Nine Sunday Mornings
10:30 AM-Noon ET
March 3-May 19, 2024
(No class on March 24, April 21, and May 12)
Participation in trimesters 1-2 is not a prerequisite to join the class.

Instructor: Gideon Amir
Location: Zoom Classroom

The book of Jubilees is a Jewish-Apocrypha book written in the second century BCE. It re-tells the stories from the book 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.

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REGISTRATION RATES
This course is offered on a sliding payment scale. Both tiers receive identical access to the program.
Standard Class Rate: $150
Base Rate: $135 (Subsidized by Haberman Institute donors)

All interested students are encouraged to join our classes. Should the registration rates become a barrier to enrollment, please reach out to our Executive Director, Matthew Silverman.

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 #3)