Beth Israel is partnering with the Melton School once again to offer a ten-week course, Biblical Women: Emerging from the Margins through Midrash. The class will meet on Monday evenings, 5:45-7:45 at the synagogue in Bath with instructor Rabbi Lisa Vinikoor.
Dates: 10 Monday evenings beginning on March 27 and ending on May 29
Time: 5:45-7:45 pm
Location: Beth Israel Congregation Synagogue, 862 Washington Street, Bath
Cost: $295 - Financial aid available to Beth Israel Congregation members.
Contact: Rabbi Vinikoor
About the course:
Tracing major female figures of the Bible through classic and modern midrashic commentary, we meet a dazzling line up of more than a dozen biblical heroines — some you may know and some you may have never heard of! Let’s go behind the scenes to gain multiple perspectives on their lives, relationships, and choices, as we understand their roles in Jewish history and literature as full, well-rounded characters.
Table of Contents
Lesson 1 – Biblical Women and Midrash: An Introduction
Lesson 2 – Chavah: Choice and Destiny
Lesson 3 – Sarah: Hidden and Revealed
Lesson 4 – Lot’s Wife and Daughters: Mortality and Eternity
Lesson 5 – Rivkah: Continuity and Rupture
Lesson 6 – Rachel and Leah: Sisters and Rivals
Lesson 7 – Serach bat Asher: Memory and Invention
Lesson 8 – Women of the Exodus: Resistance and Revelation
Lesson 9 – Devorah: Prophecy and Power
Lesson 10 – Chanah: Anguish and Grace