This three-part series will take place on Tuesdays at 2:00pm Eastern, 1:00pm Central, 9:00pm in Israel

This course will explore the ways in which the concept of Torah developed among Jews in the ancient world. We will begin by exploring the relationship between written texts and oral traditions in the Tanakh, will move on to consider the controversies surrounding scriptural translation in the Second Temple period, and will close with a unit on how the notion of Oral Torah developed.

Topics include:

May 3: The Written Torah

May 10: The Translated Torah

May 17: The Expanded Torah


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