. Her first seminar on the Old Testament begins on March 2. Her second seminar on the New Testament starts on May 6. The course as a whole is intended to draw attention to the fact that the Scriptures are, whatever else, a very great literature. Considering their importance to Western Civilization, it is remarkable how vulnerable they are now to misuse and ridicule. Over centuries writers returned to these texts, confident of finding a high order of meaning in them, as great writers have done for centuries after the canon was closed. This is far too extraordinary a phenomenon to be left to cynical use or to neglect.
—Marilynne Robinson Marilynne Robinson on The Old Testament
Four weekly sessions, starting March 2, 2026 Each week will focus on a theme or book from the Old Testament: Creation, Law, Psalms, and Prophecy. Four one-hour sessions: March 2, 9, 16, and 23. All sessions will start at 7 PM EST. Marilynne Robinson on The New Testament
Four weekly sessions, starting May 6, 2026 Each week will focus on a book from the New Testament: Luke, Acts, First Corinthians, and John. Four one-hour sessions: May 6, 13, 20, and 27. All sessions will start at 7 PM EST. You are receiving this message because you signed up
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