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SUMMARY:Women in the Hands of Men: Rabbinic Interpretations of the Four Matriarchs
DESCRIPTION:It’s not surprising that many of the familiar Hebrew Bible tales concerning the four Matriarchs portray them very favorably.  However\, the Book of Genesis also relates some episodes about these women that seem to imply mixed or even negative judgments about particular aspects of their moral characters.  We’ll examine how the contributions of classical rabbinic commentary create balance and nuance for our understanding of the Matriarchs’ characters—in particular\, through some imaginative and often surprising stories in the midrashic literature that read against the grain of Torah in order to counter the positive or negative implications of the biblical text. \n\nJerry Rabow\, a graduate of Harvard College and Harvard Law School\, retired from the practice of law in 1996 to focus on studying\, teaching\, and writing.  He has taught many adult education programs for synagogues\, universities\, book groups\, and other Jewish\, legal\, and general community organizations\, including lecturing extensively about topics related to his books.  He continues to be active as a member and lay leader of Valley Beth Shalom Synagogue in Encino\, and he currently serves as a public member of the Institutional Review Board for Human Subject Research at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center.  His writings include: Many professional articles on probate\, estate planning\, and taxation; various inspirational poetry\, prayers\, and essays privately published by religious\, literary\, and charitable organizations; A Guide to Jewish Mourning and Condolence\, a nationally distributed booklet now available to the public at www.vbs.org; 50 Jewish Messiahs (Gefen Publishing House)\, telling the life stories of the major Jewish messiah figures since Jesus\, and their impact upon the Christian\, Muslim\, and secular worlds of their time; and The Lost Matriarch: Finding Leah in the Bible and Midrash (Jewish Publication Society)\, which uses classical Midrash and personal commentary to uncover the hidden story of Leah\, perhaps our most important but most neglected biblical Matriarch. \n\nEvent Flyer\n\nLight lunch will be provided\n\nCo-sponsored by: UCLA Alan D. Leve Center for Jewish Studies\n\n\n\nPlease RSVP for Event\n\n [gravityform id=”19″ title=”false” description=”false” ajax=”true”]
URL:https://religion.ucla.edu/event/women-hands-men-rabbinic-interpretations-four-matriarchs/
LOCATION:Royce Hall\, Rm 306
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SUMMARY:How Ancient Israel Began: A New Archaeological Perspective
DESCRIPTION:Over the last hundred years or so\, a number of theories have been proposed to explain the origins of ancient Israel. All these have been informed to some degree by the biblical text and all have considered the role of New Kingdom Egypt and the collapse of empires throughout the Near East circa 1200-1100 BCE. The lecture will present a radical new proposal: that Egypt itself instigated “Israelite” settlement. \n\n\nAbout the Speaker: David llan is the director of the Nelson Glueck School of Biblical Archaeology at Hebrew Union College in Jerusalem. He has excavated at Tel Arad\, Tel Megiddo\, and Tel Dan. He teaches at Hebrew Union College and has taught at Tel Aviv University\, Hebrew University\, and at Johns Hopkins University. He specializes in mortuary archaeology\, religion\, and ritual in the Chalcolithic period\, the Middle Bronze Age and the early Iron Age of the southern Levant. Since 2005\, he has directed the excavations at Tel Dan in northern Israel. He is also the editor of the journal NGSBA Archaeology.\n\n\n \n\n\n\nSponsored by the\nUCLA Alan D. Leve Center for Jewish Studies\nFunding provided by the\nViterbi Program in Mediterranean Jewish Studies\nCosponsored by the\nUCLA Department of Near Eastern Languages & Cultures\nUCLA Center for the Study of Religion\nUCLA Costen Institute of Archaeology\n  \n\n\nEvent Flyer\n\n\nPre-registration is required\nEmail: cjsrsvp@humnet.ucla.edu or call (310)-267-5327 \n 
URL:https://religion.ucla.edu/event/ancient-israel-began-new-archaeological-perspective/
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