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In addition to our classroom-based courses, Lehrhaus offers
online courses that are open to the public and free of charge.
Courses are self-paced and ongoing.
Your instructor, Jehon
Grist, Ph.D., is available to answer questions and discuss
the topics via e-mail as you move through the course. No registration
is necessary: just pick a course and begin!
Choose from:
Made possible through the generous support of the Jewish
Community Federation of San Francisco, the Jewish Federation
of the Greater East Bay, and the Walter and Elise Haas Fund.
Discover the story of Jerusalem in words and pictures, spanning
the ages from Jerusalem's infancy as a small walled town 4000
years ago to the dramatic growth the city has seen in the
20th century. Along the way, you'll share the tragic-comic
letters of one of Jerusalem's earliest rulers, Abdiheba, as
he vainly struggles to please a super-power and fight off
local enemies in 1350 BCE. We'll pay a visit to the besieged
city when the Assyrian Empire threatened to snuff it out,
only to find salvation in the vision of King Hezekiah and
the courage of the prophet Isaiah. We'll walk through the
ruins of the house of Ahiel, a man who probably saw Solomon's
Temple destroyed by the Babylonians in 586 BCE. In later centuries,
we'll visit what may be the tomb of Jesus; read a Jewish pilgrim's
word of hope as he prayed for a restored Temple in 362 CE;
marvel at the magnificent Dome of the Rock; and ponder the
atrocities of Crusaders who broke through the city's defenses
in 1099. We'll close with the impressive revival of Jerusalem
as the capital of Israel under the leadership of one of its
most charismatic leaders, Mayor Teddy Kollek.
Half a century ago, a wandering goat brought a shepherd to
a narrow opening in the cliffs of the Judean desert. Peering
into the darkness, the shepherd gazed upon barely visible
jars protecting texts whose message has transformed our understanding
of the Bible, and ourselves... No one book, let alone an introductory
Internet course, can offer the beginning student a comprehensive
and balanced introduction to the Dead Sea Scrolls. While this
course will attempt to touch on the major topics and key issues
of the Scrolls' discovery and study, our real hope for you,
the student, is that you will be inspired by this course to
use the various references provided to begin your own adventure.
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