#37 The Books of the Maccabees, Hanukkah, and What Makes Tanakh Tanakh: Concluding class
#37 The Books of the Maccabees, Hanukkah, and What Makes Tanakh Tanakh: Concluding class
Why were the Books of the Maccabees excluded from the Jewish Bible? Explore that question, and then review what makes Ta... Read more
25 May 2017
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52mins
#36 Chronicles: Perspectives in Prophetic History
#36 Chronicles: Perspectives in Prophetic History
A careful analysis between Samuel-Kings and Chronicles enables us to get behind the scenes at how these prophetic books ... Read more
11 May 2017
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1hr
#35 Ezra-Nehemiah: Transition to the Second Temple Period
#35 Ezra-Nehemiah: Transition to the Second Temple Period
The beginning of the Second Temple era (538-432 BCE) stoked great hopes for redemption, but also gave reason for concern... Read more
4 May 2017
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55mins
#34 Daniel: The Hidden Story of Hanukkah
#34 Daniel: The Hidden Story of Hanukkah
Overview of the messages of Daniel, including a look at how the book secretly appears to be speaking about the story of ... Read more
27 Apr 2017
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54mins
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#33 Kohelet: Sanctifying the Human Perspective
#33 Kohelet: Sanctifying the Human Perspective
Kohelet made many rabbinic thinkers nervous about the religious lessons of the book. In this lecture, we explore what ma... Read more
23 Mar 2017
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1hr
#32 Lamentations: Putting the Mouth before the Eye
#32 Lamentations: Putting the Mouth before the Eye
A consideration of how the alphabetical poetic structure contains a valuable interpretive tool as Lamentations grapples ... Read more
16 Mar 2017
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53mins
#31 The Book of Esther: What They Didn’t Teach Us in Day School
#31 The Book of Esther: What They Didn’t Teach Us in Day School
By imposing selected Midrashim onto the biblical text, many yeshiva-educated students have a difficult time seeing what ... Read more
10 Mar 2017
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1hr 1min
#30 The Book of Ruth: Feel Good Narrative or Ambiguous?
#30 The Book of Ruth: Feel Good Narrative or Ambiguous?
An exploration of two different readings of the Book of Ruth, which both fit the text perfectly. Are the characters pure... Read more
2 Mar 2017
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1hr
#29 Song of Songs: Romance and Religion
#29 Song of Songs: Romance and Religion
An overview of Rabbi Yuval Cherlow's remarkable book on the Song of Songs, exploring the complexities of religious exper... Read more
23 Feb 2017
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57mins
#28 Job: Addressing the Hole Created By the Torah
#28 Job: Addressing the Hole Created By the Torah
The courageous Book of Job addresses the problem of bad things happening to good people. A literary analysis of the book... Read more
9 Feb 2017
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55mins
