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.


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The Early Prophets #1 - April 23563.66 KBProphets #2 April 30 - Sefer Yehoshua the FIRST book of Neviim, or the LAST book of the TORAH393.02 KBProphets #3 May 14 - The Last Chapter of Yehoshua298.5 KBProphets #4 May 21 - Sefer Yehoshua & the Concept of Covenant308.8 KBProphets #5 May 28 - Sefer Shoftim - A book about Judges, or a book about Kings!248.44 KBProphets #6 June 4 - Sefer Shoftim - A book about Judges, or about Kings (Part 2) 267.89 KBProphets #7 June 11 - Sefer Shoftim A book about Judges, or about Kings (Part 3) 410.72 KBProphets #8 June 25 - Pessel Micha: Idol Worship or Idle Worship 371.43 KBProphets #9 July 2 - Sefer Shoftim: A book about Judges or Kings - Conclusion376.9 KBProphets #10 July 16 - Sefer Shmuel & Its Prophetic Purpose: Intro395.5 KBProphets #11 July 23 - The destruction of Shilo, and how it explains the destruction of Yerushalaim426.26 KBProphets #12 July 30 - Who was Shmuel: a Levite, a Kohen, a Shofet, or a Navi?468.08 KBProphets #13 August 6 - The Transition from Shoftim to Shmuel 497.73 KBProphets # 14 October 22 Shmuel - A Prophet, a Judge or a Leader 258.77 KBProphets #15 October 29 Shmuel - The Sons of Eli 531.09 KBProphets # 16 - November 5 Asking for a King - Shmuel Aleph chapters 8 thru 12315.91 KBProphets # 17 - November 19 Why Shaul loses his Kingdom because he WINS a War296.64 KBProphets # 18 - Nov 26 Shaul’s sin with Amalek – “shogeg” or “mayzid” An “intentional” or “unintentional” mistake509.84 KBProphets #19 - David and Goliath, David and Shaul 350.33 KBProphets #20 - The Rivalry between David and Shaul 322.21 KBProphets #21 What makes King David Eternal!513.09 KBProphets #22 - What Makes King David Better than Shaul507.09 KBProphets #23 - King David's Passive Rise to Power (Jan 14)520.2 KBProphets # 24 - King David and Jerusalem (Jan 21)652.62 KBProphets #25 - King David and Jerusalem Pt 2 (Jan 28)357.93 KBProphets 25 - King David and Jerusalem part 3 (Feb 4) 376.69 KBProphets 26 - King David and & Bat Sheva (Feb 18) 456.58 KBProphets 27 - King David and & Bat Sheva part 2 (Feb 25) 549.27 KBProphets 28 - Avshalom's Rebellion 507.28 KBProphets 29 - Re-examining Sefer Shmuel & the Haggadah in light of Tehillim 78 (March 31)280.04 KBProphets 30 - Torah Reading for Pesach178.72 KBProphets 31 - Hand of G-d in Sefer Shmuel314.82 KBProphets 32 - Hand of G-d in Song and Psalms (May 12)486.87 KBProphets 33 - King David & Jerusalem & The Conclusion of Sefer Shmuel (May 19)355.82 KBProphets 34 - The Temple in Jerusalem vs The High Places 399.32 KBProphets 39 - The Temple in Jerusalem vs. the ‘High Places’297.46 KBProphets 40 - The Centrality of the Temple in Neviim381.08 KBProphets 41 - The Transition from Sefer Shmuel to Sefer Melachim276.64 KBProphets 42 - The Transition from Sefer Shmuel to Sefer Melachim (Part 2)477.76 KBProphets 43 - The centrality of Jerusalem in Shmuel & Melachim572.33 KBProphets 44 - The thematic centrality of Temple in Sefer Melachim408.48 KBProphets 45 - Yerovam's Revolt & the Split Kingdom: When Politics & Religion clash371.89 KBProphets 46 - Yerovam's Revolt & the Split Kingdom – Part II The Temple in Bet-El: A ‘calf’ or a ‘kruv’?589.81 KBProphets 47 - 1st Temple Loss according to sefer Melachim Part 1788.05 KBProphets 48 - 1st Temple Loss according to sefer Melachim Part 2765.01 KBProphets 49 - Achav & Eliyahu – Who’s the villain and who’s the hero?310.37 KBProphets 50 - From Eliyahu to Elisha – Between ‘fire’ & ‘water’ The purpose of the Prophets in Sefer Melachim167.34 KBProphets 51 - The fight against Baal worship – from Eliyahu on Mt. Carmel to Yehu in the Jezreel valley (September 1)285.34 KB