Hebrew Bible to the World

As we come to the end of the first great narrative of Genesis, what is it about? We will explore how to read Biblically: Forward, backward, and, most importantly, to the middle, to draw out what i tells.

For thousands of years, readers of eh BIble sensed that it is a story of falling ann recontruction. But there are 7 ruptures desribed in Genesis. Each was provided a solution nd tehn the solution also failed. We will disucss 3 of them - the best known Fall and how it wsa conceptualized in Jewish and Christian thought, teh role opf Satan and Yetzer Hara (Evil INclincation), but also the rupture of Cain adn QAbel, and Nephilim.

How do we approach the Two Trees of Genesis? What do they mean, or.. what do they tell?

Review and short explanation to 10 approaches to Image of God from Nishmat Chayim of R. Menashe Yisroel, and we close with Pico Della Mirandola and R. Y.B. Soloveitchik for modern man.

On return to Eden: Yael Ziegler - Return to Eden in the song of songs - https://www.hatanakh.com/en/lessons/paradise-regained-return-gan-eden-shir-hashirim Yael Ziegler - Israel as the replacement for Eden - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0dafcwgiUrQ&ab_channel=Israel365 Alex Israel - https://www.alexisrael.org/behukotai---back-to-eden

The 4 rivers of Genesis - what they may be and why are we told about them at all. Note: I misidentifeid the title fo the book about Aharon Marcus. It is: The Chasid from Hamburg, not Nuremburg and here is the link there you can see it, https://www.amazon.com/Chasid-Hamburg-Portrait-Courage-Humility/dp/158330701X

The leitvort technique and structural analysis.  How to justify Rabbis!

Are the events of Genesis literally true or represent true and profound teachins, or both? Are some non-literal and how do we distniguish?

Man;s evolving udnerstanding and covenant with Woman. Biology, reproduciton, spirituality.

And man should abandon his father and mother and cling to his wife. Abandon?

I complete the story that is found a few minutes into the podcast.  After my vanity and ambition had me figuratively stuck on the podium, in the panel in which I palyed a role of a scientist, not a Rabbi, and could not contradict religiously offensive material being spoken by a fellow panelist, rertribution and a lesson came fast. As I exited the venue and went into one of those Manhattan underground garages to reclaim my car, it would not start. A tow truck could not pass thorugh the narrow entrance and the proprietor would not help me in any way. Now I was literally stuck. A worker quietly whispered to me that the owner lieaves at 4 AM, and then he will help. I waited on the cold Manhattan street until then, and he pushed my car out onto the street with another vehicel. Then I was able to get a tow truck. G-d is the Great Teacher!

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