CIJC 846 Biblical Prophets II, Fall 2021

Self enrolment

This course is a continuation of Biblical Prophet I, Search for course summary there.

CIJC 845 Biblical Prophets I, Summer 2021

Self enrolment
Heschel's fundamental thesis is that the prophets were people whose heart and soul willingly or not resonated with the spirit of Adonai, and reflected a state and purpose which cannot be characterised in any other way or subsumed under any other intellectual tradition. Accordingly, he reflects a faith perspective within the Jewish tradition. What it provides to Jewish people, this work also provides a strand of informed support to those Christians who encounter debates about whether God in his omnipotence cares, in any way resembling that of (some of) his human creation, for the issues humanity perennially faces in the 'this-world' struggle for social justice among human beings (fired by concern for the paradigmatic 'widow', 'orphan', or otherwise weak or dispossessed...), as well as how to make productive but respectful use of the rest of creation, over which we have power. In his own life, Heschel was a person passionate about social justice and personally involved in some of its causes. In that sense, he listened to his own sense of what the prophets were about, beyond offering an account of it. As both an academic (of its time) text and reflection of the work of an amazingly thoughtful theologian, this work deserves to be read and referenced in any course of theology or religious study of any substantive duration.

CIJC 856 The Book of Proverbs II, Spring 2021

Self enrolment

This is the continuation of CIJC 855 The book of Proverbs

CIJC 855 The Book of Proverbs I, Fall 2020

Self enrolment

In this course we will study the book of Proverbs in detail from the original text.  The text book comes from an Anthology, Da'at Soferim.

The book of Proverbs is a difficult book.  Not because the language used in it is archaic, not because the concepts discussed in it are difficult to comprehend, but because it is demanding.  It demands an honest look into one's own inner and outer lives.  Do one's own beliefs and attitudes reach those presented here?  Does one's own behavior live up to these standards?  

CICJ 749 Ephesians and the Omer, Spring 2017

This is a course that correlates the Book of Ephesians to the counting of the Omer from a Jewish perspective.?? Each day of the Omer is matched with a portion of the book of Ephesians and two corresponding Sephirot.

CILA 803 Basics of Biblical Hebrew I-MA-JC (4cr)

Introduction to the Hebrew Alep-Bet, some Grammar, the Shema and Vocabulary.

This course requires a text book, workbook and attendance or live streaming.

This course covers lesson 1-6 and is a requirement for the Master and Doctoral Degree of any kind.

CICJ 880 Yad Ha-Chazaqah, the mighty hand of God, Fall 2015 (3cr)

This course requires a text book.?? This course discusses Rambam's Mishneh Torah.

The text book can be aquired at mysefer.com, Mishneh Torah, vol 1, Yesodei HaTorah.