Thursday, April 23, 2009

Exile and Redemption in Tanach and Jewish History


Date:
Sunday, April 26, 2009
Time:
9:15am - 2:00pm
Location:
Yeshiva University, Furst Hall 500 Room 501
Street:
West 185th Street
City/Town:
New York, NY

The Third YU Yom Iyun!
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9:45am
Rabbi Jacob J Schacter "Exile, Redemption and the State of Israel: Reshit Tzemichat Geulatenu?"

10:30am
Rabbi Mordechai Cohen "Nehama Leibowitz on Reading Tanach in Light of Ramban’s Literary Approach to Sefer Shemot"
Rabbi Jeremy Wieder "Changes in Historical Writing in the Aftermath of the Exile - Divrei HaYamim vs. Nevi'im Rishonim"
Rabbi Hayyim Angel "Prophecy as Potential: the Consolations of Yeshayahu in Context"
Dr. Jess Olson "The Hidden Religious Tensions in Jewish Nationalist Identity Before World War I"
Dr. Josh Karlip "The Netziv's Views Toward the Redemptive Potential of the Early Zionist Movement"

11:30am
Mrs. Yael Leibowitz "Sin and Exile in Genesis: A Commentary on the Human Condition"
Dr. Ephraim Kanarfogel "The Messianic Age in the Thought of Rishonei Ashkenaz: A Comparative Analysis"
Dr. Shira Weiss "'Let Freedom Ring': Does Physical Liberation Constitute Freedom?"
Mrs. Daphna Fishman Secunda "Maimonides and Moshiach"
Dr. Aaron Koller "Can Life Go on Without a Temple? A Debate in Second Temple and Rabbinic Judaism."

12:30pm-1pm Lunch

1:00
Dr. Naomi Grunhaus "Sheep Being Led to the Slaughter: Jewish Interpretation of the Suffering Servant in Yeshayahu 53"
Dr. Shawn Zelig Aster "Building the Jewish Nation in the time of Nehemiah"
Mrs. Elana Stein Hain "Vegetarianism and Sacrifice in Messianic Times"
Rabbi Shmuel Goldin "The First Exile: Uncovering the Roots of Etz Hada'at"
Dr. David Berger “When will the Messiah Come? Jewish Calculations of the End of days.”

2:00
Mrs. Nechama Price "Splitting of the Seas in Tanach"
Rabbi Shalom Carmy "Messiah son of Joseph: From Tanach to R. Kook"
Rabbi Menachem Leibtag "The Purpose of Prophecy vs. The Realities of Redemption"
Professor Yaakov Elman "The Principle of "First Darkness, Then Light" in Reb Zadok's View of Creation, the Exodus, and Human Life"
Rabbi Mitchell Orlian “Churban u’Vinyan Bisefer Michah” (Hebrew)

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