25 Nisan 5771 - April 28, 2011By: Dr. Walter Oakley Category: Meet the Rabbis
Meet the Rabbis #11
This Meet the Rabbis class looked at the Rabbis. We will looked at the towering sages of the early part of the first and second century and their effect on Judaism. Dr Brad Young describes the Rabbis as walking talking books. We will looked at these books and their relation to the Torah and Mitzvah.
4 Nisan 5771 - April 07, 2011By: Dr. Walter Oakley Category: Meet the Rabbis
Meet the Rabbis Lesson #10
Rabbinic Hermeneutics and the four levels of Interpretation
Tonight’s Torah Focus looked at the Hermeneutic principles for interpreting the Bible. We discussed all of this from the perspective of the four levels of interpretation. We gave time to looking at the way that the Nazarean Codicil interprets the Tanahk.
28 Adar I 5771 - March 03, 2011By: Dr. Walter Oakley Category: Meet the Rabbis
Nazarean Codicil and the Rabbis
Tonights class on Meet the Rabbis will looks at the Nazarean Codicl and the Oral Torah. We will tried to explore the idea of why the Rabbis wrote the oral Torah and Why the Nazarean Codicil was written. Do they have anything in common? How does the previous chapter on the Sanhedrin relate to tonights material?
21 Adar I 5771 - February 24, 2011By: Dr. Walter Oakley Category: Meet the Rabbis
Meet the Rabbis Class #4
The Great Sanhedrin
We discussed chapter #4 of the Book Meet the Rabbis by Dr. Brad Young. Tonight’s discussion revolved around the Great Sanhedrin. We looked at it structure, function and initiation.
Class Notes and reading materials can be downloaded here.
14 Adar I 5771 - February 17, 2011By: Dr. Walter Oakley Category: Meet the Rabbis
The Torah is more than Law
Meet the Rabbis class #3 discusses the nuances of the word Torah. We will be looking at various aspects of the Torah. We examine the core thought and meaning of the Torah and how we should respond to the Torah.
21 Shevat 5771 - January 26, 2011By: Dr. Walter Oakley Category: Meet the Rabbis
Shalom to all of our internet friends and students
Tonight (Thursday night) we initiated our Yeshiva series on “Meet the Rabbis.” If you do not have a book, you will need one for the class. It will be possible to follow along without the book. However, it will be most beneficial to have the book.
Those who wish to have credit for this class will have to interact with us during the class via the Coveritlive system, which we use for class interaction. Likewise, all the homeworks and reading assignments will have to be completed.
You will need to download and read the following files.