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MP3 Lectures on Jewish History, Theology and Culture
Note: On this page I host some great lectures available on the web from other organizations. Make sure to visit their websites for more exciting content. To listen – simply click on the link. To save it to your computer or mp3 player – click on the link, position your courser on the main mp3 icon, right-click, save audio as, chose the location and save. Listen from the location you have chosen.
- The Bodies of God and the World of Ancient Israel: Part I (Dr. Benjamin D. Sommer, Professor of Bible and Ancient Semitic Languages at the Jewish Theological Seminary). Original recording is located at site of The Foundation for Jewish Studies.
- The Bodies of God and the World of Ancient Israel: Part II
- The Bodies of God and the World of Ancient Israel: Part III
- The Bodies of God and the World of Ancient Israel: Part IV
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- Mystical Chapters: Reading through Haggigah Part I (Prof. Daniel Boyarin, Professor of Talmudic Culture at University of California at Berkeley). Original recording is located at the main site of Eshkolot.
- Mystical Chapters: Reading through Haggigah Part II
- Mystical Chapters: Reading through Haggigah Part III
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- What the Dead Sea Scrolls Really Say: Part I (Hershel Shanks, Founder & Editor of Biblical Archaeology Review). Original recording is located at site of The Foundation for Jewish Studies.
- What the Dead Sea Scrolls Really Say: Part II
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- What Our Rabbis Tell Us About The World To Come (Professor David Kraemer, Professor of Talmud and Rabbinics at the Jewish Theological Seminary). Original recording is located at site of The Foundation for Jewish Studies.
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- Lubavitchers: What Do They Want, and Who Sent Them? (Dr. Samuel Heilman, Distinguished Professor of Sociology at Queens College of the City University of New York). Original recording is located at site of The Foundation for Jewish Studies.
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- What do we know about the Holocaust? (Professor Aaron Hass, UCLA). Original recording is located at site of UCLA.
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- On the founder of Hasidim: The story of Besht (Prof. Moshe Idel, UCLA). Original recording is located at site of UCLA.
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- Abraham Joshua Heschel, As Guide of the Perplexed: Part I (Professor Ed Kaplan, Department of Romance Studies, Brandeis University). Original recording is located at site of The Foundation for Jewish Studies.
- Abraham Joshua Heschel, As Guide of the Perplexed: Part IV
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- Josephus And The Theologies Of Ancient Judaism (A Discussion with Dr. Jonathan Klawans, Professor at the Department of Religion and the Elie Wiesel Center for Judaic Studies, Boston University)