Tanach Yom Iyun at Yeshiva University

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Heroes and Villains in Tanach

Tanach Yom Iyun

Sunday, Nov. 1, 2009
For Men and Women
$5 Suggested Donation
Free Admission for YU Stduents

Registration at 9:15am, Mincha and Conclusion at 1:30pm
Yeshiva University, Furst Hall room 501, 500 West 185th Street, NY, NY
Refreshments Will be Served

A project of Yeshiva University's Center for the Jewish Future and the Office of Student Affairs. For dedication and sponsorship opportunities, or for more information, please email YUyomiyun@yu.edu or call 212 960 5400 ext.6728.

9:30 am

Rabbi Dr. Jacob J. Schacter
Must Biblical Heroes be Perfect?

10:30am

Rabbi Hayyim Angel
The Complex Biblical Portrait of Ahav

Rabbi Allen Schwartz
Yonadav: Deviously Deranged or Cunningly Concerned?

Rabbi Dr. Moshe Sokolow
Saul and Agag: Who Was the Villain? Pedagogical and Methodological Considerations

11:30am

Rabbi Dr. David Berger
Jacob/Israel, Esau/Edom, and the True Israel in the Jewish-Christian Debate

Rabbi Kenneth Brander
The Sanctity of Scandal

Mrs. Yael Leibowitz
Biblical Women as Victims and Perpetrators of Violence: a Study in Context

Mrs. Shoshana Scechter
From Prince of Egypt to Prince of God: the Development of Moshe Rabbeinu

12:30PM

Dr. Shawn Zelig Aster
Yehoshua and the Geography of Eretz Yisrael: a Workshop

Rabbi Menachem Leibtag
The Bible's Villains Who Thought They Were Heroes

Rabbi Dr. Mitchell Orlian
Hoshea, the Hero of His Time (Hebrew)

Mrs. Deena Rabinovich
Yoav: Friend and Foe