Classes & Lectures

The Institute for Jewish Ideas & Ideals is proud to present online learning from its National Scholar, Rabbi Hayyim Angel. As National Scholar, he gives classes to adults and college students throughout the country, and will be creating more online classes. He teaches advanced Tanakh courses to undergraduates and rabbinical students at Yeshiva University, and lectures widely. He received his B.A. in Jewish Studies from Yeshiva College, his M.A. in Bible from the Bernard Revel Graduate School, his M.S. in Jewish Education from the Azrieli Graduate School of Jewish Education, and his Rabbinical Ordination from the Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary of Yeshiva University. He has published over 130 scholarly articles, primarily in Tanakh, and is author or editor of seventeen books. He lives in Teaneck, NJ, with his wife and four children. Please feel free to contact him at hangel@jewishideas.org.

ONLINE LEARNING: CLICK HERE for a list of links to even more classes & lectures by Rabbi Hayyim Angel throughout the web

LECTURES ON THE PHILOSOPHY OF THE INSTITUTE OF JEWISH IDEAS AND IDEALS BY RABBI HAYYIM ANGEL

The Disciples of the Wise Increase Peace in the World: The Use of Scholarship to Build Bridges and Mend Rifts (sources)

Principles of Jewish Faith (sources)

Jews Who Doubt, Don't Know, or Reject (sources)

Philosophy, Kabbalah, Experience: Developing a Religious Worldview (sources)

Revelation and Reason: Rambam's Approach to Tanakh (sources)

Halakhah and Modernity: Rabbi Benzion Uziel

Halakhah and Modernity: Rabbi Haim David Halevi (sources)

Conversion to Judaism: Primary Sources (sources)

Conversion Today, The Sephardic Community Model (sources)

Afterlife in Jewish Thought and Ramifications for Today sources)

The Binding of Isaac: An Extreme Narrative with the Keys to a Non-Extremist Religious Life (sources)

RABBI HAYYIM ANGEL: THE LAND OF ISRAEL IN THE BIBLE

In this four-part series, we get to the heart of the central values in the Torah and the Prophets pertaining to the people of Israel and the Land of Israel. Through the study of key biblical texts and rabbinic interpretations, we will build a foundation that informs all later discussions of the religious significance of the Land of Israel for the Jewish people.

Part 1: Israel in Genesis (sources)
Part 2: Israel in the rest of the Torah (sources)
Part 3: Israel in the Prophets (sources)
Part 4: Israel in the Second Temple Period (sources)

RABBI HAYYIM ANGEL'S SURVEY OF THE PROPHETS AND WRITINGS IN THE BIBLE

#1 Introduction to the Bible (sources)

#2 Joshua #1: The Secret of Joshua's Success (sources)

#3 Joshua #2: Chronological Order to Uncover the Themes of Joshua (sources)

#4 Judges #1: The Joshua-Judges Continuum (sources)

#5 Judges #2: Gideon as the Transitional Figure in Judges (sources)

#6 Samuel #1: Samuel and the Institution of Monarchy (sources)

#7 Samuel #2: Saul and David (sources)

#8 Samuel #3: David's Kingship: Rise and Fall (sources)

#9 Kings #1: Reading King Solomon Forward and Backward (sources)

#10 Kings #2: Solomon’s Reign as a Template for the Book of Kings (sources)