Discover the Political Wisdom of the Book of Deuteronomy with Professor Micah Goodman
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In the Book of Deuteronomy, Moses recounts the story of the Israelites, from the Exodus to the Revelation at Sinai to the journey through the wilderness. Why does Moses retell these well-known events? And what can his final testament teach us about monotheism, power, ritual, politics, law, and more? In this online course, Professor Micah Goodman helps make sense of one of the most important and influential books in the Torah. In eight engrossing lectures, you will:
Find out why Moses retold the entire story of the Exodus and wandering through the desert, and what he sought to accomplish in his final speech.
Discover how Moses’s account differs from the Torah’s original telling, and learn what these differences suggest about Moses and the tradition he was seeking to establish.
Learn about the Hebrew Bible's understanding of kingship, power, and religion’s relationship to politics.
Immerse yourself in the religious and political revolutions that Deuteronomy seeks to create.
Micah Goodman was named by the Jerusalem Post as one of the 50 most influential Jews in 2017, and by the Israeli magazine Liberal as one of the 100 most influential Israelis in 2019. He is the author of six bestselling books. His first three—Moses’s Final Speech, The Dream of the Kuzari, and The Secrets of the Guide for the Perplexed—explore classical Jewish thought. His next three—The Wondering Jew, Catch 67, and The Attention Revolution—explore contemporary Israeli issues and ideas. Dr. Goodman is one of the founders of Mabua – Israeli Beit Midrash. He is also a Research Fellow at the Kogod Research Center of the Shalom Hartman Institute in Jerusalem, and—alongside Efrat Shapira Rosenberg—hosts the popular Israeli podcast “Mifleget Hamachshavot” (“The Party of Thoughts”), produced by Beit Avi Chai.
