e-TiM: Online Program
e-TiM: Biblical Faith and the Ways of Wisdom

Dates

July 30, 2025 August 20, 2025

Time

Wednesdays 11:00 AM 12:00 PM Eastern

Next class

Wednesday July 30, 2025

Register

Wednesdays at 11:00 AM Eastern | 6:00 PM Israel Time

Wisdom is not a general concept in the Hebrew Bible but a distinctive school of thought that addresses fundamental questions of the human condition.  Like philosophy—and unlike prophecy—Wisdom acknowledges that most of what we want to know is unknowable, and yet believes that humans have the capacity to understand parts of life and its meaning through the power of our own thought.   

This series explores the insights of Biblical Wisdom through its greatest texts and their counsel for conducting our own lives.

July 30
Am I a Substitute for God?: Joseph and the Wisdom of the Torah 

August 6
To Rain Down on Uninhabited Land: Job and The Wisdom of the East

August 13
A Wise Mind as Will Never Arise Again: Solomonic Wisdom and Proverbs

August 20
Wisdom Better than Weapons of War: Ecclesiastes: Wisdom in Pursuit of Wind

Topics:

Jewish thought, Tanach, General Tanach Topics

Upcoming classes

Biblical Faith and the Ways of Wisdom (Part 1): Am I a Substitute for God?

Rabbi Eric Grossman

Biblical Faith and the Ways of Wisdom (Part 2): To Rain Down on Uninhabited Land

Rabbi Eric Grossman

Biblical Faith and the Ways of Wisdom (Part 3): A Wise Mind as will Never Arise Again

Rabbi Eric Grossman

Biblical Faith and the Ways of Wisdom (Part 4): Wisdom better than Weapons of War

Rabbi Eric Grossman

Meet the speaker

Rabbi Eric Grossman

Rabbi Eric Grossman is an author, Bible scholar, and Head of School at the Akiva School of Montreal.  He lectures across North America at universities, federations, synagogues, and academic conferences on Biblical theology, Jewish history, music, art, and philosophy.  His articles appear in scholarly and popular journals and around the web. Rabbi Grossman is a recipient of the Claus Nobel Educator of Distinction award and is a two-time recipient of the Hebrew University Bible Prize.  Rabbi Grossman studied in the department…

Rabbi Eric Grossman bio & resources