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e-TiM: The Early Prophets - One Book, One Theme: How Prophetic Purpose Can Explain Conflicting Content

The Early Prophets - One Book, One Theme:
How Prophetic Purpose Can Explain Conflicting Content

Rabbi Menachem Leibtag

Sundays, 11:15 am Eastern

There will be no class on Sunday, February 11

As we present an overview of all four books of the Early Prophets, we will not discuss WHAT the book is about; rather our focus will be on WHY the book was written. In light of the theme that we uncover, we will return to review its specific contents.

Our goal is to provide not only an overview of the books, but also to arrive at a better appreciation of why each book was composed and what its meaning to the nation at the time of its composition was, as well as what its, and their, impact on the future generations of Israel might be.

We plan to dedicate 3 to 4 classes to each of the books.

Program details

Dates

April 23, 2023 to September 1, 2024

Time

Sundays 11:15 AM to 12:15 PM EDT

Topics

Biblical Commentaries, Neviim

Classes of e-TiM: The Early Prophets - One Book, One Theme: How Prophetic Purpose Can Explain Conflicting Content

Source Material

The Early Prophets #1 - April 23 (PDF)

Prophets #2 April 30 - Sefer Yehoshua the FIRST book of Neviim, or the LAST book of the TORAH (PDF)

Prophets #3 May 14 - The Last Chapter of Yehoshua (PDF)

Prophets #4 May 21 - Sefer Yehoshua & the Concept of Covenant (PDF)

Prophets #5 May 28 - Sefer Shoftim - A book about Judges, or a book about Kings! (PDF)

Prophets #6 June 4 - Sefer Shoftim - A book about Judges, or about Kings (Part 2) (PDF)

Prophets #7 June 11 - Sefer Shoftim A book about Judges, or about Kings (Part 3) (PDF)

Prophets #8 June 25 - Pessel Micha: Idol Worship or Idle Worship (PDF)

Prophets #9 July 2 - Sefer Shoftim: A book about Judges or Kings - Conclusion (PDF)

Prophets #10 July 16 - Sefer Shmuel & Its Prophetic Purpose: Intro (PDF)

Prophets #11 July 23 - The destruction of Shilo, and how it explains the destruction of Yerushalaim (PDF)

Prophets #12 July 30 - Who was Shmuel: a Levite, a Kohen, a Shofet, or a Navi? (PDF)

Prophets #13 August 6 - The Transition from Shoftim to Shmuel (PDF)

Prophets # 14 October 22 Shmuel - A Prophet, a Judge or a Leader (PDF)

Prophets #15 October 29 Shmuel - The Sons of Eli (PDF)

Prophets # 16 - November 5 Asking for a King - Shmuel Aleph chapters 8 thru 12 (PDF)

Prophets # 17 - November 19 Why Shaul loses his Kingdom because he WINS a War (PDF)

Prophets # 18 - Nov 26 Shaul’s sin with Amalek – “shogeg” or “mayzid” An “intentional” or “unintentional” mistake (PDF)

Prophets #19 - David and Goliath, David and Shaul (PDF)

Prophets #20 - The Rivalry between David and Shaul (PDF)

Prophets #21 What makes King David Eternal! (PDF)

Prophets #22 - What Makes King David Better than Shaul (PDF)

Prophets #23 - King David's Passive Rise to Power (Jan 14) (PDF)

Prophets # 24 - King David and Jerusalem (Jan 21) (PDF)

Prophets #25 - King David and Jerusalem Pt 2 (Jan 28) (PDF)

Prophets 25 - King David and Jerusalem part 3 (Feb 4) (PDF)

Prophets 26 - King David and & Bat Sheva (Feb 18) (PDF)

Prophets 27 - King David and & Bat Sheva part 2 (Feb 25) (PDF)

Prophets 28 - Avshalom's Rebellion (PDF)

Prophets 29 - Re-examining Sefer Shmuel & the Haggadah in light of Tehillim 78 (March 31) (PDF)

Prophets 30 - Torah Reading for Pesach (PDF)

Prophets 31 - Hand of G-d in Sefer Shmuel (PDF)

Prophets 32 - Hand of G-d in Song and Psalms (May 12) (PDF)

Prophets 33 - King David & Jerusalem & The Conclusion of Sefer Shmuel (May 19) (PDF)

Prophets 34 - The Temple in Jerusalem vs The High Places (PDF)

Prophets 39 - The Temple in Jerusalem vs. the ‘High Places’ (PDF)

Prophets 40 - The Centrality of the Temple in Neviim (PDF)

Prophets 41 - The Transition from Sefer Shmuel to Sefer Melachim (PDF)

Prophets 42 - The Transition from Sefer Shmuel to Sefer Melachim (Part 2) (PDF)

Prophets 43 - The centrality of Jerusalem in Shmuel & Melachim (PDF)

Prophets 44 - The thematic centrality of Temple in Sefer Melachim (PDF)

Prophets 45 - Yerovam's Revolt & the Split Kingdom: When Politics & Religion clash (PDF)

Prophets 46 - Yerovam's Revolt & the Split Kingdom – Part II The Temple in Bet-El: A ‘calf’ or a ‘kruv’? (PDF)

Prophets 47 - 1st Temple Loss according to sefer Melachim Part 1 (PDF)

Prophets 48 - 1st Temple Loss according to sefer Melachim Part 2 (PDF)

Prophets 49 - Achav & Eliyahu – Who’s the villain and who’s the hero? (PDF)

Prophets 50 - From Eliyahu to Elisha – Between ‘fire’ & ‘water’ The purpose of the Prophets in Sefer Melachim (PDF)

Prophets 51 - The fight against Baal worship – from Eliyahu on Mt. Carmel to Yehu in the Jezreel valley (September 1) (PDF)

Meet the speaker

Rabbi Menachem Leibtag

Rabbi Menachem Leibtag, an internationally acclaimed bible scholar and pioneer of Jewish Education on the internet, is well known in the Jewish community for his essays on the weekly Bible portion.  His vibrant thematic-analytical approach blends the methods of modern academic scholarship with traditional Jewish approaches to the Biblical text. He is best known for his ability to teach students how to study rather than simply read Biblical passages. As his essays focus on meta-themes in the Bible, his readership

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