About this course
This ten-unit course is on Tehillim, the Book of Psalms, the first book in Ketuvim (the Writings). Each unit includes a lecture with an average length of 15 minutes and a quiz.
It’s recommended that you read the Book of Psalms before and after listening to the lectures. It’s
also recommended that you read the quiz questions prior to listening as well. The translation of
the Hebrew text is by the course instructor, so it might be slightly different if you are reading a translation along with the lecture.
Required Readings
The Book of Psalms – JPS Translation recommended
The Book of Psalms – Encyclopedia Judaica
Recommended Reading
The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy – plato.stanford.edu
Assessment
Assessments for this course will include one quiz for each unit.
I felt frustrated by this course. Mr. Kamen is knowledgeable and engaging, but the lectures are fast and short, the pertinent Psalms are not made explicit (and are hard to discern), and, unless I missed a lot, the quizzes sometimes ask questions that are nowhere to be found in the materials (i.e. the one in unit 10 on Christianity). I was eager for this class but left feeling quite frustrated.