CALENDAR OF SEMINARS AND CLASSES

(Descriptions and details below).

1. •June 3, Sunday, 3:00-7:00 pm. “Lands of the Bible, Part 1.”
   

2. •June 10, Sunday, 3:00-7:00 pm. “Lands of the Bible, Part 2.”
   

3. •June 11 - July 31, 7:00 pm, (six Tuesday nights): “Translating Ruth” (ongoing class).
   

4. •June 11 - July 31, 8:00 pm, (six Tuesday nights): “Hebrew 102” (ongoing class).
   

5. •July 1, Sunday, 3:00-7:00 pm. “Yeshua Our Atonement.”
   

6. •ONLINE: August 5 - September 9. “Learning Ruth in Hebrew.”
   

7. •ONLINE: August 5 - September 9. “Ruth for Beginning Hebrew Learners.”
   

8. •September-October, 7:00 pm, (six Tuesday nights): “C.S. Lewis and Abraham Heschel: Faith.”
   

9. •September-October, 8:00 pm, (six Tuesday nights): “Beginner’s Hebrew (101).”
   

DESCRIPTIONS AND DETAILS

Lands of the Bible 1. June 3. 3:00-7:00 pm.

From before Abraham and all the way to Babylonian exile. This is a slideshow, biblical history, and biblical lands discussion led by Rabbi Leman. This is particularly great for people interested in travel to Israel or just in understanding Bible history and places. Four sessions of approximately one hour each. Cost: $35.

Lands of the Bible 2. June 10. 3:00-7:00 pm.

Second Temple period. Places of importance in Yeshua’s career and in the travels of the apostles, especially Paul. The lands of Revelation. All with slideshow, explanation of history and places by Rabbi Leman. Four sessions of approximately one hour each. Cost: $35.

Yeshua Our Atonement. July 1. 3:00-7:00 pm.

This is an introduction to the content of Rabbi Leman’s upcoming book (scheduled for September 2012). We start with a new understanding of atonement in Torah and how it relates to Yeshua’s death. Session 2 will explore the Divine Glory, the Ark, and the meaning of atonement in Temple days. Session 3 will consider the Divine Glory Incarnate and atonement theories in Christian theology. Session will bring it all together and relate the Torah to the death of Messiah and his resurrection and return. Cost: $35.

ONLINE: With live sessions: Learning Ruth in Hebrew, translating key texts and discussing themes and relationships of Ruth to the rest of the Hebrew Bible. This is a class for people who can pronounce Hebrew and know a few rudiments already (there is a more basic class listed below). August 5 - September 9. Times for live sessions to be determined in discussion with students. Register at the New School for Jewish Studies at http://nsfjs.org

ONLINE: With live sessions: Ruth for Hebrew Beginners, interpreting Ruth and learning to read letters and consonants from key words in Ruth. August 5 - September 9. Times for live sessions to be determined in discussion with students. Register at the New School for Jewish Studies at http://nsfjs.org

C.S. Lewis and Abraham Joshua Heschel on Faith.  Six Tuesdays in September-October, beginning September 4 at 7:00 pm. Nearly all Christians know C.S. Lewis. Nearly all Jewish people know Heschel. Their lives overlap as do their ideas. And both had a great deal to say about faith, miracles, prophets, mysticism, and living as a believer. This six-week class will be an introduction to their ideas and a lively discussion. $50 per student. RSVP needed to ensure we will have a class.

Beginner’s Hebrew. Six Tuesdays in September-October, beginning September 4 at 8:00 pm. Learn to read the consonants and vowels of Hebrew with examples from the book of Ruth. $50 per student. RSVP needed to ensure we will have a class.

To RSVP email Rabbi Leman at yeshuaincontext at gmail.

COMING SOON: From Scrolls to Scripture.

We know the Bible did not simply “appear” on bookstore shelves in modern times. Yet information on the origins of the books now collected into the Bible is hard to come by. Masoretic texts. Dead Sea Scrolls. Septuagint. Vulgate. Sinaiticus. Vaticanus. Papyrus fragments. Majority text. Textus Receptus. Hebrew. Aramaic. Greek. All is explained simply to help you see where your favorite translation came from. Four sessions of approximately one hour each. Cost: $35.

Classes We Will Do Again . . .

Lands of the Bible

Learn about the place from which Abraham came, the geography of the Exodus, Wilderness, and Conquest period into the kingdoms of Israel and Judah, exiles in Assyria and Babylon, the rise of Persia, the kingdoms of Greece and Rome and New Testament geography. Bring together the people and places into a timeline and onto maps to be able to envision the grand sweep of God's leaping to and fro in history and on the globe, from redemption to redemption.

In the Days of Torah: Purity and Temple

An introduction to the central ideas of Torah: clean and unclean, pure and impure, sin and impurity, atonement and offering, Temple and the Glory of Hashem. This seminar will make most of what is contained in the Torah comprehensible. It is precisely confusion about purity and sin and atonement that has made the Temple, offering, and rituals of Genesis-Deuteronomy like a foreign language to most people. Cost: $35.

Eyewitnesses in the Gospels

Where did the gospels come from? The truth is not as simple as in many traditional explanations, but neither are the gospels late and unconnected to the eyewitnesses as often alleged. Learn the evidence for eyewitness testimony in Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John. Understand how the stories of Yeshua were passed down and came to be written. Cost: $35

Free Educational Resources . . .

Daily D’var. Daily Torah readings and gospel readings with Rabbi Leman’s comments. Request the “Daily D’var” at yeshuaincontext at gmail dot com.

Daily Isaiah. Want to read through Isaiah in a year with Rabbi Leman’s commentary? Request “Daily Isaiah” at yeshuaincontext at gmail dot com.

Saturday instruction at Tikvat David: we welcome guests and each week there is an hour of interactive teaching on topics such as: the life and message of Yeshua, Torah for today, biblical wisdom, the prophets of Israel, and more. See our “About Us” page for times and details.

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