Teaching Tanach as a Source of Theology and Philosophy

August 1-4, 2016

Monday, August 1, 2016

8:30am Registration
Mt. Zion Hotel
9:00am Introductions
9:45am Session 1: “What is Tanach for?” / Yoram Hazony
10:30am Coffee Break
11:00am Session 2: “The Jewish Story: Genesis — Kings” / Yoram Hazony
12:30pm Lunch
1:45pm Session 3: “Tanach as a Tradition of Inquiry: Prophetic Speeches and Writings” / Joshua Weinstein
3:15pm Coffee Break and Mincha
4:00pm Educational Session A: “Do We Teach Torah as the Most Important Book Ever Written?” / Rafi Eis
6:00pm End Day 1

Tuesday, August 2, 2016

9:00am Session 4: “Approaching God Through Metaphor” / Yoram Hazony
10:30am Coffee Break
11:00am Session 5: “God’s Plans, Failures and Alliances” / Joshua Weinstein
12:30pm Lunch
1:45pm Session 6: Plenary
3:15pm Coffee Break and Mincha
4:00pm Educational Session B: “Teaching Ideas to Change Lives” / Rafi Eis
6:00pm End Day 2
6:45pm Dinner at Luciana for Workshop Participants, Spouses and Lecturers

Wednesday, August 3, 2016

9:00am Session 7: “Should God be Our King?” / Yoram Hazony
10:30am Coffee Break
11:00am Session 8: “Discovering a Name of God” / Joshua Weinstein
12:30pm Lunch
1:30pm Mincha
1:45pm Tiyul: Khirbet Kayafa and the Earliest Davidic Cities
6:00pm Estimated Return to Hotel/ End Day 3

Thursday, August 4 , 2016

9:00am Session 9: Plenary
10:30am Coffee Break
11:00am Session 10: “Who Makes Things Happen in Tanach?”/ Yoram Hazony
12:30pm Lunch
1:45pm Session 11:  “God as Lover” / Joshua Weinstein
3:15pm Coffee Break and Mincha
4:00pm Educational Session C/ Rafi Eis
Participant Presentations
“How Do We Teach God?”
Concluding Reflections
6:00pm End Day 4