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Florida Southern holds
annual Biblical Symposium

LAKELAND, Fla. (Jan. 29, 2002) - FSC's religion department sponsors its annual Bible Symposium Feb. 14 and 15 in the Hollis Room on campus. Thursday's session begins at 10 a.m. and Friday's at 8:30 a.m.

This year's theme, "The Quest for the Historical Jesus in the Twentieth Century," will be presented by Dr. James Charlesworth, Princeton Theological Seminary; Dr. Ernst Baasland, Bishop in the Norwegian Lutheran Church; Dr. Carsten Claussen, Protestant Theological Faculty of Munich, Germany; and Dr. Walter Weaver, Florida Southern College, emeritus. The symposium is open to the public. For further information, contact Beverly Johnson in the religion department at 680-4180.

About Florida Southern College
Florida Southern is a four-year, private, co-educational liberal arts college affiliated with the United Methodist Church. The college offers more than 40 undergraduate majors and a master of business administration degree accredited by the Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools. Located in Lakeland, Fla., the college is home to the largest, single-site collection of Frank Lloyd Wright architecture in the world.

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