About This Course
Welcome to a 12 unit course on the Prophets, Nevi’im, the second section of the Tanakh, the Hebrew Bible. Each lecture on average runs about 20 minutes, and there are quizzes for each unit.
This course is 1 credit towards smicha
It’s recommended that before listening to the lectures you:
- read the books in full
- read the quiz questions
The translation of the Hebrew text is mine, so it might be slightly different if you are reading a translation along with the lecture.
The two required books are:
Richard Elliot Friedman, Who Wrote the Bible?
Israel Finkelstein and Neil Asher Silberman, David and Solomon.
Recommended:
John Bright, A History of Israel.
Course Objectives
Students will gain a survey understanding of the following:
Unit 1: Introduction
Unit 2: Joshua and Judges
Unit 3: I and II Samuel
Unit 4: I and II Kings
Unit 5: Isaiah I
Unit 6: Isaiah II
Unit 7: Jeremiah
Unit 8: Ezekiel
Unit 9: Hoshea and Joel
Unit 10: Amos, Obdiah, and Jonah
Unit 11: Micah, Nahum, Habakkuk, and Zefaniah
Unit 12: Haggai, Zechariah, and Malachi
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Ratings and Reviews
Madison MeljacThis is a great podcast to listen to with fun facts and information. To pass the class - print or write out all the questions first. Listen to the recording, re-scan the prophets chapter and answer/verify. Remember one word can make an answer wrong, details matter here. Have your notes ready when testing as you will need them. Finally, you may have to use outside research in the end.
Barbara DershowitzThis was decidedly not a 'deep-dive' into Prophets because you can't do that in 13-20 minute lectures. That said, I enjoyed the class. The key is to read and answer the questions while listening to the recording - most of the answers are there. I understand why some students think the instructor's presentation is a bit scattered, but I had a good time listening to him.
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Everything in this course is insightful and from my perspective, fascinating. Challenging what is historically accurate and asking lots of questions about the accounts of the prophets. But, it was delivered like speed-dating. I would want to spend an entire semester at university of this.