Nine Sunday Mornings
10:30 AM-Noon ET
Dates: Dec 3, 10, 16; January 7, 14, 21, 28; Feb. 4, 11

We will continue our study of the Book of Jubilees. Participation in trimester #1, is not a prerequisite to join the class.

The book of Jubilees is a Jewish-Apocrypha book written in the second century BCE. It re-tells the stories from the books of Genesis and Exodus, from the creation of the world to God’s revelation at Sinai. While the book was not included in the Jewish Canon, the Hebrew Bible, it was, however, included in Ethiopian-Christian Canon.

Opening a window for understanding theological developments from the end of the Hebrew Bible (c. 450 BCE) to the time, more or less, of the Dead Sea Scrolls, this book provides amazing insight into the beliefs and religious rituals of that period.

The English translation of the book is available online and in print.

ENROLL

Instructor: Gideon Amir
Location: Zoom Classroom
The Zoom link will be sent to all registrants prior to the first session.
Registration: $135

Gideon Amir was born in Holland to Holocaust survivors who immigrated to Israel in 1947. He grew up in Jerusalem and served in the IDF as a Paratrooper.

Gideon received his Bachelor’s degree in Mathematics from the Hebrew University in Jerusalem and a Master’s degree in Computer Science from the Weizmann Institute of Science in Rechovot. In 1980, he moved to the United States, where he worked as a manager in several companies including Sperry Univac, British Telecom, and Cisco Systems.

In 1999, he pursued his interest in Judaic Studies and enrolled in a full-time graduate program at Baltimore Hebrew University, where, in May 2001, he received his Master’s degree with honors. Redirecting his passion for teaching from computer science to Jewish and Bible studies, he became an adult Jewish educator for several education programs, including the Haberman Institute, where he continues to teach today.

The Book of Jubilees (Trimester #2)