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Dead Sea Scrolls & 2nd Temple Literature #3: Enoch – The Book of the Watchers

Join our lively discussion on Enoch and the Book of the Watchers!
What biblical texts lie behind the Book of the Watchers? What was the sin of the Watchers? How did Jews of the Second Temple period use this story to explain the Flood and the origin of all evil?

Miryam Brand July 23, 2020 Second Temple Literature, Understanding Sin and Evil Permalink
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Dead Sea Scrolls & 2nd Temple Literature #2: The Book of Jubilees

Join us for a discussion of the Book of Jubilees, a prime example of “Rewritten Bible.” Why would an author in antiquity want to believe in demons roaming with God’s permission? How did writers in the Second Temple period attempt to “fix” the biblical text? What biblical topics became a …

Miryam Brand March 29, 2019 Hebrew Bible, Second Temple Literature Permalink
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Minor Prophets #1: Introduction to Minor Prophets – Trei Asar

Welcome to yet another new series! This class in Hebrew Bible will alternate with the Second Temple literature series. This introductory class …

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Dead Sea Scrolls and Second Temple Literature #1: Introduction

Welcome to the beginning of a new lecture series: an overview of Jewish texts of the Second Temple period and the Dead …

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#31: The Concubine of Gibeah – Pilegesh BaGive’ah

In this class, we discuss the ultimate example of collective punishment gone horribly, horribly wrong: the Concubine of Gibeah, known in Hebrew …

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#30: Collective and Intergenerational Punishment in the Bible – Review

We’re back! Join us as we engage in a high-level discussion on the different views of collective and intergenerational punishment in the …

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#29: Ezekiel, Intergenerational Punishment & Individual Responsibility

This podcast is a continuation of the previous discussion on the shift of the biblical view and representation of intergenerational punishment. In …

#28: Intergenerational Punishment – Changing Worldviews in the Bible

In this episode we discuss the approach to divine intergenerational punishment (the punishment of a future generation for the sins of a …

#27: Collective Punishment — Divine Morality and Human Justice

In this far-reaching episode, we discuss the idea of collective punishment in the Hebrew Bible, the problems it poses in the context …

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Behind the Scenes of the Hanukkah Story: The Books of the Maccabees

What was behind Antiochus’s decrees? Was Hanukkah really the end of the fight for independence? And what was the difference between Judean …

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  • Minor Prophets #1: Introduction to Minor Prophets – Trei Asar
  • Dead Sea Scrolls and Second Temple Literature #1: Introduction
  • #31: The Concubine of Gibeah – Pilegesh BaGive’ah

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