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New class on Zoom "The World Behind the Bible" with Prof. Mark Leuchter begins September 30
Delve Deeper is a Jewish education initiative that brings dynamic teachers to lead in-depth, university level courses to a diverse group of adult learners in greater Rhode Island. Courses cover a period of Jewish history or a specific Jewish theme, text, or personality. Classes are held on Zoom on a weekday evening for two hours and run for ten weeks.
With Prof. Mark Leuchter
This course will look at the way the Hebrew Bible came together across centuries of ideas and experiences from the social groups behind the texts. It will examine familiar motifs and tales such as creation, the Exodus, law, wisdom, and sacrifice, but will also discuss the role of cultural memory, social cognition, language, and the function of media and art in the world standing behind the creation of these texts. The authors and audiences in antiquity left their imprint on the literature that survived them, and the course will explore the relationship between this literature and the communities that they formed over countless generations of readership.
About Delve Deeper
Delve Deeper programs are presented in cooperation with the Jewish Alliance of Greater Rhode Island and area synagogues, including:
Congregation Beth Shalom
Temple Beth-El,
Temple Emanu-El
Temple Habonim,
Temple Sinai
Temple Torat Yisrael,
and the Jewish Community Day School of Rhode Island.
Financial support is provided by the Joseph and Jacqueline Teverow Memorial Fund at the Jewish Federation Foundation of Greater Rhode Island.
A list of courses we have offered since Spring 2017 is available in the “Past Classes” section of this website.
We welcome your suggestions for instructors and topics for future programs.
For further information, please contact Larry Katz (info@delvedeeper.org).
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