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3.00 Credits
Students become familiar with the unique characteristics of these works and the holidays with which they are associated. Division: Jewish Community High School Department: Bible
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3.00 Credits
This course will focus on studying the Biblical books of Psalms, Proverbs and Job as literature, as well as for the moral and ethical lessons which can be derived from them. It will cover the canonization of each book, its historical background, discussions about its authorship, and varied interpretations. It will help acquaint students with Biblical use of poetic forms such as metaphors and types of parallelism. Students will be encouraged to apply lessons from the texts to their own lives and to modern society. Division: Jewish Community High School Department: Bible
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50.00 Credits
Division: Jewish Community High School Department: Bible
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3.00 Credits
Students in this course will study the origins and development of Israelite society and its institutions, from the Patriarchal period to Ezra- Nehemiah. Sources used include the Bible, literary texts, and archaeological findings from surrounding nations. Division: College Division Department: Bible
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3.00 Credits
Participants in this course will develop greater comfort and competence both with learning narratives from the Torah and transmitting them authentically to 3 to 6 year old children. A theoretical rationale as well as methodologies for presenting concepts of God, Mitzvot, Jewish holidays, values and Israel found in the narrative context will be integrated into the course. Criteria for selecting appropriate stories will be presented along with storytelling techniques and a range of creative experiences that bring the stories to life in the classroom. (Course may be taken for Bible or Jewish Education credit) Division: College Division Department: Bible
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3.00 Credits
A careful reading of the text in terms of meaning and structure, literary devices and techniques, a search for the most plausible peshat (literal meaning), a sharing of personal meanings, and religious and Division: College Division Department: Bible
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3.00 Credits
The narrative materials in Leviticus, Numbers and Deuteronomy (excluding the legal portions) will be studied from several points of view: the inner structure of the stories, their relationship to other similar or different ones, and the values they embody. The overall themes of the first two books relate to the development in Israel of a sanctuary-based community, while Deuter-onomy minimizes the cult, recapitulating earlier material, but also projecting an innovative point of view. Modern commentaries will be consulted, especially the new JPS commentaries. The traditional commentaries, Rashi and Radak, will also be used. Division: College Division Department: Bible
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1.00 Credits
This course is a survey of the ways in which the theme of "Exodus" functions in biblical narrative. After a general introduction in Unit One, Units Two-Thirteen will be devoted to an analysis of the biblical motif of Exodus. In the final two sessions, we will consider the continuing significance of the Exodus for the modern Jew and for non-Jewish persons facing political and social persecution and "slavery.Division: College Division Department: Bible
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3.00 Credits
This course is an introduction to the great body of Jewish literature, beginning with the later parts of the Bible itself, which has been shaped by the centrality of biblical texts to Jewish religion and culture. The great medieval exegetes (Rashi, Rashbam, Ibn Ezra, and Ramban) will be emphasized and students will explore inner-biblical exegesis, the rabbinic approach to the Bible, the Bible in medieval philosophy and mysticism, and contemporary trends in Jewish exegesis. Division: College Division Department: Bible
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3.00 Credits
This course examines a number of important Jewish women in the Hebrew Bible. Utilizing modern biblical scholarship and in-depth textual analysis skills, we will study the biblical texts in which they are found within their historical context. While the major focus of this course will be on the biblical text, it will conclude with a study of some classical rabbinic interpretations of biblical women. This course can also be taken for Jewish Thought credit. Division: College Division Department: Bible
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