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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 fifteen 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

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)

#11 Isaiah #1: From Silver Age to Danger (chapters 1-6) (sources)

#12 Isaiah #2: Missed Opportunities and Redemption (chapters 7-12) (sources)

#13 Isaiah #3: Isaiah and Hezekiah (chapters 36-39) (sources)

#14 Jeremiah #1: Jeremiah’s Early Career (627-609 BCE) (sources)

#15 Jeremiah #2: Telling False Prophets from True Prophets (sources)

#16 Jeremiah #3: Jeremiah's Later Career (605-586 BCE) (sources)

#17 Ezekiel #1: Ezekiel as Prophet-Priest (sources)

#18 Ezekiel #2: Divine Perspective in the Book of Ezekiel (sources)

#20 Twelve Prophets #1: The Enigmatic Book of Jonah (sources)

#21 Twelve Prophets #2: Hosea-Amos: Eighth Century Northern Prophets (sources)

#22 Twelve Prophets #3: Nahum, Habakkuk, Zephaniah, Obadiah: Seventh Century Prophets (sources)

#23 Twelve Prophets #4: Haggai-Zechariah: Sixth Century Prophets (sources)

#24 Twelve Prophets #5: Joel-Malachi: The End of Prophecy (sources)

#25 Psalms #1: Who Wrote the Psalms? Controversy and Confusion Regarding Authorship (sources)

#26 Psalms #2: Tehillim in Transition: How Prayers Transform (sources)

#27 Proverbs: The Simplest Book in Tanakh? (sources)

#28 Job: Addressing the Hole Created By the Torah (sources)

#29 Song of Songs: Romance and Religion (sources)

#30 The Book of Ruth: Feel Good Narrative or Ambiguous? (sources)

#31 The Book of Esther: What They Didn’t Teach Us in Day School (sources)

#32 Lamentations: Putting the Mouth before the Eye (sources)

#33 Kohelet: Sanctifying the Human Perspective (sources)

#34 Daniel: The Hidden Story of Hanukkah (sources)

#35 Ezra-Nehemiah: Transition to the Second Temple Period (sources)

#36 Chronicles: Perspectives in Prophetic History (sources)

#37 The Books of the Maccabees, Hanukkah, and What Makes Tanakh Tanakh: Concluding class (sources)

RABBI HAYYIM ANGEL AT CITI FIELD

Eradicating Amalek and the Seven Nations: Is Biblical Judaism a Religion of Violence?

See video here: https://www.ou.org/convention/shiur/

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)