Rabbi Professor Edward Gershfield presents a new online shiur:

An overview of Biblical literature: Narrative, poetry, and prophecy, and their literary styles

It is designed for those who would like to develop a familiarity with Biblical language and literature as well as consider ideas that emanate from selected sections of Chumash (the Joseph story), Kings (the beginning and end of the reign of King David), Early and Late Prophets (Amos and Hoshea, Yirmiyahu) and the Ketuvim (Poetry of Psalms, Wisdom literature of Kohelet and Proverbs).

Hebrew background is not required but is helpful.

About Professor Edward Gershfield

A native of Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, Professor Edward Gershfield received his BA, from University of Manitoba; MA, Columbia University Graduate School; MA, Teachers College, Columbia University; MHL, Rabbi, The Jewish Theological Seminary; and D. Phil., from Oxford University.

Now Associate Professor Emeritus of Rabbinics (JTS), he was a visiting Professor at Brandeis University; he served as a Chairman of the Department of Talmud and Rabbinics for four years. He has written extensively and has been published in diverse periodicals. Of the many topics on which he has written, one of his particular interests is the laws of Jewish divorce and the agunah problem. Professor Gershfield now serves as President of the UTJ and is active in Morashah, the rabbinic fellowship of the UTJ.

If you are still not convinced that you want to register for this class, watch R. Gershfield teaching Talmud at the Morashah Yom Iyun:

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To Congregations: If you would like to join this class as a group for an adult education program from your synagogue, please contact our office.