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Prophets IV – The ‘Mad Enthusiasts’ – False Prophets and Profiteers

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Dr. Zohar Raviv. The making of the Prophetic experience in the Jewish foundational writings. We have the incredible good fortune to once again listen to Dr. Zohar Raviv in this new five part series: The Prophets of Israel Part IV.  We Discuss the properties of false prophecy, motivation and popular attraction of false prophecy. The Fate of false prophets and who follows them.

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Prophets III – Finger On A Nation’s Moral Pulse

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Dr. Zohar Raviv. The making of the Prophetic experience in the Jewish foundational writings. We have the incredible good fortune to once again listen to Dr. Zohar Raviv in this new five part series: The Prophets of Israel Part III. We discuss Ezekiel,Hosea. Amos and Isaiah.

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Prophets II – Face to Face – as a Covenantal Paradigm

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We have the incredible good fortune to once again listen to Dr. Zohar Raviv in this new five part series: The Prophets of Israel Part II. Finger on a Nation’s Moral Pulse. Biblical ‘Face to Face’ Encounters. Face to Face: Blurring the Cognitive Barriers. On Seeing the VOICE. Seek My Face: Seeing is to Be Seen. Do not Turn Your Face from Me..Man Turns Away from God. Divine Retribution. Setting God’s Face: Commencement of Judgement.

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The Prophets of Israel – What is their role in the ongoing negotiation between man and God – Part I

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We have the incredible good fortune to once again listen to Dr. Zohar Raviv in this new five part series: The Prophets of Israel. This first session will examine prophets within the conceptual context of theology – what is their role in the ongoing negotiation between man and God. Some questions examined in this session. What is God? Why did God create the world and for what purpose? How are we to respond to the theological charge? How do humans – both as individuals and as members of a community – to shape every aspect of their lives and align themselves with God’s plan space, time, clothing, speech, ritual, liturgy, diet government, economics, art…every aspect of human life is subject to theological scrutiny and therefore calls for articulation in the religious realm. Fascinating and totally compelling.

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Alma College – Song of Songs – Dynamics of Sexuality and Mysticism – Yair Lipshitz -Part IV

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This is a five part series in English presented by Alma College in Tel Aviv. Part four Yair discusses the Sexuality and Mysticism in Song of Songs. Yair Lipshitz has completed his PHD at the department for Theater Arts in Tel aviv University, writing on the body as a hermeneutical site for Jewish textual culture in theater and drama. He lectures at the Department for theater Arts in Tel Aviv University and at Alma.

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Alma College – Song of Songs The House and the Garden – The Space for Eros – Yair Lipshitz -Part III

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This is a five part series in English presented by Alma College in Tel Aviv. Part one is entitled Reading the Song: Introduction to a unique biblical text. Yair Lipshitz has completed his PHD at the department for Theater Arts in Tel aviv University, writing on the body as a hermeneutical site for Jewish textual culture in theater and drama. He lectures at the Department for theater Arts in Tel Aviv University and at Alma.

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