Category: Jewish Studies

Read all of the primary sources and article/s on the topic “Providence and Theodicy”. Feel free to research any other relevant sources that you find. Write a 5 page essay (double spaced, Times New Roman, 12 point font, standard margins) on Maimonides’s view of the topic. You must cite at least four primary sources (meaning […]

Read: Genesis 2: 1-3 Exodus: 20:8-11 Read: Nahum Sarna, Exploring Exodus Chap

April 17, 2024

Read: Genesis 2: 1-3 Exodus: 20:8-11 Read: Nahum Sarna, Exploring Exodus Chapter VII “The Ten Commandments: Moses and Monotheism” (focus on The Sabbath) (located on D2l under Content) Compare the way the Sabbath is described, explained and outlined in Genesis 2: 1-3 and Exodus 20: 8-11. Discuss the revolutionary notion of equality as you read […]

Read: Chapter 9 : Kass, Leon. The Beginning of Wisdom : Reading Genesis. New Yor

April 8, 2024

Read: Chapter 9 : Kass, Leon. The Beginning of Wisdom : Reading Genesis. New York: Free Press, 2003. Read: Genesis 11-26 What does the term patriarchy mean in the biblical context? What does the Bible mean by “father,” “fatherhood,” “fathering” and the rule of the fathers? Who are the Israelite matriarchs? Who is Abram? How […]

Read a memoir related to the themes of the course and write a critical review (7

December 28, 2023

Read a memoir related to the themes of the course and write a critical review (7 Read a memoir related to the themes of the course and write a critical review (750 words). A memoir, by definition, is a work of memory – and that is different than a work of history. There is a […]

Reflection Question II Due: Nov 29 Length: 3-5 typed pages (900-1500 words) We r

November 30, 2023

Reflection Question II Due: Nov 29 Length: 3-5 typed pages (900-1500 words) We r Reflection Question II Due: Nov 29 Length: 3-5 typed pages (900-1500 words) We read four short stories (Ruth, Jonah, Esther, and Judith). Pick one of them and argue for its importance in understanding the Jewish God we met in the Pentateuch […]