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Genesis: Peoplehood and Solidarity in Bereshit

from $239.00

with Amanda Mbuvi
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When
Tuesdays · 8 weeks · Starts March 24
3:00-4:30 pm Eastern Time/12:00-1:30 pm Pacific Time
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Genesis includes many of the Torah’s most famous stories, but in many ways, it remains a strange book. The people Israel arrive late to their own story and then emerge very gradually while the book lingers on the in-between—the space where old identities are shed and new identities emerge. This course will explore the book of Genesis, examining the interplay of its disparate parts and the book’s implications for how we think about identity, difference, and peoplehood.

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This class will be recorded and available to enrolled students to watch later.

This class is not eligible for rabbinical school credit.

Cost

This course is available at a sliding scale cost of $359 (the true cost), $299 or $239.

If you can afford the full price, we hope you will choose that option, which allows us to continue to offer lower rates and scholarships to those who otherwise would not be able to access this learning because of financial barriers.

Click here to donate to JUs financial aid fund to support financial equity and access to education for all students.

If you need financial aid beyond the sliding scale, please fill out this form, and we will get right back to you.

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with Amanda Mbuvi
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When
Tuesdays · 8 weeks · Starts March 24
3:00-4:30 pm Eastern Time/12:00-1:30 pm Pacific Time
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Genesis includes many of the Torah’s most famous stories, but in many ways, it remains a strange book. The people Israel arrive late to their own story and then emerge very gradually while the book lingers on the in-between—the space where old identities are shed and new identities emerge. This course will explore the book of Genesis, examining the interplay of its disparate parts and the book’s implications for how we think about identity, difference, and peoplehood.

—

This class will be recorded and available to enrolled students to watch later.

This class is not eligible for rabbinical school credit.

Cost

This course is available at a sliding scale cost of $359 (the true cost), $299 or $239.

If you can afford the full price, we hope you will choose that option, which allows us to continue to offer lower rates and scholarships to those who otherwise would not be able to access this learning because of financial barriers.

Click here to donate to JUs financial aid fund to support financial equity and access to education for all students.

If you need financial aid beyond the sliding scale, please fill out this form, and we will get right back to you.

On some devices you may need to hover over the prices below to see them, our apologies for this issue.

 

About Amanada

Amanda Mbuvi, Ph.D. (she/her) is a scholar and teacher with expertise in Tanakh, Jewish ethics, and multifaith studies. She serves as the director of the Center for Jewish Ethics at the Reconstructionist Rabbinical College, where she previously served as the vice president for academic affairs— the first African American to lead an American rabbinical seminary. A graduate of Bryn Mawr College, she earned her Ph.D. from Duke University, specializing in Hebrew Bible with minors in Literature and Judaic Studies. She is the author of the book Belonging in Genesis: Biblical Israel and the Politics of Identity Formation, as well as numerous scholarly articles. She is passionate about dynamic, inclusive Jewish communities that cultivate what she likes to call “blessed interdependence.”