A lecture exploring the Jewish character of St. Paul, the apostle to the Gentiles, will be held at 7 p.m. Thursday, April 8, in room 3029 of the Mike and Josie Harper Center, 602 N. 20th St.

The lecture is free to the public.

The lecture titled, “Paul was not a Christian: Understanding the Jewish Paul,” will be presented by Pamela Eisenbaum, Ph.D., a professor of Biblical Studies and Christian Origins at the Iliff School of Theology in Denver, Colo.

Eisenbaum has published widely on Paul, including "Paul was not a Christian" from HarperCollins (2009). As a Jewish New Testament scholar, she has contributed to understanding early Jewish-Christian relations.

The lecture is sponsored by the Kripke Center for the Study of Religion and Society. For more information contact Fran Minear at 280-2303 or fminear@creighton.edu.